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New York Yankees @ Washington Senators

1934-08-08 · Day game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 3500 · 1:57

Washington Senators defeated New York Yankees 9–2. Washington Senators put up 6 in the 1st. Earl Whitehill earned the win. Buddy Myer went 2-for-5 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	9
WS1	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		9	16

W: Earl Whitehill L: Red Ruffing SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Harry Geisel · 1B: Red Ormsby · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Crosetti	5	1	2	1	0	0
Jack Saltzgaver	4	0	1	0	1	0
Ben Chapman	4	0	1	1	0	0
Lou Gehrig	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Lazzeri	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bill Dickey	3	0	2	0	1	0
Myril Hoag	4	1	1	0	0	0
Samuel Byrd	3	0	0	0	1	1
Red Ruffing	1	0	1	0	0	0
Russ Van Atta	2	0	0	0	0	1
Don Heffner	1	0	1	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Buddy Myer	5	0	2	3	0	1
Pete Susko	3	1	1	0	2	0
Heinie Manush	5	1	2	0	0	0
Joe Cronin	4	2	3	2	0	0
Fred Schulte	5	1	2	2	0	0
Cecil Travis	4	1	1	0	1	2
Cliff Bolton	4	2	2	0	0	1
Dave Harris	3	1	2	1	1	0
Earl Whitehill	3	0	1	0	0	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Ruffing	2.2	11	1	0
Russ Van Atta	5.1	5	3	5

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Earl Whitehill	9.0	9	4	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Crosetti: S7
Jack Saltzgaver: S9.1-3
Ben Chapman: 46(1)/FO.3-H
Lou Gehrig: SB2
Lou Gehrig: 8
Tony Lazzeri: 63

Bot 1

Buddy Myer: 63
Pete Susko: S8
Heinie Manush: S9.1-3
Joe Cronin: T7.3-H;1-H
Fred Schulte: S8.3-H
Cecil Travis: S8.1-H(E8);B-2
Cliff Bolton: FC5.2X3(5646);B-1
Dave Harris: S7.1-2
Earl Whitehill: S8.2-3;1-2
Buddy Myer: S9.3-H;2-H;1-2
Pete Susko: 6/P

Top 2

Bill Dickey: W
Myril Hoag: 54(1)3/GDP
Samuel Byrd: W
Red Ruffing: S8.1-3
Frankie Crosetti: 7

Bot 2

Heinie Manush: 5/P
Joe Cronin: S9
Fred Schulte: 4/P
Cecil Travis: PO1(13)

Top 3

Jack Saltzgaver: W
Ben Chapman: S7.1-2
Lou Gehrig: 7
Tony Lazzeri: W.2-3;1-2
Bill Dickey: S/BR.3-3;2-2;1X2(4)
Myril Hoag: 64(1)/FO

Bot 3

Cecil Travis: W
Cliff Bolton: D7.1-3
Dave Harris: 8.3-H
Earl Whitehill: 3/P
Buddy Myer: D7.2-H
Pete Susko: W
Heinie Manush: 9

Top 4

Samuel Byrd: 6/L
Russ Van Atta: 43
Frankie Crosetti: 53

Bot 4

Joe Cronin: 9
Fred Schulte: 8
Cecil Travis: 43

Top 5

Jack Saltzgaver: 43
Ben Chapman: 63
Lou Gehrig: 53/BG

Bot 5

Cliff Bolton: S8
Dave Harris: W.1-2
Earl Whitehill: K/C
Buddy Myer: K+CS3(25)/C/DP

Top 6

Tony Lazzeri: 9
Bill Dickey: S8
Myril Hoag: 7
Samuel Byrd: K

Bot 6

Pete Susko: W
Heinie Manush: S6.1-2
Joe Cronin: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Fred Schulte: FC6.3XH(62);2-3;B-1
Cecil Travis: K

Top 7

Russ Van Atta: K
Frankie Crosetti: S7
Jack Saltzgaver: 16(1)/FO
Ben Chapman: 5/L

Bot 7

Cliff Bolton: K/C
Dave Harris: S8
Earl Whitehill: 13/SH.1-2
Buddy Myer: 43

Top 8

Lou Gehrig: 63
Tony Lazzeri: 53
Bill Dickey: 43

Bot 8

Pete Susko: 4/P
Heinie Manush: 8
Joe Cronin: T8
Fred Schulte: S7.3-H
Cecil Travis: K

Top 9

Myril Hoag: S8
Samuel Byrd: 6/P
Don Heffner: S8.1-3
Frankie Crosetti: 64(1)/FO.3-H
Jack Saltzgaver: 6/P