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New York Yankees @ Boston Red Sox

1929-06-30 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 23000 · 2:22

New York Yankees defeated Boston Red Sox 6–4. New York Yankees put up 3 in the 5th. Ed Wells earned the win and Wilcy Moore picked up the save. Babe Ruth went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Ed Wells L: Danny MacFayden SV: Wilcy Moore

Umpires — HP: George Hildebrand · 1B: Bill Guthrie · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Earle Combs	5	2	2	0	0	1
Gene Robertson	4	0	1	0	1	0
Lou Gehrig	4	2	2	1	1	0
Babe Ruth	4	2	3	4	1	0
Tony Lazzeri	2	0	0	0	2	1
Bob Meusel	4	0	1	0	1	1
Bill Dickey	4	0	1	1	0	0
Leo Durocher	2	0	0	0	2	0
Ed Wells	2	0	0	0	1	1
Wilcy Moore	1	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Reeves	4	0	1	0	1	0
Hal Rhyne	4	2	1	0	1	0
Ken Williams	3	2	2	0	2	0
Russ Scarritt	5	0	3	3	0	0
Elliot Bigelow	4	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Barrett	3	0	0	1	2	0
Alex Gaston	3	0	0	0	1	0
Wally Gerber	2	0	0	0	0	0
Danny MacFayden	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Rothrock	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Narleski	1	0	0	0	1	1
Milt Gaston	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ed Wells	6.0	7	6	0
Fred Heimach	0.0	0	1	0
Wilcy Moore	3.0	0	2	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Danny MacFayden	6.0	6	6	4
Milt Gaston	3.0	4	3	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Earle Combs: S9
Gene Robertson: 43.1-2
Lou Gehrig: D9.2-3
Babe Ruth: 3/G.3-H;2-3
Tony Lazzeri: W
Bob Meusel: CSH(242).1-2

Bot 1

Bobby Reeves: 7/L
Hal Rhyne: S8
Ken Williams: D7.1-3
Russ Scarritt: S8.3-H;2-H
Elliot Bigelow: 8/F
Bob Barrett: W.1-2
Alex Gaston: 5(2)/FO

Top 2

Bob Meusel: K
Bill Dickey: 143
Leo Durocher: W
Ed Wells: K/C

Bot 2

Wally Gerber: 8/F
Danny MacFayden: 43
Bobby Reeves: S7
Hal Rhyne: 64(1)/FO

Top 3

Earle Combs: K/C
Gene Robertson: W
Lou Gehrig: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Ken Williams: W
Russ Scarritt: S8.1-2
Elliot Bigelow: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Bob Barrett: 5/FL
Alex Gaston: 5(2)/FO

Top 4

Babe Ruth: W
Tony Lazzeri: 6/P
Bob Meusel: 9/F
Bill Dickey: S8.1-3
Leo Durocher: 5/FL

Bot 4

Wally Gerber: 9/L
Danny MacFayden: 5/P
Bobby Reeves: 6/P

Top 5

Ed Wells: 53
Earle Combs: D7
Gene Robertson: 13.2-3
Lou Gehrig: S7.3-H
Babe Ruth: HR/8.1-H
Tony Lazzeri: K/C

Bot 5

Hal Rhyne: 8/F
Ken Williams: 8
Russ Scarritt: 9/F

Top 6

Bob Meusel: 63
Bill Dickey: 31
Leo Durocher: W
Ed Wells: W.1-2
Earle Combs: E4/TH.2-3;1-2
Gene Robertson: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Elliot Bigelow: 63
Bob Barrett: W
Alex Gaston: W.1-2
Jack Rothrock: 7/F
Bill Narleski: W.2-3;1-2
Bobby Reeves: 2/FL

Top 7

Lou Gehrig: W
Babe Ruth: D/89.1-H;BX3(945)
Tony Lazzeri: W
Bob Meusel: S7.1-2
Bill Dickey: 8/SF.2-3;1-2(TH)
Leo Durocher: 3/G

Bot 7

Hal Rhyne: W
Ken Williams: S5.1-3
Russ Scarritt: S8.3-H;1-2
Elliot Bigelow: W.2-3;1-2
Bob Barrett: 64(1)3/GDP.3-H(RBI);2-3
Alex Gaston: 63

Top 8

Wilcy Moore: K/C
Earle Combs: 43
Gene Robertson: S8
Lou Gehrig: 13

Bot 8

Milt Gaston: 53
Bill Narleski: K
Bobby Reeves: W
Hal Rhyne: 63

Top 9

Babe Ruth: S9
Tony Lazzeri: 13/SH.1-2
Bob Meusel: WP.2-3
Bob Meusel: W
Bill Dickey: 43.3-H;1-2
Leo Durocher: CS3(25)

Bot 9

Ken Williams: W
Russ Scarritt: 46(1)/FO
Elliot Bigelow: 63.1-2
Bob Barrett: 6/P