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Philadelphia Athletics @ New York Yankees

1929-04-21 · Day game · Yankee Stadium I · 5 innings · Att: 40000 · overcast · 1:35

Philadelphia Athletics defeated New York Yankees 7–4. Philadelphia Athletics put up 4 in the 1st. Lefty Grove earned the win. Jimmy Dykes went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	R	H	E
PHA	4	1	0	0	2	7	6
NYA	1	0	0	3	0	4	5

W: Lefty Grove L: Hank Johnson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill McGowan · 1B: Roy Van Graflan · 2B: (none) · 3B: Tommy Connolly · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Max Bishop	2	1	1	0	1	0
Homer Summa	3	1	1	0	0	0
Mickey Cochrane	2	1	1	0	1	0
Mule Haas	2	1	0	0	1	0
Sammy Hale	2	1	0	1	1	0
Jimmie Foxx	1	1	0	1	1	0
Bing Miller	3	0	1	1	0	1
Jimmy Dykes	3	1	2	3	0	0
Lefty Grove	3	0	0	0	0	3

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Earle Combs	3	1	0	0	0	0
Mark Koenig	3	0	1	0	0	1
Babe Ruth	3	1	1	0	0	1
Lou Gehrig	3	0	1	1	0	1
Bob Meusel	1	1	0	0	1	0
Tony Lazzeri	2	1	1	1	0	0
Leo Durocher	2	0	1	2	0	1
Johnny Grabowski	2	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Zachary	2	0	0	0	0	2

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Grove	5.0	5	1	6

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hank Johnson	0.2	2	4	0
Tom Zachary	4.1	4	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Max Bishop: W
Homer Summa: 3/G.1-2
Mickey Cochrane: W
Mule Haas: W.2-3;1-2
Sammy Hale: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Jimmie Foxx: 7/SF.3-H
Bing Miller: S8.2-H;1-2
Jimmy Dykes: S7.2-H;1-3
Lefty Grove: SB2
Lefty Grove: K

Bot 1

Earle Combs: E6/TH1
Mark Koenig: WP.1-2#
Mark Koenig: K
Babe Ruth: 8/L
Lou Gehrig: S4/L.2-H(UR)
Bob Meusel: 7/F

Top 2

Max Bishop: S7
Homer Summa: 46(1)/FO
Mickey Cochrane: D7/7L.1-3
Mule Haas: 3/P/FL
Sammy Hale: E1/TH1.3-H(NR)(UR);2-3
Jimmie Foxx: 64(1)/FO/G6M

Bot 2

Tony Lazzeri: 9/F
Leo Durocher: K
Johnny Grabowski: 8/L89

Top 3

Bing Miller: K
Jimmy Dykes: 7/F
Lefty Grove: K/C

Bot 3

Tom Zachary: K/C
Earle Combs: 63
Mark Koenig: 43

Top 4

Max Bishop: 23/BG
Homer Summa: S1
Mickey Cochrane: 54(1)/FO
Mule Haas: 53

Bot 4

Babe Ruth: S8
Lou Gehrig: K
Bob Meusel: W.1-2
Tony Lazzeri: S8.2-H;1-3
Leo Durocher: SB2
Leo Durocher: S9.3-H;2-H
Johnny Grabowski: 8/F
Tom Zachary: K

Top 5

Sammy Hale: 2/P
Jimmie Foxx: W
Bing Miller: 7/F
Jimmy Dykes: HR/F9D.1-H
Lefty Grove: K

Bot 5

Earle Combs: 6/P
Mark Koenig: D7
Babe Ruth: K/C
Lou Gehrig: 7/F

Notes & reviews

Cold, windy, and dark when game began
Ball slipped from Dykes' grasp as he went to throw it
Bishop knocked it down but couldn't field it
Durocher: great grab followed by a back-handed flip to 2B
Haas: spectacular 1-handed shoestring catch
Stole as Grove held ball
It began to rain
Into RF bleachers
It began to rain heavily
Ruth protested vigorously
Game called due to rain. Summa, Cochrane, Haas, and Hale had singled for 2 runs in the PHA 6th when the umps called a halt.

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