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Athletics
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
April 21, 1928
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Athletics, played on April 21, 1928 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | April 21, 1928 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Philadelphia Athletics
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| Home Team |
New York Yankees
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 21, 1928 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Philadelphia Athletics |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Rube Walberg |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Hank Johnson |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 18,000 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 15 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Harry Geisel 1B: Bick Campbell 2B: (none) 3B: Brick Owens |
Philadelphia Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Max Bishop | Second Baseman |
| Ty Cobb | Right Fielder |
| Tris Speaker | Center Fielder |
| Joe Hauser | First Baseman |
| Mickey Cochrane | Catcher |
| Bing Miller | Left Fielder |
| Sammy Hale | Third Baseman |
| Joe Boley | Shortstop |
| Rube Walberg | Pitcher |
| Connie Mack | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Earle Combs | Center Fielder |
| Mark Koenig | Shortstop |
| Babe Ruth | Right Fielder |
| Lou Gehrig | First Baseman |
| Bob Meusel | Left Fielder |
| Tony Lazzeri | Second Baseman |
| Joe Dugan | Third Baseman |
| Johnny Grabowski | Catcher |
| Hank Johnson | Pitcher |
| Miller Huggins | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
April 21, 1928
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bishop vs. Johnson
Bishop takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cobb vs. Johnson
Cobb hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dugan fields it and throws to first for the out. Bishop moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Speaker vs. Johnson
Speaker hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Combs. Speaker reaches second base with a double. Bishop scores. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hauser vs. Johnson
Hauser takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cochrane vs. Johnson
Cochrane hits a fly ball into center field. Combs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Miller vs. Johnson
Miller is hit by the pitch. Speaker moves to third. Hauser moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hale vs. Johnson
Hale hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gehrig scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hale for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Combs vs. Walberg
Combs bunts towards the mound. Walberg fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koenig vs. Walberg
Koenig hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ruth vs. Walberg
Ruth hits a fly ball into left field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gehrig vs. Walberg
Gehrig hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Walberg fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boley vs. Johnson
Boley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koenig scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walberg vs. Johnson
Walberg hits a fly ball into center field. Combs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bishop vs. Johnson
Bishop takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cobb vs. Johnson
Cobb hits a fly ball into right field. Ruth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Walberg
Meusel hits a fly ball into right field. Cobb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lazzeri vs. Walberg
Lazzeri hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cobb. Lazzeri reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dugan vs. Walberg
Dugan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hale fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lazzeri moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Grabowski vs. Walberg
Grabowski hits a ball on the ground for a double play. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speaker vs. Johnson
Speaker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gehrig scoops it up and throws to first, with Johnson covering, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hauser vs. Johnson
Hauser hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lazzeri settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cochrane vs. Johnson
Cochrane takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miller vs. Johnson
Miller hits a line drive off the glove of Dugan, and into shallow left field. Miller reaches second base with a double. Cochrane moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hale vs. Johnson
Hale hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lazzeri scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Walberg
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Walberg fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Combs vs. Walberg
Combs hits a line drive towards third. Hale reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koenig vs. Walberg
Koenig hits a popup towards first. Hauser settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boley vs. Johnson
Boley hits a line drive towards short. Koenig reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walberg vs. Johnson
Walberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bishop vs. Johnson
Bishop hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lazzeri settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cobb vs. Johnson
Cobb hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koenig fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruth vs. Walberg
Ruth hits a line drive into right field. Cobb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehrig vs. Walberg
Gehrig hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Walberg
Meusel hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hale settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speaker vs. Johnson
Speaker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hauser vs. Johnson
Hauser strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cochrane vs. Johnson
There goes Speaker. The throw from Grabowski and he is safe. Speaker steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cochrane vs. Johnson
Cochrane takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Miller vs. Johnson
Miller hits a line drive to right field. Ruth throws towards the plate. Grabowski fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Grabowski. Speaker scores. Cochrane moves to third. Miller moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hale vs. Johnson
Hale strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Boley vs. Johnson
