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New York Yankees @ St. Louis Browns

1934-07-23 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 1200 · 2:03

New York Yankees defeated St. Louis Browns 5–2. New York Yankees put up 2 in the 2nd. Red Ruffing earned the win. Frankie Crosetti went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Red Ruffing L: Bump Hadley SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Earle Combs	5	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Saltzgaver	5	0	0	0	0	4
Ben Chapman	4	0	1	0	1	2
Lou Gehrig	4	1	1	1	0	0
Bill Dickey	3	0	0	0	1	0
Tony Lazzeri	3	1	0	0	1	2
Samuel Byrd	3	2	2	0	1	0
Frankie Crosetti	3	1	1	2	1	1
Red Ruffing	4	0	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Harlond Clift	3	1	0	0	2	1
Sam West	5	0	2	1	0	0
Jack Burns	5	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Pepper	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Campbell	3	0	1	0	1	1
Ski Melillo	3	1	1	0	1	0
Rollie Hemsley	4	0	1	0	0	2
Alan Strange	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bump Hadley	2	0	2	1	0	0
Debs Garms	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ollie Bejma	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Ruffing	9.0	8	4	5

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bump Hadley	7.0	5	4	6
Ivy Andrews	2.0	1	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Earle Combs: 7
Jack Saltzgaver: K/C
Ben Chapman: W
Lou Gehrig: 6/P

Bot 1

Harlond Clift: 5/FL
Sam West: 9
Jack Burns: 9

Top 2

Bill Dickey: W
Tony Lazzeri: W.1-2
Samuel Byrd: 15(2)/FO/BG.1-2
Frankie Crosetti: W.2-3;1-2
Red Ruffing: E5/G.3-H(NR)(UR);2-H(NR)(UR);1-3
Earle Combs: 6/P
Jack Saltzgaver: K/C

Bot 2

Ray Pepper: 7
Bruce Campbell: W
Ski Melillo: 3/G.1-2
Rollie Hemsley: K

Top 3

Ben Chapman: S8
Lou Gehrig: 9/L
Bill Dickey: 46(1)/FO
Tony Lazzeri: K

Bot 3

Alan Strange: 6/P
Bump Hadley: S9
Harlond Clift: 3/FL
Sam West: 8/L

Top 4

Samuel Byrd: S7
Frankie Crosetti: K
Red Ruffing: 8
Earle Combs: 13

Bot 4

Jack Burns: 99
Ray Pepper: 99
Bruce Campbell: 99

Top 5

Jack Saltzgaver: K/C
Ben Chapman: 99
Lou Gehrig: HR
Bill Dickey: 99

Bot 5

Ski Melillo: W
Rollie Hemsley: S.1-3
Alan Strange: K
Bump Hadley: S.3-H;1-3
Harlond Clift: W.1-2
Sam West: 99/P
Jack Burns: 3/P

Top 6

Tony Lazzeri: 99
Samuel Byrd: S
Frankie Crosetti: HR/7.1-H
Red Ruffing: 99
Earle Combs: 99

Bot 6

Ray Pepper: 99
Bruce Campbell: D
Ski Melillo: 99
Rollie Hemsley: K

Top 7

Jack Saltzgaver: 99
Ben Chapman: K
Lou Gehrig: 99

Bot 7

Alan Strange: S
Debs Garms: 6/L
Harlond Clift: K
Sam West: D.1-3
Jack Burns: 99

Top 8

Bill Dickey: 99
Tony Lazzeri: K
Samuel Byrd: W
Frankie Crosetti: 99

Bot 8

Ray Pepper: 99
Bruce Campbell: K
Ski Melillo: S
Rollie Hemsley: 99

Top 9

Red Ruffing: S
Earle Combs: 99
Jack Saltzgaver: K
Ben Chapman: K

Bot 9

Alan Strange: 99
Ollie Bejma: 99
Harlond Clift: W
Sam West: DI.1-2
Sam West: S8.2-H
Jack Burns: 31