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New York Yankees @ Philadelphia Athletics

1925-09-10 · Day game · Shibe Park · 1:42

New York Yankees defeated Philadelphia Athletics 7–3. New York Yankees put up 3 in the 4th. Waite Hoyt earned the win. Bob Meusel went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	0	0	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	7	10
PHA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	11

W: Waite Hoyt L: Sam Gray SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Dick Nallin · 1B: Harry Geisel · 2B: (none) · 3B: Billy Evans · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jimmy Dykes	5	0	1	1	0	1
Mickey Cochrane	3	1	2	0	0	0
Bill Lamar	4	0	2	0	0	0
Al Simmons	4	0	1	0	0	1
Red Holt	3	0	1	1	1	0
Sammy Hale	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bing Miller	4	1	1	1	0	0
Chick Galloway	3	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Gray	1	0	0	0	0	0
Walt French	1	0	0	0	0	0
Stan Baumgartner	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cy Perkins	2	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Poole	1	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Keesey	1	0	0	0	0	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Waite Hoyt	9.0	11	1	4

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sam Gray	5.0	8	0	1
Stan Baumgartner	4.0	2	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Earle Combs: 8/F
Bob Meusel: 9/F
Babe Ruth: E4/G
Lou Gehrig: 8/F

Bot 1

Jimmy Dykes: 9/F
Mickey Cochrane: D/F78S
Bill Lamar: S5/BG.2-3
Al Simmons: 3/P3L
Red Holt: S/F78S.3-H;1-3
Sammy Hale: 4(1)/FO

Top 2

Ben Paschal: 8/F
Aaron Ward: 63
Benny Bengough: 8/F

Bot 2

Bing Miller: 43
Chick Galloway: 63
Sam Gray: 13

Top 3

Mark Koenig: 9/F
Waite Hoyt: 9/F
Earle Combs: 7/F7S

Bot 3

Jimmy Dykes: 63/G6S
Mickey Cochrane: S9
Bill Lamar: S57/G5.1X3(76)
Al Simmons: 9/F

Top 4

Bob Meusel: HR/F78XD
Babe Ruth: HR/F9D
Lou Gehrig: HR/F89XD
Ben Paschal: S8/89.BX2(86)
Aaron Ward: 13
Benny Bengough: 13

Bot 4

Red Holt: 9/F
Sammy Hale: S7/G56
Bing Miller: 6/P
Chick Galloway: 54(1)/FO

Top 5

Mark Koenig: 3/G
Waite Hoyt: 13
Earle Combs: S7/5
Bob Meusel: D/78XD.1-H
Babe Ruth: T8/F89XDW.2-H
Lou Gehrig: S7/G46.3-H
Ben Paschal: K

Bot 5

Walt French: 53
Jimmy Dykes: 43
Mickey Cochrane: 3/G

Top 6

Aaron Ward: W
Benny Bengough: 14(1)3/GDP
Mark Koenig: 5/L

Bot 6

Bill Lamar: 9/F
Al Simmons: K
Red Holt: W
Sammy Hale: 3/G

Top 7

Waite Hoyt: E5/G
Earle Combs: 53/SH.1-2
Bob Meusel: D8.2-H(UR)
Babe Ruth: 53/SH.2-3
Lou Gehrig: 3/G

Bot 7

Bing Miller: 63
Chick Galloway: 8/F
Stan Baumgartner: 13

Top 8

Ben Paschal: 8/F
Aaron Ward: D8
Benny Bengough: W
Mark Koenig: 2/P/FL
Waite Hoyt: 43

Bot 8

Jimmy Dykes: K
Cy Perkins: S8
Bill Lamar: 8/L
Al Simmons: S9.1-2
Red Holt: 43

Top 9

Earle Combs: 6/P
Bob Meusel: 5/P/FL
Babe Ruth: 4/P

Bot 9

Sammy Hale: K
Bing Miller: HR/F7D
Jim Poole: S4/G
Jim Keesey: DI.1-2
Jim Keesey: K
Jimmy Dykes: DI.2-3
Jimmy Dykes: S7.3-H
Cy Perkins: DI.1-2
Cy Perkins: 7/F

Notes & reviews

Ruth was vociferously cheered as he stepped to the plate
Texas Leaguer
Texas Leaguer
Shoestring catch robbed Combs
1-handed pickup
Into lower LCF stands
Over RF wall into 20th Street
Over RCF wall and landed on a tin roof of a house porch on the far side of 20th Street.
Past Hale
High over Simmons, struck the printed face of the scoreboard and missed HR by a couple of feet.
Through Hale
Into upper LF stands
Through Ward

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