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New York Yankees @ Detroit Tigers

1929-05-12 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 42036 · 2:06

Detroit Tigers defeated New York Yankees 9–7. Detroit Tigers put up 4 in the 2nd. Earl Whitehill earned the win and Lil Stoner picked up the save. Eddie Phillips went 3-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Earl Whitehill L: Waite Hoyt SV: Lil Stoner

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

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Earle Combs	4	0	0	0	1	1
Mark Koenig	5	1	1	0	0	0
Babe Ruth	3	2	1	1	1	0
Lou Gehrig	3	0	0	0	2	0
Bob Meusel	4	2	2	1	1	1
Tony Lazzeri	5	1	1	2	0	1
Leo Durocher	4	1	1	1	0	0
Arndt Jorgens	4	0	1	1	0	0
Waite Hoyt	3	0	1	0	0	1
Samuel Byrd	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roy Johnson	4	1	1	0	1	0
John Stone	5	0	4	2	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	3	0	1	0	2	0
Harry Heilmann	5	1	1	0	0	1
Dale Alexander	5	2	3	0	0	0
Marty McManus	4	1	0	0	1	0
Eddie Phillips	4	2	3	3	0	0
Heinie Schuble	4	0	0	0	0	1
Earl Whitehill	4	2	3	3	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Waite Hoyt	7.0	16	4	2
Ed Wells	1.0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Earl Whitehill	8.2	8	5	4
Lil Stoner	0.1	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Earle Combs: 6/P
Mark Koenig: DGR/F78XD
Babe Ruth: DGR/9.2-H
Lou Gehrig: W
Bob Meusel: 53.2-3;1-2
Tony Lazzeri: K

Bot 1

Roy Johnson: 5/P
John Stone: 6/P
Charlie Gehringer: W
Harry Heilmann: 54(1)/FO

Top 2

Leo Durocher: 63
Arndt Jorgens: 53
Waite Hoyt: D
Earle Combs: W
Mark Koenig: 13

Bot 2

Dale Alexander: S7
Marty McManus: FC6.1X2(6E4);B-1
Eddie Phillips: DGR/F7D.2-H(UR);1-3
Heinie Schuble: 8/F
Earl Whitehill: S9.3-H;2-H;BX2(914)
Roy Johnson: W
John Stone: D8.1-3
Charlie Gehringer: E3/G.3-H(NR)(UR);2-3
Harry Heilmann: K

Top 3

Babe Ruth: 3
Lou Gehrig: 4/P
Bob Meusel: K

Bot 3

Dale Alexander: S
Marty McManus: 54(1)3/GDP
Eddie Phillips: 53

Top 4

Tony Lazzeri: FLE2#
Tony Lazzeri: 43
Leo Durocher: 63
Arndt Jorgens: 53

Bot 4

Heinie Schuble: 63
Earl Whitehill: DGR/89D
Roy Johnson: 43.2-3
John Stone: S8/G46.3-H
Charlie Gehringer: 8

Top 5

Waite Hoyt: K
Earle Combs: 7
Mark Koenig: 13

Bot 5

Harry Heilmann: S8
Dale Alexander: 4/P
Marty McManus: W.1-2
Eddie Phillips: S7.2-H;1-2
Heinie Schuble: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Babe Ruth: HP
Lou Gehrig: 2/FL
Bob Meusel: D7.1-3
Tony Lazzeri: D7.3-H;2-H
Leo Durocher: 63.2-3
Arndt Jorgens: E6/L.3-H(NR)(UR)
Waite Hoyt: 4/P

Bot 6

Earl Whitehill: 63
Roy Johnson: 43
John Stone: S
Charlie Gehringer: W.1-2
Harry Heilmann: 9

Top 7

Earle Combs: K
Mark Koenig: 63
Babe Ruth: 3

Bot 7

Dale Alexander: D7
Marty McManus: 63.2-3
Eddie Phillips: D.3-H
Heinie Schuble: K
Earl Whitehill: D.2-H
Roy Johnson: S.2-3
John Stone: S.3-H;1-2
Charlie Gehringer: S9.2XH(92);1-2

Top 8

Lou Gehrig: 63
Bob Meusel: W
Tony Lazzeri: 53.1-2
Leo Durocher: DGR.2-H
Arndt Jorgens: DGR.2-H
Samuel Byrd: 63

Bot 8

Harry Heilmann: 9
Dale Alexander: 4/P
Marty McManus: 3

Top 9

Earle Combs: 13
Mark Koenig: 43
Babe Ruth: W
Lou Gehrig: W.1-2
Bob Meusel: S7.2-H;1-2
Tony Lazzeri: 9/L9DW

Notes & reviews

Circus seats were erected along RF bleachers and LF fence; start of game delayed 15+ minutes for mounted police to control overflow crowd strolling on the field
Johnson: leaping stop

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