New York Yankees vs Cleveland Indians
May 20, 1927 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1927 at Dunn Field. The Cleveland Indians defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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New York Yankees 1, Cleveland Indians 2

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Combs cf 3 0 1 0
Koenig ss 5 0 0 0
Ruth rf 2 1 1 0
Gehrig 1b 4 0 1 0
Durst lf 3 0 1 1
Lazzeri 2b 4 0 1 0
Dugan 3b 2 0 1 0
Grabowski c 4 0 0 0
Hoyt p 3 0 1 0
  Morehart ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 7 1
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Summa rf 4 1 1 0
Jamieson lf 3 0 1 1
Fonseca 2b 4 1 1 0
Burns 1b 3 0 1 1
Sewell J. ss 3 0 1 0
Sewell L. c 3 0 0 0
Eichrodt cf 3 0 0 0
Lutzke 3b 3 0 1 0
Uhle p 3 0 1 0
Totals 29 2 7 2
New York 000 000 010172
Cleveland 100 000 01x270
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Hoyt  L(5-2) 8.0 7 2 1 1 2
Totals
8.0
7
2
1
1
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Uhle  W(3-3) 9.0 7 1 1 6 5
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
6
5

  E–Koenig (10), Dugan (4).  DP–New York 1. Lazzeri-Koenig-Gehrig.  2B–Cleveland Summa (8); Jamieson (6).  SH–Durst (2).  Team LOB–10.  Team–4.  CS–Durst (1); Lazzeri (5).  U–Harry Geisel, Red Ormsby, Brick Owens.  T–1:47.  A–8,000.
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