New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
May 10, 1929 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 10, 1929 at Navin Field. The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 10, Detroit Tigers 5

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Combs cf 5 2 2 0
Koenig 3b 6 0 2 0
Ruth lf 2 1 1 3
Gehrig 1b 2 1 1 2
Meusel rf 5 1 1 2
Lazzeri 2b 4 0 0 0
Durocher ss 4 2 1 0
Dickey c 5 1 2 2
Pipgras p 4 2 3 1
Totals 37 10 13 10
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Johnson lf 4 0 0 0
Rice cf 4 1 1 1
Gehringer 2b 3 0 1 1
Heilmann rf 4 2 2 2
Alexander 1b 4 0 1 0
McManus 3b 3 0 1 1
Shea c 4 0 1 0
Schuble ss 4 1 1 0
Sorrell p 3 1 0 0
  Vangilder p 0 0 0 0
  Fothergill ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
New York 000 050 04110131
Detroit 000 140 000581
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Pipgras  W(3-1) 9.0 8 5 1 0 5
Totals
9.0
8
5
1
0
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Sorrell  L(2-2) 7.1 10 9 9 5 3
  Vangilder   1.2 3 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
13
10
10
7
3

  E–Durocher (6), Schuble (8).  DP–Detroit 1. Gehringer-Schuble-Alexander.  2B–New York Koenig (8); Durocher (1); Pipgras (1).  3B–New York Dickey (1), Detroit Heilmann (1).  HR–New York Ruth (6,5th inning off Sorrell 2 on); Meusel (3,5th inning off Sorrell 1 on), Detroit Heilmann (4,5th inning off Pipgras 1 on).  SH–Ruth (3); Lazzeri (2); Pipgras (1); Gehringer (2); McManus (2).  Team LOB–10.  Team–4.  SB–McManus (2).  U–Bill Guthrie, George Moriarty, George Hildebrand.  T–2:00.  A–20,000.
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