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April 21, 1927

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Yankees 13 15 2
Athletics 6 9 1
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Yankees 13 15 2
Athletics 6 9 1

Lou Gehrig Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .400 .459
OBP .400 .500
At Bats 5 37
Hits 2 17
• Singles 1 9
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 3
Walks 0 4
RBI’s 5 19

Lefty Willis Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Shibe Park - April 21, 1927
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Out
Lefty Willis
Mickey Cochrane
Dud Branom
Eddie Collins
Sammy Hale
Chick Galloway
Bill Lamar
Al Simmons
Ty Cobb
Lou Gehrig
Babe Ruth
Mark Koenig
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Gehrig hits a fly ball into center field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Koenig tags and moves to third. Ruth tags and moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Ruth takes first base on ball four. Koenig moves to second.
Top 9 Koenig hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Lefty Willis now pitching. Combs hits a fly ball into center field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Jim Poole pinch hits for Eddie Rommel. Poole hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koenig scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Galloway hits a popup towards third. Gazella settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Cochrane hits a fly ball into right field. Meusel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Moore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Galloway fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Collins hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gazella moves to second.
Top 8 Gazella takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Lazzeri hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 8 Meusel hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gehrig moves to third.
Top 8 Gehrig hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Collins fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Combs scores.
Top 8 Ruth hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Combs moves to third.
Top 8 Koenig strikes out.
Top 8 There goes Combs. The throw from Cochrane and he is safe. Combs steals second.
Top 8 Combs takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Branom hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gehrig scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Branom for the out.
Bottom 7 Hale hits a ball on the ground towards second. Lazzeri scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 7 Simmons takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Moore hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Cochrane fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Collins hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rommel fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Gazella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Galloway scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Cobb hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gazella fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Lamar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lazzeri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Collins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koenig scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Lazzeri hits a ball on the ground towards short. Galloway scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Galloway scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Gehrig hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 6 Ruth takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Koenig hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rommel throws to second for one, and Galloway throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Koenig moves to second.
Top 6 Chick Galloway now playing shortstop. Combs hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Rommel hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Moore fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Wilcy Moore now pitching. Zack Wheat pinch hits for Joe Boley. Wheat hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Collins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cochrane hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hale scores. Branom moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Branom hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lamar scores. Simmons scores. Hale moves to third. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 5 Hale hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koenig misplays the ball. That's an error on Koenig. Lamar moves to third. Simmons moves to second.
Bottom 5 Simmons hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lamar moves to second.
Bottom 5 Cobb hits a line drive into center field. Combs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lamar hits a fly ball towards center. Combs settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Combs.
Top 5 Hoyt hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Collins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Collins takes first base on ball four. Gazella moves to second.
Top 5 Gazella takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Lazzeri hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Simmons who is chasing the ball. Lazzeri reaches third base with a triple. Ruth scores. Meusel goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Eddie Rommel now pitching. Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rommel fields it and throws to second for the out. Ruth moves to third.
Top 5 Gehrig hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Combs scores. Ruth moves to second.
Top 5 Ruth takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Koenig bunts towards third. Hale fields it and throws to first for the out. Combs moves to third.
Top 5 Combs hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cobb. Combs reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Collins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lazzeri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Gray strikes out.
Bottom 4 Boley hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lazzeri settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hoyt strikes out.
Top 4 Cochrane fires to second and picks off Gazella for the out.
Top 4 Collins hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hale fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Gazella moves to second.
Top 4 Gazella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Meusel scores. Lazzeri moves to second.
Top 4 Lazzeri bunts towards the mound. Gray fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Meusel moves to third.
Top 4 Meusel hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lamar. Meusel reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Cochrane hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lazzeri fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Branom hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cobb scores.
Bottom 3 Hale strikes out.
Bottom 3 Simmons strikes out.
Bottom 3 Cobb hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Meusel who is chasing the ball. Cobb reaches third base with a triple. Collins scores. Lamar scores.
Bottom 3 Lamar hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Meusel. Lamar reaches second base with a double. Collins moves to third.
Bottom 3 Collins hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Gehrig hits a fly ball into right field. Cobb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Ruth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Collins scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Koenig hits a ball on the ground towards first. Branom scoops it up and throws to first, with Gray covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Gray hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gehrig scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gray for the out.
Bottom 2 Boley takes first base on ball four. Cochrane moves to second.
Bottom 2 Cochrane hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hoyt fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Branom hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Hale strikes out.
Top 2 Combs hits a line drive into left field. Lamar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hoyt bunts towards first. Branom scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hoyt for the out. Collins moves to second.
Top 2 Collins takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Gazella hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gray fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koenig fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Cobb hits a fly ball into right field. Meusel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lamar hits a fly ball into left field. Ruth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Collins hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Lazzeri hits a fly ball into right field. Cobb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Meusel hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Simmons who is chasing the ball. Meusel reaches third base with a triple. Combs scores. Gehrig goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Gehrig hits a ball on the ground towards first. Branom fields it and throws to second for the out. Combs moves to third.
Top 1 Ruth takes first base on ball four. Combs moves to second.
Top 1 Koenig hits a fly ball into right field. Cobb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Combs hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.