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Yankees
@ Tigers
Navin Field
June 9, 1920
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees, played on June 9, 1920 at Navin Field.
Game Summary
| Date | June 9, 1920 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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| Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 9, 1920 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
| Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Hank Thormahlen |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Howard Ehmke |
| Ballpark | Navin Field |
| City | Detroit |
| State | MI |
| Attendance | 9,000 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 10 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ollie Chill 1B: Brick Owens 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Roger Peckinpaugh | Shortstop |
| Bob Meusel | Third Baseman |
| Wally Pipp | First Baseman |
| Babe Ruth | Right Fielder |
| Del Pratt | Second Baseman |
| Ping Bodie | Center Fielder |
| Duffy Lewis | Left Fielder |
| Truck Hannah | Catcher |
| Hank Thormahlen | Pitcher |
| Miller Huggins | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ralph Young | Second Baseman |
| Bob Jones | Third Baseman |
| Babe Ellison | Right Fielder |
| Bobby Veach | Left Fielder |
| Harry Heilmann | First Baseman |
| Ira Flagstead | Center Fielder |
| Babe Pinelli | Shortstop |
| Oscar Stanage | Catcher |
| Howard Ehmke | Pitcher |
| Hughie Jennings | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Yankees
@ Tigers
Navin Field
June 9, 1920
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peckinpaugh vs. Ehmke
Peckinpaugh hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meusel vs. Ehmke
Meusel strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pipp vs. Ehmke
Pipp hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. Peckinpaugh moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ruth vs. Ehmke
Ruth is walked intentionally. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pratt vs. Ehmke
Pratt takes first base on ball four. Peckinpaugh moves to third. Ruth moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bodie vs. Ehmke
Bodie hits a line drive to right field. Ellison throws towards third. Jones fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Jones. Peckinpaugh scores. Ruth scores. Pratt goes all the way around to score. Bodie moves all the way to home. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lewis vs. Ehmke
Lewis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Thormahlen
Young hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lewis. Young reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jones vs. Thormahlen
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pipp fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering. Thormahlen drops the ball. Young moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Ellison vs. Thormahlen
Ellison hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peckinpaugh fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Young scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veach vs. Thormahlen
Veach hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heilmann vs. Thormahlen
There's a wild pitch. Veach moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Heilmann vs. Thormahlen
Heilmann hits a line drive into center field. Bodie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hannah vs. Ehmke
Hannah hits a fly ball into left field. Veach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thormahlen vs. Ehmke
Thormahlen strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peckinpaugh vs. Ehmke
Peckinpaugh hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flagstead vs. Thormahlen
Flagstead hits a fly ball into left field. Lewis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pinelli vs. Thormahlen
Pinelli hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanage vs. Thormahlen
Stanage is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ehmke vs. Thormahlen
Ehmke 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. Pinelli moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Young vs. Thormahlen
Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peckinpaugh fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Ehmke
Meusel strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pipp vs. Ehmke
Pipp hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pinelli scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruth vs. Ehmke
Ruth hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ehmke fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pratt vs. Ehmke
Pratt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ruth moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bodie vs. Ehmke
Bodie hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is bouncing around. Flagstead is chasing the ball. Bodie rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park three run home run. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lewis vs. Ehmke
Lewis hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Veach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 7 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Thormahlen
Jones hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ellison vs. Thormahlen
Ellison hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Thormahlen fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veach vs. Thormahlen
Veach hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bodie. Veach reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Heilmann vs. Thormahlen
Heilmann takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Flagstead vs. Thormahlen
Flagstead hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Veach scores. Heilmann moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pinelli vs. Thormahlen
Pinelli hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Heilmann scores. Flagstead moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Stanage vs. Thormahlen
Stanage hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Thormahlen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 7 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hannah vs. Ehmke
Hannah hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thormahlen vs. Ehmke
Thormahlen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pinelli scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peckinpaugh vs. Ehmke
Peckinpaugh hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 7 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ehmke vs. Thormahlen
Ehmke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peckinpaugh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Thormahlen
Young strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Thormahlen
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Thormahlen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 7 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Ehmke
Meusel hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pipp vs. Ehmke
Pipp hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ehmke fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruth vs. Ehmke
Ruth takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pratt vs. Ehmke
There goes Ruth. The throw from Stanage and he is safe. Ruth steals second. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pratt vs. Ehmke
