Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-09-02 | Page 6 | Yankees Retain 2-Game Lead Ove Philadelphia Athletics

Yankees Retain Game 2 Lead I Over Philadelphia Athletics Second PI Place aGe Team ream Closes Home Stay for Season With Victory Over A Boston Red Sox Team Standing Gun LJ Won n Lost Pet Pct New York 5 42 Philadelphia aJ 54 U 45 St. St Louis Loul 70 60 33 Washington 58 70 Detroit 69 i Cleveland 59 72 Chicago 66 56 71 Ul Boston Doston 4 45 85 Saturdays Saturday's Results Philadelphia PhiladelphIa 14 1 Boston Doston 2 NeK NeW York 8 8 Washington 3 Detroit G 6 St Sl Louis 4 Cleveland 6 6 Chicago 2 W WASHINGTON ASHI Sept 1 The AP-The Yankees retained their margin ot of two games over the Athletics by defeating the Senator here today 8 to 3 In a wild wid game The were 13 1 to 10 I Huggins used up both and Hoyt to clinch the decision NEW YORK YOm W WAShINGTON AU I 0 A AB I 0 A I Combs cf 4 2 3 o 0 West ef f. f 4 3 3 6 0 KoenIg ss as 5 0 03 3 1 Rice rl rf 5 4 0 Gehrig lb Ib 4 2 3 9 1 It 4 1 4 0 Ruth rt rf 3 0 3 0 Judge lb 4 0 7 0 It 4 4 2 0 Bluege lb S 5 2 1 3 Dugan 5 0 5 1 lives ss s 4 I 1 3 4 lb 4 2 4 2 lb b. b 3 1 4 1 Collins c. c 3 I 0 3 2 Cronin ss as 0 0 0 1 p 2 0 0 0 0 Ruel c. c 0 2 1 Io 1101 p. p 1 0 0 0 Ga Gaston ton p. p 1 0 0 0 0 1 Grown p. p 0 0 0 0 p 0 0 0 1 Hadley p. p 0 0 0 0 Burke p. p 1 0 0 0 2 2110 1 10 boss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Barne 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 3 35 10 6 26 6 Totals Total 30 13 27 11 Boss batted for Hadley In third Jones ran for tor Ruel In sixth Barnes Danes batted for In eIghth Henna Kenna batted batted for Brown In ninth SCORE DY BY Io INNINGS INGS Xe NewYork York 1 8 I 5 0 0 0 8 Washington 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 SUMMARY Runs Koenig I. I Gehris 2 Ruth Durocher West Vest Rice Error Runs batted bated In 3 3 Durocher Combs 2 Harris Bluege Gehrig Ruth Two base Two bas West hits Harris Reeves Three base Three bas hit hll Stolen base base- Meu l Durocher 2 2 Double play play Collins to Dugan Left Let on New bases York 12 Washington 15 Bases on Off balls 4 off of Hoyt 4 off ot Draxton Braxton 3 ott or Hadley 1 1 oft or Burke Durke 2 2 ort off Gaston I oft oCt Drown Brown 2 Struck out out-DY 2 2 by Hoyt I 1 by Hadley 1 1 by Burke I 1 by Gaston Gaton I. I 1 hIlts IUs Ort Off Pip gra 31 1 In 6 3 5 Innings off ot Hoyt 2 In 2 3 2 3 innIngs ort ott Draxton Braston S 5 In 2 1 ort ott Hadley 1 In 3 2 Inning oft oCt Burke I In I 3 innings ort oft Gaston I 2 In 2 innings ort ott Brown none In 1 Inning Winning Winning pitcher Ls Losing nl pitcher Draxton Ito In Dineen and