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New York Yankees @ Boston Red Sox

1920-05-27 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 10000 · 2:16

New York Yankees defeated Boston Red Sox 6–1. New York Yankees put up 3 in the 1st. Bob Shawkey earned the win and Carl Mays picked up the save. Babe Ruth went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bob Shawkey L: Harry Harper SV: Carl Mays

Umpires — HP: George Hildebrand · 1B: Billy Evans · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roger Peckinpaugh	5	1	3	0	0	0
Bob Meusel	4	1	1	0	1	1
Wally Pipp	5	1	0	0	0	0
Babe Ruth	4	2	2	3	1	0
Del Pratt	4	1	1	0	0	1
Ping Bodie	4	0	2	1	0	0
Duffy Lewis	4	0	1	1	0	2
Truck Hannah	2	0	0	0	2	0
Bob Shawkey	1	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Hofmann	1	0	0	0	0	0
Carl Mays	2	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Harry Hooper	4	0	2	0	1	1
Mike McNally	4	0	1	0	1	1
Mike Menosky	5	0	2	0	0	1
Tim Hendryx	4	1	0	0	0	0
Stuffy McInnis	4	0	2	0	0	0
Eddie Foster	4	0	1	0	0	0
Everett Scott	4	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Schang	1	0	0	1	3	0
Harry Harper	2	0	0	0	0	1
Hack Eibel	1	0	0	0	0	1
Benn Karr	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Shawkey	4.0	5	2	1
Carl Mays	5.0	3	3	4

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Harper	6.0	5	3	3
Benn Karr	3.0	5	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Roger Peckinpaugh: S7/5
Bob Meusel: W.1-2
Wally Pipp: FC1.2XH(1E5)(NR)(UR);1-3;B-2
Babe Ruth: 43.3-H(UR);2-3
Del Pratt: K
Ping Bodie: S9.3-H(UR);BX2(93)

Bot 1

Harry Hooper: S1
Mike McNally: S1.1-2
Mike Menosky: 5(2)/FO/BG.1-3(E5/TH2)
Tim Hendryx: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Duffy Lewis: K
Truck Hannah: W
Bob Shawkey: 4/BP
Roger Peckinpaugh: 7

Bot 2

Stuffy McInnis: 63
Eddie Foster: 9/89/L
Everett Scott: 8

Top 3

Bob Meusel: 4/P
Wally Pipp: 7
Babe Ruth: W
Del Pratt: 8/8S

Bot 3

Wally Schang: W
Harry Harper: 7/7S
Harry Hooper: 5/P
Mike McNally: 64(1)/FO

Top 4

Ping Bodie: 53
Duffy Lewis: K
Truck Hannah: 43

Bot 4

Mike Menosky: S7
Tim Hendryx: 64(1)/FO
Stuffy McInnis: S7.1-2
Eddie Foster: S7.2-3;1-2
Everett Scott: 3/FL
Wally Schang: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Harry Harper: K/C

Top 5

Fred Hofmann: 53
Roger Peckinpaugh: 9
Bob Meusel: S9
Wally Pipp: 7

Bot 5

Harry Hooper: K
Mike McNally: K
Mike Menosky: D9
Tim Hendryx: 4/P

Top 6

Babe Ruth: HR/9
Del Pratt: 9/L
Ping Bodie: S5
Duffy Lewis: CS2(24)
Duffy Lewis: 53

Bot 6

Stuffy McInnis: D7
Eddie Foster: 7
Everett Scott: 63.2-3
Wally Schang: W
Hack Eibel: K/C

Top 7

Truck Hannah: 7
Carl Mays: 9/89
Roger Peckinpaugh: D7
Bob Meusel: K/C

Bot 7

Harry Hooper: W
Mike McNally: 54(1)/FO
Mike Menosky: K+SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Tim Hendryx: 53

Top 8

Wally Pipp: 23
Babe Ruth: HR/78
Del Pratt: S7
Ping Bodie: 43.1-2
Duffy Lewis: S9.2-H
Truck Hannah: W.1-2
Carl Mays: 43

Bot 8

Stuffy McInnis: 4/L
Eddie Foster: 63
Everett Scott: 43

Top 9

Roger Peckinpaugh: S7
Bob Meusel: 54(1)/FO.B-2(E4/TH)
Wally Pipp: 31.2-3
Babe Ruth: 3/G

Bot 9

Wally Schang: 43
Benn Karr: 4/P
Harry Hooper: S9
Mike McNally: W.1-2
Mike Menosky: 5(2)/FO

Notes & reviews

Shawkey was enraged with Hildebrand's calls, charged ump and swung at him, but missed; Hildebrand took off mask and rained blow after blow on Shawkey's head; Shawkey was ejected left field bleeding from head and ear

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