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New York Yankees @ St. Louis Browns

1923-05-17 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 10000 · 1:54

New York Yankees defeated St. Louis Browns 9–2. New York Yankees put up 3 in the 2nd. Bullet Joe Bush earned the win and Sad Sam Jones picked up the save. Babe Ruth went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	9	16
SLA	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	6

W: Bullet Joe Bush L: Urban Shocker SV: Sad Sam Jones

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

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whitey Witt	5	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Dugan	5	0	1	0	0	0
Babe Ruth	4	2	2	1	1	0
Wally Pipp	4	1	1	0	0	1
Bob Meusel	4	4	4	1	1	0
Wally Schang	3	1	3	3	0	0
Aaron Ward	5	0	2	1	0	2
Everett Scott	4	1	1	1	0	0
Bullet Joe Bush	4	0	1	1	0	0

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jack Tobin	2	1	1	0	2	0
Eddie Foster	3	0	1	0	1	1
Baby Doll Jacobson	4	0	1	1	0	0
Ken Williams	4	0	0	0	0	0
Marty McManus	3	1	1	1	1	0
Hank Severeid	4	0	0	0	0	0
Gene Robertson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Gerber	4	0	1	0	0	1
Hub Pruett	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cedric Durst	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Bayne	1	0	1	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bullet Joe Bush	7.0	6	4	1
Sad Sam Jones	2.0	0	0	1

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Urban Shocker	2.1	8	0	1
Hub Pruett	2.2	4	1	0
Bill Bayne	4.0	4	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Whitey Witt: 8/F
Joe Dugan: 3/G
Babe Ruth: 13

Bot 1

Jack Tobin: W
Eddie Foster: K
Baby Doll Jacobson: 8/F8XD
Ken Williams: SB2#
Ken Williams: 143#

Top 2

Wally Pipp: S7
Bob Meusel: S8/89S.1-3
Wally Schang: 7/F78XD/SF.3-H
Aaron Ward: K
Everett Scott: S9/F89S.1-3
Bullet Joe Bush: S8.3-H;1-2
Whitey Witt: S7.2-H;1-2
Joe Dugan: 8/F

Bot 2

Marty McManus: HR/F7D
Hank Severeid: 53
Gene Robertson: 7/F
Wally Gerber: 7/FL

Top 3

Babe Ruth: S7
Wally Pipp: 53/SH.1-2
Bob Meusel: S7.2-H;B-2(THH)
Wally Schang: S8.2-H
Aaron Ward: S7.1-3;B-2(TH3)
Everett Scott: FC5.3XH(532);2-3
Bullet Joe Bush: 63

Bot 3

Hub Pruett: 63
Jack Tobin: 13
Eddie Foster: D9
Baby Doll Jacobson: 63

Top 4

Whitey Witt: 13
Joe Dugan: 3/G#
Babe Ruth: W
Wally Pipp: 46(1)/FO

Bot 4

Ken Williams: 8/L89XDW
Marty McManus: W
Hank Severeid: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Bob Meusel: S7
Wally Schang: S7/5.1-3;B-2(TH3)
Aaron Ward: S1/G.3-H;2-3
Everett Scott: 6(1)3/GDP.3-H(RBI)
Bullet Joe Bush: 53

Bot 5

Gene Robertson: 3/G
Wally Gerber: 53
Cedric Durst: 43

Top 6

Whitey Witt: 13
Joe Dugan: S/78S
Babe Ruth: 43.1-2
Wally Pipp: K

Bot 6

Jack Tobin: S/F8S
Eddie Foster: W.1-2
Baby Doll Jacobson: S8/L.2-H;1-3
Ken Williams: 14(1)3/GDP.3-3#
Marty McManus: 7/F

Top 7

Bob Meusel: W
Wally Schang: 53/SH.1-2
Aaron Ward: SB3
Aaron Ward: K/C
Everett Scott: 43

Bot 7

Hank Severeid: 5/FL
Gene Robertson: 23/G
Wally Gerber: S7
Bill Bayne: S7.1-2
Jack Tobin: W.2-3;1-2
Eddie Foster: 53

Top 8

Bullet Joe Bush: 9/F
Whitey Witt: 8/F
Joe Dugan: 9/L

Bot 8

Baby Doll Jacobson: 63
Ken Williams: 43
Marty McManus: 63

Top 9

Babe Ruth: HR/F9D
Wally Pipp: 6/P
Bob Meusel: T9/F9L
Wally Schang: D7.3-H
Aaron Ward: FC5/DP.2X3(5);BX1(53)

Bot 9

Hank Severeid: 63
Gene Robertson: 3/G
Wally Gerber: K/C#

Notes & reviews

NYTEM: 7K
B1,inside; B2-3,high
NYTEM reported SB2 during Foster's AB
Bush deflected it NYTEM: 43
Spectacular running catch in deep LCF
On top of the LF pavilion roof
Nice catch
With Robertson creeping in from 3B for a possible bunt, the Babe deliberately chopped one into LF.
NYTEM: 13
B1:low, B2:wide, B3:outside
Sensational leaping catch by Witt
Texas Leaguer
NYTEM/NYT: 16(1)3/GDP
Pitcher Jones ejected by HP umpire Evans after ball 1
Into RF bleachers
Fly fell on RF line
Box scores reported no SO by Jones

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