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New York Yankees @ St. Louis Browns

1927-07-16 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 9000 · 2:10

New York Yankees defeated St. Louis Browns 5–2. New York Yankees put up 2 in the 2nd. Herb Pennock earned the win. Lou Gehrig went 2-for-3 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Herb Pennock L: Sad Sam Jones SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Earle Combs	4	1	2	0	1	1
Ray Morehart	4	2	3	0	1	0
Babe Ruth	3	0	0	0	1	0
Lou Gehrig	3	1	2	3	2	0
Bob Meusel	5	0	0	0	0	1
Mark Koenig	4	1	1	0	0	1
Joe Dugan	3	0	2	1	1	0
Johnny Grabowski	4	0	0	0	0	0
Herb Pennock	4	0	0	0	0	2

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frank O'Rourke	4	1	1	0	0	0
Herschel Bennett	4	0	2	1	0	0
George Sisler	3	0	1	1	0	0
Bing Miller	4	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Rice	3	0	0	0	1	1
Spencer Adams	2	0	1	0	1	0
Steve O'Neill	2	0	0	0	1	0
Wally Gerber	3	1	1	0	0	0
Sad Sam Jones	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ski Melillo	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Williams	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Herb Pennock	9.0	6	3	1

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sad Sam Jones	9.0	10	6	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Earle Combs: K
Ray Morehart: S9
Babe Ruth: 4(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 1

Frank O'Rourke: 63
Herschel Bennett: 43
George Sisler: S/G46
Bing Miller: 9/F

Top 2

Lou Gehrig: W
Bob Meusel: SB2
Bob Meusel: 4/P
Mark Koenig: S/G46.2-3
Joe Dugan: S8.3-H(RBI);1-H(NR)(UR);B-3(E8)
Johnny Grabowski: 3/FL
Herb Pennock: K

Bot 2

Harry Rice: 2/FL
Spencer Adams: W
Steve O'Neill: 9/F
Wally Gerber: S8.1-2
Sad Sam Jones: PB.2-3;1-2
Sad Sam Jones: 8/F78

Top 3

Earle Combs: D7
Ray Morehart: W
Babe Ruth: 8(B)5(2)/DP.1-2(TH3)
Lou Gehrig: S/89.2-H
Bob Meusel: 13

Bot 3

Frank O'Rourke: 8/F
Herschel Bennett: 9/L
George Sisler: 31

Top 4

Mark Koenig: K/C
Joe Dugan: W
Johnny Grabowski: 53.1-2
Herb Pennock: K/C

Bot 4

Bing Miller: 7/F
Harry Rice: W
Spencer Adams: S8.1-2
Steve O'Neill: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Earle Combs: W
Ray Morehart: 63.1-2
Babe Ruth: 2/FL
Lou Gehrig: 8/F8D

Bot 5

Wally Gerber: E4/G.B-1
Sad Sam Jones: 6/P
Frank O'Rourke: S8.1-3;B-2(TH3)
Herschel Bennett: S6/G.3-H(UR);2-3
George Sisler: 7/SF.3-H(UR)
Bing Miller: 64(1)/FO

Top 6

Bob Meusel: 8/F
Mark Koenig: 43
Joe Dugan: S6/G
Johnny Grabowski: 53

Bot 6

Harry Rice: K23
Spencer Adams: 43
Steve O'Neill: W
Wally Gerber: CS2(24)

Top 7

Herb Pennock: 9/F
Earle Combs: S9
Ray Morehart: S7.1-3
Babe Ruth: W.1-2
Lou Gehrig: D/89.3-H;2-H;1-3
Bob Meusel: K
Mark Koenig: 7/F

Bot 7

Wally Gerber: 13
Sad Sam Jones: 8/F
Frank O'Rourke: 53

Top 8

Joe Dugan: 4/P
Johnny Grabowski: 63
Herb Pennock: 7/F

Bot 8

Herschel Bennett: S9/F9S
George Sisler: 46(1)3/GDP
Bing Miller: 8/F

Top 9

Earle Combs: 7/F
Ray Morehart: S6/G
Babe Ruth: 8/SF/8D.1-2
Lou Gehrig: IW
Bob Meusel: 6/P

Bot 9

Harry Rice: 3/G
Ski Melillo: 53
Ken Williams: 9/F

Notes & reviews

HP umpire Harry Geisel's left hand injured by a foul ball; he was treated and play resumed

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