'27 Yanks hand Mathewson loss

The 1927 New York Yankees dealt Christy Mathewson (9-3, 2.21) a defeat; the Yanks were aided by 5 Giant errors.

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BOXSCORE: 1905 NY (AL) 1905 Giants At 1927 N.Y. (AL) 1927 Yankees   5/24/2007
 
  Giants             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  A.Devlin 3B         5  1  1  1 .293     E.Combs CF          3  0  0  1 .367  
  B.Gilbert 2B        4  0  0  0 .308     B.Meusel LF         5  0  1  0 .265  
  M.Donlin CF         3  0  0  0 .407     B.Ruth RF           5  2  2  1 .350  
  D.McGann 1B         4  0  2  0 .369     L.Gehrig 1B         4  0  2  1 .348  
  S.Mertes LF         3  0  1  0 .307     T.Lazzeri 2B        5  0  0  0 .293  
  G.Browne RF         4  0  0  0 .267     P.Collins C         4  2  1  0 .253  
  F.Bowerman SS       3  0  0  0 .271     M.Koenig SS         4  1  2  0 .279  
  R.Bresnahan C       4  1  2  0 .234     M.Gazella 3B        1  1  1  2 .273  
  C.Mathewson P       1  0  0  0 .200     H.Pennock P         1  0  0  1 .105  
A-S.Strang PH         1  0  1  0 .260     G.Pipgras P         0  0  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  2  7  1                 Totals      32  6  9  6
 
A-Pinch Hit For Mathewson In 9th Inning
 
Giants.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  2 0 0  -  2  7  5
Yankees......... 0 0 0  3 1 0  1 1    -  6  9  2
 
Giants (31-17)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
C.Mathewson LOSS(9-3)     8       9   6   5   6   7   1   2.21
Totals                    8       9   6   5   6   7   1
 
Yankees (34-15)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
H.Pennock WIN(7-3)        6 1/3   6   2   1   3   0   0   4.72
G.Pipgras SAVE(8th)       2 2/3   1   0   0   2   2   0   2.88
Totals                    9       7   2   1   5   2   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 45,258 DATE- Thursday, May 24th 2007 TIME- Night 
T- 2:11
LEFT ON BASE- Giants:10  Yankees:13
DOUBLE PLAYS- Giants: 0  Yankees: 0
ERRORS- A.Devlin-2, B.Gilbert, M.Donlin, D.McGann, P.Collins-2
DOUBLES- R.Bresnahan(7th), L.Gehrig(9th), M.Koenig(6th)
TRIPLES- M.Gazella(2nd)
HOME RUNS- B.Ruth(19th)
STOLEN BASES- A.Devlin-2(15th), D.McGann(12th), G.Browne(6th), B.Meusel(7th)
SACRIFICE HITS- C.Mathewson-2, M.Koenig, H.Pennock-2, G.Pipgras
SACRIFICE FLIES- E.Combs
WALKS- B.Gilbert, M.Donlin-2, S.Mertes, F.Bowerman, E.Combs, L.Gehrig,
       P.Collins, M.Gazella-3
STRIKE OUTS- G.Browne, R.Bresnahan, B.Meusel, B.Ruth, L.Gehrig, T.Lazzeri-3,
             H.Pennock
WEB GEMS- Top 3rd: Mark Koenig robbed Art Devlin of a base hit.
 
The N.Y. (AL) 1927 Yankees defeated the NY (AL) 1905 Giants by a score of 6 to
2 at the ballpark.
 
Herb Pennock(7-3) pitched a fine game.  He went 6 and 1/3 innings allowing 6
hits and 3 walks lowering his ERA to 4.72.  N.Y. (AL) 1927 had a total of 9
hits for the game.  
 
Pennock was helped out by George Pipgras who recorded his 8th save.  Christy
Mathewson(9-3) took the loss.  He gave up 9 hits and 6 walks in 8 innings.
 
The N.Y. (AL) 1927 ballclub's record now stands at a division leading 34-15.
With the loss, the NY (AL) 1905 ballclub's record is 31-17.

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