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New York Yankees @ Detroit Tigers

1929-08-15 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 15000 · 1:56

Detroit Tigers defeated New York Yankees 3–0. Earl Whitehill earned the win. Harry Rice went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Earl Whitehill L: Roy Sherid SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Samuel Byrd	3	0	1	2
Lyn Lary	3	0	1	0
Bob Meusel	4	1	0	0
Babe Ruth	2	0	2	1
Lou Gehrig	4	0	0	2
Tony Lazzeri	4	0	0	0
Benny Bengough	2	0	0	1
Mark Koenig	3	0	0	0
Roy Sherid	2	1	1	0
Ben Paschal	1	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Roy Johnson	4	0	1	0	0
Harry Rice	4	1	2	2	0
Charlie Gehringer	4	0	1	0	1
Bob Fothergill	4	0	0	0	0
Dale Alexander	3	1	0	0	0
Marty McManus	3	0	0	0	1
Pinky Hargrave	3	0	2	1	1
Yats Wuestling	3	1	1	0	0
Earl Whitehill	2	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Roy Sherid	8.0	7	0	3

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Earl Whitehill	9.0	2	5	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Samuel Byrd: K/C
Lyn Lary: 43
Bob Meusel: 9

Bot 1

Roy Johnson: 5/P
Harry Rice: HR/F9D
Charlie Gehringer: K
Bob Fothergill: 8/F89XDW

Top 2

Babe Ruth: W
Lou Gehrig: 43.1-2
Tony Lazzeri: 6/DP/P56D.2X2(64)

Bot 2

Dale Alexander: 43
Marty McManus: K
Pinky Hargrave: K

Top 3

Benny Bengough: 7
Mark Koenig: 7
Roy Sherid: 63

Bot 3

Yats Wuestling: S7
Earl Whitehill: 54/SH.1-2
Roy Johnson: 4/P
Harry Rice: S9/L.2-H
Charlie Gehringer: 43

Top 4

Samuel Byrd: K/C
Lyn Lary: W
Bob Meusel: 8
Babe Ruth: 43

Bot 4

Bob Fothergill: 63
Dale Alexander: E6/G.B-1
Marty McManus: 53.1-2
Pinky Hargrave: S/89.2-H(UR)
Yats Wuestling: 9/F89

Top 5

Lou Gehrig: K
Tony Lazzeri: 63
Benny Bengough: K

Bot 5

Earl Whitehill: 53
Roy Johnson: 13
Harry Rice: 6/P

Top 6

Mark Koenig: 5/FL
Roy Sherid: W
Samuel Byrd: 2/FL
Lyn Lary: 7/F7LS

Bot 6

Charlie Gehringer: S9
Bob Fothergill: 63.1-2
Dale Alexander: 9/F9S
Marty McManus: 8/F89

Top 7

Bob Meusel: S6/G6S
Babe Ruth: K
Lou Gehrig: K+SB2
Tony Lazzeri: 13

Bot 7

Pinky Hargrave: S3/G
Yats Wuestling: 36(1)/FO
Earl Whitehill: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Ben Paschal: 43
Mark Koenig: 4
Roy Sherid: S7
Samuel Byrd: W.1-2
Lyn Lary: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Roy Johnson: S9
Harry Rice: 8
Charlie Gehringer: 7
Bob Fothergill: 4(1)/FO

Top 9

Bob Meusel: 5
Babe Ruth: W
Lou Gehrig: 1
Tony Lazzeri: 43

Notes & reviews

Weather: 'more suitable for football than baseball'
Into RF bleachers
Byrd: great running 1-hand catch
Wuestling: difficult catch; Ruth doubled up on hit & run
Smashed between Koenig's legs
Meusel: running catch
Johnson: running catch
Slow roller; first hit off Whitehill
Hard smash
Through Gehrig
Wuestling: great stop of wicked smash

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