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New York Yankees @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1927-10-05 · 1927 World Series · Game 1 of 4 Game 2 ▶ · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 41467 · sunny · 2:04

New York Yankees defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–4. New York Yankees put up 3 in the 3rd. Waite Hoyt earned the win and Wilcy Moore picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: Waite Hoyt L: Ray Kremer SV: Wilcy Moore

Umpires — HP: Ernie Quigley · 1B: Dick Nallin · 2B: Charlie Moran · 3B: Red Ormsby · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Earle Combs	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mark Koenig	4	2	1	0	0	1
Babe Ruth	4	2	3	0	0	0
Lou Gehrig	2	1	1	2	1	0
Bob Meusel	3	0	0	1	1	1
Tony Lazzeri	4	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Dugan	3	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Collins	2	0	0	0	2	0
Waite Hoyt	3	0	0	0	0	0
Wilcy Moore	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lloyd Waner	4	2	1	0	0	0
Clyde Barnhart	5	0	1	1	0	0
Paul Waner	4	0	3	1	0	0
Glenn Wright	2	1	1	1	0	0
Pie Traynor	4	0	1	0	0	0
George Grantham	3	0	0	0	1	0
Joe Harris	4	0	1	1	0	0
Earl Smith	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Kremer	2	1	1	0	0	1
Johnny Miljus	1	0	0	0	0	1
Fred Brickell	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Waite Hoyt	7.1	8	1	2
Wilcy Moore	1.2	1	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ray Kremer	5.0	5	3	1
Johnny Miljus	4.0	1	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Earle Combs: 7/F7D
Mark Koenig: K
Babe Ruth: S9/L9L
Lou Gehrig: T9/F9S.1-H
Bob Meusel: 9/F89

Bot 1

Lloyd Waner: HP
Clyde Barnhart: 9/F
Paul Waner: D9/9L.1-3
Glenn Wright: 8/F8D/SF.3-H;2-3
Pie Traynor: 9/F9L

Top 2

Tony Lazzeri: 5/P25F/FL
Joe Dugan: 4/P
Pat Collins: W
Waite Hoyt: 43/G4

Bot 2

George Grantham: W
Joe Harris: 4(1)3/GDP
Earl Smith: 43

Top 3

Earle Combs: 43/G4M
Mark Koenig: E4/G34.B-1
Babe Ruth: S9/G3L.1-3
Lou Gehrig: W.1-2
Bob Meusel: W.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Tony Lazzeri: 64(1)/FO/R3.3-H(UR);2-3
Joe Dugan: OA.3XH(25E2)(UR);1-3
Joe Dugan: 7/L

Bot 3

Ray Kremer: DGR/F9D
Lloyd Waner: 7/F7
Clyde Barnhart: E7/F7.2-2;B-1
Paul Waner: S8/L.2-H;1-2
Glenn Wright: 46(1)/FO/R3.2-3
Pie Traynor: 64(1)/FO

Top 4

Pat Collins: 8/F8D
Waite Hoyt: 9/F9S
Earle Combs: 7/L78D

Bot 4

George Grantham: 3/G
Joe Harris: 63
Earl Smith: 2/P1S

Top 5

Mark Koenig: D9/L89/TH2
Babe Ruth: 4/G34.2-3
Lou Gehrig: 9/F/SF.3-H
Bob Meusel: 6/P56D

Bot 5

Ray Kremer: K/C
Lloyd Waner: D7/G5L
Clyde Barnhart: S7/G56.2-H
Paul Waner: S14/G.1-2
Glenn Wright: 8/F/SF.2-3
Pie Traynor: 8/F78S

Top 6

Tony Lazzeri: D7/L7DW
Joe Dugan: 24/BG2R/SH.2-3
Pat Collins: W
Waite Hoyt: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

George Grantham: 3/G3L
Joe Harris: 9/F9D
Earl Smith: 9/F9S

Top 7

Earle Combs: K
Mark Koenig: 31/G3L
Babe Ruth: S8/G46
Lou Gehrig: PO1(1363)

Bot 7

Johnny Miljus: K
Lloyd Waner: 43
Clyde Barnhart: 9/F9D

Top 8

Lou Gehrig: 13
Bob Meusel: K/C
Tony Lazzeri: 53

Bot 8

Paul Waner: 7/F7
Glenn Wright: S9/L89S
Pie Traynor: S8/L8S.1-2
George Grantham: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Joe Harris: S8/L/TH3.3-H;1-3
Earl Smith: 3/G

Top 9

Joe Dugan: 63/G6S
Pat Collins: 163
Wilcy Moore: K/C

Bot 9

Fred Brickell: 13/G1
Lloyd Waner: 8/L
Clyde Barnhart: 143

Notes & reviews

Temperature: hot
P.Waner missed shoestring catch and it rolled to the wall
Hit his shirt
Ruth: running catch
Lazzeri tagged Grantham; Gehrig scooped low throw
Attempted double steal; Smith faked a throw to 2B, trapped Gehrig off 3B, but muffed return throw from Traynor.
Barnhart: running catch
Gehrig caught wide throw
With 1B uncovered, Grantham slid into the bag ahead of Ruth
Harris grabbed errant throw and tagged Lazzeri
Traynor took out Koenig who required first aid
Deflected by Miljus

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