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Senators
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
September 5, 1928
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Washington Senators, played on September 5, 1928 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 5, 1928 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Washington Senators
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| Home Team |
New York Yankees
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 5, 1928 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Washington Senators |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Sad Sam Jones |
| Home Starting Pitcher | George Pipgras |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 57 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Brick Owens 1B: Harry Geisel 2B: (none) 3B: Bill McGowan |
Washington Senators Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Sam West | Center Fielder |
| Sam Rice | Right Fielder |
| Goose Goslin | Left Fielder |
| Joe Judge | First Baseman |
| Ossie Bluege | Third Baseman |
| Muddy Ruel | Catcher |
| Bucky Harris | Second Baseman |
| Joe Cronin | Shortstop |
| Sad Sam Jones | Pitcher |
| Bucky Harris | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Earle Combs | Center Fielder |
| Mark Koenig | Shortstop |
| Lou Gehrig | First Baseman |
| Babe Ruth | Right Fielder |
| Bob Meusel | Left Fielder |
| Gene Robertson | Third Baseman |
| Leo Durocher | Second Baseman |
| Benny Bengough | Catcher |
| George Pipgras | Pitcher |
| Miller Huggins | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Senators
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
September 5, 1928
Top 1
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Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
West vs. Pipgras
West hits a line drive towards short. Koenig reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Pipgras
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pipgras fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goslin vs. Pipgras
Goslin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Judge vs. Pipgras
Judge hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Goslin moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bluege vs. Pipgras
Bluege strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Combs vs. Jones
Combs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koenig vs. Jones
Koenig hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gehrig vs. Jones
Gehrig hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 2
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Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruel vs. Pipgras
Ruel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robertson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Pipgras
Harris hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cronin vs. Pipgras
Cronin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Durocher misplays the ball. That's an error on Durocher. Harris moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jones vs. Pipgras
Jones bunts towards the mound. Pipgras fields it and throws to first for the out. Harris moves to third. Cronin moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
West vs. Pipgras
West hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Durocher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruth vs. Jones
Ruth hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Jones
Meusel hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of West. Meusel reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Robertson vs. Jones
Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. Meusel moves to third. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Durocher vs. Jones
Durocher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bluege fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Pipgras
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robertson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goslin vs. Pipgras
Goslin hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Judge vs. Pipgras
Judge hits a popup towards short. Koenig settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bluege vs. Pipgras
There goes Goslin. The throw from Bengough and he is safe. Goslin steals second. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bluege vs. Pipgras
Bluege hits a popup towards short. Koenig settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bengough vs. Jones
Bengough hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pipgras vs. Jones
Pipgras hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bluege fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Combs vs. Jones
Combs hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruel vs. Pipgras
Ruel hits a line drive into center field. Combs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Pipgras
Harris strikes out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cronin vs. Pipgras
Cronin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koenig misplays the ball. That's an error on Koenig. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Pipgras
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koenig fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koenig vs. Jones
Koenig strikes out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehrig vs. Jones
Gehrig takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ruth vs. Jones
The ball gets by Ruel for a passed ball. Gehrig moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ruth vs. Jones
Ruth hits a popup towards short. Cronin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Meusel vs. Jones
Meusel hits a fly ball into left field. Goslin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
West vs. Pipgras
West hits a fly ball into center field. Combs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Pipgras
Rice hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goslin vs. Pipgras
Goslin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pipgras fields it and throws to first for the out. Rice moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Judge vs. Pipgras
Judge hits a fly ball into center field. Combs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robertson vs. Jones
Robertson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Durocher vs. Jones
Durocher bunts towards the mound. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. Robertson moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bengough vs. Jones
Bengough hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Robertson scores. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pipgras vs. Jones
Pipgras hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jones fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Senators, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bluege vs. Pipgras
Bluege hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ruel vs. Pipgras
Ruel hits a fly ball into right field. Ruth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harris vs. Pipgras
Harris hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koenig fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Senators, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Combs vs. Jones
Combs hits a fly ball into left field. Goslin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koenig vs. Jones
Koenig hits a popup towards third. Bluege settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehrig vs. Jones
Gehrig takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ruth vs. Jones
Ruth takes first base on ball four. Gehrig moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Meusel vs. Jones
Meusel strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Senators, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cronin vs. Pipgras
Cronin hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Pipgras
Jones takes first base on ball four. Cronin moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
West vs. Pipgras
West bunts towards third. Robertson juggles the ball. That's an error on Robertson. Cronin moves to third. Jones moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Rice vs. Pipgras
Rice hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cronin scores. Jones moves to third. West moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Goslin vs. Pipgras
Goslin hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Jones scores. West scores. Rice moves to third. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Judge vs. Moore
Wilcy Moore now pitching.
