YANKS CONTINUE STREAK WITH THRASHING OF A'S
8th Straight Win for NY; 9th Straight Loss for PHI
NEW YORK, Apr. 26 (AP) - Two teams opening the season in very different
circumstances continued their trends. The New York Yankees improved to 8-0
on the young season, hitting five home runs in a 21-5 pounding of the
Philadelphia Athletics at Yankee Stadium. With the loss the A's fell to
0-9 on the year. Babe Ruth belted a pair of long balls and was joined by
Tony Lazzeri, Lou Gehrig and Myril Hoag, each of whom hit one for New
York. Johnny Allen (1-0) was the beneficiary of this embarrassment of
offensive riches.
The Yankees scored first, pushing a run across in the bottom of the opening
frame when Ruth hit the first of his two home runs into the lower right field
grandstand.
New York then effectively put the game away in the bottom of the third with an
eight-run outburst. Allen drew a lead-off walk from A's starter Roy
Mahaffey and scored when Frank Crosetti tripled. Earl Combs followed with
a double to make it 3-0. A two-base error charged to Eric McNair allowed
Ruth to reach and Combs to score, giving New York a 4-0 lead. Consecutive
singles by Gehrig, Ben Chapman, Lazzeri and Bill Dickey plated three more runs
and ended Mahaffey's day. He was replaced on the mound by Harry Matusek
and he was greeted by Don Heffner's two-run double, which put the Yankees on top
9-0.
Bob Johnson's two-run home run in the top of the fourth put the A's on the board
and McNair's RBI triple in the sixth cut the lead to 9-3 but the Yankees scored
four more times in the bottom of the sixth. Ruth cracked a three-run home
run following consecutive singles by Crosetti and Combs and Dickey's RBI single
plated Gehrig to make the score 13-3.
Gehrig, Lazzeri and Dickey all brought home runs in the seventh to up the New
York advantage to 16-3. After Pinky Higgins' two-run double brought
Philadelphia to within 11 runs in the top of the eighth, the Yankees
plated five more runs in the bottom half of the inning. Hoag, who had come
in for defense in the blow out in the eighth, belted a three-run homer and was
immediately followed by Gehrig's round-tripper. One out later, Lazzeri's
homer finally capped the scoring.
Following an off-day for both clubs, the Yankees will try to continue their
wining streak when they host the Red Sox. The A's will look for their
first win when they travel to Washington to play the Senators.
4/26/1934, PhA34-NYA34, Yankee Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1934 Athletics 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 5 9 2 7 2 1934 Yankees 1 0 8 0 0 4 3 5 x 21 22 0 7 0 Athletics AB R H BI AVG Yankees AB R H BI AVG Warstler 2b 5 0 0 0 .220 Crosetti ss 6 4 4 1 .429 Finney,L cf 4 0 1 0 .143 Combs cf 6 3 3 1 .314 Coleman rf 5 0 0 0 .200 Ruth rf 5 3 3 4 .324 Foxx 1b 3 2 1 0 .147 Hoag rf 1 1 1 3 1.000 Johnson,B lf 4 2 3 2 .429 Gehrig 1b 6 3 4 2 .421 Higgins 3b 4 1 3 2 .382 Chapman,B lf 2 1 1 1 .323 McNair ss 4 0 1 1 .243 Byrd lf 1 0 0 0 .333 Hayes,F c 3 0 0 0 .231 Lazzeri 3b 5 2 2 3 .333 Cramer ph 1 0 0 0 .270 Dickey c 5 1 2 3 .500 Berry c 0 0 0 0 .000 Heffner 2b 5 0 1 2 .429 Mahaffey p 1 0 0 0 .667 Allen,J p 3 2 1 0 .200 Matuzak p 1 0 0 0 .000 DeShong p 0 1 0 0 .000 Miller ph 0 0 0 0 .000 45 21 22 20 McKeithan p 1 0 0 0 .000 36 5 9 5 Athletics INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Mahaffey L 0-1 2.0 8 9 8 1 0 51 31 8.16 Matuzak 4.0 7 4 4 2 1 64 40 10.80 McKeithan 2.0 7 8 8 4 0 52 28 27.00 8.0 22 21 20 7 1 167 99 Yankees INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Allen,J W 1-0 7.0 9 5 5 3 7 110 71 8.25 DeShong 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 25 16 0.00 9.0 9 5 5 3 8 135 87 PhA: Miller batted for Matuzak in the 7th Cramer batted for Hayes,F in the 8th Berry inserted at c in the 8th NYA: Hoag inserted at rf in the 8th Byrd inserted at lf in the 8th E-Higgins, McNair. 2B-Johnson,B(2), Higgins(2), Combs(1), Heffner(2). 3B-McNair(1), Crosetti(1). HR-Johnson,B(3), Ruth 2(4), Gehrig(2), Lazzeri(1), Hoag(1). RBI-Johnson,B 2(7), Higgins 2(6), McNair(3), Crosetti(2), Combs(3), Ruth 4(15), Gehrig 2(11), Chapman,B(10), Lazzeri 3(8), Dickey 3(11), Heffner 2(13), Hoag 3(4). K-Finney,L, Coleman 4, Johnson,B, McNair, Hayes,F, Heffner. BB-Finney,L, Foxx, Miller, Chapman,B 3, Lazzeri, Dickey, Allen,J, DeShong. WP-Allen,J. GWRBI: Ruth Temperature: 55, Field: wet, Sky: threatening, Wind: left to right at 7 MPH. Attendance: 6,493 Game Time: 2:26