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New York Yankees @ Detroit Tigers

1929-08-16 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 7000 · 2:03

New York Yankees defeated Detroit Tigers 12–2. New York Yankees put up 4 in the 9th. Ed Wells earned the win. Babe Ruth went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	2	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	4	12	15
DET	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	7

W: Ed Wells L: George Uhle SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Samuel Byrd	6	0	2	1	0	0
Gene Robertson	5	0	1	1	1	0
Earle Combs	6	3	2	0	0	0
Babe Ruth	4	4	3	3	1	0
Lou Gehrig	3	2	1	0	2	0
Tony Lazzeri	3	1	1	1	2	1
Bill Dickey	5	1	3	4	0	0
Mark Koenig	4	1	2	2	0	1
Ed Wells	5	0	0	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roy Johnson	4	1	1	0	1	0
Harry Rice	4	0	1	2	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Fothergill	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dale Alexander	3	0	0	0	1	1
Marty McManus	4	0	0	0	0	0
Merv Shea	4	1	2	0	0	0
Yats Wuestling	3	0	1	0	1	0
George Uhle	1	0	0	0	0	0
Augie Prudhomme	1	0	0	0	1	1
Pinky Hargrave	1	0	0	0	0	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ed Wells	9.0	7	4	3

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Uhle	3.0	7	1	1
Augie Prudhomme	6.0	8	5	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Samuel Byrd: 63
Gene Robertson: 9/FL/F9LDF
Earle Combs: D/F78XDW
Babe Ruth: HR/L7D.2-H
Lou Gehrig: 3/G3L

Bot 1

Roy Johnson: S
Harry Rice: 56(1)/FO
Charlie Gehringer: S.1-2
Bob Fothergill: 6/P
Dale Alexander: K

Top 2

Tony Lazzeri: 8/F8XD
Bill Dickey: D/89
Mark Koenig: 13.2-3
Ed Wells: 31

Bot 2

Marty McManus: 3/G
Merv Shea: 53
Yats Wuestling: W
George Uhle: SB2
George Uhle: 3/P

Top 3

Samuel Byrd: D7/7L
Gene Robertson: 43.2-3
Earle Combs: FC1.3XH(1);B-2
Babe Ruth: S/L89.2-H
Lou Gehrig: D/89D.1-3
Tony Lazzeri: W
Bill Dickey: S9.3-H;2-H;1-3
Mark Koenig: K

Bot 3

Roy Johnson: 6/P
Harry Rice: 43
Charlie Gehringer: 4/L

Top 4

Ed Wells: 8
Samuel Byrd: 53
Gene Robertson: 43

Bot 4

Bob Fothergill: 63
Dale Alexander: 4/P
Marty McManus: 5/FL

Top 5

Earle Combs: S9.B-2(E9)
Babe Ruth: W
Lou Gehrig: W.2-3;1-2
Tony Lazzeri: K
Bill Dickey: 64(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Mark Koenig: S9.3-H;1-3
Ed Wells: 64(1)/FO

Bot 5

Merv Shea: D7/G5L
Yats Wuestling: 7
Augie Prudhomme: K
Roy Johnson: W
Harry Rice: D/78.2-H;1-H
Charlie Gehringer: 8

Top 6

Samuel Byrd: 6/L
Gene Robertson: W
Earle Combs: 8/F8XD
Babe Ruth: 13

Bot 6

Bob Fothergill: 3/P
Dale Alexander: W
Marty McManus: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Lou Gehrig: 8/L
Tony Lazzeri: W
Bill Dickey: S/89.1-3
Mark Koenig: SB2
Mark Koenig: 8/SF.3-H;2-3
Ed Wells: K

Bot 7

Merv Shea: 63
Yats Wuestling: 6/P56D
Augie Prudhomme: W
Roy Johnson: 43

Top 8

Samuel Byrd: 53
Gene Robertson: 31
Earle Combs: 7

Bot 8

Harry Rice: 53
Charlie Gehringer: 9
Bob Fothergill: S/78
Dale Alexander: 8/F8XD

Top 9

Babe Ruth: S5/BG.B-3(E5/TH1)
Lou Gehrig: W
Tony Lazzeri: S8.3-H;1-3
Bill Dickey: 46(1)/FO.3-H
Mark Koenig: S/89.1-3
Ed Wells: 6/L
Samuel Byrd: S.3-H;1-2
Gene Robertson: S8.2-H;1-3
Earle Combs: SB2
Earle Combs: 13

Bot 9

Marty McManus: 9
Merv Shea: D7/7L
Yats Wuestling: S.2-3
Pinky Hargrave: K
Roy Johnson: 5/P

Notes & reviews

Off scoreboard
Over LF fence
Alexander: great pickup of hard smash
Uhle ran Byrd down unassisted
Fothergill fumbled
Combs: fine running catch
Low/wide throw past Alexander

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