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Scores
Standings
WSH
@CHW		8
2
NYY
@CLE		5
12
NYY
@CLE		1
2
PHA
@DET		9
5
BOS
@SLB		4
5		 
(14)
STL
@BRO		0
7
STL
@BRO		3
4
CHC
@BSN		12
3
CIN
@NYG		6
4
PIT
@PHI		10
6
PIT
@PHI		4
5
Saturday, June 27, 1931,
, League Park II
Attendance: 20,000, Time of Game: 0:00
First game of doubleheader, see Second game.
Yankees
5
34-26
⇐ Lost 1 ⇒
 at Indians
12
31-32
⇐ Won 1 ⇒
W: Wes Ferrell (11-4)
L: Hank Johnson (7-4)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Yankees         4  1  0   0  0  0   0  0  0    5 11  2
Indians         1  1  2   1  0  5   0  2  X   12 15  0

New York Yankees

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Earle Combs CF 5 0 1 0 0 0 .332 .813 3 0
Lyn Lary SS 5 2 3 0 0 0 .318 .906 1 3 2·2B
Babe Ruth RF 4 1 2 1 1 0 .401 1.284 2 0
Lou Gehrig 1B 3 1 2 3 1 0 .344 1.137 7 0 HR
Ben Chapman LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .313 .879 2 0
Joe Sewell 3B 3 1 1 0 1 0 .283 .775 0 1
Tony Lazzeri 2B 3 0 1 1 1 0 .231 .716 2 2
Cy Perkins C 3 0 1 0 0 0 .241 .566 6 0
   Bill Dickey PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .302 .730
   Arndt Jorgens C 0 0 0 0 0 0 .304 .664 1 0
Hank Johnson P 3 0 0 0 0 2 .154 .471 0 1
   Lefty Weinert P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 0 0
   Samuel Byrd PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .304 .896
Team Totals 35 5 11 5 4 2 .314 .842 24 7
2B: L Lary 2 (14).
HR: L Gehrig (18).
TB: L Lary 5; L Gehrig 5; B Ruth 2; E Combs; T Lazzeri; C Perkins; J Sewell.
RBI: L Gehrig 3 (72); T Lazzeri (29); B Ruth (59).
Team LOB: 7.
Fielding
DP: 1. T Lazzeri-L Lary-L Gehrig.
E: B Chapman (6); E Combs (5).

Cleveland Indians

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Johnny Burnett SS 4 1 1 0 1 1 .282 .729 4 3
Dick Porter RF 3 3 2 0 2 1 .322 .803 3 0 3B
Earl Averill CF 5 2 2 4 0 1 .355 .987 3 0 2·HR
Ed Morgan 1B 4 2 2 0 1 1 .385 1.074 6 1 2B
Joe Vosmik LF 5 1 2 2 0 1 .327 .844 4 0 3B,SB
Johnny Hodapp 2B 5 3 4 3 0 0 .302 .716 3 3 3B
Willie Kamm 3B 4 0 0 1 1 0 .269 .722 0 0
Glenn Myatt C 4 0 2 0 0 1 .298 .841 3 0 2B
Wes Ferrell P 4 0 0 1 0 1 .327 1.062 1 3
Team Totals 38 12 15 11 5 7 .395 1.228 27 10
2B: G Myatt (4); E Morgan (17).
3B: J Hodapp (2); J Vosmik (7); D Porter (2).
HR: E Averill 2 (11).
TB: E Averill 8; J Hodapp 6; J Vosmik 4; D Porter 4; G Myatt 3; E Morgan 3; J Burnett.
RBI: E Averill 4 (56); J Hodapp 3 (29); J Vosmik 2 (46); W Kamm (29); W Ferrell (16).
Team LOB: 7.
Fielding
DP: 2. J Hodapp-E Morgan; J Hodapp-J Burnett-E Morgan.
Baserunning
SB: J Vosmik (4, -1st base off  POCS).

New York Yankees

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Hank Johnson, L (7-4) 5.1 10 7 6 4 3 1 5.04 29 21
Lefty Weinert 2.2 5 5 4 1 4 1 5.33 14
Team Totals 8 15 12 10 5 7 2 11.25 43 21

Cleveland Indians

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Wes Ferrell, W (11-4) 9 11 5 5 4 2 1 3.91 39 43
Team Totals 9 11 5 5 4 2 1 5.00 39 43
Balks: None.
WP: H Johnson (4).
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Bill Guthrie, 1B - Roy Van Graflan, 2B - (none), 3B - George Hildebrand.
Time of Game: 0:00.
Attendance: 20,000.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

New York Yankees         Cleveland Indians
1 Earle Combs CF 1 Johnny Burnett SS
2 Lyn Lary SS 2 Dick Porter RF
3 Babe Ruth RF 3 Earl Averill CF
4 Lou Gehrig 1B 4 Ed Morgan 1B
5 Ben Chapman LF 5 Joe Vosmik LF
6 Joe Sewell 3B 6 Johnny Hodapp 2B
7 Tony Lazzeri 2B 7 Willie Kamm 3B
8 Cy Perkins C 8 Glenn Myatt C
9 Hank Johnson P 9 Wes Ferrell P

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