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August 6, 1931

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Babe Ruth Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .377
OBP .000 .481
At Bats 2 302
Hits 0 114
• Singles 0 70
• Doubles 0 16
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 27
Walks 0 60
RBI’s 1 94

Rube Walberg Season Stats

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15 6 2
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Yankee Stadium - August 6, 1931
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Home Run
Rube Walberg
Mickey Cochrane
Phil Todt
Dib Williams
Jimmie Foxx
Eric McNair
Al Simmons
Doc Cramer
Bing Miller
Babe Ruth
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

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

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Top 5 Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Ruth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Todt strikes out.
Top 5 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lary scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Sewell hits a fly ball into left field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Byrd hits a fly ball into left field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Lazzeri is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Foxx hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lazzeri settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Simmons hits a fly ball into left field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cramer scores. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Cochrane hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gehrig scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cochrane for the out. Cramer moves to third.
Top 4 Cramer hits a fly ball towards right. Ruth settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Ruth. Cramer moves to second.
Bottom 3 Dickey hits a fly ball into left field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lary hits a ball on the ground towards left. Simmons fields it and throws to second to catch Gehrig for the out.
Bottom 3 Chapman is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Gehrig hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 McNair hits a fly ball into center field. Byrd settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Walberg strikes out.
Top 3 Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Byrd settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Ruth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Sewell hits a fly ball into left field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Byrd hits a fly ball into center field. Cramer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Todt strikes out.
Top 2 Miller hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Lazzeri reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Foxx hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Chapman who is chasing the ball. Foxx reaches third base with a triple.
Top 2 Simmons hits a fly ball into left field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gomez is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Lazzeri hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lary scores. Dickey moves to second.
Bottom 1 Dickey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gehrig scores. Chapman scores. Lary moves to third.
Bottom 1 Lary takes first base on ball four. Gehrig moves to third. Chapman moves to second.
Bottom 1 Chapman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There goes Gehrig. The throw from Cochrane and he is safe. Gehrig steals second.
Bottom 1 Gehrig takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Ruth hits a fly ball into left field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Byrd scores.
Bottom 1 Sewell hits a fly ball into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Byrd hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Simmons who is chasing the ball. Byrd reaches third base with a triple.
Top 1 Cochrane hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sewell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Cramer strikes out.
Top 1 McNair hits a popup towards short. Lary settles under it and makes the catch for the out.