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Scores
Standings
NYY
@BOS		11
12		 
(18)
NYY
@BOS		5
0		 
(5)
SLB
@CLE		6
7
SLB
@CLE		3
2
CHW
@DET		5
0
CHW
@DET		6
10
WSH
@PHA		1
2
WSH
@PHA		0
3
PHI
@BRO		6
1
PHI
@BRO		7
1
STL
@CHC		1
6
STL
@CHC		2
0
BSN
@NYG		6
1
BSN
@NYG		8
9
CIN
@PIT		8
6
CIN
@PIT		4
3
Monday, September 5, 1927,
, Fenway Park
Attendance: Not Given, Time of Game: 4:20
First game of doubleheader, see Second game.
Yankees
11
90-39
⇐ Lost 2 ⇒
 at Red Sox
12
41-86
⇐ Won 2 ⇒
W: Hal Wiltse (9-15)
L: Waite Hoyt (19-6)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9  10 11 12  13 14 15  16 17 18    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Yankees         0  0  4   2  0  0   0  0  2   0  0  0   0  0  0   0  3  0   11 21  2
Red Sox         3  0  0   4  1  0   0  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  0   0  3  1   12 20  6

New York Yankees

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Earle Combs CF 10 2 5 2 0 0 .351 .904 5 0 2·2B
Mark Koenig SS 10 3 3 0 0 0 .291 .725 5 4 2·2B
Babe Ruth LF 7 1 1 1 2 2 .350 1.224 2 0 2B,SB,CS,SH
Lou Gehrig 1B 6 1 4 4 4 0 .386 1.293 24 0 HR,SB
Bob Meusel RF 8 1 3 2 2 1 .341 .898 0 3 2·2B,SB
Tony Lazzeri 2B 9 0 2 1 1 4 .313 .888 2 11
Joe Dugan 3B 3 0 0 0 1 1 .255 .668 1 2 CS
   Ray Morehart 0 1 0 0 1 0 .249 .668
   Mike Gazella 3B 3 0 0 0 1 1 .300 .867 1 0 SH
Benny Bengough C 3 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .676 6 2
   Cedric Durst 1 0 1 0 0 0 .254 .616
   Pat Collins C 3 1 1 0 2 0 .273 .830 5 1
George Pipgras P 2 0 0 0 0 1 .255 .631 0 1
   Joe Giard P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .667 0 2
   Dutch Ruether 1 0 0 0 0 0 .290 .723
   Bob Shawkey P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 1
   Ben Paschal 1 1 1 0 0 0 .329 .931 2B
   Wilcy Moore P 3 0 0 0 0 2 .048 .154 1 7 SH
   Waite Hoyt P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .218 .500 0 0
Team Totals 71 11 21 10 14 12 .296 .858 52 34
2B: B Ruth (27); B Paschal (9); M Koenig 2 (18); B Meusel 2 (34); E Combs 2 (30).
HR: L Gehrig (44).
SH: B Ruth (13); W Moore (5); M Gazella (8).
TB: E Combs 7; L Gehrig 7; B Meusel 5; M Koenig 5; T Lazzeri 2; B Paschal 2; B Ruth 2; C Durst; P Collins.
RBI: L Gehrig 4 (159); B Meusel 2 (87); E Combs 2 (54); T Lazzeri (91); B Ruth (125).
Team LOB: 23.
Fielding
E: P Collins (8); T Lazzeri (23).
Baserunning
SB: B Ruth (5, -1st base off  POCS); B Meusel (20, -1st base off  POCS); L Gehrig (9, -1st base off  POCS).
CS: B Ruth (6, -1st base by  POCS); J Dugan (4, -1st base by  POCS).

Boston Red Sox

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Jack Rothrock SS 7 1 1 1 2 2 .247 .646 3 4
Buddy Myer 3B 8 2 3 1 1 0 .289 .757 4 3 2·2B
Ira Flagstead CF 8 1 2 1 1 1 .291 .802 5 1 2B
Bill Regan 2B 8 1 3 1 0 1 .274 .715 8 4 2·2B
Jack Tobin RF 8 2 3 3 0 0 .308 .755 2 0 2B
Wally Shaner LF 7 3 3 1 1 1 .278 .731 1 0 2·2B,SB
Phil Todt 1B 8 1 3 2 0 1 .240 .625 16 3
Fred Hofmann C 5 1 1 0 1 0 .266 .698 13 2
   Billy Rogell 1 0 0 0 0 0 .245 .720
   Grover Hartley C 0 0 0 0 0 0 .284 .697 0 0
   Bill Moore C 1 0 1 1 0 0 .333 .830 0 1 2B
Red Ruffing P 5 0 0 1 0 0 .259 .625 2 6 SH
   Red Rollings 1 0 0 0 0 0 .253 .589
   Hal Wiltse P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .206 .453 0 1
Team Totals 68 12 20 12 6 6 .294 .778 54 25
2B: B Regan 2 (29); I Flagstead (21); J Tobin (16); B Moore (2); B Myer 2 (23); W Shaner 2 (29).
SH: R Ruffing (5).
TB: W Shaner 5; B Myer 5; B Regan 5; J Tobin 4; P Todt 3; I Flagstead 3; B Moore 2; J Rothrock; F Hofmann.
RBI: J Tobin 3 (35); P Todt 2 (49); W Shaner (39); J Rothrock (30); B Moore (4); B Myer (50); B Regan (49); R Ruffing (4); I Flagstead (55).
Team LOB: 11.
Fielding
E: B Regan (22); J Rothrock 2 (21); H Wiltse (5); F Hofmann 2 (16).
Baserunning
SB: W Shaner (10, -1st base off  POCS).

New York Yankees

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
George Pipgras 3 8 7 7 3 2 0 4.69 20 14
Joe Giard 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 8.14 12
Bob Shawkey 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.41 8
Wilcy Moore 8 3 2 2 2 3 0 2.18 28
Waite Hoyt, L (19-6) 1.1 4 2 2 0 1 0 2.75 7
Team Totals 17.1 20 12 12 6 6 0 6.23 75 14

Boston Red Sox

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Red Ruffing 15 16 8 8 11 12 1 4.69 73 54
Hal Wiltse, W (9-15) 3 5 3 2 3 0 0 5.37 15
Team Totals 18 21 11 10 14 12 1 5.00 88 54
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Dick Nallin, 1B - Bill Dinneen, 2B - (none), 3B - (none).
Time of Game: 4:20.
Attendance: 0.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

New York Yankees         Boston Red Sox
1 Earle Combs CF 1 Jack Rothrock SS
2 Mark Koenig SS 2 Buddy Myer 3B
3 Babe Ruth LF 3 Ira Flagstead CF
4 Lou Gehrig 1B 4 Bill Regan 2B
5 Bob Meusel RF 5 Jack Tobin RF
6 Tony Lazzeri 2B 6 Wally Shaner LF
7 Joe Dugan 3B 7 Phil Todt 1B
8 Benny Bengough C 8 Fred Hofmann C
9 George Pipgras P 9 Red Ruffing P

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