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Scores
Standings
BOS
@CHW		3
4
NYY
@CLE		4
8
NYY
@CLE		11
6
PHA
@DET		6
2
WSH
@SLB		3
2		 
(12)
WSH
@SLB		2
1
CHC
@BRO		6
5		 
(10)
CHC
@BRO		4
1
STL
@BSN		1
5
PIT
@NYG		5
2
PIT
@NYG		4
8
CIN
@PHI		4
9
CIN
@PHI		2
3		 
(10)
Saturday, July 20, 1929,
, League Park II
Attendance: 29,000, Time of Game: 2:03
Second game of doubleheader, see First game.
Yankees
11
53-32
⇐ Won 1 ⇒
 at Indians
6
44-43
⇐ Lost 1 ⇒
W: Fred Heimach (9-4)
L: Johnny Miljus (6-7)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Yankees         0  1  0   2  0  0   5  0  3   11 16  0
Indians         3  0  1   0  1  0   0  0  1    6  9  2

New York Yankees

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Earle Combs CF 5 1 1 0 0 1 .342 .871 4 0
Gene Robertson 3B 5 1 4 1 0 0 .321 .803 0 4 2·2B
Lou Gehrig 1B 4 2 2 1 1 2 .311 1.093 13 0 2B
Cedric Durst RF 3 2 2 2 1 0 .349 .889 1 1
   Samuel Byrd RF 1 1 1 0 0 0 .333 .952 0 0
Tony Lazzeri 2B 4 3 2 3 1 0 .362 .980 5 4 HR,2B,SB
Bob Meusel LF 4 0 0 1 0 2 .270 .740 1 0 SH
Bill Dickey C 4 0 2 3 0 0 .332 .852 1 1 SH
Leo Durocher SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 .265 .660 2 4
   Babe Ruth PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .348 1.131
   Mark Koenig SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 .258 .678 0 3
Roy Sherid P 2 0 1 0 0 1 .294 .588 0 1
   Fred Heimach P 3 1 1 0 0 1 .194 .620 0 1
Team Totals 40 11 16 11 3 8 .400 1.017 27 19
2B: G Robertson 2 (11); T Lazzeri (18); L Gehrig (19).
HR: T Lazzeri (11).
SH: B Dickey (9); B Meusel (4).
TB: T Lazzeri 6; G Robertson 6; L Gehrig 3; B Dickey 2; C Durst 2; E Combs; F Heimach; S Byrd; R Sherid.
RBI: T Lazzeri 3 (70); B Dickey 3 (37); C Durst 2 (20); G Robertson (25); L Gehrig (66); B Meusel (43).
Team LOB: 7.
Fielding
DP: 2. L Durocher-T Lazzeri-L Gehrig; M Koenig-T Lazzeri-L Gehrig.
Baserunning
SB: T Lazzeri (8, -1st base off  POCS).

Cleveland Indians

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Ed Morgan RF 4 1 0 0 1 0 .353 .981 2 1
Joe Sewell 3B 3 2 1 1 1 0 .313 .812 1 1 HR
Earl Averill CF 4 1 2 1 0 0 .318 .929 2 0 3B
Lew Fonseca 1B 2 0 0 0 0 0 .355 .933 9 1 HBP,SH
Bibb Falk LF 2 1 0 0 2 0 .323 .884 1 0 SB
Johnny Hodapp 2B 3 0 1 2 0 0 .257 .652 1 3 SH
Ray Gardner SS 4 1 2 1 0 0 .324 .805 1 3 SB
Luke Sewell C 4 0 3 1 0 0 .206 .518 9 1 CS
Johnny Miljus P 3 0 0 0 0 0 .323 .839 1 1
   Willis Hudlin P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .116 .256 0 0
   Milt Shoffner P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   Grover Hartley PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .240 .589
Team Totals 30 6 9 6 4 0 .300 .867 27 11
3B: E Averill (7).
HR: J Sewell (4).
SH: J Hodapp (1); L Fonseca (11).
HBP: L Fonseca (1).
TB: E Averill 4; J Sewell 4; L Sewell 3; R Gardner 2; J Hodapp.
RBI: J Hodapp 2 (2); J Sewell (42); R Gardner (17); L Sewell (21); E Averill (54).
Team LOB: 4.
Fielding
DP: 1. R Gardner-J Hodapp-L Fonseca.
E: L Sewell (11); L Fonseca (4).
Baserunning
SB: B Falk (3, -1st base off  POCS); R Gardner (9, -1st base off  POCS).
CS: L Sewell (4, -1st base by  POCS).

New York Yankees

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Roy Sherid 4 6 5 5 4 0 1 3.45 21 26
Fred Heimach, W (9-4) 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 3.24 16
Team Totals 9 9 6 6 4 0 1 6.00 37 26

Cleveland Indians

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Johnny Miljus, L (6-7) 6.1 10 7 6 2 6 1 4.71 30 31
Willis Hudlin 0.1 2 1 1 1 0 0 3.50 4
Milt Shoffner 2.1 4 3 3 0 2 0 11.57 11
Team Totals 9 16 11 10 3 8 1 10.00 45 31
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: R Sherid (2).
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Roy Van Graflan, 1B - Bill McGowan, 2B - (none), 3B - Tommy Connolly.
Time of Game: 2:03.
Attendance: 29,000.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

New York Yankees         Cleveland Indians
1 Earle Combs CF 1 Ed Morgan RF
2 Gene Robertson 3B 2 Joe Sewell 3B
3 Lou Gehrig 1B 3 Earl Averill CF
4 Cedric Durst RF 4 Lew Fonseca 1B
5 Tony Lazzeri 2B 5 Bibb Falk LF
6 Bob Meusel LF 6 Johnny Hodapp 2B
7 Bill Dickey C 7 Ray Gardner SS
8 Leo Durocher SS 8 Luke Sewell C
9 Roy Sherid P 9 Johnny Miljus P

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