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August 23, 1931

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Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 10 13 2
White Sox 4 13 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 10 13 2
White Sox 4 13 2

Johnny Watwood Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .319
OBP .250 .407
At Bats 4 216
Hits 1 69
• Singles 1 53
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 31
RBI’s 0 32

Red Ruffing Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 11 1
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Comiskey Park - August 23, 1931
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Walk
Red Ruffing
Bill Dickey
Lou Gehrig
Tony Lazzeri
Joe Sewell
Lyn Lary
Samuel Byrd
Earle Combs
Ben Chapman
Johnny Watwood
Lew Fonseca
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Watwood takes first base on ball four. Fonseca moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Fonseca hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lary fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Reynolds scores.
Bottom 9 Reynolds hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Combs who is chasing the ball. Reynolds reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 9 Sullivan hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Lazzeri catches it and throws to first to double up Blue.
Bottom 9 Blue hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Grube scores.
Bottom 9 Samuel Byrd now playing left field. Frank Grube pinch hits for Pat Caraway. Grube hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Combs. Grube reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Ruth hits a fly ball into center field. Watwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Sewell hits a line drive into left field. Fonseca settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Combs hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Caraway fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Tate hits a fly ball into right field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lary scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Appling hits a fly ball into center field. Combs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ruffing strikes out.
Top 8 The umpire calls a balk on Caraway Lary moves to third. Lazzeri moves to second.
Top 8 Lazzeri hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lary moves to second.
Top 8 Dickey hits a fly ball into center field. Watwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Lary takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Chapman hits a line drive into left field. Fonseca settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Watwood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lary fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Fonseca hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Reynolds strikes out.
Bottom 7 Sullivan hits a popup towards short. Lary settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Gehrig hits a fly ball into left field. Fonseca settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ruth takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Sewell hits a fly ball into left field. Fonseca settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 There goes Combs. The throw from Tate and he is safe. Combs steals second.
Top 7 Combs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kerr fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Ruffing hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Blue hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lary fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Caraway hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Tate hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lazzeri settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kerr hits a line drive towards third. Sewell reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Lazzeri hits a ball on the ground towards short. Appling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Dickey strikes out.
Top 6 Lary hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Watwood. Lary reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Chapman 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 5 Appling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sewell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Watwood hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Fonseca hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sewell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Reynolds strikes out.
Top 5 Gehrig hits a fly ball towards right. Reynolds catches it and throws to home to double up Combs.
Top 5 Ruth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kerr fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Ruffing scores. Combs moves to third.
Top 5 Sewell bunts towards the mound. Caraway fields it and throws to first for the out. Ruffing moves to third. Combs moves to second.
Top 5 Combs takes first base on ball four. Ruffing moves to second.
Top 5 Pat Caraway now pitching. Ruffing hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Sullivan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tate scores. There goes Fothergill trying to get to home. Combs throws the ball in to Lary who relays the ball to Dickey who tags Fothergill who's trying to score from second, for the out. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Blue hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gehrig scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Blue for the out. Tate moves to third. Fothergill moves to second.
Bottom 4 Bob Fothergill pinch hits for Grant Bowler. Fothergill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lary misplays the ball. That's an error on Lary. Kerr scores. Tate moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Tate hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kerr moves to third.
Bottom 4 Kerr hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ruth. Kerr reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Appling hits a line drive into right field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Lazzeri hits a ball on the ground towards short. Appling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Dickey bunts towards third. Sullivan fields it and throws to first for the out. Chapman scores. Lary moves to third.
Top 4 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Top 4 Lary hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gehrig scores. Chapman moves to second.
Top 4 Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sullivan fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Gehrig moves to second.
Top 4 Gehrig hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kerr fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Ruth moves to second.
Top 4 Ruth takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Watwood hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lazzeri fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Fonseca hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lary fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Blue moves to third. Sullivan moves to second.
Bottom 3 Reynolds strikes out.
Bottom 3 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lazzeri misplays the ball. That's an error on Lazzeri. Blue moves to second.
Bottom 3 Blue hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lary can't make a play. That's a base hit.
Bottom 3 Bowler strikes out.
Top 3 Sewell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blue scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sewell for the out.
Top 3 Combs takes first base on ball four. Lazzeri moves to second.
Top 3 Ruffing bunts towards the mound. Bowler catches it and throws to second to double up Dickey.
Top 3 Lazzeri takes first base on ball four. Dickey moves to second.
Top 3 Dickey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Tate hits a popup towards short. Lary settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sewell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Appling hits a fly ball into right field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Grant Bowler now pitching. Lary hits a fly ball into center field. Watwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Chapman takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 There goes Gehrig. The throw from Tate and he is safe. Gehrig steals second.
Top 2 Gehrig takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Ruth hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 2 There goes Sewell. The throw from Tate and he is safe. Sewell steals second.
Top 2 Sewell takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Tate fires to third and picks off Ruffing.
Top 2 Combs hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blue scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Combs for the out. Ruffing moves to third.
Top 2 Jim Moore now pitching. Ruffing hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Watwood. Ruffing reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Lazzeri hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 2 Dickey hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Watwood. Dickey reaches second base with a double. Chapman scores. Lary scores.
Top 2 Lary hits a ball on the ground towards short. Appling misplays the ball. That's an error on Appling. Gehrig scores. Chapman moves to third. Lary moves to second.
Top 2 Chapman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gehrig moves to third.
Top 2 Gehrig hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Watwood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sewell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Fonseca takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There goes Reynolds. The throw from Dickey and he is safe. Reynolds steals second.
Bottom 1 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sewell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Sullivan hits a fly ball into left field. Ruth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Blue hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Ruth hits a fly ball into left field. Fonseca settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Sewell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Appling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Combs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.