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Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees

1922-06-03 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · 7 innings · Att: 15000 · overcast, wet · 1:38

Boston Red Sox defeated New York Yankees 6–2. Boston Red Sox put up 3 in the 6th. Jack Quinn earned the win and Alex Ferguson picked up the save. George Burns went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	6	7
NYA	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	4

W: Jack Quinn L: Sad Sam Jones SV: Alex Ferguson

Umpires — HP: George Moriarty · 1B: Bill Dinneen · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Nemo Leibold	4	1	1	1	0	0
Mike Menosky	3	2	1	0	1	0
Del Pratt	2	1	1	0	0	0
Joe Dugan	3	1	1	1	0	0
Shano Collins	3	0	1	2	0	0
George Burns	3	1	1	2	0	0
Frank O'Rourke	3	0	1	0	0	1
Muddy Ruel	2	0	0	0	1	0
Jack Quinn	3	0	0	0	0	1

New York Yankees — batting

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

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Quinn	6.0	4	2	2
Alex Ferguson	1.0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sad Sam Jones	7.0	7	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Nemo Leibold: 43
Mike Menosky: 7
Del Pratt: 43

Bot 1

Whitey Witt: 8/L
Aaron Ward: 13/BG
Babe Ruth: K

Top 2

Joe Dugan: 43
Shano Collins: 8
George Burns: 43

Bot 2

Home Run Baker: 3/G
Bob Meusel: 13
Wally Pipp: 7/L

Top 3

Frank O'Rourke: K/C
Muddy Ruel: 8/L8S
Jack Quinn: K

Bot 3

Everett Scott: 53
Wally Schang: 3/L
Sad Sam Jones: S9.B-2(E9)
Whitey Witt: S7.2-H
Aaron Ward: S8.1-2
Babe Ruth: 7/F78XDW

Top 4

Nemo Leibold: 4/L
Mike Menosky: W
Del Pratt: S8.1-2
Joe Dugan: 7/F
Shano Collins: T7/F78D.2-H;1-H
George Burns: 5/FL

Bot 4

Home Run Baker: 43
Bob Meusel: K
Wally Pipp: 43

Top 5

Frank O'Rourke: 2/FL
Muddy Ruel: W
Jack Quinn: 4
Nemo Leibold: 8

Bot 5

Everett Scott: E6/G
Wally Schang: 13/SH.1-2
Sad Sam Jones: W
Whitey Witt: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Aaron Ward: E6/G.3-H(NR)(UR);1-3;B-2
Babe Ruth: IW
Home Run Baker: 2/P2

Top 6

Mike Menosky: S9/G3
Del Pratt: 13/SH.1-2
Joe Dugan: S7/G5.2-H
Shano Collins: 7/F7D
George Burns: HR/F7D.1-H
Frank O'Rourke: S9
Muddy Ruel: CS2(24)

Bot 6

Bob Meusel: 63
Wally Pipp: 2/FL
Everett Scott: 3/L34

Top 7

Muddy Ruel: 63
Jack Quinn: 63
Nemo Leibold: HR/F9D
Mike Menosky: E5/G
Del Pratt: CS2(26)

Bot 7

Wally Schang: S/G3S
Camp Skinner: 9
Whitey Witt: 43.1-2
Aaron Ward: FC5.2X3(54)

Notes & reviews

Collins booted it
O'Rourke lost his footing in the mud
Into LF bleachers
Rain began falling very heavily
Burns: backhanded catch
Into lower RF stands
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