7/3/1928, GAS28-NYM28, game 1, Polo Grounds 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1928 Gassers 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 7 0 5 1 1928 Mutuals 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 x 5 8 1 6 0 Gassers AB R H BI AVG Mutuals AB R H BI AVG Grimm 1b 4 1 1 0 .317 Rice lf 4 0 1 1 .276 Williams cf 4 0 0 0 .252 Robertson 2b 3 0 1 0 .347 Ruth rf 3 1 2 2 .272 Hartnett c 3 0 0 0 .286 O'Doul lf 4 1 2 0 .345 Lindstrom 3b 4 1 1 0 .331 Lind 2b 3 0 0 0 .349 Leach 1b 4 2 2 0 .331 Grantham ph 1 0 0 0 .285 Speaker cf 3 1 1 2 .209 Bettencort 3b 4 0 0 0 .259 Ford ss 2 0 0 1 .205 Flowers ss 4 0 1 1 .199 Brown rf 4 1 1 0 .265 Woodall c 2 0 0 0 .166 Jones p 2 0 1 1 .341 Welsh ph 1 0 0 0 .287 29 5 8 5 Schang c 1 0 0 0 .252 Benton p 3 0 1 0 .214 34 3 7 3 Gassers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Benton L 8-7 8.0 8 5 5 4 1 145 82 3.40 8.0 8 5 5 4 1 145 82 Mutuals INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Jones W 4-10 9.0 7 3 2 1 2 124 72 3.69 9.0 7 3 2 1 2 124 72 GAS: Welsh batted for Woodall in the 7th Schang inserted at c in the 7th Grantham batted for Lind in the 9th E-Brown. 2B-Grimm(9), O'Doul(14), Leach(14), Speaker(14), Jones(5). HR-Ruth(22). RBI-Ruth 2(66), Flowers(20), Rice(25), Speaker 2(15), Ford(23), Jones(4). K-Williams, Benton, Ford. BB-Ruth, Robertson, Hartnett, Speaker, Ford. SH-Jones. SF-Ford. GWRBI: Speaker Temperature: 78, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: right to left at 7 MPH. 7/3/1928, GAS28-NYM28, game 1, Polo Grounds 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1928 Gassers 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 7 0 5 1 1928 Mutuals 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 x 5 8 1 6 0 Gassers -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Grimm 1b 1>63 9 6>D 63 Williams cf 8 4 31.2-3 k Ruth rf W 4>43 S.3-H 9>HR O'Doul lf 64/f D 54/f.B-1 S.B-2(e9) Lind 2b 2>7 7.2-3 7 Grantham ph 3 Bettencort 3b 7 7 7>43 31.2-3 Flowers ss 9 5>63 7 S.3-H Woodall c 3>4 43 Welsh ph 9 Schang c 64/f Benton p S 8 8>k Mutuals -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Rice lf 1>63 9 S.2-H;B-2 7 Robertson 2b 53 3>S W 8 Hartnett c 63 543/gdp note 1 8>W Lindstrom 3b 2>S 63 9 8 Leach 1b S.1-2 4>4 6>D 43.1-2 Speaker cf D.2-H;1-H 7 43.2-3 IW Ford ss 53 k 8/SF.3-H W.2-3;1-2 Brown rf 4/fl 5>S 9 64/f Jones p D.2-H 13/SH.1-2 7>7 1: 64/f.2-3;B-1 Gassers IN OUT ER Mutuals IN OUT ER Benton A1 D8 5 L 8-7 Jones A1 D8 2 W 4-10 7/3/1928, GAS28-NYM28, game 1, Polo Grounds 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1928 Gassers 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 7 0 5 1 1928 Mutuals 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 x 5 8 1 6 0 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Gassers batting 0-0 0 --- 32 Grimm grounded out to short (BBFFBX) 0-0 1 --- 01 Williams flied out to center (FX) 0-0 2 --- 32 Ruth walked (BBFBFB) 0-0 2 1-- 21 O'Doul grounded to short, forcing Ruth at second (BFBX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Mutuals batting 0-0 0 --- 32 Rice grounded out to short (FBFBBFFFFFX) 0-0 1 --- 32 Robertson grounded out to third (FCBBBX) 0-0 2 --- 31 Hartnett grounded out to short (BBCBX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Gassers batting 0-0 0 --- 31 Lind flied out to left (BCBBX) 0-0 1 --- 12 Bettencort flied out to left (CFFBX) 0-0 2 --- 11 Flowers flied out to right (BFX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Mutuals batting 0-0 0 --- 20 Lindstrom grounded a single between third and short (BBX) 0-0 0 1-- 32 Leach reached on an infield single to the pitcher, Lindstrom to second (BBBCFX) 0-0 0 12- 12 Speaker lined a double to left center, Lindstrom scored, Leach scored (FbBSX) 0-2 0 -2- 12 Ford grounded out to third (FBFX) 0-2 1 -2- 01 Brown popped out to second (CX) 0-2 2 -2- 20 Jones lined a double down the right field line, Speaker scored (BBX) 0-3 2 -2- 22 Rice flied out to right (FSBBX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Gassers