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New York Yankees @ Boston Red Sox

1930-05-17 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 25000 · 2:08

New York Yankees defeated Boston Red Sox 3–2. Hank Johnson earned the win. Lou Gehrig went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Hank Johnson L: Milt Gaston 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	3	0	1	0	1	0
Lyn Lary	3	1	1	0	0	0
Babe Ruth	3	0	0	0	1	1
Tony Lazzeri	4	1	1	1	0	0
Lou Gehrig	3	1	1	1	1	0
Bill Dickey	4	0	1	1	0	0
Dusty Cooke	3	0	0	0	0	1
Ben Chapman	4	0	1	0	0	0
Red Ruffing	3	0	1	0	0	0
Hank Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tom Oliver	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bobby Reeves	4	1	2	0	0	0
Cedric Durst	4	0	3	0	0	1
Russ Scarritt	5	0	1	1	0	1
Bill Regan	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bill Sweeney	3	0	2	0	1	0
Hal Rhyne	3	0	0	0	1	0
Charlie Berry	2	0	0	0	1	0
Milt Gaston	4	0	0	0	0	1
Earl Webb	1	0	0	0	0	1
Phil Todt	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Ruffing	7.0	9	3	3
Hank Johnson	2.0	1	0	2

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Milt Gaston	9.0	7	3	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Earle Combs: S7
Lyn Lary: 4(1)3/GDP
Babe Ruth: K/C

Bot 1

Tom Oliver: 63
Bobby Reeves: S8
Cedric Durst: SB2
Cedric Durst: K
Russ Scarritt: S9.2-H
Bill Regan: 9/F

Top 2

Tony Lazzeri: 53
Lou Gehrig: 63
Bill Dickey: 3/G

Bot 2

Bill Sweeney: S9
Hal Rhyne: 8/F
Charlie Berry: W.1-2
Milt Gaston: K
Tom Oliver: HP.2-3;1-2
Bobby Reeves: 64(1)/FO

Top 3

Dusty Cooke: K/C
Ben Chapman: 9/F
Red Ruffing: E6/G
Earle Combs: 9/L

Bot 3

Cedric Durst: T9
Russ Scarritt: 7/F
Bill Regan: K
Bill Sweeney: 63

Top 4

Lyn Lary: T8
Babe Ruth: W
Tony Lazzeri: 64(1)3/GDP.3-H(RBI)
Lou Gehrig: 43

Bot 4

Hal Rhyne: 5/FL
Charlie Berry: E6/G
Milt Gaston: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Bill Dickey: 43
Dusty Cooke: 43
Ben Chapman: S6
Red Ruffing: 46(1)/FO

Bot 5

Tom Oliver: S7
Bobby Reeves: S7.1-H(E7)(NR)(UR);B-2
Cedric Durst: 53/SH.2-3
Russ Scarritt: FC5.3XH(52)
Bill Regan: 53

Top 6

Earle Combs: 8/L
Lyn Lary: 8/F
Babe Ruth: 9/F

Bot 6

Bill Sweeney: S8.B-2(E8)
Hal Rhyne: 9/F
Charlie Berry: 2/FL
Milt Gaston: 53

Top 7

Tony Lazzeri: 7/L
Lou Gehrig: HR/78
Bill Dickey: 8/F
Dusty Cooke: 63

Bot 7

Tom Oliver: 8/L
Bobby Reeves: 7/F
Cedric Durst: S7
Russ Scarritt: 7/L

Top 8

Ben Chapman: 4/P
Red Ruffing: S9
Earle Combs: W.1-2
Lyn Lary: 9/SF.2-3
Babe Ruth: 31

Bot 8

Bill Regan: S8
Bill Sweeney: W.1-2
Hal Rhyne: W.2-3;1-2
Earl Webb: K/C
Milt Gaston: 4(B)3(1)/LDP

Top 9

Tony Lazzeri: S7
Lou Gehrig: W.1-2
Bill Dickey: S7.2-H;1-2
Dusty Cooke: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Ben Chapman: FC6.3XH(62);2-3
Hank Johnson: 3/P

Bot 9

Tom Oliver: 43
Phil Todt: 3/G
Cedric Durst: D9
Russ Scarritt: K