The second and third-place teams both needed a big showing in their week seven matchup to improve their hopes of overtaking the 1920 Cleveland Indians. Unfortunately for the 1929 Chicago Cubs and the 1927 New York Yankees, they split their four-game series, with the visiting team winning all four contests.
The Yankees are now at 18-10 and have just four games left to play. The Cubs are at 15-9 and have two series remaining.
Bob Meusel broke out of a slump by batting .533 (8-for-15) for the Yankees, who hit .308 as a team in the series and had five home runs. Babe Ruth took over the league lead for the moment with his 10th of the season. Rogers Hornsby batted .353 (6-for-17) and hit three of the Cubs’ seven home runs. Chicago hit just .237 as a team.
Game #1: Chicago 5, New York 4
Five home runs were hit in this one, three by the Cubs, which led to all five of their runs. Rogers Hornsby had a two-run shot in the first inning and Charlie Grimm had a solo shot in the second to make it 3-0. New York went ahead 4-3 in the seventh inning on a Lou Gehrig solo home run. The Cubs regained the lead in the eighth on Hack Wilson’s two-run bomb. Charlie Root pitched 1-2-3 innings in the eighth and ninth to secure the win.
1929 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 1927 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI
Norm McMillan 5 0 1 0 Earle Combs 5 0 0 0
Riggs Stephenson 3 2 0 0 Tony Lazzeri 5 0 1 0
Rogers Hornsby 4 1 1 2 Babe Ruth 3 0 1 0
Hack Wilson 4 1 3 2 Lou Gehrig 3 2 1 1
Kiki Cuyler 4 0 1 0 Bob Meusel 4 1 1 0
Charlie Grimm 4 1 1 1 Pat Collins 2 1 1 2
Woody English 4 0 1 0 Johnny Grabowski 1 0 0 0
Zack Taylor 3 0 1 0 Mark Koenig 3 0 1 1
Charlie Root AXY 3 0 0 0 Joe Dugan 4 0 1 0
Herb Pennock BZ 3 0 1 0
Ray Morehart 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 5 9 5 TOTALS 34 4 8 4
1929 CHICAGO CUBS 210 000 020 -- 5
1927 NEW YORK YANKEES 010 200 100 -- 4
LOB--1929 CHICAGO CUBS 6, 1927 NEW YORK YANKEES 7.
ERR--Woody English, Tony Lazzeri. 2B--Babe Ruth, Joe Dugan.
HR--Hack Wilson, Rogers Hornsby, Charlie Grimm, Pat Collins,
Lou Gehrig. SACF--Pat Collins. SACB--Charlie Root AXY.
SB--Kiki Cuyler, Bob Meusel.
1929 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Charlie Root AXY [W] 9.00 8 4 4 3 4 2
1927 NEW YORK YANKEES
Herb Pennock BZ [L] 9.00 9 5 5 3 4 3
Game #2: Chicago 6, New York 4 (10 inn.)
The Cubs got off to another good start, with a Riggs Stephenson solo homer in the first and a Rogers Hornsby RBI single in the third. New York grabbed a 4-2 lead after five innings with the help of a Joe Dugan two-run single and a Babe Ruth RBI triple. The Cubs tied the game in the seventh on two-out RBI singles by Norm McMillan and Stephenson. The game went to extra innings and in the top of the 10th, Woody English and Zack Taylor provided two-out RBI singles.
1929 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 1927 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI
Norm McMillan 5 2 2 1 Earle Combs 5 1 2 0
Riggs Stephenson 5 1 2 2 Tony Lazzeri 5 0 0 0
Rogers Hornsby 5 1 3 1 Babe Ruth 4 1 1 1
Hack Wilson 5 1 1 0 Lou Gehrig 5 0 1 0
Kiki Cuyler 4 0 1 0 Bob Meusel 3 1 2 0
Charlie Grimm 5 0 0 0 Pat Collins 3 1 0 1
Woody English 5 0 1 1 Mark Koenig 4 0 0 0
Zack Taylor 4 1 2 1 Joe Dugan 4 0 2 2
Pat Malone BK 2 0 0 0 Urban Shocker BRZ 3 0 1 0
Cliff Heathcote 1 0 1 0 Johnny Grabowski 1 0 0 0
Hal Carlson CYZ 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 42 6 13 6 TOTALS 37 4 9 4
1929 CHICAGO CUBS 101 000 200 2 -- 6
1927 NEW YORK YANKEES 000 310 000 0 -- 4
LOB--1929 CHICAGO CUBS 9, 1927 NEW YORK YANKEES 6. ERR--Mark
Koenig. 2B--Norm McMillan, Kiki Cuyler, Urban Shocker BRZ,
Earle Combs, Lou Gehrig. 3B--Babe Ruth. HR--Riggs
Stephenson. SACB--Hal Carlson CYZ.
