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New York Yankees @ St. Louis Browns

1931-06-20 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 1500 · 1:52

New York Yankees defeated St. Louis Browns 9–1. New York Yankees put up 4 in the 1st. Red Ruffing earned the win. Lou Gehrig went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	9	12
SLA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2

W: Red Ruffing L: George Blaeholder SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Moriarty · 1B: Brick Owens · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

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

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Fred Schulte	3	1	0	0	1	2
Ski Melillo	4	0	0	0	0	0
Goose Goslin	3	0	1	0	1	0
Red Kress	4	0	1	1	0	0
Rick Ferrell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Bettencourt	1	0	0	0	2	0
Jack Burns	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Levey	3	0	0	0	0	1
George Blaeholder	1	0	0	0	1	0
Lin Storti	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Ruffing	9.0	2	5	4

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Blaeholder	8.0	10	1	5
Chad Kimsey	1.0	2	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Earle Combs: S
Lyn Lary: D/89.1-3
Babe Ruth: S7.3-H;2-H
Lou Gehrig: S8.1-2
Ben Chapman: S9.2-H;1-3
Bill Dickey: 7/L.3-H(E2)(NR);1-2
Tony Lazzeri: SB3
Tony Lazzeri: K
Joe Sewell: 63

Bot 1

Fred Schulte: W
Ski Melillo: 9/L
Goose Goslin: S8.1-3
Red Kress: 9/F.3-H
Rick Ferrell: 5/L

Top 2

Red Ruffing: 63
Earle Combs: S9
Lyn Lary: 16(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Larry Bettencourt: W
Jack Burns: K
Jim Levey: 54(1)/FO
George Blaeholder: W.1-2
Fred Schulte: 8/F

Top 3

Babe Ruth: W
Lou Gehrig: D8.1-3
Ben Chapman: 7/F.3-H;2-3
Bill Dickey: 13/NDP.3XH(32)

Bot 3

Ski Melillo: 63
Goose Goslin: W
Red Kress: 3/FL
Rick Ferrell: 6/P

Top 4

Tony Lazzeri: 5/FL
Joe Sewell: 31
Red Ruffing: 3/FL

Bot 4

Larry Bettencourt: W
Jack Burns: 1(B)3(1)/DP/BP
Jim Levey: 53

Top 5

Earle Combs: K
Lyn Lary: 53
Babe Ruth: 8/F

Bot 5

George Blaeholder: 8/F
Fred Schulte: K
Ski Melillo: 5/P

Top 6

Lou Gehrig: 3/G
Ben Chapman: K/C
Bill Dickey: 3/G

Bot 6

Goose Goslin: 3/G
Red Kress: 9/L
Rick Ferrell: 6/F

Top 7

Tony Lazzeri: K
Joe Sewell: 31
Red Ruffing: K/C

Bot 7

Larry Bettencourt: 8/F
Jack Burns: 4/P
Jim Levey: K

Top 8

Earle Combs: 3/G
Lyn Lary: E6/TH
Babe Ruth: 43.1-2
Lou Gehrig: HR/9.2-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Ben Chapman: T/89
Bill Dickey: T8.3-H(UR)
Tony Lazzeri: 7/F

Bot 8

Lin Storti: 8/F
Fred Schulte: K
Ski Melillo: 43

Top 9

Joe Sewell: S/1
Red Ruffing: 13/SH.1-2
Earle Combs: S/1.2-H
Lyn Lary: 2/FL
Babe Ruth: W.1-2
Lou Gehrig: 8/L

Bot 9

Goose Goslin: 5/P
Red Kress: S7
Rick Ferrell: 54(1)3/GDP

Notes & reviews

Ball got away from Burns, so intervening misplay means no DP

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