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APRIL 22, 1927
Today is the third game in the series in Philadelphia between the Yankees and the Athletics. The Yankees have allowed four runs in each of the first two games of the series but won both of them. The Athletics have lost four straight.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington Senators 5-4 at Boston Red Sox 3-6
St Louis Browns 4-6 at Detroit Tigers 7-3
Cleveland Indians 2-8 at Chicago White Sox 7-3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston Braves 5-6 at Brooklyn Robins 5-5
Philadelphia Phillies 3-6 at New York Giants 7-3
Cincinnati Reds 3-6 at Pittsburgh Pirates 4-5
Chicago Cubs 5-5 at St Louis Cardinals 7-3
NEW YORK YANKEES (8-2) AT PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS (3-7)
MATCHUPS
SP Urban Shocker vs Sam Gray Advantage Push
C Pat Collins vs Mickey Cochrane Advantage Push
1B Lou Gehrig vs Jimmie Foxx Advantage New York
2B Tony Lazzeri vs Max Bishop Advantage New York
3B Joe Dugan vs Jimmy Dykes Advantage Philadelphia
SS Mark Koenig vs Joe Boley Advantage New York
LF Ben Paschal vs Ty Cobb Advantage Philadelphia
CF Earle Combs vs Al Simmons Advantage Philadelphia
RF Bob Meusel vs Walt French Advantage New York
Overall Advantage New York
In the top of the first, Combs put the Yankees on the board with an RBI single. Collins would eventually bring Combs home with a two-out single.
In the top of the third, Meusel led off with a 424 foot homer. Later in the same inning, Koenig hit a two-out RBI single.
After three: New York 4 Philadelphia 0.
In the bottom of the fourth, Cochrane put the Athletics on the board with a two-out RBI single. Dykes then brought two home with a single combined with a Combs throwing error.
In the top of the fifth, the Yankees answered with a two-out RBI single by Collins.
In the bottom of the fifth, the Athletics got back within a single run on a Simmons RBI triple. Cobb followed with a single to score Simmons and tie the game.
After six: New York 5 Philadelphia 5.
In the top of the eighth, Paschal led off with a 367 foot home run to put the Yankees back in the lead with his first hit of the season. Eddie Rommel took the mound for the Athletics immediately after.
In the top of the ninth, Lefty Willis took the mound for the Athletics.
In the bottom of the ninth, trailing by one, the Athletics went three-up three-down.
The two teams combined for 26 hits in the contest.
Final score: New York 6 Philadelphia 5.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Bob Meusel 3 for 5, 3B, HR, RBI, 2 R
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington Senators 2 Boston Red Sox 1
Detroit Tigers 5 St Louis Browns 1
Cleveland Indians 6 Chicago White Sox 4
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia Phillies 9 New York Giants 8
Pittsburgh Pirates 7 Cincinnati Reds 6 12 innings
Chicago Cubs 3 St Louis Cardinals 1
Boston Braves at Brooklyn Robins ppd
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Charli Root Chicago Cubs 9.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 7 K, W
2. Walter Johnson Washington Senators 9.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, W
3. Earl Whitehill Detroit Tigers 9.0 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 6 K, W
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