Baseball Historians

April 23, 1927 at Shibe Park
Athletics 4, Yankees 3  (7-3)
The Yankees lost for the third time in four games and lost their first series of the season at the hands of the A’s.  It wasn’t for lack of production from their big bats though.  Both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig hit homeruns.  The A’s won […]

April 20, 1927 at Shibe Park
Athletics 8, Yankees 5  (6-2)
Urban Shocker was hit hard and he took the loss against the A’s.  He and Wilcy Moore combined to give up eight runs on twelve hits to the A’s. 
On offense, the Yankees got a bunch of hits but they were mostly by four players.  Lou Gehrig […]

April 14, 1927 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 9, Athletics 9  (2-0)
The Yankees winless streak remained intact today when they played the Athletics to a 9-9 ten inning tie.  At the plate, Bob Meusel had three hits and three runs while both Mark Koenig and Babe Ruth had a hit and two runs a piece. 
Bob Shawkey was […]

April 13, 1927 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 10, Ahletics 4  (2-0)
The Yankees turned up the offense again as they racked up ten runs on sixteen hits.  Mark Koenig had a great game with a perfect five for five performance and he scored twice.  Babe Ruth bounced back after a poor game yesterday and he went two […]