Season two got underway with the 1922 St. Louis Browns and the 1927 New York Yankees splitting a four-game series. Urban Shocker played for both teams and was the winning pitcher in both games one and two. St. Louis managed to outscore (15-14) and outhit (.255-.242) the vaunted Yankee lineup. Both Marty McManus and George Sisler hit .400 (6-for-15) for the Browns. New York was led by Bob Meusel (.467, 7-for-15) and Earle Combs (.438, 7-for-16).
Game #1: St. Louis 7, New York 3
It was tied at 1 after three innings when the Browns scored three times, first on a sacrifice fly and then two more on pitcher Urban Shocker’s double. Ken Williams hit a solo homer in the fourth and Wally Gerber and George Sisler drove in runs in the ninth inning to push the St. Louis lead to 7-1.
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWN AB R H BI 1927 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI
Jack Tobin 5 1 2 0 Earle Combs 5 0 2 0
Wally Gerber 4 1 2 1 Mark Koenig 5 0 1 1
George Sisler 5 1 2 1 Babe Ruth 3 0 0 0
Ken Williams 4 2 2 2 Lou Gehrig 4 0 0 0
Baby Doll Jacobson 4 0 0 0 Bob Meusel 3 1 1 0
Marty McManus 4 1 3 0 Tony Lazzeri 4 1 2 1
Hank Severeid 3 0 0 1 Joe Dugan 4 0 1 1
Frank Ellerbe 4 1 1 0 Pat Collins 2 0 0 0
Urban Shocker BXZ 4 0 1 2 Herb Pennock BZ 1 1 1 0
Ray Morehart 1 0 0 0
Johnny Grabowski 1 0 1 0
Mike Gazella 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 37 7 13 7 TOTALS 33 3 9 3
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 100 310 002 -- 7
1927 NEW YORK YANKEES 001 000 002 -- 3
LOB--1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 6, 1927 NEW YORK YANKEES 8.
2B--Marty McManus, Urban Shocker BXZ, Joe Dugan. 3B--George
Sisler, Wally Gerber, Tony Lazzeri. HR--Ken Williams.
SACF--Hank Severeid. SACB--Wally Gerber. SB--George Sisler,
Tony Lazzeri.
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Urban Shocker BXZ [W] 9.00 9 3 3 5 4 0
1927 NEW YORK YANKEES
Herb Pennock BZ [L] 5.00 8 5 5 1 1 1
Bob Shawkey BK 2.00 1 0 0 0 4 0
Wilcy Moore AXZ 2.00 4 2 2 0 0 0
Game #2: New York 6, St. Louis 4
The Browns led 2-1 heading to the bottom of the fifth, but Lou Gehrig slugged a three-run homer to put the Yankees ahead for good. Babe Ruth and Urban Shocker had sacrifice flies in the seventh and eighth, respectively, to make it 6-2. St. Louis scored twice in the ninth and brought the tying run to the plate before Shocker got the final out.
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWN AB R H BI 1927 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI
Jack Tobin 4 0 1 0 Earle Combs 3 2 1 0
Wally Gerber 3 2 0 0 Mark Koenig 1 1 0 0
George Sisler 3 2 2 2 Babe Ruth 2 0 1 1
Ken Williams 5 0 1 1 Lou Gehrig 4 1 1 3
Baby Doll Jacobson 5 0 0 0 Bob Meusel 3 1 1 0
Marty McManus 3 0 2 0 Tony Lazzeri 2 0 0 0
Hank Severeid 4 0 1 0 Joe Dugan 4 1 0 1
Frank Ellerbe 4 0 1 0 Pat Collins 4 0 1 0
Dixie Davis CYW 3 0 1 0 Urban Shocker BRZ 2 0 0 1
Eddie Foster 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 35 4 10 3 TOTALS 25 6 5 6
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 000 020 002 -- 4
1927 NEW YORK YANKEES 000 130 11x -- 6
LOB--1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 10, 1927 NEW YORK YANKEES 7.
ERR--Frank Ellerbe, Babe Ruth. 2B--George Sisler (2), Earle
Combs, Bob Meusel. 3B--Ken Williams. HR--Lou Gehrig.
HBP--Urban Shocker BRZ. SACF--Babe Ruth, Urban Shocker BRZ.
SACB--Wally Gerber, Mark Koenig (2). SB--Bob Meusel.
