St. Louis Browns vs New York Yankees
August 20, 1926 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1926 at Yankee Stadium I. The New York Yankees defeated the St. Louis Browns and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Browns 4, New York Yankees 10

St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Rice cf 4 0 0 0
Sisler 1b 4 1 1 1
Williams lf 4 1 1 0
Miller rf 5 0 3 2
McManus 2b 3 0 0 0
Schang c 4 0 1 0
Robertson 3b 4 1 2 0
Gerber ss 4 1 2 0
Ballou p 1 0 0 0
  Wingard p 1 0 0 0
  Bennett ph 1 0 0 0
  Giard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 3
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Koenig ss 3 3 2 0
Paschal cf 3 2 1 1
Gehrig 1b 4 3 3 5
Ruth rf 2 1 1 1
Meusel lf 4 0 1 1
Lazzeri 2b 5 0 1 1
Dugan 3b 5 0 0 0
Severeid c 4 1 1 0
Jones p 1 0 0 0
  Shawkey p 3 0 0 0
Totals 34 10 10 9
St. Louis 101 200 0004105
New York 300 400 03x10102
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Ballou  L(9-5) 3.1 6 6 5 4 2
  Wingard   3.2 2 1 1 2 0
  Giard   1.0 2 3 2 2 1
Totals
8.0
10
10
8
8
3
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Jones   3.2 7 4 4 4 3
  Shawkey  W(5-5) 5.1 3 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
5
6

  E–Rice (12), Miller 2 (12), Ballou (3), Giard (2), Paschal (8), Dugan (12).  DP–St. Louis 2. G. Robertson-Schang-Sisler, Ballou-McManus-Sisler.  PB–Severeid 2 (4).  2B–St. Louis Miller 2 (29); G. Robertson (6).  3B–New York Gehrig 2 (20).  SH–Ballou (4); Paschal (9).  Team LOB–10.  Team–9.  SB–Sisler 2 (12); McManus (3).  U–George Hildebrand, Red Ormsby, Dick Nallin.
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