Boley hits a line drive towards third. Dugan reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lazzeri vs. Walberg
Lazzeri hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dugan vs. Walberg
Dugan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grabowski vs. Walberg
Grabowski hits a fly ball into right field. Cobb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Walberg
Johnson strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walberg vs. Johnson
Walberg hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bishop vs. Johnson
Bishop hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lazzeri settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cobb vs. Johnson
Cobb hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koenig fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Speaker vs. Johnson
Speaker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dugan fields it and throws to first for the out. Cobb moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hauser vs. Johnson
Hauser strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Combs vs. Walberg
Combs hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Bishop reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koenig vs. Walberg
Koenig hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruth vs. Walberg
Ruth strikes out. Cochrane drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Ruth out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cochrane vs. Johnson
Cochrane hits a fly ball into right field. Ruth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Johnson
Miller takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hale vs. Johnson
Hale hits a popup towards short. Koenig settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boley vs. Johnson
Boley hits a fly ball into right field. Ruth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehrig vs. Walberg
Gehrig hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hauser scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gehrig for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Walberg
Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lazzeri vs. Walberg
Lazzeri hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Speaker. Lazzeri reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dugan vs. Walberg
Dugan hits a fly ball into center field. Speaker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walberg vs. Johnson
Walberg strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bishop vs. Johnson
Bishop hits a fly ball into center field. Combs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cobb vs. Johnson
Cobb hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dugan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Speaker vs. Johnson
There goes Cobb. The throw from Grabowski and he is out, Lazzeri applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paschal vs. Walberg
Ben Paschal pinch hits for Johnny Grabowski.
Paschal hits a popup towards short. Boley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Walberg
Pat Collins pinch hits for Hank Johnson.
Collins strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Combs vs. Walberg
Combs hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Koenig vs. Walberg
Koenig hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bishop settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speaker vs. Campbell
Pat Collins now catching. Archie Campbell now pitching.
Speaker strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hauser vs. Campbell
Hauser takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cochrane vs. Campbell
Cochrane hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hauser moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Miller vs. Campbell
Miller hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Hauser scores. Cochrane moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hale vs. Campbell
Hale hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cochrane scores. Miller moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Boley vs. Campbell
Boley bunts towards the mound. Campbell fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Campbell. Miller scores. Hale moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Walberg vs. Campbell
Walberg hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hale scores. Boley moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bishop vs. Campbell
Bishop hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Combs. Bishop reaches second base with a double. Boley scores. Walberg moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 8 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Cobb vs. Campbell
Cobb hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Walberg scores. Bishop scores. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 10 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Speaker vs. Campbell
Speaker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lazzeri scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cobb moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 10 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hauser vs. Campbell
Hauser hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Campbell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 10 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruth vs. Walberg
Ruth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bishop scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 10 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehrig vs. Walberg
Gehrig hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Walberg fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 10 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Walberg
Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Walberg fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/21/1928 -- Philadelphia at New York (D)
Philadelphia AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Bishop M, 2b 4 2 1 1 Combs E, cf 4 0 1 0
Cobb T, rf 6 0 3 2 Koenig M, ss 4 0 1 0
Speaker T, cf 5 1 1 1 Ruth B, rf 4 0 0 0
Hauser J, 1b 4 1 0 0 Gehrig L, 1b 4 0 0 0
Cochrane M, c 3 1 1 0 Meusel B, lf 4 0 0 0
Miller B, lf 3 1 2 1 Lazzeri T, 2b 3 0 2 0
Hale S, 3b 5 1 1 1 Dugan J, 3b 3 0 2 0
Boley J, ss 5 1 0 0 Grabowski J, c 2 0 0 0
Walberg R, p 5 2 3 2 Paschal B, ph 1 0 0 0
Campbell A, p 0 0 0 0
Johnson H, p 2 0 0 0
Collins P, ph-c 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
40 10 12 8 32 0 6 0
Philadelphia 100 011 007 -- 10
New York 000 000 000 -- 0
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Walberg R (W) 9.0 6 0 0 0 3
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson H (L) 8.0 7 3 2 7 4
Campbell A 1.0 5 7 1 1 1
E -- Grabowski J, Lazzeri T, Campbell A
DP -- Philadelphia 1
LOB -- Philadelphia 12, New York 5
2B -- Speaker T, Lazzeri T 2, Miller B, Bishop M
HR -- Walberg R
SB -- Speaker T
CS -- Cobb T
HBP -- by Johnson H (Miller B)
T -- 2:15
A -- 18000
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