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New York Yankees @ Washington Senators

1924-04-19 · Day game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 7000 · 2:05

Washington Senators defeated New York Yankees 7–2. Washington Senators put up 3 in the 5th. John Martina earned the win. Whitey Witt went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	9
WS1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	2		7	12

W: John Martina L: Herb Pennock SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whitey Witt	5	1	3	1	0	1
Joe Dugan	5	0	2	0	0	0
Babe Ruth	1	0	0	0	1	1
Wally Pipp	5	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Meusel	3	0	1	0	2	1
Aaron Ward	5	1	1	0	0	2
Wally Schang	3	0	1	0	1	1
Everett Scott	2	0	0	1	1	0
Herb Pennock	2	0	0	0	0	0
Harvey Hendrick	1	0	0	0	0	0
Earle Combs	2	0	1	0	0	0
Ernie Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Judge	4	1	1	1	0	0
Bucky Harris	5	0	2	2	0	0
Sam Rice	5	1	1	0	0	1
Goose Goslin	4	1	1	0	0	0
Showboat Fisher	3	2	2	1	1	1
Muddy Ruel	2	1	1	0	2	0
Doc Prothro	4	0	1	1	0	0
Roger Peckinpaugh	4	1	1	0	0	0
Joe Martina	3	0	2	1	1	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Herb Pennock	5.0	10	2	0
Sad Sam Jones	2.0	0	0	2
Waite Hoyt	1.0	2	2	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Martina	9.0	9	5	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Whitey Witt: HR/F9D
Joe Dugan: 53
Babe Ruth: W
Wally Pipp: 8/F
Bob Meusel: D7/7L.1-3
Aaron Ward: 53

Bot 1

Joe Judge: T8/8XDW
Bucky Harris: S/4.3-H
Sam Rice: CS2(24)
Sam Rice: 9/F9DW
Goose Goslin: 43

Top 2

Wally Schang: K
Everett Scott: 13
Herb Pennock: 43

Bot 2

Showboat Fisher: S8
Muddy Ruel: W.1-2
Doc Prothro: 3(B)6(1)/GDP/G3L.2-3
Roger Peckinpaugh: 43

Top 3

Whitey Witt: E5/G
Joe Dugan: S5/G.1-2
Babe Ruth: 53/SH.2-3;1-2
Wally Pipp: FC3.3XH(32);2-3
Bob Meusel: W.1-2
Aaron Ward: K/C

Bot 3

Joe Martina: S9
Joe Judge: 8/F8S
Bucky Harris: 7/F
Sam Rice: S9.1-2
Goose Goslin: 43

Top 4

Wally Schang: W
Everett Scott: 7/F
Herb Pennock: 7/L78
Whitey Witt: S1/BG.1-2
Joe Dugan: 7/F

Bot 4

Showboat Fisher: W
Muddy Ruel: S7/F78.1-3
Doc Prothro: 3/P
Roger Peckinpaugh: 4/P
Joe Martina: S/G6.3-H;1-2
Joe Judge: 5/FL

Top 5

Babe Ruth: K/C
Wally Pipp: K
Bob Meusel: W
Aaron Ward: K

Bot 5

Bucky Harris: 53
Sam Rice: E5/TH/BG.B-2
Goose Goslin: S3/G.2-H(E3/TH1)(NR)(UR);B-2
Showboat Fisher: S7.2-H(UR)
Muddy Ruel: 5/P
Doc Prothro: SB2
Doc Prothro: T8/8XD.2-H(UR)
Roger Peckinpaugh: 3/P

Top 6

Wally Schang: 43
Everett Scott: W
Harvey Hendrick: 9/F
Whitey Witt: D7/7L.1-3
Joe Dugan: 7/F

Bot 6

Joe Martina: 6/P
Joe Judge: 2/FL
Bucky Harris: 7/F

Top 7

Earle Combs: 3/G
Wally Pipp: 2/FL
Bob Meusel: 7/F

Bot 7

Sam Rice: K
Goose Goslin: 5/L5L
Showboat Fisher: K

Top 8

Aaron Ward: S8
Wally Schang: S9.1-3
Everett Scott: 7/SF.3-H
Ernie Johnson: 9/F
Whitey Witt: K

Bot 8

Muddy Ruel: W
Doc Prothro: 9/F
Roger Peckinpaugh: S7/5.1-3
Joe Martina: W.1-2
Joe Judge: 7/SF.3-H
Bucky Harris: S8.2-H;1-3;B-2(E8/TH)
Sam Rice: 31

Top 9

Joe Dugan: S7
Earle Combs: S8.1-2
Wally Pipp: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Bob Meusel: K
Aaron Ward: 2/FL

Notes & reviews

John Martina's ML debut
Over RF fence
Great bare hand stop by Pipp over 1B
Martina's 1st ML AB
Great running catch
Meusel and Witt let it drop between them
Off Scott's bare hand
Ruth ejected by HP umpire Evans. After arguing strenuously, Ruth tossed his bat high in the air, landing close to pitcher Martina prompting Babe's immediate ejection
Sensational backhand catch
Through Dugan

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