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Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees

1929-06-19 · Day game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 3000 · 1:42

New York Yankees defeated Boston Red Sox 13–2. New York Yankees put up 8 in the 3rd. Ed Wells earned the win and Wilcy Moore picked up the save. Lou Gehrig went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	6
NYA	1	0	8	0	2	1	0	1		13	20

W: Ed Wells L: Jack Russell SV: Wilcy Moore

Umpires — HP: Bick Campbell · 1B: Bill McGowan · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Reeves	3	0	0	0	0	0
Russ Scarritt	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Rothrock	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Barrett	4	1	2	1	0	0
Bill Regan	0	0	0	0	1	0
Phil Todt	1	0	1	0	0	0
Charlie Berry	2	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Gerber	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Russell	2	0	0	0	0	1
Grant Gillis	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Barrett	3	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Narleski	2	0	1	0	0	0
Jack Ryan	2	0	0	0	0	2
Alex Gaston	1	1	1	1	0	0
Ed Carroll	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hal Rhyne	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — batting

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

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Russell	6.0	19	0	0
Ed Carroll	2.0	1	0	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ed Wells	8.0	5	1	5
Wilcy Moore	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bobby Reeves: 7/L7D
Russ Scarritt: 43
Jack Rothrock: 2/FL

Bot 1

Earle Combs: 31
Gene Robertson: 4/L4M
Lou Gehrig: HR/F9D
Cedric Durst: S7
Tony Lazzeri: SB2
Tony Lazzeri: 53

Top 2

Bill Barrett: 9
Bill Regan: W
Phil Todt: S8.1-2
Charlie Berry: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Bob Meusel: 63
Bill Dickey: 3/G
Leo Durocher: S7
Ed Wells: 8/F8XD

Top 3

Wally Gerber: 53
Jack Russell: K
Bobby Reeves: 6/L

Bot 3

Earle Combs: 13/G23
Gene Robertson: T7/7DW
Lou Gehrig: S9.3-H
Cedric Durst: T/89.1-H
Tony Lazzeri: S7.3-H
Bob Meusel: D9/9LD.1-H
Bill Dickey: S/56.2-H;B-2(THH)
Leo Durocher: S7.2-3
Ed Wells: S/G5.3-H;1-2
Earle Combs: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Gene Robertson: SB2
Gene Robertson: S7/7S.3-H;2-H
Lou Gehrig: 8/F8XD

Top 4

Russ Scarritt: 8
Jack Rothrock: 53
Bill Barrett: 53

Bot 4

Cedric Durst: 43
Tony Lazzeri: 3/FL
Bob Meusel: S/6
Bill Dickey: 43

Top 5

Grant Gillis: K/C
Bob Barrett: S7
Charlie Berry: 5/P
Bill Narleski: S7.1-2
Jack Russell: 64(1)/FO

Bot 5

Leo Durocher: S/4
Ed Wells: S7.1-3
Earle Combs: 16(1)/FO
Gene Robertson: D8.3-H;1-3
Lou Gehrig: S3/G3S.3-H;2-3
Cedric Durst: 9(B)2(3)/DP

Top 6

Bobby Reeves: 6/F
Jack Ryan: K
Jack Rothrock: K23

Bot 6

Tony Lazzeri: S
Bob Meusel: S7.1-3;B-2(TH)
Bill Dickey: 8/SF.3-H
Leo Durocher: 53
Ed Wells: 8

Top 7

Bill Barrett: HR7/IPHR/7DW
Grant Gillis: 2/FL
Bob Barrett: 53
Alex Gaston: HR/F7D
Bill Narleski: 7

Bot 7

Earle Combs: 7
Gene Robertson: 9
Lou Gehrig: HP
Babe Ruth: 43

Top 8

Ed Carroll: 53
Hal Rhyne: 8
Jack Ryan: K

Bot 8

Tony Lazzeri: 3/G
Bob Meusel: T/89
Bill Dickey: 3/G.3-H
Leo Durocher: K/C

Top 9

Jack Rothrock: 63
Bill Barrett: S8.B-2(E8)
Grant Gillis: 53.2-3
Bob Barrett: 13

Notes & reviews

To the running track
Slow roller
Nice catch
Gehrig celebrated 26th birthday with HR into bleachers
Close play
1-handed catch
Bounded over Reeves' head
Hard grounder past Narleski
Past Gillis
Slow roller
A great cheer went up when Ruth went to RF in place of Durst. Ruth's 1st appearance in a game since June 1.
IPHR;'Meusel was slow in chasing Barrett's shot off LF wall'
Into LF stands
Hit in the back
Combs fumbled
This account supplemented by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Updated by Wayne Townsend, 11/16/02.

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