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Red Sox
@ Yankees
Polo Grounds
October 2, 1921
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, played on October 2, 1921 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | October 2, 1921 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
New York Yankees
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | October 2, 1921 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Curt Fullerton |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bob Shawkey |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 15,000 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 42 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Frank Wilson 1B: Ollie Chill 2B: (none) 3B: Tommy Connolly |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Nemo Leibold | Center Fielder |
| Pinky Pittenger | Third Baseman |
| Del Pratt | Second Baseman |
| Stuffy McInnis | First Baseman |
| Shano Collins | Right Fielder |
| Bullet Joe Bush | Left Fielder |
| Everett Scott | Shortstop |
| Ed Chaplin | Catcher |
| Curt Fullerton | Pitcher |
| Hugh Duffy | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Elmer Miller | Center Fielder |
| Roger Peckinpaugh | Shortstop |
| Babe Ruth | Left Fielder |
| Bob Meusel | Right Fielder |
| Wally Pipp | First Baseman |
| Aaron Ward | Second Baseman |
| Mike McNally | Third Baseman |
| Al DeVormer | Catcher |
| Bob Shawkey | Pitcher |
| Miller Huggins | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Yankees
Polo Grounds
October 2, 1921
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leibold vs. Shawkey
Leibold hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peckinpaugh fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pittenger vs. Shawkey
Pittenger takes first base on ball four. Leibold moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pratt vs. Shawkey
Pratt hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Ward settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McInnis vs. Shawkey
McInnis hits a line drive towards short. Peckinpaugh catches it and throws to second to double up Leibold. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Fullerton
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pittenger fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peckinpaugh vs. Fullerton
Peckinpaugh hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pittenger fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Ruth vs. Fullerton
Ruth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pratt scoops it up and throws to first, with Fullerton covering, for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Shawkey
Collins takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bush vs. Shawkey
Bush hits a fly ball into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Scott vs. Shawkey
Scott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Collins moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Chaplin vs. Shawkey
Chaplin takes first base on ball four. Collins moves to third. Scott moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Fullerton vs. Shawkey
Fullerton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peckinpaugh fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Fullerton
Meusel hits a fly ball into center field. Leibold settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pipp vs. Fullerton
Pipp hits a fly ball into right field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Fullerton
Ward hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McNally vs. Fullerton
McNally hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Collins. McNally reaches second base with a double. Ward moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
DeVormer vs. Fullerton
DeVormer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bush. DeVormer reaches second base with a double. Ward scores. McNally scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Shawkey vs. Fullerton
Shawkey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pratt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leibold vs. Shawkey
Leibold hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peckinpaugh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pittenger vs. Shawkey
Pittenger strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pratt vs. Shawkey
Pratt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shawkey fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Fullerton
Miller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Peckinpaugh vs. Fullerton
Peckinpaugh hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Miller moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1-3
Ruth vs. Fullerton
Ruth hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Fullerton
Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pittenger fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pipp vs. Fullerton
Pipp hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Fullerton
Ward hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pittenger fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McInnis vs. Collins
Rip Collins now pitching.
McInnis hits a fly ball towards left. Ruth settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Ruth. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Collins vs. Collins
Collins hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McInnis moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bush vs. Collins
Bush hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peckinpaugh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McInnis moves to third. Collins moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Scott vs. Collins
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ward scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McInnis scores. Collins moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Chaplin vs. Collins
Chaplin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Fullerton vs. Collins
Fullerton takes first base on ball four. Chaplin moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Leibold vs. Collins
Leibold takes first base on ball four. Collins scores. Chaplin moves to third. Fullerton moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Pittenger vs. Collins
Pittenger hits a popup, foul, towards first. Pipp settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McNally vs. Fullerton
McNally hits a fly ball into center field. Leibold settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeVormer vs. Fullerton
DeVormer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Fullerton
Collins is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pratt vs. Collins
Pratt hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Miller. Pratt reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McInnis vs. Collins
McInnis hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Miller. McInnis reaches second base with a double. Pratt scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Collins vs. Collins
Collins hits a line drive into left field. Ruth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bush vs. Collins
Bush hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ruth who is chasing the ball. Bush reaches third base with a triple. McInnis scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Scott vs. Collins
Scott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bush scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chaplin vs. Piercy
Bill Piercy now pitching.
