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Scores
Standings
DET
@BOS		1
2
SLB
@NYY		5
2
SLB
@NYY		3
1
CLE
@PHA		0
1
BSN
@CHC		1
4
BSN
@CHC		3
4
NYG
@PIT		5
16
PHI
@STL		0
1
Friday, August 24, 1928,
, Yankee Stadium I
Attendance: Not Given, Time of Game: 0:00
First game of doubleheader, see Second game.
Browns
5
63-59
⇐ Won 1 ⇒
 at Yankees
2
81-39
⇐ Lost 1 ⇒
W: General Crowder (14-5)
L: George Pipgras (20-10)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Browns          0  0  1   0  0  2   2  0  0    5 11  0
Yankees         0  0  0   1  0  0   0  0  1    2  8  0

St.Louis Browns

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Lu Blue 1B 4 1 2 0 1 0 .278 .866 8 1 CS
Beauty McGowan RF 5 2 3 1 0 1 .380 .976 4 0 3B
Heinie Manush LF 4 1 1 1 0 0 .355 .918 2 0 2B,SH
Fred Schulte CF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .283 .760 4 1
Red Kress SS 4 0 3 2 0 0 .290 .749 2 3 2B
Otis Brannan 2B 3 0 0 0 1 0 .245 .703 1 1
Larry Bettencourt 3B 4 0 1 0 0 2 .328 .954 2 1
Wally Schang C 4 1 1 1 0 1 .276 .830 4 0 HR
General Crowder P 4 0 0 0 0 3 .175 .435 0 2
Team Totals 36 5 11 5 2 9 .306 .842 27 9
2B: H Manush (33); R Kress (23).
3B: B McGowan (2).
HR: W Schang (2).
SH: H Manush (16).
TB: B McGowan 5; R Kress 4; W Schang 4; L Blue 2; H Manush 2; L Bettencourt.
RBI: R Kress 2 (64); W Schang (33); H Manush (74); B McGowan (3).
Team LOB: 7.
Fielding
DP: 2. R Kress-O Brannan; G Crowder-O Brannan-L Blue.
Baserunning
CS: L Blue (5, -1st base by  POCS).

New York Yankees

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Earle Combs CF 3 0 1 0 1 0 .318 .874 2 0
Mark Koenig SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 .322 .793 2 2
Babe Ruth RF 3 2 2 0 1 0 .333 1.220 2 0 2B
Lou Gehrig 1B 4 0 2 2 0 0 .379 1.117 5 0 2B
Bob Meusel LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .284 .790 1 0
Tony Lazzeri 2B 3 0 0 0 1 1 .345 .979 4 1
Joe Dugan 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .299 .756 1 1
Benny Bengough C 2 0 1 0 0 0 .265 .563 10 1
   Cedric Durst PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .272 .650
   Pat Collins C 0 0 0 0 0 0 .205 .706 0 0
   Gene Robertson PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .284 .651
George Pipgras P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .187 .452 0 1
   Fred Heimach PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .558
   Wilcy Moore P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .343 0 0
Team Totals 32 2 8 2 3 2 .250 .627 27 6
2B: B Ruth (25); L Gehrig (32).
TB: L Gehrig 3; B Ruth 3; B Bengough; E Combs; B Meusel; M Koenig.
RBI: L Gehrig 2 (120).
Team LOB: 6.

St.Louis Browns

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
General Crowder, W (14-5) 9 8 2 2 3 2 0 3.65 35 62
Team Totals 9 8 2 2 3 2 0 2.00 35 62

New York Yankees

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
George Pipgras, L (20-10) 8 10 5 5 2 9 1 3.27 35 49
Wilcy Moore 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.31 4
Team Totals 9 11 5 5 2 9 1 5.00 39 49
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Roy Van Graflan, 1B - Tommy Connolly, 2B - (none), 3B - Bick Campbell.
Time of Game: 0:00.
Attendance: 0.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

St.Louis Browns         New York Yankees
1 Lu Blue 1B 1 Earle Combs CF
2 Beauty McGowan RF 2 Mark Koenig SS
3 Heinie Manush LF 3 Babe Ruth RF
4 Fred Schulte CF 4 Lou Gehrig 1B
5 Red Kress SS 5 Bob Meusel LF
6 Otis Brannan 2B 6 Tony Lazzeri 2B
7 Larry Bettencourt 3B 7 Joe Dugan 3B
8 Wally Schang C 8 Benny Bengough C
9 General Crowder P 9 George Pipgras P

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