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New York Yankees @ Boston Red Sox

1931-04-22 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 13000 · 2:08

New York Yankees defeated Boston Red Sox 7–5. New York Yankees put up 4 in the 1st. Roy Sherid earned the win and Hank Johnson picked up the save. Babe Ruth went 3-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	4	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	7	11
BOS	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	5	11

W: Roy Sherid L: Hod Lisenbee SV: Hank Johnson

Umpires — HP: Bill Guthrie · 1B: Bick Campbell · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Dinneen · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Earle Combs	4	2	2	0	1	0
Lyn Lary	4	2	1	0	1	1
Babe Ruth	4	2	3	3	0	0
Lou Gehrig	3	1	2	1	2	0
Tony Lazzeri	5	0	1	3	0	1
Ben Chapman	4	0	0	0	0	1
Dusty Cooke	3	0	1	0	2	1
Bill Dickey	5	0	0	0	0	0
Roy Sherid	3	0	1	0	1	1
Myril Hoag	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hank Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Hal Rhyne	5	0	2	1	0	0
Russ Scarritt	5	0	1	0	0	0
Al Van Camp	5	0	1	0	0	1
Earl Webb	5	1	3	1	0	0
Charlie Berry	5	0	1	0	0	3
Urbane Pickering	2	1	0	0	2	0
Tom Oliver	4	2	2	2	0	0
Bobby Reeves	2	0	0	0	0	1
Ed Durham	2	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Winsett	1	0	1	1	0	0
Jack Rothrock	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ollie Marquardt	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gene Rye	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Roy Sherid	6.0	8	2	4
Hank Johnson	3.0	3	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hod Lisenbee	0.0	3	1	0
Ed Durham	6.0	7	3	4
Danny MacFayden	2.0	0	3	1
Bob Kline	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Earle Combs: S9
Lyn Lary: W.1-2
Babe Ruth: S8.2-H;1-3
Lou Gehrig: S7.3-H;1-2
Tony Lazzeri: D8.2-H;1-H
Ben Chapman: HP
Dusty Cooke: K
Bill Dickey: 36(1)/FO.2-3;B-1
Roy Sherid: W.1-2
Earle Combs: 43

Bot 1

Hal Rhyne: 53
Russ Scarritt: 53
Al Van Camp: 7/F

Top 2

Lyn Lary: 3/FL
Babe Ruth: 3/G
Lou Gehrig: D9
Tony Lazzeri: K

Bot 2

Earl Webb: S9
Charlie Berry: K
Urbane Pickering: W.1-2
Tom Oliver: 7/F
Bobby Reeves: 13

Top 3

Ben Chapman: 9/F
Dusty Cooke: 8/F
Bill Dickey: 7/F

Bot 3

Ed Durham: 13
Hal Rhyne: 7/F
Russ Scarritt: S5
Al Van Camp: K

Top 4

Roy Sherid: K
Earle Combs: S/5/BG
Lyn Lary: 63.1-2
Babe Ruth: S8.2-H
Lou Gehrig: W.1-2
Tony Lazzeri: 5(2)/FO

Bot 4

Earl Webb: 43
Charlie Berry: K23
Urbane Pickering: 63

Top 5

Ben Chapman: K
Dusty Cooke: W
Bill Dickey: 9/F
Roy Sherid: S7.1-2
Earle Combs: 9/F

Bot 5

Tom Oliver: D7
Bobby Reeves: K
Ed Durham: 43.2-3
Hal Rhyne: D7.3-H
Russ Scarritt: 43

Top 6

Lyn Lary: D7
Babe Ruth: D7.2-H
Lou Gehrig: 53.2-3
Tony Lazzeri: 8/F.3-H
Ben Chapman: 6/P

Bot 6

Al Van Camp: 9/F
Earl Webb: S8
Charlie Berry: WP.1-2
Charlie Berry: 13
Urbane Pickering: W
Tom Oliver: D7.2-H;1-H
Tom Winsett: S8.2-H
Jack Rothrock: 43

Top 7

Dusty Cooke: W
Bill Dickey: 54(1)/FO
Roy Sherid: 9/F
Earle Combs: W.1-2
Lyn Lary: K

Bot 7

Hal Rhyne: S8
Russ Scarritt: 3/FL
Al Van Camp: 8/F
Earl Webb: 64(1)/FO

Top 8

Myril Hoag: 9/F
Lou Gehrig: W
Tony Lazzeri: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Charlie Berry: S8
Urbane Pickering: 3/FL
Tom Oliver: E4/G.1-2
Ollie Marquardt: 7/F
Gene Rye: 2/P

Top 9

Ben Chapman: 63
Dusty Cooke: S9
Bill Dickey: 43.1-2
Hank Johnson: 7/F

Bot 9

Hal Rhyne: 2/P
Russ Scarritt: 8/F
Al Van Camp: D9
Earl Webb: D8.2-H
Charlie Berry: DI.2-3
Charlie Berry: K

Notes & reviews

Babe Ruth collided with Charlie Berry
Babe Ruth left with severely strained thigh ligament; originally hurt scoring in 6th

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