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New York Yankees @ Detroit Tigers

1920-06-09 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 9000 · 2:10

New York Yankees defeated Detroit Tigers 11–3. New York Yankees put up 4 in the 1st. Hank Thormahlen earned the win. Ping Bodie went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 5 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	1	11	13
DET	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11

W: Hank Thormahlen L: Howard Ehmke SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ollie Chill · 1B: Brick Owens · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roger Peckinpaugh	5	1	1	0	0	0
Bob Meusel	5	1	2	1	0	2
Wally Pipp	4	1	1	0	0	0
Babe Ruth	3	2	2	1	2	1
Del Pratt	3	2	2	0	2	0
Ping Bodie	5	2	2	5	0	0
Duffy Lewis	3	1	0	0	1	0
Truck Hannah	4	1	1	0	0	0
Hank Thormahlen	4	0	2	2	0	1

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ralph Young	4	1	1	0	1	1
Bob Jones	4	0	2	0	0	0
Babe Ellison	5	0	0	1	0	0
Bobby Veach	4	1	2	0	0	0
Harry Heilmann	3	1	1	0	1	0
Ira Flagstead	4	0	1	1	0	0
Babe Pinelli	4	0	3	1	0	0
Oscar Stanage	4	0	1	0	0	1
Howard Ehmke	3	0	0	0	0	0
Sammy Hale	1	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Ainsmith	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hank Thormahlen	9.0	11	2	2

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Howard Ehmke	9.0	13	5	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Roger Peckinpaugh: S7/L
Bob Meusel: K
Wally Pipp: 53.1-2
Babe Ruth: IW
Del Pratt: W.2-3;1-2
Ping Bodie: S9.3-H;2-H;1-H(E5)(NR)(UR);B-H(NR)(UR)
Duffy Lewis: 53

Bot 1

Ralph Young: D7
Bob Jones: 3E1.2-3
Babe Ellison: 64(1)3/GDP.3-H(RBI)(UR)
Bobby Veach: S8
Harry Heilmann: WP.1-2
Harry Heilmann: 8/L

Top 2

Truck Hannah: 7
Hank Thormahlen: K
Roger Peckinpaugh: 53

Bot 2

Ira Flagstead: 7
Babe Pinelli: S8/8S
Oscar Stanage: K/C
Howard Ehmke: E6/TH.1-2;B-1
Ralph Young: 64(1)/FO

Top 3

Bob Meusel: K
Wally Pipp: 63
Babe Ruth: S1
Del Pratt: S9.1-3
Ping Bodie: HR8/L/IPHR.3-H;1-H
Duffy Lewis: 7/FL

Bot 3

Bob Jones: S7
Babe Ellison: 14(1)3/GDP
Bobby Veach: D8/78
Harry Heilmann: W
Ira Flagstead: S8.2-H;1-2
Babe Pinelli: S7.2-H;1-3
Oscar Stanage: 13

Top 4

Truck Hannah: 53
Hank Thormahlen: 63
Roger Peckinpaugh: 53

Bot 4

Howard Ehmke: 63
Ralph Young: K
Bob Jones: 13

Top 5

Bob Meusel: HR/8
Wally Pipp: 13
Babe Ruth: W
Del Pratt: SB2
Del Pratt: W
Ping Bodie: 9(B)5(2)/DP

Bot 5

Babe Ellison: 63
Bobby Veach: 63
Harry Heilmann: 43

Top 6

Duffy Lewis: 63
Truck Hannah: 1/P
Hank Thormahlen: S8
Roger Peckinpaugh: 7

Bot 6

Ira Flagstead: 8
Babe Pinelli: 63
Oscar Stanage: S8
Howard Ehmke: 13

Top 7

Bob Meusel: S
Wally Pipp: 13/SH.1-2
Babe Ruth: K/C
Del Pratt: 13

Bot 7

Ralph Young: 9/F
Bob Jones: S
Babe Ellison: 8/F
Bobby Veach: 6(1)/FO

Top 8

Ping Bodie: 3/P
Duffy Lewis: W
Truck Hannah: S8.1-3;B-2(TH3)
Hank Thormahlen: S7.3-H;2-H
Roger Peckinpaugh: 7/L
Bob Meusel: 4(1)/FO

Bot 8

Harry Heilmann: S
Ira Flagstead: 3/FL
Babe Pinelli: S.1-2
Oscar Stanage: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Wally Pipp: T9
Babe Ruth: S3.3-H
Del Pratt: CS2(26)
Del Pratt: T8/78
Ping Bodie: OA.3XH(21)
Ping Bodie: 7

Bot 9

Sammy Hale: 13
Ralph Young: W
Eddie Ainsmith: 6/P
Babe Ellison: 9

Notes & reviews

Meusel ball longest drive ever in Navin Field, over fence back of CF

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