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New York Yankees @ St. Louis Browns

1929-05-08 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 1500 · overcast · 1:44

New York Yankees defeated St. Louis Browns 8–1. New York Yankees put up 4 in the 8th. Waite Hoyt earned the win. Lou Gehrig went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Waite Hoyt L: Lefty Stewart SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Earle Combs	5	0	1	0	0	0
Mark Koenig	5	1	2	1	0	0
Babe Ruth	4	0	2	1	0	0
Lou Gehrig	5	1	2	1	0	1
Bob Meusel	5	0	0	0	0	1
Tony Lazzeri	4	1	2	0	1	0
Leo Durocher	3	2	0	0	1	0
Arndt Jorgens	3	2	2	2	1	0
Waite Hoyt	4	1	1	1	0	0
Cedric Durst	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	BB	SO
Lu Blue	2	0	0	2	1
Frank O'Rourke	3	0	2	1	0
Heinie Manush	4	0	1	0	0
Fred Schulte	3	0	0	1	0
Red Kress	4	0	0	0	0
Beauty McGowan	4	1	1	0	0
Ski Melillo	2	0	0	0	1
Wally Schang	3	0	1	0	0
Lefty Stewart	3	0	0	0	2
Tom Jenkins	1	0	0	0	1
Len Dondero	1	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Waite Hoyt	9.0	5	4	5

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Stewart	8.0	12	3	2
George Blaeholder	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Earle Combs: S/G5
Mark Koenig: 9/F
Babe Ruth: S9.1-3
Lou Gehrig: K
Bob Meusel: K

Bot 1

Lu Blue: 4/P34D
Frank O'Rourke: S/G46
Heinie Manush: 3/FL
Fred Schulte: SB2
Fred Schulte: 7/F7DW

Top 2

Tony Lazzeri: S/G5S
Leo Durocher: 64(1)/FO
Arndt Jorgens: 14(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Red Kress: 53
Beauty McGowan: T7/78
Ski Melillo: PB.3-H(UR)
Ski Melillo: K
Wally Schang: 31

Top 3

Waite Hoyt: 3/G
Earle Combs: 43
Mark Koenig: DGR/9D
Babe Ruth: S8.2-H
Lou Gehrig: S8.1-3
Bob Meusel: 9/F

Bot 3

Lefty Stewart: 3/G
Lu Blue: W
Frank O'Rourke: 14(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Tony Lazzeri: 9/F
Leo Durocher: 9/F
Arndt Jorgens: W
Waite Hoyt: 8/F

Bot 4

Heinie Manush: S3/G
Fred Schulte: 64(1)/FO
Red Kress: 63.1-2
Beauty McGowan: 7/F

Top 5

Earle Combs: 7/F
Mark Koenig: 63
Babe Ruth: 43

Bot 5

Ski Melillo: 8/F
Wally Schang: D49/G
Lefty Stewart: K/C
Lu Blue: W
Frank O'Rourke: W.2-3;1-2
Heinie Manush: 8/F

Top 6

Lou Gehrig: HR/F9D
Bob Meusel: 2/FL
Tony Lazzeri: W
Leo Durocher: CS2(24)
Leo Durocher: W
Arndt Jorgens: S7.1-2
Waite Hoyt: E6/G.2-H(NR)(UR);1-H(NR)(UR)
Earle Combs: 46(1)/FO

Bot 6

Fred Schulte: W
Red Kress: 5/FL
Beauty McGowan: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Mark Koenig: 9/L
Babe Ruth: 7/F
Lou Gehrig: 43

Bot 7

Tom Jenkins: K/C
Wally Schang: 2/FL
Lefty Stewart: K/C

Top 8

Bob Meusel: 9/F
Tony Lazzeri: S8
Leo Durocher: FC5.1-3(E5/TH2);B-2#
Arndt Jorgens: D9.3-H(UR);2-H#
Waite Hoyt: D9.2-H#
Earle Combs: 5/FL
Mark Koenig: D7.2-H(UR)
Cedric Durst: 2/FL

Bot 8

Lu Blue: K/C
Frank O'Rourke: S5/G5L
Heinie Manush: 7/L
Fred Schulte: 2/FL

Top 9

Lou Gehrig: 8/L
Bob Meusel: 4/L
Tony Lazzeri: 63

Bot 9

Red Kress: 7#
Beauty McGowan: 7#
Len Dondero: 6#

Notes & reviews

Past O'Rourke
Past Ruth
Drive to RF fell behind the protective screen
D49/Smashed off Lazzeri's foot into RF foul territory
Hit on top of RF roof
O'Rourke: great stop but wild throw to 2B
Deduced 9th:

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