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New York Yankees @ Chicago White Sox

1931-08-23 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 50911 · 1:57

New York Yankees defeated Chicago White Sox 9–1. New York Yankees put up 2 in the 1st. Ed Wells earned the win. Ben Chapman went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	2	0	2	2	1	0	2	0	0	9	14
CHA	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5

W: Ed Wells L: Vic Frazier SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Earle Combs	5	0	1	1	0	2
Joe Sewell	5	2	2	0	0	0
Babe Ruth	3	2	2	0	2	0
Lou Gehrig	5	2	2	2	0	1
Ben Chapman	3	1	2	3	1	0
Lyn Lary	4	0	0	0	1	1
Bill Dickey	5	1	3	1	0	0
Tony Lazzeri	4	1	2	2	1	1
Gordon Rhodes	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ed Wells	3	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lu Blue	3	0	1	0	2	1
Billy Sullivan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Carl Reynolds	3	0	0	0	1	0
Lew Fonseca	3	0	0	0	1	0
Johnny Watwood	3	1	1	0	1	0
Luke Appling	3	0	0	0	1	0
John Kerr	4	0	1	0	0	1
Frank Grube	4	0	0	1	0	0
Vic Frazier	2	0	1	0	0	0
Irv Jeffries	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Fothergill	1	0	1	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gordon Rhodes	1.2	1	4	1
Ed Wells	7.1	4	2	1

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vic Frazier	7.0	13	4	5
Jim Moore	2.0	1	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Earle Combs: K/C
Joe Sewell: 3/G#
Babe Ruth: S
Lou Gehrig: T.1-H
Ben Chapman: W
Lyn Lary: SB2
Lyn Lary: W
Bill Dickey: S.3-H;2XH(465);1-2#

Bot 1

Lu Blue: W
Billy Sullivan: 13/SH.1-2
Carl Reynolds: 53.2-3
Lew Fonseca: 13

Top 2

Tony Lazzeri: 63
Gordon Rhodes: K/C
Earle Combs: K

Bot 2

Johnny Watwood: W
Luke Appling: W.1-2
John Kerr: SB3;SB2
John Kerr: K23/C
Frank Grube: 53.3-H
Vic Frazier: S.2-3
Lu Blue: W.1-2
Billy Sullivan: 53

Top 3

Joe Sewell: D
Babe Ruth: W
Lou Gehrig: S.2-H;1-2
Ben Chapman: SB3
Ben Chapman: HP.1-2
Lyn Lary: K/C
Bill Dickey: 12(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Tony Lazzeri: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Ed Wells: 53

Bot 3

Carl Reynolds: 9
Lew Fonseca: W
Johnny Watwood: 46(1)/FO
Luke Appling: 43

Top 4

Earle Combs: 7
Joe Sewell: S
Babe Ruth: D.1-3
Lou Gehrig: K/C
Ben Chapman: S.3-H;2-H
Lyn Lary: SB2
Lyn Lary: 63

Bot 4

John Kerr: E6/TH
Frank Grube: 8
Vic Frazier: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Bill Dickey: 3/G#
Tony Lazzeri: D
Ed Wells: 43
Earle Combs: S.2-H
Joe Sewell: CS2(26)

Bot 5

Lu Blue: K/C
Billy Sullivan: 3/G
Carl Reynolds: W
Lew Fonseca: 7

Top 6

Joe Sewell: 63
Babe Ruth: 7
Lou Gehrig: 43

Bot 6

Johnny Watwood: 2
Luke Appling: 63
John Kerr: D
Frank Grube: 8

Top 7

Ben Chapman: HR
Lyn Lary: 9
Bill Dickey: T
Tony Lazzeri: S.3-H
Ed Wells: 54(1)/FO
Earle Combs: 8

Bot 7

Irv Jeffries: 2/FL
Lu Blue: 63
Billy Sullivan: 3/G

Top 8

Joe Sewell: 9
Babe Ruth: W
Lou Gehrig: 43.1-2
Ben Chapman: 9

Bot 8

Carl Reynolds: 4
Lew Fonseca: 43
Johnny Watwood: S
Luke Appling: 8

Top 9

Lyn Lary: 13
Bill Dickey: S
Tony Lazzeri: CS2(24)
Tony Lazzeri: K/C

Bot 9

John Kerr: 2/FL
Frank Grube: 8
Bob Fothergill: S
Lu Blue: D.1-3
Billy Sullivan: 4