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New York Yankees @ Boston Red Sox

1926-06-25 · Day game · Fenway Park · 2:10

New York Yankees defeated Boston Red Sox 12–2. New York Yankees put up 6 in the 1st. Sad Sam Jones earned the win. Tony Lazzeri went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	6	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	12	13
BOS	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	7

W: Sad Sam Jones L: Fred Heimach SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ben Paschal	5	1	1	0	1	1
Mark Koenig	5	1	1	0	0	0
Lou Gehrig	5	1	1	1	0	1
Babe Ruth	3	3	1	0	2	0
Bob Meusel	4	3	3	2	1	0
Tony Lazzeri	5	3	2	4	0	0
Mike Gazella	4	0	1	1	1	1
Benny Bengough	5	0	2	4	0	0
Sad Sam Jones	5	0	1	0	0	4

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Fred Haney	2	2	0	0	2	1
Ira Flagstead	4	0	3	0	0	0
Phil Todt	2	0	1	1	1	0
Bill Regan	2	0	0	1	1	0
Baby Doll Jacobson	4	0	2	0	0	0
Howard Fitzgerald	2	0	0	0	0	0
Topper Rigney	4	0	0	0	0	0
John Bischoff	4	0	1	0	0	1
Tony Welzer	3	0	0	0	0	2
Wally Shaner	2	0	0	0	0	1
Sy Rosenthal	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sad Sam Jones	9.0	7	4	5

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fred Heimach	0.0	2	2	0
Tony Welzer	9.0	11	3	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ben Paschal: W
Mark Koenig: E4.1-2
Lou Gehrig: SB3
Lou Gehrig: D.3-H;1-3
Babe Ruth: W
Bob Meusel: S.3-H(UR);2-H;1-3
Tony Lazzeri: S.3-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Mike Gazella: K
Benny Bengough: S.3-H;2-H
Sad Sam Jones: SB2
Sad Sam Jones: K
Ben Paschal: K

Bot 1

Fred Haney: W
Ira Flagstead: 64(1)/FO
Phil Todt: W.1-2
Bill Regan: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Mark Koenig: 5/FL
Lou Gehrig: 31
Babe Ruth: W
Bob Meusel: PB.1-2
Bob Meusel: W
Tony Lazzeri: HR/F7D.2-H;1-H
Mike Gazella: 8

Bot 2

Baby Doll Jacobson: S
Howard Fitzgerald: 9
Topper Rigney: 9
John Bischoff: 7

Top 3

Benny Bengough: 13
Sad Sam Jones: S
Ben Paschal: S.1-3
Mark Koenig: 2/FL
Lou Gehrig: SB2
Lou Gehrig: K

Bot 3

Tony Welzer: K
Fred Haney: W
Ira Flagstead: S.1-3
Phil Todt: S.3-H;1-3
Bill Regan: 5/P
Baby Doll Jacobson: 43

Top 4

Babe Ruth: 13
Bob Meusel: 8/F8D
Tony Lazzeri: 53

Bot 4

Howard Fitzgerald: 43
Topper Rigney: 53
John Bischoff: K

Top 5

Mike Gazella: 13
Benny Bengough: 63
Sad Sam Jones: K

Bot 5

Tony Welzer: K
Fred Haney: K
Ira Flagstead: D
Phil Todt: 9

Top 6

Ben Paschal: 8
Mark Koenig: 3/L
Lou Gehrig: 3/FL

Bot 6

Bill Regan: W
Baby Doll Jacobson: 7/L
Wally Shaner: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Babe Ruth: 43
Bob Meusel: S
Tony Lazzeri: 5/P
Mike Gazella: SB2
Mike Gazella: D.2-H
Benny Bengough: 7/FL

Bot 7

Topper Rigney: 53
John Bischoff: 53
Tony Welzer: 13

Top 8

Sad Sam Jones: K
Ben Paschal: 6/P
Mark Koenig: S
Lou Gehrig: SB2
Lou Gehrig: 43

Bot 8

Fred Haney: E6
Ira Flagstead: S.1-2
Phil Todt: 8/SF.2-3
Bill Regan: 9/SF.3-H(UR)
Baby Doll Jacobson: D7.1XH(72)

Top 9

Babe Ruth: S
Bob Meusel: S.1-2
Tony Lazzeri: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Mike Gazella: W.1-2
Benny Bengough: S.3-H;2-H;1-2
Sad Sam Jones: K
Ben Paschal: 8/F8D

Bot 9

Wally Shaner: K
Topper Rigney: 9
John Bischoff: D
Sy Rosenthal: 2