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New York Yankees @ Boston Red Sox

1931-07-31 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 8000 · 2:10

New York Yankees defeated Boston Red Sox 4–1. New York Yankees put up 3 in the 5th. Lefty Gomez earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Lefty Gomez L: Danny MacFayden SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Harry Geisel · 1B: Bill Dinneen · 2B: (none) · 3B: George Hildebrand · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Samuel Byrd	5	1	1	0	0	0
Joe Sewell	3	1	2	1	1	0
Babe Ruth	4	1	2	2	0	0
Lou Gehrig	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ben Chapman	4	0	1	1	0	0
Lyn Lary	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Dickey	4	0	1	0	0	0
Tony Lazzeri	3	0	2	0	1	1
Lefty Gomez	4	1	1	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jack Rothrock	3	0	0	0	2	1
Hal Rhyne	4	0	0	0	0	0
Otis Miller	4	0	1	0	0	1
Earl Webb	4	0	1	0	0	2
Al Van Camp	2	1	0	0	2	0
Tom Oliver	1	0	0	0	2	0
Charlie Berry	4	0	2	1	0	1
Rabbit Warstler	3	0	0	0	0	0
Danny MacFayden	3	0	0	0	0	3
Bill Sweeney	1	0	1	0	0	0
Muddy Ruel	1	0	0	0	0	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Gomez	9.0	5	6	9

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Danny MacFayden	9.0	10	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Samuel Byrd: 63
Joe Sewell: W
Babe Ruth: PO1(E1).1-2
Babe Ruth: 7/F
Lou Gehrig: K/C

Bot 1

Jack Rothrock: K
Hal Rhyne: 43
Otis Miller: K

Top 2

Ben Chapman: S1
Lyn Lary: PO1(13)
Lyn Lary: 43
Bill Dickey: S8
Tony Lazzeri: K

Bot 2

Earl Webb: 5/FL
Al Van Camp: 8/F
Tom Oliver: W
Charlie Berry: SB2
Charlie Berry: K

Top 3

Lefty Gomez: S7
Samuel Byrd: 54(1)3/GDP
Joe Sewell: S9
Babe Ruth: 7/F

Bot 3

Rabbit Warstler: 3/FL
Danny MacFayden: K
Jack Rothrock: W
Hal Rhyne: 5/P

Top 4

Lou Gehrig: 3/G
Ben Chapman: 63
Lyn Lary: 9/L

Bot 4

Otis Miller: S8
Earl Webb: K
Al Van Camp: 64(1)/FO
Tom Oliver: W.1-2
Charlie Berry: D9.2-H;1-3
Rabbit Warstler: 8/F

Top 5

Bill Dickey: 13
Tony Lazzeri: S7
Lefty Gomez: 64(1)/FO
Samuel Byrd: S8.1-2
Joe Sewell: S9.2-H;1-3
Babe Ruth: D8.3-H;1-H
Lou Gehrig: 3/G

Bot 5

Danny MacFayden: K
Jack Rothrock: W
Hal Rhyne: 8/F
Otis Miller: 7/F

Top 6

Ben Chapman: 7/L
Lyn Lary: 63
Bill Dickey: 13

Bot 6

Earl Webb: D8
Al Van Camp: W
Tom Oliver: 53/SH.2-3;1-2
Charlie Berry: FC5/DP.3XH(525);BX2(53)

Top 7

Tony Lazzeri: S9
Lefty Gomez: K
Samuel Byrd: 9/F
Joe Sewell: 43

Bot 7

Rabbit Warstler: 63
Danny MacFayden: K
Jack Rothrock: 63

Top 8

Babe Ruth: D7
Lou Gehrig: 3/G.2-3
Ben Chapman: 9/F.3-H
Lyn Lary: 5/P

Bot 8

Hal Rhyne: 4/P
Otis Miller: 7/L
Earl Webb: K

Top 9

Bill Dickey: 6/P
Tony Lazzeri: W
Lefty Gomez: 16(1)/FO
Samuel Byrd: 13

Bot 9

Al Van Camp: W
Tom Oliver: 5/P
Charlie Berry: S8.1-2
Bill Sweeney: S8.2-3;1-2
Muddy Ruel: K
Jack Rothrock: 64(1)/FO