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New York Yankees @ Cleveland Guardians

1925-07-17 · Day game · League Park IV · Att: 5000 · 1:50

New York Yankees defeated Cleveland Indians 5–1. New York Yankees put up 2 in the 5th. Waite Hoyt earned the win. Earle Combs went 4-for-5 with 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	5	11
CLE	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	8

W: Waite Hoyt L: Sherry Smith SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ben Paschal	4	1	1	0	1	0
Aaron Ward	5	0	1	0	0	0
Earle Combs	5	3	4	1	0	0
Bob Meusel	5	1	1	1	0	1
Lou Gehrig	4	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Dugan	4	0	1	0	1	0
Benny Bengough	4	0	1	1	1	0
Pee-Wee Wanninger	4	0	1	0	0	0
Waite Hoyt	3	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Merkle	0	0	0	1	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	SO
Charlie Jamieson	4	0	1	0
Pat McNulty	4	0	1	0
Tris Speaker	4	0	1	0
Joe Sewell	4	0	2	0
George Burns	4	0	0	0
Chick Fewster	4	1	1	1
Freddy Spurgeon	4	0	0	0
Glenn Myatt	4	0	0	0
Sherry Smith	3	0	2	0
Homer Summa	1	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Waite Hoyt	9.0	8	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sherry Smith	9.0	11	3	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ben Paschal: 3/FL
Aaron Ward: 2/FL
Earle Combs: S8/G46
Bob Meusel: K

Bot 1

Charlie Jamieson: 53
Pat McNulty: 13
Tris Speaker: S8
Joe Sewell: D9.1-3
George Burns: 3/G

Top 2

Lou Gehrig: 63
Joe Dugan: E3/G
Benny Bengough: 9/L
Pee-Wee Wanninger: 53

Bot 2

Chick Fewster: 53
Freddy Spurgeon: 43
Glenn Myatt: 9/F

Top 3

Waite Hoyt: 13
Ben Paschal: S8
Aaron Ward: D7/F7DW.1-3
Earle Combs: FC6.3-H;2-3
Bob Meusel: 3/FL.1-2
Lou Gehrig: 2/FL

Bot 3

Sherry Smith: S8
Charlie Jamieson: 46(1)/FO.B-2(E6/TH1)
Pat McNulty: 43.2-3
Tris Speaker: 13

Top 4

Joe Dugan: 7/FL
Benny Bengough: D/89
Pee-Wee Wanninger: 13
Waite Hoyt: 8/L8XDW

Bot 4

Joe Sewell: S4/G4M
George Burns: 9/F
Chick Fewster: S7/7S.1-2
Freddy Spurgeon: 1/P
Glenn Myatt: CS3(25)

Top 5

Ben Paschal: 53
Aaron Ward: 3/FL
Earle Combs: S7/78
Bob Meusel: D/89XDW.1-H
Lou Gehrig: S8.2-H;B-2(THH)
Joe Dugan: 3/G

Bot 5

Glenn Myatt: 8/F
Sherry Smith: 4/P
Charlie Jamieson: S7
Pat McNulty: S8.1-2
Tris Speaker: 9/F9LF/FL

Top 6

Benny Bengough: 43
Pee-Wee Wanninger: S8
Waite Hoyt: 3/BG/SH.1-2
Ben Paschal: 3/FL

Bot 6

Joe Sewell: 63
George Burns: E2/TH1/G2.B-1
Chick Fewster: 54(1)/FO
Freddy Spurgeon: FC6.1-H(E6/TH2)(NR)(UR);B-3
Glenn Myatt: 8/F

Top 7

Aaron Ward: 8/F
Earle Combs: D/89
Bob Meusel: E5/TH1.2-2
Lou Gehrig: 13.2-3;1-2
Joe Dugan: IW
Benny Bengough: W.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2#
Pee-Wee Wanninger: 7/F

Bot 7

Sherry Smith: S9
Charlie Jamieson: 46(1)/FO
Pat McNulty: 43.1-2
Tris Speaker: 7/L

Top 8

Waite Hoyt: 53
Ben Paschal: W
Aaron Ward: CS2(24)
Aaron Ward: 6/P

Bot 8

Joe Sewell: 9/L
George Burns: 63
Chick Fewster: K/C

Top 9

Earle Combs: S4/G
Bob Meusel: SB2
Bob Meusel: 9/F9D.2-3
Fred Merkle: 7/SF.3-H
Joe Dugan: S6/G
Benny Bengough: 7/F

Bot 9

Freddy Spurgeon: 3/G
Glenn Myatt: 5/P
Homer Summa: 53

Notes & reviews

Over Jamieson and off the wire fence
Close play at home; Paschal slid under the tag. Speaker came in from CF to argue the call.
Wanninger threw over Gehrig and into CLE dugout
Great 1-handed catch against the fence
Off the CF wire screen
Remarkable 1-handed catch in the bullpen
Low/wide throw
Threw over Ward to RF
High/wide throw
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