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New York Yankees @ Detroit Tigers

1930-09-12 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 5000 · 2:22

Detroit Tigers defeated New York Yankees 5–4. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 1st. Waite Hoyt earned the win. Babe Ruth 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	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	8
DET	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	9

W: Waite Hoyt L: Roy Sherid SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Roy Van Graflan · 1B: Tommy Connolly · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill McGowan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Earle Combs	5	1	2	0	0	0
Lyn Lary	4	0	0	0	1	2
Babe Ruth	3	2	1	1	2	0
Lou Gehrig	4	1	1	1	1	0
Tony Lazzeri	4	0	1	1	1	1
Harry Rice	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Dickey	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ben Chapman	4	0	0	0	0	3
Roy Sherid	3	0	1	0	1	2

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roy Johnson	5	2	1	0	0	2
Charlie Gehringer	5	2	3	2	0	0
Marty McManus	4	0	1	2	1	0
Dale Alexander	4	0	1	1	0	0
Frank Doljack	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Akers	3	0	1	0	1	0
Tom Hughes	3	0	1	0	1	1
Gene Desautels	4	0	0	0	0	0
Whit Wyatt	3	1	1	0	0	0
Waite Hoyt	1	0	0	0	0	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Roy Sherid	8.2	9	3	5

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Whit Wyatt	8.1	8	6	9
Waite Hoyt	0.2	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Earle Combs: S8
Lyn Lary: 3/G.1-2
Babe Ruth: 2/FL
Lou Gehrig: S8.2-H
Tony Lazzeri: SB2
Tony Lazzeri: W
Harry Rice: 3/G

Bot 1

Roy Johnson: S8
Charlie Gehringer: E6.1-2
Marty McManus: D7.2-H(UR);1-H(UR)
Dale Alexander: E9/SF.2-3
Frank Doljack: 4
Bill Akers: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Bill Dickey: D9
Ben Chapman: K/C
Roy Sherid: W
Earle Combs: 14(1)/FO.2-3
Lyn Lary: K

Bot 2

Tom Hughes: K/C
Gene Desautels: 63
Whit Wyatt: S9
Roy Johnson: E4.1-2
Charlie Gehringer: D8.2-H;1-H(UR)
Marty McManus: 43

Top 3

Babe Ruth: HR/89
Lou Gehrig: 43
Tony Lazzeri: 53
Harry Rice: 2/FL

Bot 3

Dale Alexander: 63
Frank Doljack: 63
Bill Akers: W
Tom Hughes: S2.1-2
Gene Desautels: 6/L

Top 4

Bill Dickey: K
Ben Chapman: 53
Roy Sherid: K/C

Bot 4

Whit Wyatt: 43
Roy Johnson: K
Charlie Gehringer: E4
Marty McManus: CS2(26)

Top 5

Earle Combs: 23
Lyn Lary: 53
Babe Ruth: W
Lou Gehrig: PB.1-H(E8)(UR)
Lou Gehrig: W
Tony Lazzeri: PO1(E3).1-2
Tony Lazzeri: S8.2-H(UR)
Harry Rice: 13

Bot 5

Marty McManus: 7
Dale Alexander: 6/L
Frank Doljack: K

Top 6

Bill Dickey: 8
Ben Chapman: K
Roy Sherid: S9
Earle Combs: 43

Bot 6

Bill Akers: D8
Tom Hughes: 5/P
Gene Desautels: 43
Whit Wyatt: 63

Top 7

Lyn Lary: K
Babe Ruth: 43
Lou Gehrig: 63

Bot 7

Roy Johnson: K
Charlie Gehringer: S7
Marty McManus: 3/FL
Dale Alexander: 4/L

Top 8

Tony Lazzeri: K
Harry Rice: S8
Bill Dickey: 8
Ben Chapman: SB2
Ben Chapman: K

Bot 8

Frank Doljack: 53
Bill Akers: 53
Tom Hughes: W
Gene Desautels: 7

Top 9

Roy Sherid: K
Earle Combs: S
Lyn Lary: W.1-2
Babe Ruth: W.2-3;1-2
Lou Gehrig: 3/FL
Tony Lazzeri: 63

Bot 9

Waite Hoyt: K
Roy Johnson: 7
Charlie Gehringer: D
Marty McManus: W
Dale Alexander: S.2-H;1-2