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dixie Davis CYW [L] 8.00 5 6 6 7 3 1
1927 NEW YORK YANKEES
Urban Shocker BRZ [W] 9.00 10 4 3 5 1 0
Game #3: St. Louis 3, New York 2 (10 inn.)
The Yankees took an early 2-0 lead as Lou Gehrig had an RBI single in the first and pitcher Dutch Ruether hit a solo homer in the second. But, the Browns tied it up in the bottom of the second as Marty McManus had an RBI singles and pitcher Elam Vangilder had an RBI triple. Then there were zeroes on the scoreboard for the next seven frames and the game went to extra innings. In the bottom of the 10th, Frank Ellerbe led off with a walk. He was sacrificed to second and Jack Tobin came through with a walk-off single.
1927 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI 1922 ST. LOUIS BROWN AB R H BI
Earle Combs 4 1 3 0 Jack Tobin 5 0 1 1
Mark Koenig 3 0 0 0 Wally Gerber 3 0 1 0
Babe Ruth 4 0 1 0 George Sisler 4 0 1 0
Lou Gehrig 5 0 2 1 Ken Williams 4 0 0 0
Bob Meusel 5 0 4 0 Baby Doll Jacobson 4 1 1 0
Tony Lazzeri 5 0 0 0 Marty McManus 4 0 1 1
Joe Dugan 5 0 0 0 Hank Severeid 4 0 0 0
Pat Collins 3 0 0 0 Frank Ellerbe 3 2 1 0
Dutch Ruether BZ 3 1 1 1 Elam Vangilder BZ 3 0 1 1
Mike Gazella 1 0 0 0 Eddie Foster 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 38 2 11 2 TOTALS 34 3 7 3
1927 NEW YORK YANKEES 110 000 000 0 -- 2
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 020 000 000 1 -- 3
LOB--1927 NEW YORK YANKEES 11, 1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 6.
ERR--Mark Koenig. 2B--Bob Meusel (2), George Sisler.
3B--Elam Vangilder BZ, Baby Doll Jacobson. HR--Dutch Ruether
BZ. SACB--Mark Koenig (2), Eddie Foster. SB--Bob Meusel.
1927 NEW YORK YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dutch Ruether BZ 8.00 6 2 2 1 0 0
Wilcy Moore AXZ [L] 1.33 1 1 1 1 1 0
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS
Elam Vangilder BZ [W] 10.00 11 2 2 3 4 1
Game #4: New York 3, St. Louis 1
Earle Combs gave the Yankees a 2-0 lead with a home run in the top of the third inning, and they never trailed. Waite Hoyt gave up just five hits and one run, which came on Wally Gerber’s RBI double in the third. New York added an insurance run in the sixth on a Babe Ruth solo homer.
1927 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI 1922 ST. LOUIS BROWN AB R H BI
Earle Combs 4 1 1 2 Jack Tobin 4 0 0 0
Mark Koenig 4 0 0 0 Wally Gerber 4 0 1 1
Babe Ruth 4 1 2 1 George Sisler 3 0 1 0
Lou Gehrig 2 0 0 0 Ken Williams 3 0 0 0
Bob Meusel 4 0 1 0 Baby Doll Jacobson 3 0 1 0
Tony Lazzeri 3 0 1 0 Marty McManus 4 0 0 0
Joe Dugan 4 0 0 0 Hank Severeid 4 0 1 0
Pat Collins 4 0 0 0 Frank Ellerbe 3 0 0 0
Waite Hoyt AYZ 3 1 1 0 Ray Kolp CYZ 2 1 1 0
Eddie Foster 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 3 6 3 TOTALS 31 1 5 1
1927 NEW YORK YANKEES 002 001 000 -- 3
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 001 000 000 -- 1
LOB--1927 NEW YORK YANKEES 5, 1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 6.
ERR--Waite Hoyt AYZ. 2B--Babe Ruth, Waite Hoyt AYZ, George
Sisler, Wally Gerber. HR--Babe Ruth, Earle Combs. SACB--Tony
Lazzeri.
1927 NEW YORK YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Waite Hoyt AYZ [W] 9.00 5 1 1 3 2 0
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS
Ray Kolp CYZ [L] 7.00 5 3 3 2 3 2
Hub Pruett AKW 2.00 1 0 0 0 2 0
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