Yankees @ White Sox
August 21, 1929

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Top 9 R H E
Yankees 3 9 1
White Sox 4 5 1
Top 9 R H E
Yankees 3 9 1
White Sox 4 5 1

Lou Gehrig Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .323
OBP .250 .441
At Bats 3 328
Hits 0 106
• Singles 0 59
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 0 23
Walks 1 70
RBI’s 0 65

Tommy Thomas Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 10 1
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Comiskey Park - August 21, 1929
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Out
Tommy Thomas
Moe Berg
Art Shires
John Kerr
Bill Hunnefield
Bill Cissell
Alex Metzler
Dutch Hoffman
Carl Reynolds
Lou Gehrig
Babe Ruth
Earle Combs
Samuel Byrd

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 3 9 1 11
Chicago White Sox 4 5 1 3
Winning Pitcher Tommy Thomas
Losing Pitcher Ed Wells
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI John Kerr
Attendance
Time of Game 1 hour 41 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Gehrig hits a fly ball into left field. Metzler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Ruth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cissell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Byrd moves to third. Combs moves to second.
Top 9 Combs takes first base on ball four. Byrd moves to second.
Top 9 Robertson hits a fly ball into right field. Reynolds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Byrd hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Bob Meusel pinch hits for Ed Wells. Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hunnefield fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Shires hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Dickey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Reynolds takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Cissell hits a fly ball into left field. Ruth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Lyn Lary now playing second base. Metzler hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lary settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cedric Durst pinch hits for Leo Durocher. Durst hits a fly ball into left field. Metzler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Dickey hits a popup towards short. Cissell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Koenig takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Gehrig hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koenig scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Berg hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Durocher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kerr hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Hunnefield hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koenig scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hoffman scores.
Bottom 7 Hoffman hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Combs, who is chasing the ball. Hoffman reaches third base with a triple. Shires scores.
Bottom 7 Shires hits a line drive into right field. Byrd picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Byrd. Shires moves to second.
Top 7 Ruth strikes out.
Top 7 Combs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kerr fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Robertson takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Byrd hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koenig scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Cissell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Durocher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Metzler hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Byrd settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Thomas tags and moves to third.
Bottom 6 Thomas hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Byrd. Thomas reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Wells hits a fly ball into center field. Hoffman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Durocher takes first base on ball four. Dickey moves to second.
Top 6 Dickey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gehrig scores. Koenig moves to third.
Top 6 Koenig hits a fly ball into left center field for a base hit. Gehrig moves to third.
Top 6 Gehrig takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Ruth hits a fly ball into center field. Hoffman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Combs hits a fly ball into left field. Metzler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Berg hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gehrig scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Berg for the out.
Bottom 5 Kerr hits a fly ball into left field. Ruth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hoffman tags and moves to second.
Bottom 5 Hunnefield hits a fly ball into center field. Combs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hoffman takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kerr fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Byrd strikes out.
Top 5 Wells hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Durocher bunts towards third. Hunnefield fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Shires strikes out.
Bottom 4 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koenig scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Cissell hits a popup towards short. Koenig settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Dickey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Koenig hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Gehrig hits a fly ball into left field. Metzler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Ruth hits a fly ball into center field. Hoffman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Metzler hits a popup towards short. Koenig settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Thomas strikes out.
Bottom 3 Berg hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Dickey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Combs hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Robertson hits a line drive into right field. Reynolds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Byrd takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Wells hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Kerr hits a popup towards short. Koenig settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hunnefield hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Dickey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hoffman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Dickey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Durocher hits a ball on the ground towards second. Kerr scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 2 Dickey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cissell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Koenig hits a fly ball into center field. Hoffman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Shires hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koenig scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Reynolds hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Cissell hits a popup towards short. Koenig settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Metzler hits a fly ball into center field. Combs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gehrig hits a fly ball into center field. Hoffman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Ruth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kerr misplays the ball. That's an error on Kerr. Robertson moves to second.
Top 1 Combs hits a line drive into right field. Reynolds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Robertson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Byrd hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hunnefield settles under it and makes the catch for the out.