Chaplin takes first base on ball four. Scott moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fullerton vs. Piercy
Fullerton hits a ball on the ground for an out. Chaplin moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Leibold vs. Piercy
Leibold strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Fullerton
Miller strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peckinpaugh vs. Fullerton
Peckinpaugh hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Ruth vs. Fullerton
Ruth hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meusel vs. Fullerton
There goes Ruth. The throw from Chaplin and he is safe. Ruth steals second. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Meusel vs. Fullerton
Meusel hits a fly ball into center field. Leibold settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pittenger vs. Piercy
Chick Fewster now playing second base.
Pittenger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peckinpaugh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pratt vs. Piercy
Pratt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McInnis vs. Piercy
McInnis hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pipp scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McInnis for the out. Pratt moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Collins vs. Piercy
Collins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peckinpaugh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pipp vs. Fullerton
Pipp hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Chaplin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fewster vs. Fullerton
Fewster strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McNally vs. Fullerton
McNally hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Leibold. McNally reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
DeVormer vs. Fullerton
DeVormer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pratt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Piercy
Bush hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peckinpaugh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Piercy
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fewster scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chaplin vs. Piercy
Chaplin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peckinpaugh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piercy vs. Fullerton
Piercy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Fullerton
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peckinpaugh vs. Fullerton
Peckinpaugh takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Ruth vs. Fullerton
Ruth hits a fly ball into right field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fullerton vs. Piercy
Fullerton hits a ball on the ground towards third. McNally fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Neitzke vs. Piercy
Ernie Neitzke pinch hits for Nemo Leibold.
Neitzke takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pittenger vs. Piercy
Pittenger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fewster fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pratt vs. Piercy
There goes Pittenger. The throw from DeVormer and he is safe. Pittenger steals second. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pratt vs. Piercy
Pratt takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McInnis vs. Piercy
McInnis hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Pittenger scores. Pratt moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Collins vs. Piercy
Collins hits a popup, foul, towards first. Pipp settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Fullerton
Ernie Neitzke now playing left field. Bullet Joe Bush now playing center field.
Meusel strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pipp vs. Fullerton
Pipp hits a fly ball into right field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fewster vs. Fullerton
Fewster takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McNally vs. Fullerton
McNally hits a fly ball into right field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Piercy
Bush hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Scott vs. Piercy
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peckinpaugh fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chaplin vs. Piercy
Chaplin hits a popup towards first. Pipp settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeVormer vs. Fullerton
DeVormer hits a ball on the ground into center field, out of the reach of Bush. DeVormer reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Baker vs. Fullerton
Home Run Baker pinch hits for Bill Piercy.
Baker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Miller vs. Fullerton
Chicken Hawks pinch runs for Home Run Baker.
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott fields it and throws to second for the out. DeVormer moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Peckinpaugh vs. Fullerton
Peckinpaugh hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Collins. Peckinpaugh reaches second base with a double. DeVormer scores. Miller goes all the way around to score. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 10/2/1921 -- BOS at New York (D)
BOS AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Nemo Leibold, cf 3 0 1 1 Miller E, cf 5 2 1 0
Ernie Neitzke, ph-lf 0 0 0 0 Peckinpaugh R, ss 4 1 2 2
Pinky Pittinger, 3b 4 1 0 0 Ruth B, lf 4 1 2 3
Del Pratt, 2b 4 1 2 0 Meusel B, rf 4 0 0 0
Stuffy McInnis, 1b 5 2 1 1 Pipp W, 1b 4 0 0 0
Shano Collins, rf 4 1 1 0 Ward A, 2b 2 1 1 0
Joe Bush, lf-cf 5 1 2 1 Fewster C, 2b 1 0 0 0
Everett Scott, ss 5 0 2 2 McNally M, 3b 4 1 2 0
Ed Chaplin, c 2 0 0 0 DeVormer A, c 4 1 2 2
Curt Fullerton, p 3 0 0 0 Shawkey B, p 1 0 0 0
Collins R, p 1 0 0 0
Piercy B, p 1 0 0 0
Baker H, ph 0 0 0 0
Hawks C, pr 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 6 9 5 35 7 10 7
BOS 000 230 010 -- 6
New York 023 000 002 -- 7
1 out when winning run was scored.
BOS IP H R ER BB SO
Curt Fullerton (L) 8.1 10 7 7 3 4
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Shawkey B 3.0 2 0 0 3 1
Collins R 1.1 5 5 4 3 0
Piercy B (W) 4.2 2 1 0 3 1
E -- Ruth B, Ward A, Pipp W
DP -- New York 3
LOB -- BOS 11, New York 6
2B -- McNally M 2, DeVormer A 2, Del Pratt, Stuffy McInnis, Peckinpaugh R
3B -- Joe Bush
HR -- Ruth B
SB -- Ruth B, Pinky Pittinger
T -- 1:42
A -- 15000
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