New York Yankees vs St. Louis Browns
August 2, 1928 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 1928 at Sportsman's Park III. The St. Louis Browns defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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New York Yankees 3, St. Louis Browns 4
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Koenig ss 6 0 0 0
  Lazzeri ph 0 0 0 0
  Gazella ss 1 0 0 0
Combs cf 7 2 2 0
Ruth lf 5 0 0 0
Gehrig 1b 5 1 2 1
Meusel rf 7 0 4 2
Robertson 3b 4 0 0 0
  Dugan 3b 3 0 1 0
Durocher 2b 7 0 0 0
Grabowski c 3 0 1 0
  Paschal ph 1 0 1 0
  Bengough c 3 0 2 0
Pennock p 6 0 1 0
Totals 58 3 14 3
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
McNeely rf 7 0 1 0
Brannan 2b 2 0 0 0
  Bettencourt ph 1 0 0 0
  Melillo 2b 4 0 0 0
Manush lf 7 1 2 0
Schulte cf 7 0 2 0
Kress ss 7 1 1 0
Blue 1b 4 1 1 0
O'Rourke 3b 6 1 3 1
Schang c 5 0 1 0
Ogden p 3 0 2 0
  Manion ph 1 0 1 2
  Stewart p 3 0 1 1
Totals 57 4 15 4
New York 102 000 000 000 000–3142
St. Louis 000 001 020 000 001–4152
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Pennock  L(15-6) 14.0 15 4 2 4 6
Totals
14.0
15
4
2
4
6
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Ogden   8.0 8 3 3 2 1
  Stewart  W(5-6) 7.0 6 0 0 3 3
Totals
15.0
14
3
3
5
4
  E–Koenig (28), Robertson (9), Schulte (7), Blue (8).  DP–St. Louis 1. O'Rourke.  2B–New York Combs (27); Meusel 2 (30); Grabowski (7); Bengough 2 (2), St. Louis O'Rourke 2 (14); Schang (9); Manion (4).  SH–Pennock (7); O'Rourke (12); Schang (5).  Team LOB–16.  Team–17.  SB–Koenig (3); Schulte (5).  U–George Hildebrand, Bill Guthrie.  T–3:13.  A–4,000.
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