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New York Yankees @ Cleveland Guardians

1929-08-11 · Day game · League Park IV · Att: 25000 · 2:00

Cleveland Indians defeated New York Yankees 6–5. Cleveland Indians put up 3 in the 4th. Willis Hudlin earned the win. Babe Ruth 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	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	5	8
CLE	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	0		6	13

W: Willis Hudlin L: Ed Wells SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ed Morgan	5	1	0	0	0	0
Joe Sewell	5	0	1	1	0	0
Earl Averill	5	2	3	1	0	0
Lew Fonseca	4	1	2	0	0	0
Bibb Falk	2	0	1	1	1	0
Johnny Hodapp	4	1	2	2	0	0
Ray Gardner	4	0	1	0	0	1
Luke Sewell	4	1	2	1	0	0
Willis Hudlin	4	0	1	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ed Wells	5.2	12	1	1
Roy Sherid	2.1	1	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Willis Hudlin	9.0	8	4	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Earle Combs: 7
Gene Robertson: 31
Lou Gehrig: 6/P

Bot 1

Ed Morgan: 8
Joe Sewell: 4/P
Earl Averill: E3/P.B-1
Lew Fonseca: 2/FL

Top 2

Babe Ruth: HR/F9D
Tony Lazzeri: 53
Bob Meusel: 53
Bill Dickey: 8

Bot 2

Bibb Falk: W
Johnny Hodapp: S7.1-2
Ray Gardner: PO2(26)
Ray Gardner: K
Luke Sewell: 43

Top 3

Mark Koenig: 43
Ed Wells: 43
Earle Combs: 43

Bot 3

Willis Hudlin: S/5
Ed Morgan: 6/P
Joe Sewell: 8(B)3(1)/DP/L

Top 4

Gene Robertson: 31
Lou Gehrig: HR/F9D
Babe Ruth: 43
Tony Lazzeri: 63

Bot 4

Earl Averill: S/G3S
Lew Fonseca: S8/8S.1-2
Bibb Falk: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Johnny Hodapp: S7.3-H;2-H
Ray Gardner: 63.1-2
Luke Sewell: S7.2-H;B-3(E7/THH)
Willis Hudlin: 63

Top 5

Bob Meusel: 63
Bill Dickey: S9
Mark Koenig: S7.1X3(75);B-2(TH3)
Ed Wells: S6.2-H(E6/TH1)(NR)(UR)
Earle Combs: K

Bot 5

Ed Morgan: 8
Joe Sewell: 3/G
Earl Averill: S/P6D
Lew Fonseca: S8/G46.1-2
Bibb Falk: S9.2-H;1-3
Johnny Hodapp: 7

Top 6

Gene Robertson: 31
Lou Gehrig: W
Babe Ruth: S9.1-3
Tony Lazzeri: W.1-2
Bob Meusel: DGR/7.3-H;2-H;1-3
Bill Dickey: IW
Mark Koenig: 32(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Ed Wells: K

Bot 6

Ray Gardner: 5/L
Luke Sewell: S/5
Willis Hudlin: 4/P
Ed Morgan: FC5.1X3(5E4)
Joe Sewell: S/G4.3-H(UR);1-3
Earl Averill: D9/9DW.3-H(UR);1-3
Lew Fonseca: 43

Top 7

Earle Combs: 43
Gene Robertson: 13
Lou Gehrig: 43

Bot 7

Bibb Falk: 9
Johnny Hodapp: E6/TH.B-1
Ray Gardner: S/G3S.1-2
Luke Sewell: 7
Willis Hudlin: 63

Top 8

Babe Ruth: 9
Tony Lazzeri: 13
Bob Meusel: 63/G6S

Bot 8

Ed Morgan: 9
Joe Sewell: 3/G
Earl Averill: 7

Top 9

Bill Dickey: S3/G
Mark Koenig: 8
Cedric Durst: 8/F89
Earle Combs: W.1-2
Gene Robertson: 43

Notes & reviews

Hit 1st pitch high over RF wall; Babe's 30th this season and 500th career HR. The ball landed on Lexington Ave and was recovered by Mr. Jake Geiser. Later, the lucky Geiser met with Ruth who offered him $20 and two new autographed balls for it. Geiser accepted.
Past 3B
Over RF wall
'Into LF crowd'; DGR assumed
Off Robertson's glove
Force out attempted at 2B
Hopped past Lazzeri
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