1929 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Pat Malone BK 6.00 7 4 4 3 7 0
Hal Carlson CYZ4.00 2 0 0 0 3 0
1927 NEW YORK YANKEES
Urban Shocker BRZ 9.00 10 4 4 2 2 1
Bob Shawkey BK (L) 1.00 3 2 0 0 3 0
Game #3: New York 9, Chicago 4
The Cubs once again took an early lead, as a two-run homer from Rogers Hornsby made it 3-0 in the third inning. Once again, New York made a comeback, and this one stuck. Among the big hits: Bob Meusel homered in the fourth, Lou Gehrig and Meusel had RBI doubles in the sixth, Tony Lazzeri had an RBI triple in the ninth and Gehrig had a two-run homer in the ninth. The Cubs did have one defensive highlight when Gehrig hit into a triple play in the seventh inning. Amazingly, the Cubs have now turned triple plays in two consecutive series.
1927 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI 1929 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Earle Combs 4 2 3 0 Norm McMillan 4 0 0 0
Tony Lazzeri 5 1 3 2 Riggs Stephenson 4 1 2 0
Babe Ruth 3 2 1 1 Rogers Hornsby 4 1 1 3
Lou Gehrig 5 2 2 3 Hack Wilson 4 0 0 0
Bob Meusel 4 2 2 2 Kiki Cuyler 4 1 2 0
Pat Collins 4 0 1 1 Charlie Grimm 3 0 1 0
Mark Koenig 5 0 1 0 Woody English 4 0 1 0
Joe Dugan 4 0 1 0 Zack Taylor 2 0 0 1
Dutch Ruether BZ 3 0 1 0 Cliff Heathcote 1 0 0 0
Ray Morehart 1 0 0 0 Sheriff Blake BYW 2 0 0 0
Mike Gonzalez 2 1 1 0
TOTALS 38 9 15 9 TOTALS 34 4 8 4
1927 NEW YORK YANKEES 000 103 104 -- 9
1929 CHICAGO CUBS 012 000 100 -- 4
LOB--1927 NEW YORK YANKEES 7, 1929 CHICAGO CUBS 6. 2B--Joe
Dugan, Tony Lazzeri, Lou Gehrig, Bob Meusel, Kiki Cuyler.
3B--Earle Combs, Tony Lazzeri. HR--Lou Gehrig, Bob Meusel,
Rogers Hornsby. SACF--Zack Taylor. SB--Tony Lazzeri, Riggs
Stephenson.
1927 NEW YORK YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dutch Ruether BZ [W] 8.00 8 4 4 2 2 1
George Pipgras BXYW 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
1929 CHICAGO CUBS
Sheriff Blake BYW [L] 6.00 11 5 5 2 1 1
Mike Cvengros CY 3.00 4 4 4 3 0 1
Game #4: New York 6, Chicago 2
The Cubs took a pair of one-run leads after home runs by Kiki Cuyler and Rogers Hornsby. But the Yankees tied it again in the fourth on Bob Meusel’s RBI single, went ahead in the sixth on another RBI single by Meusel, and later added a two-run home run from Babe Ruth in the seventh inning. Waite Hoyt improved to 6-1 after seven starts.
1927 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI 1929 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Earle Combs 5 0 2 0 Norm McMillan 4 0 1 0
Tony Lazzeri 5 1 2 1 Riggs Stephenson 3 0 0 0
Babe Ruth 4 1 1 2 Rogers Hornsby 4 1 1 1
Lou Gehrig 4 2 2 0 Hack Wilson 3 0 0 0
Bob Meusel 4 1 3 2 Kiki Cuyler 2 1 1 1
Pat Collins 3 0 2 0 Cliff Heathcote 2 0 0 0
Mark Koenig 4 0 0 0 Charlie Grimm 4 0 0 0
Joe Dugan 4 0 0 0 Woody English 3 0 0 0
Waite Hoyt AYZ 4 1 1 0 Zack Taylor 2 0 0 0
Guy Bush BY 1 0 0 0
Mike Gonzalez 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 37 6 13 5 TOTALS 29 2 3 2
1927 NEW YORK YANKEES 000 112 200 -- 6
1929 CHICAGO CUBS 010 100 000 -- 2
LOB--1927 NEW YORK YANKEES 6, 1929 CHICAGO CUBS 4.
ERR--Woody English. 2B--Lou Gehrig (2), Bob Meusel, Norm
McMillan. HR--Babe Ruth, Rogers Hornsby, Kiki Cuyler.
SACB--Guy Bush BY. SB--Tony Lazzeri.
1927 NEW YORK YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Waite Hoyt AYZ [W] 9.00 3 2 2 3 4 2
1929 CHICAGO CUBS
Guy Bush BY [L] 8.00 12 6 6 2 3 1
Art Nehf C 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
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