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New York Yankees @ Boston Red Sox

1931-08-05 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 21000 · 1:48

New York Yankees defeated Boston Red Sox 4–1. New York Yankees put up 2 in the 3rd. Gordon Rhodes earned the win and Hank Johnson picked up the save. Babe Ruth went 3-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	1	1	0	4	13
BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5

W: Gordon Rhodes L: Hod Lisenbee SV: Hank Johnson

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	SO
Earle Combs	5	1	2	0	0
Joe Sewell	4	0	1	0	0
Babe Ruth	4	1	3	2	1
Lou Gehrig	4	1	2	1	1
Ben Chapman	4	0	2	0	0
Lyn Lary	4	0	0	0	1
Tony Lazzeri	4	1	1	0	0
Arndt Jorgens	4	0	1	1	0
Gordon Rhodes	4	0	1	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jack Rothrock	5	0	0	0	0	1
Hal Rhyne	3	0	0	0	1	1
Otis Miller	4	0	0	0	0	0
Earl Webb	2	1	1	0	2	0
Bill Sweeney	4	0	2	1	0	0
Tom Oliver	3	0	1	0	1	0
Charlie Berry	3	0	0	0	1	0
Rabbit Warstler	3	0	0	0	0	0
Hod Lisenbee	3	0	0	0	0	2
Tom Winsett	1	0	1	0	0	0
Al Van Camp	0	0	0	0	1	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gordon Rhodes	8.2	5	6	4
Hank Johnson	0.1	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hod Lisenbee	9.0	13	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Earle Combs: 7/F
Joe Sewell: S8
Babe Ruth: S9.1-3
Lou Gehrig: K/C
Ben Chapman: 9/F

Bot 1

Jack Rothrock: 7/F
Hal Rhyne: W
Otis Miller: 43.1-2
Earl Webb: W
Bill Sweeney: 9/F

Top 2

Lyn Lary: K
Tony Lazzeri: 13
Arndt Jorgens: 5/P

Bot 2

Tom Oliver: S7
Charlie Berry: 43.1-2
Rabbit Warstler: 9/F
Hod Lisenbee: K

Top 3

Gordon Rhodes: 9/FL
Earle Combs: S8
Joe Sewell: 2/FL
Babe Ruth: HR/8.1-H
Lou Gehrig: S8
Ben Chapman: D9.1-3
Lyn Lary: 7/F

Bot 3

Jack Rothrock: 7/F
Hal Rhyne: K
Otis Miller: 43

Top 4

Tony Lazzeri: 6/P
Arndt Jorgens: 2/FL
Gordon Rhodes: 8/F

Bot 4

Earl Webb: 7/F
Bill Sweeney: S/BG
Tom Oliver: W.1-2
Charlie Berry: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Earle Combs: S8
Joe Sewell: 46(1)3/GDP
Babe Ruth: S9.BX2(94)

Bot 5

Rabbit Warstler: 8/F
Hod Lisenbee: K/C
Jack Rothrock: K

Top 6

Lou Gehrig: 13
Ben Chapman: 13
Lyn Lary: 9/F

Bot 6

Hal Rhyne: 13
Otis Miller: 8/F
Earl Webb: W
Bill Sweeney: S8.1-2
Tom Oliver: 43

Top 7

Tony Lazzeri: D7
Arndt Jorgens: S4.2-H
Gordon Rhodes: 4(1)3/GDP
Earle Combs: 9/F

Bot 7

Charlie Berry: 7/F
Rabbit Warstler: 8/F
Hod Lisenbee: 43

Top 8

Joe Sewell: 9/F
Babe Ruth: K
Lou Gehrig: HR/8
Ben Chapman: S7
Lyn Lary: 13

Bot 8

Jack Rothrock: 2/FL
Hal Rhyne: 63
Otis Miller: 43

Top 9

Tony Lazzeri: 8/F
Arndt Jorgens: 13
Gordon Rhodes: D8
Earle Combs: 8/F

Bot 9

Earl Webb: D7
Bill Sweeney: DI.2-3
Bill Sweeney: 43.3-H
Tom Oliver: 9/F
Charlie Berry: W
Tom Winsett: S8.1-2
Al Van Camp: W.2-3;1-2
Jack Rothrock: 46(1)/FO