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New York Yankees @ St. Louis Browns

1929-05-07 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 8000 · 2:15

New York Yankees defeated St. Louis Browns 6–5. New York Yankees put up 3 in the 4th. Tom Zachary earned the win. Babe Ruth went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	6	10
SLA	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	5	10

W: Tom Zachary L: General Crowder SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Dinneen · 1B: Dick Nallin · 2B: (none) · 3B: Harry Geisel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Earle Combs	4	1	3	0	0	0
Mark Koenig	4	1	2	0	0	0
Babe Ruth	2	2	1	3	1	1
Lou Gehrig	3	1	1	0	1	0
Bob Meusel	4	0	1	2	0	1
Tony Lazzeri	3	0	0	0	1	1
Leo Durocher	4	0	0	0	0	2
Bill Dickey	4	1	2	1	0	1
Herb Pennock	2	0	0	0	0	0
Cedric Durst	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Zachary	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lu Blue	5	1	1	1	0	1
Frank O'Rourke	5	0	1	0	0	1
Heinie Manush	5	0	1	0	0	0
Fred Schulte	4	1	2	1	0	0
Red Kress	4	1	2	1	0	0
Beauty McGowan	4	1	1	1	0	0
Ski Melillo	4	0	1	0	0	0
Wally Schang	2	1	1	1	2	0
General Crowder	4	0	0	0	0	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Herb Pennock	5.1	9	1	1
Wilcy Moore	1.2	1	0	1
Tom Zachary	2.0	0	1	1

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
General Crowder	8.0	9	2	5
Rip Collins	1.0	1	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Earle Combs: S9
Mark Koenig: 64(1)3/GDP
Babe Ruth: K

Bot 1

Lu Blue: E5/G
Frank O'Rourke: 2/FL
Heinie Manush: S9.1-2
Fred Schulte: S8.2-H(UR);1-2
Red Kress: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Lou Gehrig: 6/P
Bob Meusel: 9/L
Tony Lazzeri: 2/FL

Bot 2

Beauty McGowan: 3/P
Ski Melillo: S8
Wally Schang: 54(1)/FO/DP.BX2(3414)

Top 3

Leo Durocher: 63/G56
Bill Dickey: K/C
Herb Pennock: 6/P56D

Bot 3

General Crowder: 43
Lu Blue: 53
Frank O'Rourke: D7/G5L
Heinie Manush: 43

Top 4

Earle Combs: S8
Mark Koenig: S7.1-2
Babe Ruth: HR/L9D.2-H;1-H
Lou Gehrig: W
Bob Meusel: 54(1)3/GDP
Tony Lazzeri: 53

Bot 4

Fred Schulte: 63/G6S
Red Kress: S7
Beauty McGowan: 5/FL
Ski Melillo: 43

Top 5

Leo Durocher: 3/G
Bill Dickey: HR/F9D
Herb Pennock: 8/F8S
Earle Combs: 63

Bot 5

Wally Schang: W
General Crowder: K
Lu Blue: T/89.1-H
Frank O'Rourke: 8(B)2(3)/F/DP

Top 6

Mark Koenig: D9
Babe Ruth: 8/F8XD/SF.2-3
Lou Gehrig: 4(B)2(3)/P78S/DP

Bot 6

Heinie Manush: 7/F
Fred Schulte: T9/89
Red Kress: D7/F7DW.3-H
Beauty McGowan: S9.2-H
Ski Melillo: 6/P
Wally Schang: T7/78.1-H
General Crowder: 43

Top 7

Bob Meusel: K/C
Tony Lazzeri: K
Leo Durocher: K/C

Bot 7

Lu Blue: 13
Frank O'Rourke: K/C
Heinie Manush: E4/G
Fred Schulte: 64(1)/FO

Top 8

Bill Dickey: 63
Cedric Durst: 5/P
Earle Combs: S8
Mark Koenig: 13

Bot 8

Red Kress: 63
Beauty McGowan: E6/G
Ski Melillo: 43.1-2
Wally Schang: IW
General Crowder: 46(1)/FO

Top 9

Babe Ruth: W
Lou Gehrig: S9.1-2
Bob Meusel: D/78D.2-H;1-H
Tony Lazzeri: W
Leo Durocher: PO2(26)
Leo Durocher: K/C
Bill Dickey: S8.1-3;B-2(TH3)
Tom Zachary: 43

Bot 9

Lu Blue: K#
Frank O'Rourke: 53#
Heinie Manush: 43#

Notes & reviews

Lazzeri threw wild past 1B but the ball rebounded from the concrete.
Kress: great play from SS
Into RF pavilion
Into RF pavilion
Combs: nice running catch; Blue hesitated before tagging up
Meusel just missed it
Crowder knocked down hard smash
Browns 9th deduced:

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