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New York Yankees @ Detroit Tigers

1922-09-19 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 12000 · 2:00

New York Yankees defeated Detroit Tigers 4–3. New York Yankees put up 2 in the 1st. Sad Sam Jones earned the win. Babe Ruth went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Sad Sam Jones L: Herman Pillette SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whitey Witt	4	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Dugan	3	1	0	0	0	1
Babe Ruth	3	1	2	2	1	0
Wally Pipp	3	1	1	0	1	0
Bob Meusel	4	0	2	1	0	1
Wally Schang	3	1	0	0	1	0
Aaron Ward	3	0	1	0	0	1
Everett Scott	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sad Sam Jones	3	0	1	0	1	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lu Blue	3	0	0	1	0	0
Fred Haney	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ty Cobb	3	1	0	0	1	0
Bobby Veach	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Fothergill	3	0	0	0	1	0
George Cutshaw	3	0	0	0	0	0
Topper Rigney	2	1	0	0	0	0
Larry Woodall	3	1	2	1	0	1
Herman Pillette	3	0	1	0	0	0
Danny Clark	1	0	0	0	0	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sad Sam Jones	9.0	4	2	3

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Herman Pillette	9.0	8	4	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Whitey Witt: HP
Joe Dugan: 54(1)/FO
Babe Ruth: HR/F8XD.1-H
Wally Pipp: 4/P
Bob Meusel: S8
Wally Schang: SB2
Wally Schang: 8

Bot 1

Lu Blue: 7
Fred Haney: 43
Ty Cobb: W
Bobby Veach: T9/G3L.1-H
Bob Fothergill: W
George Cutshaw: SB2
George Cutshaw: 63

Top 2

Aaron Ward: K
Everett Scott: 63
Sad Sam Jones: 53

Bot 2

Topper Rigney: HP
Larry Woodall: T/L89D.1-H
Herman Pillette: S3/G.3-3
Lu Blue: 7/F78/SF.3-H
Fred Haney: K/C
Ty Cobb: 3/G

Top 3

Whitey Witt: 13/BG
Joe Dugan: 23/BG
Babe Ruth: 43

Bot 3

Bobby Veach: 7
Bob Fothergill: 3/G
George Cutshaw: 63

Top 4

Wally Pipp: W
Bob Meusel: 64(1)3/GDP
Wally Schang: 4/P

Bot 4

Topper Rigney: 5/P
Larry Woodall: S7
Herman Pillette: 8/F8XD
Lu Blue: CS2(26)

Top 5

Aaron Ward: S8/8S
Everett Scott: 64(1)3/GDP
Sad Sam Jones: 53

Bot 5

Lu Blue: 8
Fred Haney: 6/P
Ty Cobb: 43

Top 6

Whitey Witt: S7/G56
Joe Dugan: 13/SH.1-2
Babe Ruth: IW
Wally Pipp: 8/F.2-3
Bob Meusel: K/C

Bot 6

Bobby Veach: 3/FL
Bob Fothergill: 63
George Cutshaw: 8/L

Top 7

Wally Schang: W
Aaron Ward: 13/SH.1-2
Everett Scott: 53.2-3
Sad Sam Jones: W
Whitey Witt: SBH;SB2
Whitey Witt: 9/L

Bot 7

Topper Rigney: 63
Larry Woodall: K
Herman Pillette: 63

Top 8

Joe Dugan: K/C
Babe Ruth: T7/L7DW.BXH(72)
Wally Pipp: D7
Bob Meusel: T9/L89D.2-H
Wally Schang: 43

Bot 8

Lu Blue: 63
Fred Haney: 43
Ty Cobb: 3/G

Top 9

Aaron Ward: 2/FL
Everett Scott: 2/BINT/BG
Sad Sam Jones: D
Whitey Witt: 43

Bot 9

Bobby Veach: 8
Bob Fothergill: 3/FL
Danny Clark: K

Notes & reviews

Into CF bleachers past the flagpole
Jones failed to cover 1B
Rebounded off LF fence toward the infield; Ruth ran through 3B coach O'Leary's stop sign.
Scott called out for running into his own bunt

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