batting 0-3 0 --- 22 Woodall popped out to second (BSFBFX) 0-3 1 --- 10 Benton grounded a single between third and short (BX) 0-3 1 1-- 20 Grimm flied out to right (BBX) 0-3 2 1-- 12 Williams popped out to second (FFBX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Mutuals batting 0-3 0 --- 22 Robertson lined a single up the middle (CBBFX) 0-3 0 1-- 20 Hartnett grounded into a double play, Bettencort to Lind to Grimm (BBX) 0-3 2 --- 12 Lindstrom grounded out to short (BFCX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Gassers batting 0-3 0 --- 11 Ruth grounded out to second (BSX) 0-3 1 --- 12 O'Doul doubled deep to right (BCFX) 0-3 1 -2- 21 Lind flied out to left, O'Doul to third (BCBX) 0-3 2 --3 21 Bettencort flied out to left (CBBX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Mutuals batting 0-3 0 --- 10 Leach popped out to second (BX) 0-3 1 --- 01 Speaker flied out to left (FX) 0-3 2 --- 32 Ford struck out (CFBFFBFBS) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Gassers batting 0-3 0 --- 21 Flowers grounded out to short (BBCX) 0-3 1 --- 20 Woodall grounded out to second (BBX) 0-3 2 --- 10 Benton flied out to center (BX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Mutuals batting 0-3 0 --- 10 Brown grounded a single between third and short (BX) 0-3 0 1-- 01 Jones sacrifice bunted to the mound, Brown to second (FbXb) 0-3 1 -2- 12 Rice grounded a single between third and short, Brown scored, Rice to second (FBFX) 0-4 1 -2- 30 Robertson walked (BBBB) 0-4 1 12- 10 Hartnett grounded to short, forcing Robertson at second, Rice to third, Hartnett to first (BX) 0-4 2 1-3 21 Lindstrom flied out to right (BCBX) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Gassers batting 0-4 0 --- 00 Grimm grounded a double down the first base line (X) 0-4 0 -2- 10 Williams grounded out to first, Grimm to third (BX) 0-4 1 --3 00 Ruth reached on an infield single to third, Grimm scored (X) 1-4 1 1-- 22 O'Doul grounded to third, forcing Ruth at second, O'Doul to first (BCBFFFX) 1-4 2 1-- 11 Lind flied out to left (BCX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Mutuals batting 1-4 0 --- 10 Leach grounded a double down the third base line (BX) 1-4 0 -2- 11 Speaker grounded out to second, Leach to third (BFX) 1-4 1 --3 00 Ford hit a sacrifice fly to center, Leach scored (X) 1-5 2 --- 00 Brown flied out to right (X) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Gassers batting 1-5 0 --- 00 Bettencort grounded out to second (X) 1-5 1 --- 00 Flowers flied out to left (X) Welsh pinch hitting for Woodall 1-5 2 --- 01 Welsh lined out to right (CX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Mutuals batting Schang now playing catcher 1-5 0 --- 21 Jones flied out to left (BCBX) 1-5 1 --- 31 Rice flied out to left (BBFBX) 1-5 2 --- 12 Robertson flied out to center (FFBX) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Gassers batting 1-5 0 --- 22 Benton struck out (BFBCS) 1-5 1 --- 31 Grimm grounded out to short (BFBBX) 1-5 2 --- 02 Williams struck out (SFS) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Mutuals batting 1-5 0 --- 32 Hartnett walked (FBBBFB) 1-5 0 1-- 32 Lindstrom flied out to center (CFBFBFBFFFX) 1-5 1 1-- 00 Leach grounded out to second, Hartnett to second (X) 1-5 2 -2- 30 Speaker was walked intentionally (IIII) 1-5 2 12- 32 Ford walked, Hartnett to third, Speaker to second (FBFBFB>B) 1-5 2 123 21 Brown grounded to short, forcing Ford at second (BCBX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Gassers batting 1-5 0 --- 20 Ruth homered deep down the right field line (BBX) 2-5 0 --- 12 O'Doul lined a single to shallow right, O'Doul to second on an error by the right fielder Brown (BFFX) Grantham pinch hitting for Lind 2-5 0 -2- 20 Grantham popped out to first (BBX) 2-5 1 -2- 20 Bettencort grounded out to first, O'Doul to third (BBX) 2-5 2 --3 32 Flowers grounded a single up the middle, O'Doul scored (FCFBBBX) 3-5 2 1-- 20 Schang grounded to short, forcing Flowers at second (BBX)