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New York Yankees @ St. Louis Browns

1921-05-24 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 3500 · 1:59

St. Louis Browns defeated New York Yankees 8–4. St. Louis Browns put up 5 in the 2nd. Bernie Boland earned the win and Bill Burwell picked up the save. Earl Smith went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	4	7
SLA	2	5	0	0	1	0	0	0		8	10

W: Bernie Boland L: Carl Mays SV: Bill Burwell

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
Johnny Mitchell	4	0	1	0	1	0
Roger Peckinpaugh	5	0	0	0	0	0
Babe Ruth	2	1	0	0	2	0
Wally Pipp	3	1	0	0	1	0
Bob Meusel	4	1	2	1	0	0
Ping Bodie	2	0	0	1	0	1
Aaron Ward	4	0	3	1	0	0
Wally Schang	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Piercy	3	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Hofmann	3	0	0	0	0	1
Chicken Hawks	2	1	1	1	0	0
Braggo Roth	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jack Tobin	3	2	2	1	2	0
Wally Gerber	4	1	1	0	0	0
George Sisler	3	1	2	2	0	0
Ken Williams	2	1	1	0	2	0
Hank Severeid	4	0	1	0	0	0
Earl Smith	4	1	1	1	0	0
Baby Doll Jacobson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dud Lee	4	1	2	0	0	0
Bernie Boland	3	1	0	0	0	1
Bill Burwell	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Carl Mays	1.2	5	1	0
Bill Piercy	6.1	5	3	1

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bernie Boland	5.1	4	4	1
Bill Burwell	3.2	3	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Mitchell: 9
Roger Peckinpaugh: 8
Babe Ruth: W
Wally Pipp: CS2(24)

Bot 1

Jack Tobin: D9/9L
Wally Gerber: S/BG25.2-3
George Sisler: 9/L/SF.3-H
Ken Williams: S9.1-2
Hank Severeid: 64(1)/FO.2-H(E4/TH1)(NR)(UR);B-2
Earl Smith: 8/F

Top 2

Wally Pipp: W
Bob Meusel: 64(1)/FO.B-2(E4/TH1)
Ping Bodie: K/C
Aaron Ward: S6/G6S.2-3
Wally Schang: 2/FL

Bot 2

Baby Doll Jacobson: 9
Dud Lee: E4/G4
Bernie Boland: FC4.1-2(E4/TH2);B-1
Jack Tobin: S9.2-H(UR);1-H(E9)(NR)(UR);B-3
Wally Gerber: 63
George Sisler: S8.3-H(UR)
Ken Williams: SB2
Ken Williams: W
Hank Severeid: S1/G25.2-3;1-2
Earl Smith: WP.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-3
Earl Smith: 31/G3L

Top 3

Bill Piercy: 7/L
Johnny Mitchell: 9/L
Roger Peckinpaugh: 2/FL

Bot 3

Baby Doll Jacobson: 9/FL
Dud Lee: 3/P
Bernie Boland: K

Top 4

Babe Ruth: 3/G
Wally Pipp: E6/TH1
Bob Meusel: D/89.1-3
Ping Bodie: 43.3-H(UR);2-3
Aaron Ward: 8

Bot 4

Jack Tobin: W
Wally Gerber: 14/SH.1-2
George Sisler: 7
Ken Williams: 9/L

Top 5

Fred Hofmann: 6/P
Bill Piercy: 4/P
Johnny Mitchell: W
Roger Peckinpaugh: 9

Bot 5

Hank Severeid: 53
Earl Smith: HR/L9D
Baby Doll Jacobson: 43
Dud Lee: S9
Bernie Boland: 53

Top 6

Babe Ruth: W
Wally Pipp: 13.1-2
Bob Meusel: D/89.2-H
Chicken Hawks: S7.2-H;B-2(THH)
Aaron Ward: S8.2-H
Fred Hofmann: K/C
Bill Piercy: 13

Bot 6

Jack Tobin: 8
Wally Gerber: 8
George Sisler: S9
Ken Williams: SB2
Ken Williams: W
Hank Severeid: CS3(25)

Top 7

Johnny Mitchell: S/G
Roger Peckinpaugh: 3/FL
Babe Ruth: 46(1)/FO
Wally Pipp: 9

Bot 7

Hank Severeid: 5/L
Earl Smith: 53
Baby Doll Jacobson: 9/L

Top 8

Bob Meusel: 6/P
Chicken Hawks: 9
Aaron Ward: D8
Fred Hofmann: 31

Bot 8

Dud Lee: S3
Bill Burwell: 13(B)63(1)/GDP/BG
Jack Tobin: W
Wally Gerber: 8

Top 9

Braggo Roth: 3/FL
Johnny Mitchell: 6/L
Roger Peckinpaugh: 63

Notes & reviews

Rolled past Meusel to the fence
Mays ejected by HP umpire Chill for arguing ball four to Williams. Game delayed 5 minutes.
Piercey made a difficult stop but fell
Schang ejected by HP umpire Chill for arguing balls and strikes (Hofmann took over at-bat)
Into RF bleachers
Smashed off Boland glove to Sisler who tagged Pipp Boland injured his left index finger
Piercy purposely let popped bunt fall safe

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