Baseball Historians

April 13, 1928 at Shibe Park
Yankees 8, Athletics 7  (2-0)
Lou Gehrig, Earle Combs and Bob Meusel all had solid games at the plate as the Yankees edged the Athletics 8-7.  Gehrig hit his first homer of the season in the win. He also tripled and scored twice.  Earle Combs went three for five with three […]

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 21, 1927 at Shibe Park
Yankees 13, Athletics 6  (7-2)
The Yankees ran up the score again behind the bat of Lou Gehrig.  The Iron Horse went two for five with a homerun, three runs.  Tony Lazzeri went yard with a three run shot while both Earle Combs and Bob Muesel had three hits and three […]

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 […]