Pratt takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bodie vs. Ehmke
Bodie hits a fly ball towards right. Ellison catches it and throws to third to double up . View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 8 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ellison vs. Thormahlen
Ellison hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peckinpaugh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veach vs. Thormahlen
Veach hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peckinpaugh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heilmann vs. Thormahlen
Heilmann 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 6
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Yankees, 8 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lewis vs. Ehmke
Lewis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pinelli scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hannah vs. Ehmke
Hannah hits a popup towards the mound. Ehmke settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thormahlen vs. Ehmke
Thormahlen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Peckinpaugh vs. Ehmke
Peckinpaugh hits a fly ball into left field. Veach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 8 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flagstead vs. Thormahlen
Flagstead hits a fly ball into center field. Bodie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pinelli vs. Thormahlen
Pinelli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peckinpaugh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanage vs. Thormahlen
Stanage hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ehmke vs. Thormahlen
Ehmke hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Thormahlen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 8 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Ehmke
Meusel hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pipp vs. Ehmke
Pipp bunts towards the mound. Ehmke fields it and throws to first for the out. Meusel moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ruth vs. Ehmke
Ruth is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pratt vs. Ehmke
Pratt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ehmke fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 8 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Thormahlen
Young hits a fly ball into right field. Ruth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Thormahlen
Jones hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ellison vs. Thormahlen
Ellison hits a fly ball into center field. Bodie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Veach vs. Thormahlen
Veach hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Peckinpaugh fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 8 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bodie vs. Ehmke
Bodie hits a popup towards first. Heilmann settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lewis vs. Ehmke
Lewis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hannah vs. Ehmke
Hannah hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lewis moves to third. Hannah moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Thormahlen vs. Ehmke
Thormahlen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lewis scores. Hannah scores. View Play -
Yankees, 10 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Peckinpaugh vs. Ehmke
Peckinpaugh hits a line drive into left field. Veach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 10 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meusel vs. Ehmke
Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Young fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 10 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heilmann vs. Thormahlen
Heilmann hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 10 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flagstead vs. Thormahlen
Flagstead hits a popup, foul, towards first. Pipp settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 10 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pinelli vs. Thormahlen
Pinelli hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Heilmann moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 10 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stanage vs. Thormahlen
Stanage hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peckinpaugh fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 10 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pipp vs. Ehmke
Pipp hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ellison who is chasing the ball. Pipp reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Yankees, 10 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Ruth vs. Ehmke
Ruth hits a ball on the ground towards first. Heilmann fields the ball and throws to Ehmke covering. Safe. Pipp scores. View Play -
Yankees, 11 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pratt vs. Ehmke
There goes Ruth. The throw from Stanage and he is out, Pinelli applying the tag. View Play -
Yankees, 11 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pratt vs. Ehmke
Pratt hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Flagstead who is chasing the ball. Pratt reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Yankees, 11 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bodie vs. Ehmke
Stanagedrops the ball. It gets behind him. There goes Pratt. The throw to Ehmke covering the plate. The slide. Pratt is out. View Play -
Yankees, 11 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bodie vs. Ehmke
Bodie hits a fly ball into left field. Veach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Yankees, 11 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Thormahlen
Sammy Hale pinch hits for Howard Ehmke.
Hale hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Thormahlen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 11 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Thormahlen
Young takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 11 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ainsmith vs. Thormahlen
Eddie Ainsmith pinch hits for Bob Jones.
Ainsmith hits a popup towards short. Peckinpaugh settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 11 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ellison vs. Thormahlen
Ellison hits a fly ball into right field. Ruth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 6/9/1920 -- NYA at DET (D)
NYA AB R H RBI DET AB R H RBI
Roger Peckinpaug, ss 5 1 1 0 Ralph Young, 2b 4 1 1 0
Bob Meusel, 3b 5 1 2 1 Bob Jones, 3b 4 0 2 0
Wally Pipp, 1b 4 1 1 0 Eddie Ainsmith, ph 1 0 0 0
Babe Ruth, rf 3 2 2 1 Babe Ellison, rf 5 0 0 1
Del Pratt, 2b 3 2 2 0 Bobby Veach, lf 4 1 2 0
Ping Bodie, cf 5 2 2 5 Harry Heilmann, 1b 3 1 1 0
Duffy Lewis, lf 3 1 0 0 Ira Flagstead, cf 4 0 1 1
Truck Hannah, c 4 1 1 0 Babe Pinelli, ss 4 0 3 1
Hank Thormahlen, p 4 0 2 2 Oscar Stanage, c 4 0 1 0
Howard Ehmke, p 3 0 0 0
Sammy Hale, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 11 13 9 37 3 11 3
NYA 403 010 021 -- 11
DET 102 000 000 -- 3
NYA IP H R ER BB SO
Hank Thormahlen (W) 9.0 11 3 2 2 2
DET IP H R ER BB SO
Howard Ehmke (L) 9.0 13 11 9 5 4
E -- Bob Jones, Hank Thormahlen, Roger Peckinpaugh
DP -- NYA 3, DET 1
LOB -- NYA 4, DET 9
2B -- Ralph Young, Bobby Veach
3B -- Wally Pipp, Del Pratt
HR -- Ping Bodie, Bob Meusel
SB -- Babe Ruth
CS -- Babe Ruth
SH -- Wally Pipp
WP -- Hank Thormahlen
T -- 2:10
A -- 9000
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