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New York Yankees @ Cleveland Guardians

1925-08-23 · Day game · League Park IV · Att: 10000 · 2:05

Cleveland Indians defeated New York Yankees 7–6. Cleveland Indians put up 3 in the 3rd. By Speece earned the win. Babe Ruth went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: By Speece L: Herb Pennock SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ernie Johnson	4	1	1	0	0	1
Bob Meusel	4	0	0	0	0	1
Earle Combs	4	1	1	0	0	2
Babe Ruth	4	2	2	3	0	0
Lou Gehrig	4	0	2	1	0	0
Joe Dugan	3	1	0	0	1	0
Roy Luebbe	2	0	0	0	0	0
Pee-Wee Wanninger	2	0	0	0	0	0
Urban Shocker	2	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Schang	1	1	1	0	0	0
Ben Paschal	1	0	1	1	0	0
Herb Pennock	0	0	0	1	0	0
Benny Bengough	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Charlie Jamieson	4	2	1	0	1	2
Homer Summa	3	0	1	0	0	0
Pat McNulty	2	1	0	0	1	0
Joe Sewell	5	1	3	0	0	0
George Burns	3	1	1	2	2	0
Freddy Spurgeon	4	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Hodapp	4	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Sewell	3	1	1	0	1	0
Benn Karr	3	1	2	1	0	0
George Uhle	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cliff Lee	2	0	1	2	0	1
By Speece	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chick Fewster	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Urban Shocker	5.0	9	3	2
Herb Pennock	3.0	2	2	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Benn Karr	6.0	8	1	2
By Speece	3.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ernie Johnson: S8/4MD
Bob Meusel: 9/F
Earle Combs: S1/G.1-3(E1/TH1);B-2
Babe Ruth: S9.3-H;2-H;B-2(E9/THH)
Lou Gehrig: S8.2-H(UR)
Joe Dugan: 6/LDP.1X1(63)

Bot 1

Charlie Jamieson: K
Homer Summa: S/BG25
Pat McNulty: 6(1)/FO
Joe Sewell: 9/L

Top 2

Roy Luebbe: 13
Pee-Wee Wanninger: 6/P
Urban Shocker: 9/F

Bot 2

George Burns: 63
Freddy Spurgeon: 63
Johnny Hodapp: E9/L
Luke Sewell: W.1-2
Benn Karr: 23/G

Top 3

Ernie Johnson: K
Bob Meusel: 43
Earle Combs: K

Bot 3

Charlie Jamieson: W
Homer Summa: 13.1-2
Pat McNulty: W
Joe Sewell: S3/G.2-3;1-2
George Burns: D8/78.3-H;2-H;1XH(86254);B-3
Freddy Spurgeon: E4/G.3-H(NR)(UR)
Johnny Hodapp: 53

Top 4

Babe Ruth: 6/P
Lou Gehrig: D7
Joe Dugan: 8/F
Roy Luebbe: 7/F

Bot 4

Luke Sewell: 63
Benn Karr: S/78
Charlie Jamieson: K
Homer Summa: 9/F

Top 5

Pee-Wee Wanninger: 1/BP
Urban Shocker: 8/F
Ernie Johnson: 3/G

Bot 5

Pat McNulty: 3/P
Joe Sewell: S7
George Burns: 36(1)/FO
Freddy Spurgeon: S7.1-2
Johnny Hodapp: 64(1)/FO

Top 6

Bob Meusel: 53
Earle Combs: 13
Babe Ruth: HR/F9D
Lou Gehrig: 43

Bot 6

Luke Sewell: S8
Benn Karr: D8/F8XD.1-H
Charlie Jamieson: S7/7S.2-3
George Uhle: 53.1-2
Cliff Lee: S8/G46.3-H;2-H
Joe Sewell: 3/FL
George Burns: W.1-2
Freddy Spurgeon: 5(2)/FO

Top 7

Joe Dugan: W
Wally Schang: S9.1-2
Ben Paschal: S7.2-H;1-3
Herb Pennock: 7/SF.3-H
Ernie Johnson: 8/F
Bob Meusel: CS2(24)

Bot 7

Johnny Hodapp: 43
Luke Sewell: 3/FL
By Speece: 53

Top 8

Bob Meusel: K
Earle Combs: K/C
Babe Ruth: 5/FL

Bot 8

Charlie Jamieson: 43
Chick Fewster: 53
Cliff Lee: K23

Top 9

Lou Gehrig: 63
Joe Dugan: 43
Benny Bengough: 13

Bot 9

Joe Sewell: S8.B-3(E8)
George Burns: IW
Freddy Spurgeon: DI.1-2
Freddy Spurgeon: WP.3-H(UR)

Notes & reviews

High bounder
Shocker was late covering 1B
J.Sewell rounded 3B too far; after starting the rundown on Sewell, attention turned to Burns retreating toward 2B. Sewell tried to sneak home but was run down by Johnson.
Masterly stop & throw
Ruth broke his favorite bat
Great play
Over RF wall (with new bat)
Over Combs
Rolled through Combs to the fence
Pennock was told to intentionally walk Spurgeon as well, but when he threw a strike, Bengough ran out to the mound. The next pitch was one that Bengough 'couldn't have reached with a rake' (NY Times) and hit the grandstand with a hollow thud.

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