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MAY 1, 1927
After winning two out of three against the Red Sox in Boston, the Yankees have a home game against the Philadelphia Athletics. The Yankees lead the season series between these two teams 7-1.
AL Batter of the Month: RF Babe Ruth New York Mets
NL Batter of the Month: 2B Rogers Hornsby New York Giants
AL Pitcher of the Month: George Pipgras New York Yankees
NL Pitcher of the Month: Charlie Robertson Boston Braves
AL Rookie of the Month: SP Hod Lisenbee Washington Senators
NL Rookie of the Month: RP Fred Frankhouse St Louis Cardinals
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland Indians 8-11 at Detroit Tigers 11-8
Boston Red Sox 4-13 at Washington Senators 10-8
St Louis Browns 6-13 at Chicago White Sox 13-6
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati Reds 6-11 at St Louis Cardinals 11-6 (2)
New York Giants 13-5 at Brooklyn Robins 8-10
Pittsburgh Pirates 11-6 at Chicago Cubs 7-12
PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS (8-10) AT NEW YORK YANKEES (14-5)
MATCHUPS
SP Lefty Grove vs Herb Pennock Advantage Philadelphia
C Jimmie Foxx vs Benny Bengough Advantage Philadelphia
1B Jimmy Dykes vs Lou Gehrig Advantage New York
2B Max Bishop vs Ray Morehart Advantage Philadelphia
3B Sammy Hale vs Mike Gazella Advantage Philadelphia
SS Joe Boley vs Mark Koenig Advantage Push
LF Ty Cobb vs Ben Paschal Advantage Philadelphia
CF Al Simmons vs Earle Combs Advantage Philadelphia
RF Walt French vs Babe Ruth Advantage New York
Overall Advantage Philadelphia
In the bottom of the first, Combs put the Yankees on the board with a 387 foot two-run homer.
In the bottom of the second, French threw Gazella out at home as he tried to score from second on a Pennock single.
In the bottom of the third, Gehrig hit a two-out solo shot 420 feet.
After three: New York 3 Philadelphia 0.
In the top of the fourth, Foxx put the Athletics on the board with an RBI single. Hale followed with his own RBI single to make it a one-run game. Dykes then put the Athletics in the lead with a two-run double to extend his hitting streak to 11 games. Boley followed with his own RBI double to make it a 5-run inning.
In the top of the sixth, Boley increased the Athletics lead with a two-out RBI double. Grove followed with his own RBI double and that was all she wrote for Pennock. With a runner on second and two out, Walter Beall took the mound for the Yankees and got the final out of the inning.
After six: Philadelphia 7 New York 3.
In the top of the eighth, Bob Shawkey took the mound for the Yankees. Dykes added another RBI single.
In the bottom of the ninth, Gazella picked up a meaningless RBI with a sacrifice fly.
The Athletics pounded out 13 hits to get the win. Lefty Grove recorded 10 strikeouts.
Final score: Philadelphia 8 New York 4.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Jimmy Dykes 3 for 4, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 R
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland Indians 8 Detroit Tigers 7 12 innings
Boston Red Sox 11 Washington Senators 9 11 innings
Chicago White Sox 4 St Louis Browns 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis Cardinals 3 Cincinnati Reds 2 Game 1
St Louis Cardinals 3 Cincinnati Reds 2 Game 2
New York Giants 9 Brooklyn Robins 5
Pittsburgh Pirates 7 Chicago Cubs 6 14 innings
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Mel Ott New York Giants 3 for 4, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R, BB
2. Joe Judge Washington Senators 4 for 7, 2B, 4 RBI, 3 R
3. Tommy Thomas Chicago White Sox 9.0 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K. W
Chicago Cubs 1B Charlie Grimm had a five-hit game.
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