Yankees @ Cardinals
October 6, 1926

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Bottom 9	R	H	E
Yankees	10	14	1
Cardinals	5	14	0

Bottom 9	R	H	E
Yankees	10	14	1
Cardinals	5	14	0

Chick Hafey Postseason Stats

	Game	Postseason
Average		.133
OBP		.133
At Bats	4	15
Hits	1	2
• Singles	1	1
• Doubles	0	1
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	0
Walks	0	0
RBI’s	0	0

Waite Hoyt Postseason Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
0	0	0

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Sportsman's Park - October 6, 1926

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Out

Waite Hoyt

Hank Severeid

Lou Gehrig

Tony Lazzeri

Joe Dugan

Mark Koenig

Babe Ruth

Earle Combs

Bob Meusel

Chick Hafey

Les Bell

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
New York Yankees	10	14	1	10
St. Louis Cardinals	5	14	0	10
Winning Pitcher	Waite Hoyt
Losing Pitcher	Art Reinhart
Save	(none)
Game Winning RBI	Lou Gehrig
Attendance	38,825
Time of Game	2 hours and 38 minutes

Baseball-Reference Box Score

Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Hafey hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Severeid settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 9 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hornsby scores.

Bottom 9 Bottomley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dugan fields it and throws to first for the out. Hornsby moves to second.

Bottom 9 Hornsby hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 9 Southworth hits a fly ball into center field. Combs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Koenig hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Keen fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 9 Combs hits a fly ball into center field. Douthit settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Hoyt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thevenow scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Douthit hits a fly ball into center field. Combs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Holm is called out on strikes.

Bottom 8 Thevenow strikes out.

Bottom 8 O'Farrell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 8 Severeid hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Dugan takes first base on ball four. Meusel moves to third. Lazzeri moves to second.

Top 8 Lazzeri hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and tags Ruth, for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.

Top 8 Gehrig bunts towards first. Bottomley scoops it up and throws to first, with Hornsby covering, for the out. Ruth moves to third. Meusel moves to second.

Top 8 Meusel takes first base on ball four. Ruth moves to second.

Top 8 Ruth takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 7 Hafey hits a popup, foul, towards third. Dugan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koenig fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 7 Bottomley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gehrig fields the ball and throws to Hoyt covering. Safe.

Bottom 7 Hornsby strikes out.

Top 7 Koenig strikes out.

Top 7 Combs hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hafey. Combs reaches second base with a double. Severeid scores.

Top 7 Hoyt bunts between the mound and first base. Hallahan scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hoyt for the out. Severeid moves to second.

Top 7 Severeid hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Top 7 Dugan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Southworth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koenig scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Douthit hits a fly ball into right field. Meusel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Flowers strikes out.

Bottom 6 Thevenow hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. O'Farrell moves to second.

Bottom 6 O'Farrell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koenig fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 6 Lazzeri hits a popup towards short. Thevenow settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Gehrig hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hafey. Gehrig reaches second base with a double.

Top 6 Meusel hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Southworth throws the ball in to Hornsby who tags Meusel trying to catch an extra base, for the out.

Top 6 Ruth hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Top 6 Koenig strikes out.

Top 6 Combs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thevenow fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 5 Hafey strikes out.

Bottom 5 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dugan fields it and throws to first for the out. Bottomley moves to second.

Bottom 5 Bottomley takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 5 Hornsby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lazzeri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Hoyt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 5 Severeid takes first base on ball four.

Top 5 The umpire calls a balk on Bell Gehrig moves to third.

Top 5 Dugan hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. O'Farrell fields it and throws to first for the out. Meusel scores. Gehrig moves to second.

Top 5 Lazzeri hits a fly ball into right field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ruth tags and scores. Meusel tags and moves to third.

Top 5 Gehrig takes first base on ball four. Koenig scores. Ruth moves to third. Meusel moves to second.

Top 5 Meusel takes first base on ball four. Koenig moves to third. Ruth moves to second.

Top 5 Ruth takes first base on ball four.

Top 5 Koenig hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Southworth. Koenig reaches second base with a double. Combs goes all the way around to score.

Top 5 Combs takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 4 Southworth hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Douthit trying to get to home. Ruth throws the ball in to Severeid who tags Douthit, who's trying to score from second, for the out.

Bottom 4 Douthit hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Combs. Douthit reaches second base with a double. Thevenow scores. That run is unearned.

Bottom 4 Toporcer hits a fly ball into center field. Combs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. O'Farrell tags and scores. That run is unearned.

Bottom 4 Thevenow hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Meusel. Thevenow reaches second base with a double. Hafey scores. O'Farrell moves to third. That run is unearned.

Bottom 4 O'Farrell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koenig misplays the ball. That's an error on Koenig. Hafey moves to second.

Bottom 4 Hafey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Bell hits a popup towards short. Koenig settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Hoyt strikes out.

Top 4 Severeid hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Dugan trying to get to home. Douthit throws the ball in to O'Farrell who tags Dugan who's trying to score from second, for the out.

Top 4 Dugan hits a line drive off the glove of Bell, and into shallow left field. Dugan reaches second base with a double. Lazzeri goes all the way around to score.

Top 4 Lazzeri takes first base on ball four.

Top 4 Gehrig is called out on strikes.

Bottom 3 Bottomley 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 3 Hornsby strikes out.

Bottom 3 Southworth hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 3 Douthit hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koenig scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rhem fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Ruth hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 3 Koenig hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Combs hits a fly ball into center field. Douthit settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Rhem is called out on strikes.

Bottom 2 Thevenow hits a popup towards first. Gehrig settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 O'Farrell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lazzeri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Hoyt hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Severeid hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 2 Dugan hits a popup towards short. Thevenow settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Lazzeri hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Douthit. Lazzeri reaches second base with a double. Douthit throws the ball in to Bell who tags Lazzeri trying to catch an extra base, for the out.

Bottom 1 Hafey strikes out.

Bottom 1 There goes Hornsby. The throw from Severeid and he is safe. Hornsby steals second.

Bottom 1 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Combs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Southworth tags and moves to third.

Bottom 1 Bottomley hits a fly ball into left field. Ruth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Hornsby hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Douthit scores. Southworth moves to second.

Bottom 1 Southworth hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Douthit moves to third.

Bottom 1 Douthit hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 1 Gehrig hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Meusel trying to get to home. Southworth throws the ball in to Hornsby who relays the ball to O'Farrell, who tags Meusel, who came all the way from first, for the out.

Top 1 Meusel takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Ruth hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 1 Koenig strikes out.

Top 1 Combs strikes out.

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