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New York Yankees @ Chicago White Sox

1929-08-21 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 5000 · 1:41

Chicago White Sox defeated New York Yankees 4–3. Chicago White Sox put up 3 in the 7th. Tommy Thomas earned the win. Samuel Byrd went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Tommy Thomas L: Ed Wells SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Harry Geisel · 1B: George Moriarty · 2B: (none) · 3B: Roy Van Graflan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Samuel Byrd	4	1	2	1	1	1
Gene Robertson	4	0	1	0	1	0
Earle Combs	4	0	0	0	1	0
Babe Ruth	5	0	1	0	0	1
Lou Gehrig	4	1	0	0	1	0
Mark Koenig	3	1	2	1	1	0
Bill Dickey	4	0	2	1	0	0
Leo Durocher	2	0	0	0	1	0
Ed Wells	3	0	1	0	0	0
Cedric Durst	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Meusel	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Alex Metzler	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Cissell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Carl Reynolds	3	1	1	1	1	0
Art Shires	4	1	1	0	0	1
Dutch Hoffman	2	1	1	1	1	0
Bill Hunnefield	3	0	0	1	0	0
John Kerr	2	1	1	1	0	0
Moe Berg	3	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Thomas	3	0	1	0	0	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ed Wells	8.0	5	2	2

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tommy Thomas	9.0	9	6	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Samuel Byrd: 5/FL#
Gene Robertson: S9
Earle Combs: 9/L
Babe Ruth: E4.1-2#
Lou Gehrig: 8

Bot 1

Alex Metzler: 8
Bill Cissell: 6/P56D
Carl Reynolds: HR/F7D
Art Shires: 63

Top 2

Mark Koenig: 8
Bill Dickey: S6/G56
Leo Durocher: 4(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Dutch Hoffman: 2/FL#
Bill Hunnefield: 2/FL
John Kerr: 6/P

Top 3

Ed Wells: 43
Samuel Byrd: W
Gene Robertson: 9/L89
Earle Combs: 13

Bot 3

Moe Berg: 2/FL
Tommy Thomas: K
Alex Metzler: 6/P56D

Top 4

Babe Ruth: 8/F89XD
Lou Gehrig: 7
Mark Koenig: HR/78D
Bill Dickey: 43

Bot 4

Bill Cissell: 6/P
Carl Reynolds: 63
Art Shires: K

Top 5

Leo Durocher: 53/BG
Ed Wells: S7
Samuel Byrd: K
Gene Robertson: 46(1)/FO

Bot 5

Dutch Hoffman: W
Bill Hunnefield: 8
John Kerr: 7/F7D/SF.1-2
Moe Berg: 3/G

Top 6

Earle Combs: 7/F7D
Babe Ruth: 8/F8XD
Lou Gehrig: W
Mark Koenig: S/F78S.1-3
Bill Dickey: S9/89.3-H;1-3
Leo Durocher: W.1-2
Ed Wells: 8/F8S

Bot 6

Tommy Thomas: D9/89
Alex Metzler: 9/FL/SF.2-3
Bill Cissell: 4/P
Carl Reynolds: 63

Top 7

Samuel Byrd: HR/F7D
Gene Robertson: W
Earle Combs: 46(1)3/GDP
Babe Ruth: K

Bot 7

Art Shires: S9.B-2(E9)
Dutch Hoffman: T/78.2-H
Bill Hunnefield: 63.3-H
John Kerr: HR/F7D
Moe Berg: 4/P4D
Tommy Thomas: 63

Top 8

Lou Gehrig: 43
Mark Koenig: W
Bill Dickey: 6/P6D
Cedric Durst: 7/F78S

Bot 8

Alex Metzler: 4/P
Bill Cissell: 7
Carl Reynolds: W
Art Shires: 2/FL

Top 9

Bob Meusel: 53
Samuel Byrd: S9/89
Gene Robertson: 9
Earle Combs: W.1-2
Babe Ruth: S6/G.2-3;1-2
Lou Gehrig: 7/F7D

Notes & reviews

Into lower deck of LF stands
Running catch
IPHR
Close to LF stand
Into LF stands
Got by Byrd
Into lower LF stands
Great running, tumbling catch
Cissell knocked down smash

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