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Miley BB CD 1938 World Series Game 4
Called by Mel Allen, Bill Dyer and France Laux (CBS)

New York closes out the Series with a 4-game sweep.  Red Ruffing pitches the distance as the Yankees take an early lead which they never relinquish.


Game box score below provided by Retrosheet.org
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New York Yankees 8, Chicago Cubs 3

World Series Game 4 Played on Sunday, October 9, 1938 (D) at Yankee Stadium I

CHI N    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  2  0  -   3  8  1
NY A 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 x - 8 11 1
BATTING
Chicago Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Hack 3b 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
Herman 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
Cavarretta rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
Marty cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Demaree lf 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
O'Dea c 3 1 1 2 1 0 5 0
Collins 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 10 0
Jurges ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
Lee p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Galan ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Root p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lazzeri ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Page p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
French p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carleton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dean p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 8 2 2 6 24 4
FIELDING - 
E: Jurges (1).
BATTING - 
2B: Jurges (1,off Ruffing); Cavarretta (1,off Ruffing).
HR: O'Dea (1,8th inning off Ruffing 1 on 2 out).
Team LOB: 8.
New York Yankees             AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Crosetti ss 5 0 2 4 0 1 6 1
Rolfe 3b 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Henrich rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
DiMaggio cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 0
Gehrig 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 5 2
Dickey c 4 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
Hoag lf 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 0
Gordon 2b 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 4
Ruffing p 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 3
Totals 36 8 11 7 2 3 27 10
FIELDING - 
E: Gordon (2).
BATTING - 
2B: Hoag (1,off Carleton); Crosetti (2,off Dean).
3B: Crosetti (1,off Lee).
HR: Henrich (1,6th inning off Root 0 on 0 out).
IBB: Gordon (1,by Carleton).
Team LOB: 6.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Rolfe (1,2nd base off Lee/O'Dea); Gordon (1,2nd base off Carleton/O'Dea).
PITCHING
Chicago Cubs                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Lee L(0-2) 3 4 3 0 0 2 0 14
Root 3 3 1 1 0 1 1 12
Page 1.1 2 2 2 0 0 0 6
French 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Carleton 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 3
Dean 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 8 11 8 5 2 3 1 38
WP: Carleton 2 (2).
IBB: Carleton (1,Gordon).
New York Yankees             IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Ruffing W(2-0) 9 8 3 2 2 6 1 38
Umpires: HP - Cal Hubbard, 1B - Charlie Moran, 2B - Lou Kolls, 3B - Ziggy Sears