New York Yankees vs Chicago White Sox
August 20, 1929 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1929 at Comiskey Park I. The New York Yankees defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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New York Yankees 5, Chicago White Sox 4
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Byrd rf 5 1 1 1
Robertson 3b 5 1 1 0
Combs cf 4 0 3 2
Ruth lf 5 0 0 0
Gehrig 1b 4 1 1 0
Lazzeri 2b 3 1 1 0
Dickey c 4 1 1 0
Koenig ss 3 0 2 2
Zachary p 2 0 1 0
  Moore p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 11 5
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Metzler lf 3 1 1 0
Cissell ss 5 0 1 0
Reynolds rf 4 0 1 0
Shires 1b 1 0 0 0
  Clancy 1b 3 1 0 0
Hoffman cf 4 2 2 2
Hunnefield 3b,2b 3 0 1 1
Kerr 2b 3 0 1 1
  Watwood ph 1 0 0 0
  Kamm 3b 0 0 0 0
Berg c 3 0 1 0
  Taitt ph 1 0 0 0
  Crouse c 0 0 0 0
Faber p 3 0 0 0
  Autry ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
New York 120 011 000–5112
Chicago 010 003 000–480
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Zachary  W(9-0) 6.2 8 4 1 2 2
  Moore  SV(8) 2.1 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
1
3
4
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Faber  L(11-11) 9.0 11 5 5 2 4
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
2
4
  E–Koenig 2 (20).  DP–New York 1. Zachary-Lazzeri-Gehrig, Chicago 2. Kerr-Cissell-Clancy, Cissell-Clancy.  2B–New York Byrd (11); Lazzeri (25).  3B–New York Robertson (6), Chicago Hoffman 2 (3).  SH–Combs (9).  HBP–Zachary (1).  Team LOB–8.  Team–7.  CS–Cissell (13).  U–George Moriarty, Harry Geisel, Roy Van Graflan.  T–2:08.  A–15,000.
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