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Old 04-02-2020, 10:20 PM   #19
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APRIL 26, 1927
Today is the second game in the series in New York between the Yankees and the Senators. The Yankees are off to a 7-2 home record to start the season.

OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia Athletics 4-9 at Boston Red Sox 3-9
St Louis Browns 4-10 at Cleveland Indians 5-9
Detroit Tigers 10-4 at Chicago White Sox 9-5

NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York Giants 8-5 at Brooklyn Robins 6-7
Chicago Cubs 7-7 at Cincinnati Reds 4-9
Boston Braves 9-6 at Philadelphia Phillies 4-9
Pittsburgh Pirates 7-6 at St Louis Cardinals 9-5

WASHINGTON SENATORS (8-5) AT NEW YORK YANKEES (11-3)
MATCHUPS
SP Hod Lisenbee vs Herb Pennock Advantage Push
C Muddy Ruel vs Pat Collins Advantage New York
1B Joe Judge vs Lou Gehrig Advantage New York
2B Bucky Harris vs Tony Lazzeri Advantage New York
3B Ossie Bluege vs Joe Dugan Advantage Washington
SS Buddy Myer vs Mark Koenig Advantage Push
LF Goose Goslin vs Bob Meusel Advantage Washington
CF Tris Speaker vs Earle Combs Advantage Push
RF Sam Rice vs Babe Ruth Advantage New York
Overall Advantage New York

In the top of the first, Goslin put the Senators on the board with an RBI single. Speaker knocked Goslin in with a single. The Senators went on to load the bases with one out. Bluege knocked two in with a single. Harris singled to reload the bases with one out. Judge scored from third when Gehrig made a bad throw to second after fielding a grounder from Lisenbee. In his second at-bat of the inning, Myer flew to left for the second out. Rice then hit a two-run single to make it a seven-run inning.

In the bottom of the first, Ruth put the Yankees on the board with an RBI single.

In the bottom of the third, Ruth picked up an RBI with a two-out triple. Gehrig brought Ruth home with a single.

After three: Washington 7 New York 3.

In the top of the fifth, Bob Shawkey took the mound for the Yankees.

In the bottom of the fifth, Meusel led off with a 366 foot home run. It was the 119th home run in his career, placing him 11th in MLB history. A 390 foot two-run bomb by Ruth made it a one-run game. With bases empty and nobody out, Bobby Burke took the mound for the Senators.

In the top of the sixth, Goslin scored from second when Combs dropped a two-out fly ball by Speaker.

After six: Washington 8 New York 6.

In the bottom of the seventh, with a runner on third and one out, Firpo Marberry took the mound for the Senators and kept the runner from scoring.

In the bottom of the eighth, Dugan brought a run in with a sacrifice fly and it was a one-run game again. The Yankees went on to load the bases with one out. Meusel delivered a two-run single to put the Yankees in the lead.

In the top of the ninth, Wilcy Moore took the mound for the Yankees. With the tying run at second and two out, Moore struck out pinch hitter Red Barnes to end the game.

The Yankees used 11 hits to overcome four errors.

Final score: New York 9 Washington 8.

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Bob Meusel 4 for 5, 2 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R

OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia Athletics 10 Boston Red Sox 1
Chicago White Sox 11 Detroit Tigers 10
St Louis Browns at Cleveland Indians ppd

NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York Giants 3 Brooklyn Robins 2
Cincinnati Reds 5 Chicago Cubs 4
Boston Braves 6 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Pittsburgh Pirates 8 St Louis Cardinals 7

TOP PERFORMERS
1. Bob Meusel New York Yankees 4 for 5, 2 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
2. Lefty Grove Philadelphia Athletics 9.0 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, W
3. Babe Ruth New York Yankees 3 for 5, 3B, HR, 4 RBI, 2 R



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