Judge hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gehrig scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Judge for the out. Goslin moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bluege vs. Moore
Bluege hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koenig has Rice trapped. There's the throw to Bengough and over to Robertson, who tags Rice for the out. Goslin moves to third. Bluege moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Ruel vs. Moore
Ruel hits a fly ball into left field. Meusel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Senators, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robertson vs. Jones
Robertson hits a fly ball into center field. West settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Durocher vs. Jones
Durocher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lazzeri vs. Jones
Tony Lazzeri pinch hits for Benny Bengough.
Lazzeri hits a ball on the ground, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Harris misplays the ball. That's an error on Harris. Durocher moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Paschal vs. Jones
Ben Paschal pinch hits for Wilcy Moore.
Paschal hits a fly ball into left field. Goslin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Combs vs. Jones
Combs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Senators, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Thomas
Myles Thomas now pitching. Pat Collins now catching.
Harris hits a fly ball into right field. Ruth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cronin vs. Thomas
Cronin strikes out. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Thomas
Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Combs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Senators, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koenig vs. Jones
Koenig hits a fly ball into left field. Goslin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehrig vs. Jones
Gehrig hits a fly ball into right field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruth vs. Jones
Ruth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Senators, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
West vs. Thomas
West hits a fly ball into center field. Combs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Thomas
Rice hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Combs. Rice reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Goslin vs. Thomas
Goslin hits a line drive towards short. Koenig catches it and steps on second to double up Rice. View Play
Bottom 9
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Senators, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Jones
Meusel hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Harris settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robertson vs. Jones
Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Durocher vs. Jones
Durocher hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of West. Durocher reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dickey vs. Jones
Bill Dickey pinch hits for Pat Collins.
Dickey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/5/1928, game 1 -- Washington at New York (D)
Washington AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
West S, cf 4 1 0 0 Combs E, cf 4 0 0 0
Rice S, rf 5 0 3 1 Koenig M, ss 4 0 1 0
Goslin G, lf 4 0 2 2 Gehrig L, 1b 2 0 0 0
Judge J, 1b 4 0 1 0 Ruth B, rf 3 0 0 0
Bluege O, 3b 4 0 1 0 Meusel B, lf 4 0 1 0
Ruel M, c 4 0 0 0 Robertson G, 3b 4 1 1 0
Harris B, 2b 4 0 1 0 Durocher L, 2b 3 0 2 0
Cronin J, ss 4 1 1 0 Bengough B, c 2 0 1 1
Jones S, p 2 1 0 0 Lazzeri T, ph 1 0 0 0
Collins P, c 0 0 0 0
Dickey B, ph 1 0 0 0
Pipgras G, p 2 0 0 0
Moore W, p 0 0 0 0
Paschal B, ph 1 0 0 0
Thomas M, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 3 9 3 31 1 6 1
Washington 000 000 300 -- 3
New York 000 010 000 -- 1
Washington IP H R ER BB SO
Jones S (W) 9.0 6 1 1 3 2
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Pipgras G (L)* 6.0 8 3 2 2 2
Moore W 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Thomas M 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
* Pitched to 5 batters in 7th
E -- Durocher L, Koenig M, Robertson G, Harris B
DP -- Washington 2, New York 2
LOB -- Washington 9, New York 7
2B -- Meusel B, Rice S, Durocher L
SB -- Goslin G
SH -- Jones S, Durocher L, West S
PB -- Ruel M
T -- 1:57
A -- 0
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