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Yankees 5 @ Tigers 2
Navin Field
June 2, 1928

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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 2, 1928 at Navin Field. The home team Tigers were bested by the visiting Yankees with a score of 5 to 2.

Game Summary

DateJune 2, 1928 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 5 H: 9 E: 2 LOB: 10
Runs: 5
Hits: 9
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 2 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 13
Runs: 2
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 13
Winning PitcherGeorge Pipgras  
Losing PitcherElam Vangilder  
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Game Winning RBI(none) 

Game Info

DateJune 2, 1928 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherGeorge Pipgras  
Home Starting PitcherElam Vangilder  
BallparkNavin Field 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance22,000 
Time of Game2 hours 29 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Roy Van Graflan
1B: Tommy Connolly
2B: (none)
3B: Bill McGowan

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Earle Combs  Center Fielder 
Leo Durocher  Shortstop 
Babe Ruth  Left Fielder 
Lou Gehrig  First Baseman 
Cedric Durst  Right Fielder 
Tony Lazzeri  Second Baseman 
Gene Robertson  Third Baseman 
Johnny Grabowski  Catcher 
George Pipgras  Pitcher 
Miller Huggins  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bill Sweeney  First Baseman 
Harry Rice  Center Fielder 
Charlie Gehringer  Second Baseman 
Bob Fothergill  Left Fielder 
Marty McManus  Third Baseman 
Harry Heilmann  Right Fielder 
Chick Galloway  Shortstop 
Merv Shea  Catcher 
Elam Vangilder  Pitcher 
George Moriarty  Manager 

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Yankees 5 @ Tigers 2
Navin Field
June 2, 1928

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 6/2/1928 -- New York at Detroit (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Combs E, cf           4  0  0  0   Sweeney B, 1b         4  1  2  0   
Durocher L, ss        4  0  0  0   Rice H, cf            4  0  2  0   
Ruth B, lf            3  1  0  0   Gehringer C, 2b       3  0  1  0   
Paschal B, lf         0  0  0  0   Fothergill B, lf      4  0  3  1   
Gehrig L, 1b          3  1  1  0   McManus M, 3b         5  0  0  0   
Durst C, rf           5  1  2  0   Heilmann H, rf        4  1  1  0   
Lazzeri T, 2b         4  1  1  0   Wingo A, ph           0  0  0  0   
Robertson G, 3b       5  1  3  2   Galloway C, ss        5  0  0  0   
Grabowski J, c        1  0  0  0   Shea M, c             4  0  0  0   
Koenig M, ph          1  0  1  1   Hargrave P, ph        0  0  0  0   
Collins P, c          1  0  0  0   Warner J, pr          0  0  0  0   
Pipgras G, p          5  0  1  0   Vangilder E, p        4  0  0  0   
                                   Easterling P, ph      1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     36  5  9  3                        38  2  9  1

New York         000 000 200 3 --  5
Detroit          010 010 000 0 --  2

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Pipgras G (W)        10.0  9  2  1  5  3

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Vangilder E (L)      10.0  9  5  2  8  2

E -- Durocher L, Shea M, Lazzeri T
DP -- New York 1, Detroit 2
LOB -- New York 10, Detroit 13
2B -- Sweeney B, Fothergill B 2, Lazzeri T, Robertson G
CS -- Robertson G
SH -- Fothergill B, Gehringer C
HBP -- by Vangilder E (Gehrig L)
T -- 2:29
A -- 22000

    

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