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New York Yankees @ Boston Red Sox

1925-09-09 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 3000 · 1:40

Boston Red Sox defeated New York Yankees 5–4. Boston Red Sox put up 4 in the 4th. Ted Wingfield earned the win. Babe Ruth went 4-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Ted Wingfield L: Hank Johnson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Red Ormsby · 1B: Tommy Connolly · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Earle Combs	4	2	3	1	1
Bob Meusel	5	1	0	0	0
Babe Ruth	4	0	4	3	0
Lou Gehrig	4	0	1	0	0
Ben Paschal	4	0	0	0	0
Aaron Ward	3	0	0	0	1
Benny Bengough	4	0	0	0	0
Mark Koenig	4	1	1	0	0
Hank Johnson	4	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Sy Rosenthal	4	1	0	0	1
Ira Flagstead	5	0	1	1	0
Roy Carlyle	4	1	3	0	0
Phil Todt	4	1	1	1	0
Doc Prothro	4	0	1	0	0
Billy Rogell	2	1	0	0	1
Jack Rothrock	3	1	1	0	1
John Bischoff	4	0	1	2	0
Ted Wingfield	4	0	0	0	0
Ike Boone	1	0	1	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hank Johnson	8.2	9	3	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ted Wingfield	9.0	9	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Earle Combs: W
Bob Meusel: E6/G.1-3;B-2
Babe Ruth: D9/G3L.3-H;2-H(UR)
Lou Gehrig: 3/G.2-3
Ben Paschal: FC5.3XH(52)
Aaron Ward: SB2
Aaron Ward: W
Benny Bengough: 7/F

Bot 1

Sy Rosenthal: 4/P
Ira Flagstead: 2/FL
Roy Carlyle: S/G46
Phil Todt: 8/F8XD

Top 2

Mark Koenig: 8/F
Hank Johnson: 43
Earle Combs: 8/F

Bot 2

Doc Prothro: S6/G56
Billy Rogell: 4(1)3/GDP
Jack Rothrock: 13

Top 3

Bob Meusel: 63
Babe Ruth: S/56D
Lou Gehrig: S4/G.1-2
Ben Paschal: 6/P
Aaron Ward: OA.2-3
Aaron Ward: SB2
Aaron Ward: 8/F

Bot 3

John Bischoff: 6/P
Ted Wingfield: 3/G
Sy Rosenthal: 7/F

Top 4

Benny Bengough: 8/F
Mark Koenig: T9/F9D
Hank Johnson: 43.3-3
Earle Combs: S6/G.3-H
Bob Meusel: PO1(1E3).1-2
Bob Meusel: 7/F

Bot 4

Ira Flagstead: 2/FL
Roy Carlyle: D8/F8XDW
Phil Todt: S8.2-H
Doc Prothro: 8/F
Billy Rogell: W.1-2
Jack Rothrock: W.2-3;1-2
John Bischoff: D7.3-H;2-H;1-3
Ted Wingfield: E6/G56.3-H(NR)(UR);2-3
Sy Rosenthal: 6/P

Top 5

Babe Ruth: S8
Lou Gehrig: 13.1-2
Ben Paschal: E6/G.2XH(42)
Aaron Ward: 4/P

Bot 5

Ira Flagstead: 7/F
Roy Carlyle: 8/F
Phil Todt: 7/F

Top 6

Benny Bengough: 8/F
Mark Koenig: 2/FL
Hank Johnson: 53

Bot 6

Doc Prothro: 13
Billy Rogell: 63
Jack Rothrock: S8/G46+
John Bischoff: 4(1)/FO

Top 7

Earle Combs: T9/F9D
Bob Meusel: 53
Babe Ruth: D9/G3L.3-H
Lou Gehrig: 3/G.2-3
Ben Paschal: 53

Bot 7

Ted Wingfield: 8/F
Sy Rosenthal: 8/F
Ira Flagstead: 8/F

Top 8

Aaron Ward: 13
Benny Bengough: 163
Mark Koenig: 43

Bot 8

Roy Carlyle: S9
Phil Todt: 16(1)/FO
Doc Prothro: 7/F
Ike Boone: S/L6D.1-2
Jack Rothrock: 8/F

Top 9

Hank Johnson: 2/FL
Earle Combs: S8
Bob Meusel: CS2(24)
Bob Meusel: 63

Bot 9

John Bischoff: 5/FL
Ted Wingfield: 3/G
Sy Rosenthal: W
Ira Flagstead: D7/G5L.1-H

Notes & reviews

BG=109
Bad bounder over 2B
Near the flagpole
Ward tagged Prothro
Over SS
Ruth took 3B on Wingfield's pickoff throw to 1B
Over Carlyle who misjudged it
Carlyle lost it in sun
Wingfield deflected it
Over Koenig
Wamby handled the high throw well
Close play; Rosenthal up-ended Bengough as he slid home

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