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New York Yankees @ Boston Red Sox

1931-04-24 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 7000 · 1:55

New York Yankees defeated Boston Red Sox 7–4. New York Yankees put up 4 in the 5th. Red Ruffing earned the win. Lou Gehrig 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	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	7	9
BOS	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	6

W: Red Ruffing L: Wilcy Moore SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Earle Combs	4	1	0	1	1	0
Lyn Lary	3	1	1	0	2	0
Dusty Cooke	4	1	3	2	1	0
Lou Gehrig	4	1	1	2	1	0
Tony Lazzeri	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ben Chapman	3	0	0	0	1	0
Myril Hoag	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bill Dickey	4	2	2	0	0	0
Red Ruffing	4	1	1	2	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Hal Rhyne	4	0	0	0	0	1
Russ Scarritt	4	0	0	0	0	0
Al Van Camp	4	0	1	0	0	0
Earl Webb	3	0	0	0	1	0
Charlie Berry	3	1	0	0	1	0
Urbane Pickering	4	1	1	0	0	2
Tom Oliver	4	1	2	2	0	0
Bobby Reeves	3	1	1	0	0	1
Wilcy Moore	1	0	1	1	0	0
Jack Rothrock	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Winsett	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Ruffing	9.0	6	2	4

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wilcy Moore	5.0	5	3	1
Hod Lisenbee	0.2	3	2	0
Jim Brillheart	1.1	1	1	0
Bob Kline	2.0	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Earle Combs: 63
Lyn Lary: 13
Dusty Cooke: S/3
Lou Gehrig: W.1-2
Tony Lazzeri: 43

Bot 1

Hal Rhyne: 53
Russ Scarritt: 13
Al Van Camp: D9
Earl Webb: W
Charlie Berry: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Ben Chapman: 53
Myril Hoag: 8/F
Bill Dickey: 163

Bot 2

Urbane Pickering: K
Tom Oliver: 2/P
Bobby Reeves: T9
Wilcy Moore: S/89.3-H
Hal Rhyne: 6/P

Top 3

Red Ruffing: 23
Earle Combs: 6/FL
Lyn Lary: 3/P

Bot 3

Russ Scarritt: 9/FL
Al Van Camp: 9/F
Earl Webb: 8/F

Top 4

Dusty Cooke: W
Lou Gehrig: 8/F
Tony Lazzeri: 2/FL
Ben Chapman: SB2
Ben Chapman: W
Myril Hoag: K

Bot 4

Charlie Berry: 13
Urbane Pickering: K
Tom Oliver: S7
Bobby Reeves: CS2(26)

Top 5

Bill Dickey: D/78
Red Ruffing: 63.2-3
Earle Combs: 8/F.3-H
Lyn Lary: D8
Dusty Cooke: S.2-H
Lou Gehrig: HR/7.1-H
Tony Lazzeri: 63

Bot 5

Bobby Reeves: K
Jack Rothrock: 5/P
Hal Rhyne: K

Top 6

Ben Chapman: 6/P
Myril Hoag: S7
Bill Dickey: S8.1X3(85);B-2(TH)
Red Ruffing: HR/9.2-H
Earle Combs: W
Lyn Lary: SB2
Lyn Lary: W
Dusty Cooke: S7.2-H;1X3(715)

Bot 6

Russ Scarritt: 43
Al Van Camp: 13
Earl Webb: 43

Top 7

Lou Gehrig: 31
Tony Lazzeri: W
Ben Chapman: 4(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Charlie Berry: W
Urbane Pickering: S8.1-2
Tom Oliver: D8.2-H;1-H
Bobby Reeves: 63.2-3
Tom Winsett: 2/FL
Hal Rhyne: WP.3-H
Hal Rhyne: 9/F

Top 8

Myril Hoag: 43
Bill Dickey: 43
Red Ruffing: 8/F

Bot 8

Russ Scarritt: 7/F
Al Van Camp: 8/F
Earl Webb: 6/P

Top 9

Earle Combs: 53
Lyn Lary: W
Dusty Cooke: 46(1)/FO
Lou Gehrig: WP.1-2
Lou Gehrig: 8/F

Bot 9

Charlie Berry: 63
Urbane Pickering: 2/FL
Tom Oliver: 7/F