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New York Yankees @ St. Louis Browns

1929-05-09 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 3000 · sunny, dry · 2:10

New York Yankees defeated St. Louis Browns 7–3. New York Yankees put up 4 in the 6th. Hank Johnson earned the win. Tony Lazzeri went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Hank Johnson L: Sam Gray SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Earle Combs	5	0	1	1	0
Mark Koenig	5	1	1	0	0
Babe Ruth	4	1	2	1	0
Lou Gehrig	4	1	1	0	0
Bob Meusel	4	1	1	0	1
Tony Lazzeri	4	1	2	3	0
Leo Durocher	4	0	1	1	0
Bill Dickey	4	1	1	0	0
Hank Johnson	4	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lu Blue	4	1	0	0	1	2
Frank O'Rourke	5	1	1	0	0	0
Heinie Manush	3	0	1	1	2	0
Fred Schulte	3	0	2	0	2	0
Red Kress	4	0	0	0	1	0
Beauty McGowan	4	1	0	0	0	2
Ski Melillo	4	0	1	0	0	0
Rick Ferrell	3	0	0	0	1	0
Sam Gray	0	0	0	1	2	0
Tom Jenkins	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hank Johnson	9.0	5	9	4

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sam Gray	8.0	8	0	1
Ed Strelecki	1.0	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Earle Combs: 4/P4D
Mark Koenig: 7/F
Babe Ruth: 6/P

Bot 1

Lu Blue: K
Frank O'Rourke: 63
Heinie Manush: 43

Top 2

Lou Gehrig: 3/G3S
Bob Meusel: S7
Tony Lazzeri: S/4.1-3
Leo Durocher: 64(1)/FO.3-H
Bill Dickey: 43

Bot 2

Fred Schulte: S/F78S
Red Kress: 8/F
Beauty McGowan: 8/F
Ski Melillo: E6/TH1.1-2
Rick Ferrell: 7/F

Top 3

Hank Johnson: E6/G
Earle Combs: 8/F
Mark Koenig: 8/F
Babe Ruth: S8.1-2
Lou Gehrig: 9/F

Bot 3

Sam Gray: W
Lu Blue: 43.1-2
Frank O'Rourke: 4/P
Heinie Manush: W+WP.2-3#
Fred Schulte: W.1-2
Red Kress: 5/FL

Top 4

Bob Meusel: 7/F7D
Tony Lazzeri: 63
Leo Durocher: 53

Bot 4

Beauty McGowan: E6/G
Ski Melillo: S/4.1-3
Rick Ferrell: W.1-2
Sam Gray: 9/SF.3-H(UR);2-3
Lu Blue: 7/F7S
Frank O'Rourke: 4/P

Top 5

Bill Dickey: S3/G
Hank Johnson: 2/FL
Earle Combs: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Heinie Manush: W
Fred Schulte: S7.1-2
Red Kress: 1/BP
Beauty McGowan: K+CS3(25)/DP

Top 6

Mark Koenig: D9
Babe Ruth: S8/L8S.2-H
Lou Gehrig: S7.1-3
Bob Meusel: K/C
Tony Lazzeri: HR/F7D.3-H;1-H
Leo Durocher: 63
Bill Dickey: 63

Bot 6

Ski Melillo: 9/F
Rick Ferrell: 9/F
Sam Gray: W
Lu Blue: K

Top 7

Hank Johnson: 2/FL
Earle Combs: 13
Mark Koenig: 43

Bot 7

Frank O'Rourke: 7/L
Heinie Manush: 8/F
Fred Schulte: W
Red Kress: W.1-2
Beauty McGowan: K

Top 8

Babe Ruth: 3/G
Lou Gehrig: 43
Bob Meusel: 8/F

Bot 8

Ski Melillo: 8/F
Rick Ferrell: 3/L
Tom Jenkins: 5/FL

Top 9

Tony Lazzeri: 53
Leo Durocher: S7
Bill Dickey: E4/G.1-2
Hank Johnson: 15(2)/FO/BG.1-H(E5/TH1)(NR)(UR);B-3
Earle Combs: S9.3-H(UR)
Mark Koenig: 7/F

Bot 9

Lu Blue: W
Frank O'Rourke: S9.1-3(E9);B-2
Heinie Manush: S8/8S.3-H;2-3
Fred Schulte: 8/F
Red Kress: 64(1)/FO/NDP.3-H(NR);BX2(34)(E4/TH1)

Notes & reviews

Babe Ruth, who hurt his right wrist yesterday sliding, was in the lineup. X-Rays revealed no break. However, he had a slightly torn muscle in his arm.
Past Melillo
Texas Leaguer
Low throw
Schulte: running catch
Koenig: pretty catch
Past Lazzeri
Through Blue
Into LF seats
Meusel fumbled
Lazzeri's throw past 1B rebounded off grandstand wall

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