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Scores
Standings
DET
@CHW		6
4		 
(12)
SLB
@CLE		12
9
NYY
@PHA		9
7
NYY
@PHA		2
5
NYG
@BRO		0
3
CHC
@PIT		2
6
CIN
@STL		1
7
Thursday, May 24, 1928,
, Shibe Park
Attendance: 40,000, Time of Game: 0:00
First game of doubleheader, see Second game.
Yankees
9
27-6
⇐ Won 4 ⇒
 at Athletics
7
21-9
⇐ Lost 1 ⇒
W: Al Shealy (6-1)
L: Lefty Grove (6-2)
S: Waite Hoyt (2)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Yankees         0  0  2   0  0  1   3  0  3    9 12  2
Athletics       0  0  0   1  1  1   1  1  2    7 12  2

New York Yankees

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Earle Combs CF 4 2 3 0 1 0 .277 .772 1 0 2·2B
Leo Durocher SS 4 1 1 0 1 2 .365 .842 1 4
Babe Ruth LF 4 1 1 2 0 2 .345 1.288 1 0 HBP
Lou Gehrig 1B 5 2 1 1 0 1 .361 1.110 16 0
Bob Meusel RF 3 2 2 0 2 0 .353 .989 1 0 3B,2B
Tony Lazzeri 2B 5 0 3 6 0 0 .359 .987 1 5 3B,SB
Joe Dugan 3B 5 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .804 0 4
Pat Collins C 5 0 0 0 0 2 .184 .619 6 1
Al Shealy P 4 1 1 0 0 2 .263 .616 0 2
   Wilcy Moore P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .167 0 0
   Waite Hoyt P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .067 .192 0 1
Team Totals 39 9 12 9 4 10 .308 .874 27 17
2B: B Meusel (17); E Combs 2 (5).
3B: T Lazzeri (6); B Meusel (1).
HBP: B Ruth (1).
TB: T Lazzeri 5; B Meusel 5; E Combs 5; L Gehrig; A Shealy; B Ruth; L Durocher.
RBI: T Lazzeri 6 (21); B Ruth 2 (34); L Gehrig (30).
Team LOB: 8.
Fielding
E: L Durocher (4); T Lazzeri (5).
Baserunning
SB: T Lazzeri (4, -1st base off  POCS).

Philadelphia Athletics

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Max Bishop 2B 5 1 2 2 1 0 .269 .800 2 5 3B
Ty Cobb RF 6 1 3 0 0 0 .341 .849 2 0 2·2B,SB
Tris Speaker CF 4 1 2 1 1 0 .276 .797 2 0
Joe Hauser 1B 4 0 1 0 1 1 .330 1.187 7 0
Mickey Cochrane C 5 2 2 0 0 0 .329 .993 9 1 3B
Walt French LF 3 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .550 1 0
   Al Simmons PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.000
   Ossie Orwoll PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 .357 1.009
   Mule Haas LF 0 1 0 0 1 0 .071 .205 0 0
Sammy Hale 3B 5 0 0 0 0 2 .316 .865 1 2
Joe Boley SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .599 3 0
   Eddie Collins PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400 1.100
   Jimmy Dykes SS 0 0 0 0 1 0 .240 .705 0 0
Lefty Grove P 3 1 1 0 0 2 .190 .418 0 2
   Jimmie Foxx PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .417 1.512
   Ike Powers P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   Howard Ehmke P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   Bing Miller PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 .348 .926
   Bullet Joe Bush PR 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 41 7 12 5 6 5 .293 .822 27 10
2B: T Cobb 2 (9).
3B: M Cochrane (4); M Bishop (3).
TB: T Cobb 5; M Bishop 4; M Cochrane 4; T Speaker 2; L Grove; J Hauser; A Simmons.
RBI: M Bishop 2 (14); T Speaker (19); A Simmons (2); W French (3).
Team LOB: 13.
Fielding
DP: 1. S Hale-M Bishop-J Hauser.
E: J Hauser (5); J Boley (8).
Baserunning
SB: T Cobb (4, -1st base off  POCS).

New York Yankees

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Al Shealy, W (6-1) 7.1 11 5 4 3 4 0 4.59 38 39
Wilcy Moore 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 3.98 6
Waite Hoyt, S (2) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6.58 3
Team Totals 9 12 7 6 6 5 0 6.00 47 39

Philadelphia Athletics

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Lefty Grove, L (6-2) 8 10 6 6 3 8 0 2.71 37 43
Ike Powers 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3.60 2
Howard Ehmke 1 1 2 2 1 2 0 6.75 5
Team Totals 9 12 9 9 4 10 0 9.00 44 43
Balks: None.
WP: W Moore (1).
HBP: I Powers (1).
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Roy Van Graflan, 1B - Tommy Connolly, 2B - (none), 3B - Bill McGowan.
Time of Game: 0:00.
Attendance: 40,000.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

New York Yankees         Philadelphia Athletics
1 Earle Combs CF 1 Max Bishop 2B
2 Leo Durocher SS 2 Ty Cobb RF
3 Babe Ruth LF 3 Tris Speaker CF
4 Lou Gehrig 1B 4 Joe Hauser 1B
5 Bob Meusel RF 5 Mickey Cochrane C
6 Tony Lazzeri 2B 6 Walt French LF
7 Joe Dugan 3B 7 Sammy Hale 3B
8 Pat Collins C 8 Joe Boley SS
9 Al Shealy P 9 Lefty Grove P

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