White Sox @ Yankees
August 8, 1921

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Bottom 1	R	H	E
White Sox	3	3	0
Yankees	0	0	2

Bottom 1	R	H	E
White Sox	3	3	0
Yankees	1	1	2

Babe Ruth Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.367
OBP	.000	.510
At Bats	0	341
Hits	0	125
• Singles	0	50
• Doubles	0	26
• Triples	0	9
• Home Runs	0	40
Walks	0	98
RBI’s	0	104

Dickey Kerr Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
12	13	1

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Polo Grounds - August 8, 1921

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Home Run

Dickey Kerr

George Lees

Earl Sheely

Eddie Collins

Eddie Mulligan

Ernie Johnson

Bibb Falk

Johnny Mostil

Amos Strunk

Babe Ruth

Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 2 Outs

Ruth hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 1 Peckinpaugh hits a ball on the ground towards short. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Miller hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lees settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Mostil hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Meusel throws the ball in to Ward who tags Mostil trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Sheely moves to third.

Top 1 Sheely hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Falk scores. That run is unearned.

Top 1 Falk hits a line drive into left field. Ruth picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Ruth. Collins scores. Strunk goes all the way around to score. Falk moves to third. Two runs are unearned.

Top 1 Strunk takes first base on ball four. Collins moves to second.

Top 1 Collins hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pipp fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 1 Mulligan bunts towards third. Baker fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peckinpaugh fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Peckinpaugh.

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