Tigers @ Yankees
July 11, 1928

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Bottom 7 R H E
Tigers 3 6 0
Yankees 5 10 0
Bottom 7 R H E
Tigers 3 6 0
Yankees 6 11 0

Babe Ruth Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .340
OBP .333 .479
At Bats 3 244
Hits 1 83
• Singles 1 35
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 0 29
Walks 0 64
RBI’s 0 69

Sam Gibson Season Stats

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1 3 0
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Yankee Stadium - July 11, 1928
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Home Run
Sam Gibson
Merv Shea
Marty McManus
Charlie Gehringer
Jack Warner
Jackie Tavener
Al Wingo
Harry Rice
Harry Heilmann
Babe Ruth
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

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

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Bottom 7 Koenig hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gehrig scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gibson for the out.
Top 7 Shea hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Tavener hits a fly ball into center field. Combs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Heilmann hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dugan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Combs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tavener scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Hoyt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tavener scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Collins hits a fly ball into center field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Wingo hits a fly ball into right field. Ruth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Rice hits a fly ball into left field. Meusel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Gehringer hits a fly ball into left field. Meusel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Durocher strikes out.
Bottom 5 Dugan hits a fly ball into right field. Heilmann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Meusel hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Shea settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Marty McManus now playing first base. Sam Gibson now pitching. Gehrig hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Warner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koenig scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Marty McManus pinch hits for Bill Sweeney. McManus hits a fly ball into center field. Combs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Shea tags and scores. Hargrave tags and moves to third.
Top 5 Pinky Hargrave pinch hits for George Smith. Hargrave hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ruth. Hargrave reaches second base with a double. Heilmann scores. Tavener scores. Shea moves to third.
Top 5 Shea takes first base on ball four. Heilmann moves to third. Tavener moves to second.
Top 5 Tavener hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Heilmann moves to second.
Top 5 Heilmann hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Wingo hits a fly ball into left field. Meusel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Ruth hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sweeney scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ruth for the out.
Bottom 4 Koenig hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dugan scores. Durocher scores. Collins moves to second.
Bottom 4 Combs strikes out.
Bottom 4 George Smith now pitching. Hoyt is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Collins takes first base on ball four. Durocher moves to second.
Bottom 4 Durocher hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dugan moves to third.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Dugan moves to second.
Bottom 4 Dugan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gehrig scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rice for the out.
Top 4 Gehringer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Collins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Warner hits a fly ball into center field. Combs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tavener scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Gehrig hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Ruth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tavener scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dugan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Billings hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Durocher fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Shea strikes out.
Bottom 2 Koenig hits a line drive into left field. Wingo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Combs hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Rice. Combs reaches second base with a double. Collins scores. Hoyt goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Hoyt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Collins moves to third.
Bottom 2 Collins hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Durocher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Billings fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Dugan hits a fly ball into center field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Tavener hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Collins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Heilmann hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koenig scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Wingo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koenig scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Shea fires to first and picks off Gehrig.
Bottom 1 Meusel hits a fly ball into left field. Wingo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Koenig tags and scores.
Bottom 1 Gehrig hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Billings fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Ruth moves to second.
Bottom 1 Ruth hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Koenig moves to third.
Bottom 1 Koenig hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 There goes Combs. The throw from Shea and he is out, Tavener applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Combs takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Rice strikes out.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Sweeney moves to third.
Top 1 Gehringer hits a fly ball into center field. Combs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Warner hits a popup, foul, towards first. Gehrig settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Sweeney hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.