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New York Yankees @ Philadelphia Athletics

1930-04-15 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 33000 · 1:53

Philadelphia Athletics defeated New York Yankees 6–2. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 1st. Lefty Grove earned the win. Al Simmons went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Lefty Grove L: George Pipgras SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Earle Combs	4	0	1	0	0	1
Mark Koenig	3	1	1	0	1	0
Babe Ruth	4	1	1	0	0	1
Lou Gehrig	4	0	2	1	0	0
Tony Lazzeri	4	0	0	0	0	2
Dusty Cooke	3	0	0	0	1	2
Ben Chapman	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Dickey	4	0	1	0	0	1
George Pipgras	1	0	0	0	1	0
Bubbles Hargrave	1	0	0	0	0	1
Lyn Lary	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Max Bishop	2	3	1	0	2	0
Mule Haas	2	1	2	1	1	0
Mickey Cochrane	4	0	1	1	0	1
Al Simmons	4	2	1	2	0	1
Jimmie Foxx	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bing Miller	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Dykes	4	0	2	0	0	0
Joe Boley	4	0	0	0	0	0
Lefty Grove	3	0	0	0	0	3

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Pipgras	6.0	6	2	2
Hank Johnson	2.0	2	1	3

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Grove	9.0	6	3	9

Play-by-play

Top 1

Earle Combs: S6
Mark Koenig: 43.1-2
Babe Ruth: 8/L
Lou Gehrig: 31

Bot 1

Max Bishop: 43
Mule Haas: W
Mickey Cochrane: 13.1-2
Al Simmons: HR/9.2-H
Jimmie Foxx: 43

Top 2

Tony Lazzeri: 43
Dusty Cooke: W
Ben Chapman: 36(1)/FO
Bill Dickey: S8.1-3
George Pipgras: 13

Bot 2

Bing Miller: 63
Jimmy Dykes: S8
Joe Boley: 9
Lefty Grove: K

Top 3

Earle Combs: 7
Mark Koenig: W
Babe Ruth: DGR/89.1-3
Lou Gehrig: E3/TH1.3-H(RBI);2-H(NR)(UR)
Tony Lazzeri: K
Dusty Cooke: K

Bot 3

Max Bishop: S3
Mule Haas: PB.1-2
Mule Haas: S8.2-H
Mickey Cochrane: 7
Al Simmons: 64(1)/FO.B-2
Jimmie Foxx: S8.2-H
Bing Miller: 63

Top 4

Ben Chapman: K
Bill Dickey: 6/L
George Pipgras: W
Earle Combs: K/C

Bot 4

Jimmy Dykes: 5/FL
Joe Boley: 8
Lefty Grove: K

Top 5

Mark Koenig: S9
Babe Ruth: K
Lou Gehrig: S7.1-2
Tony Lazzeri: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Max Bishop: W
Mule Haas: 54/SH.1-2
Mickey Cochrane: S8.2-H
Al Simmons: 54(1)/FO.B-2(E4/TH)
Jimmie Foxx: 53

Top 6

Dusty Cooke: 2/FL
Ben Chapman: 4/P
Bill Dickey: K/C

Bot 6

Bing Miller: 9
Jimmy Dykes: FLE2
Jimmy Dykes: 7
Joe Boley: 7

Top 7

Bubbles Hargrave: K
Earle Combs: E6/TH1
Mark Koenig: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Lefty Grove: K/C
Max Bishop: W
Mule Haas: S9.1-3
Mickey Cochrane: K
Al Simmons: WP.3-H;1-2
Al Simmons: K

Top 8

Babe Ruth: 9/FL
Lou Gehrig: S9
Tony Lazzeri: K
Dusty Cooke: K

Bot 8

Jimmie Foxx: 63
Bing Miller: 9
Jimmy Dykes: S7
Joe Boley: 8

Top 9

Ben Chapman: 8
Bill Dickey: 8
Lyn Lary: 3/FL

Notes & reviews

Babe Ruth's fly hit a radio speaker horn in right-center and caromed back onto the field; that speaker was out of play and the ball should have been ruled a home run
Tony Lazzeri thought this was the 3rd out and started to run back to the dugout

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