Washington Senators vs New York Yankees
May 23, 1931 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1931 at Yankee Stadium I. The New York Yankees defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Washington Senators 6, New York Yankees 7
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Hayes 2b 5 0 1 0
Rice S. rf 5 1 2 0
Manush lf 5 2 2 1
Cronin ss 5 1 2 2
West cf 5 1 2 0
Bluege 3b 5 0 3 2
Kuhel 1b 3 0 0 0
  Rice H. ph 1 0 0 0
Spencer c 2 0 0 0
  Hargrave c 2 0 1 0
Brown p 2 0 0 0
  Fischer p 1 0 0 0
  Harris ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 42 6 14 5
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Combs cf 5 1 3 2
Reese 2b 4 0 1 0
Ruth rf 2 1 0 0
  Byrd rf 0 0 0 0
Gehrig 1b 4 2 2 1
Chapman lf 4 1 1 2
Lazzeri 3b 2 0 0 0
Lary ss 4 0 1 1
Dickey c 3 2 3 0
Pennock p 1 0 0 0
  Wells p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 7 11 6
Washington 000 001 005–6140
New York 010 051 00x–7111
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Brown  L(4-4) 5.1 9 7 7 5 0
  Fischer   2.2 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
11
7
7
5
2
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Pennock  W(3-1) 8.2 14 6 6 1 2
  Wells  SV(1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
6
6
1
2
  E–Combs (4).  DP–Washington 1. Kuhel-Cronin.  2B–Washington S. Rice (6); Manush 2 (12); Hargrave (3); Harris (3), New York Combs (9); Gehrig (6); Dickey (5).  3B–New York Chapman (2).  Team LOB–10.  SH–Pennock 3 (3).  Team–6.  SB–Chapman (10); Lazzeri (3).  CS–Lazzeri (4).  U–Harry Geisel, George Moriarty, George Hildebrand.
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