GEHRIG'S 6 RBIs KEY YANKS ROUT
ChiSox Gaston Falls for 21st Time
NEW YORK, Aug. 27 (AP) - Major league RBI leader Lou Gehrig drove in a
season-high six runs to lead the New York Yankees past the Chicago White Sox
15-7 at Yankee Stadium. It was the tenth straight loss for the White Sox,
exceeding their previous worst such streak of nine and equaling the longest
losing streak in the American League this year. Both the Philadelphia
Athletics and Washington Senators have lost 10 games in a row this season.
The two clubs combined to walk 19 batters, tied for the most in a nine-inning
big league game this year. The A's and Boston Red Sox combined to walk 19
in a contest at Fenway Park on July 8.
Chicago starter Milt Gaston surrendered nine runs (six earned) in just 3 1/3
innings of work and saw his record fall to 3-21. The 21 losses are easily
the highest total for a pitcher in either league.
The Yankees jumped on Gaston for three runs in the bottom of the first
inning. Frankie Crosetti led off with a double and scored on Jack
Saltzgaver's two-bagger. Saltzgaver then came home on Ben Chapman's sixth
home run of the season.
The White Sox got a run back in the third when Mule Haas walked and scored two
batters later when Saltgaver committed an error on Luke Appling's grounder.
But New York tallied three more times in the home half of the third.
Chapman drew a one-out walk and moved to second when Jackie Hayes booted
Gehrig's tailor-made double play ball. Tony Lazzeri then singled to fill
the bases. George Selkirk's grounder led to a force of Chapman at home to
give Gaston a brief reprieve, but Myril Hoag's walk forced in a run and Art
Jorgens' base hit plated two more to give the Yankees a 6-1 advantage.
Hank Madjeski's two-run homer off Jimmy DeShong in the top of the fourth briefly
made it a game again, cutting the deficit to 6-3, but the Yankees broke the game
open once and for all in the bottom of the inning. Crosetti and Saltzgaver
opened the frame by drawing back-to-back walks from Gaston. Chapman's
roller to the mound resulted in the first out but advanced the baserunners to
second and third. Gehrig's base hit plated both runners, upping the lead
to 8-3, and ended the day for Gaston. He was replaced by Joe Heving who
struck out Lazzeri for the second out but then yielded a two-run homer to George
Selkirk to give New York a 10-3 lead.
The game was never really competitive again. Gehrig hit his major league
leading 42nd home run of the season, a three-run shot, in the sixth off Heving
to make the score 13-3 and then he and Selkirk each drove in a run in the
seventh to put the Yankees on top 15-3.
Chicago tallied a total of five consolation runs over the final two innings off
reliever Russ Van Atta, but it was far too little too late.
With the loss the White Sox have now dropped 20 of their last 24 games.
8/27/1934, ChA34-NYA34, Yankee Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1934 White Sox 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 4 8 12 1 12 2 1934 Yankees 3 0 3 4 0 3 2 0 x 15 14 2 8 3 White Sox AB R H BI AVG Yankees AB R H BI AVG Swanson rf 4 0 2 0 .263 Crosetti ss 5 3 3 0 .308 Haas cf 4 1 0 0 .256 Saltzgaver 3b 3 4 1 1 .282 Uhlir ph 1 0 0 0 .125 Chapman,B cf 3 2 2 2 .313 Simmons lf 5 1 2 0 .367 Gehrig 1b 4 3 2 6 .383 Appling ss 3 1 1 1 .312 Lazzeri 2b 4 1 1 0 .301 Dykes 1b 4 1 1 0 .263 Selkirk lf 4 2 2 3 .385 Hayes,J 2b 2 1 1 3 .304 Byrd lf 0 0 0 0 .295 Hopkins 3b 5 1 2 1 .163 Hoag rf 4 0 0 1 .296 Madjeski c 5 2 2 2 .206 Jorgens c 5 0 2 2 .216 Gaston p 2 0 0 0 .250 DeShong p 3 0 1 0 .262 Heving p 1 0 0 0 .333 Rolfe ph 1 0 0 0 .269 Gallivan p 1 0 0 1 .207 Van Atta p 1 0 0 0 .286 Lyons ph 1 0 1 0 .210 37 15 14 15 38 8 12 8 White Sox INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Gaston L 3-21 3.1 7 9 6 5 0 83 45 8.41 Heving 3.0 6 6 6 3 3 65 35 9.50 Gallivan 1.2 1 0 0 2 0 25 11 5.61 8.0 14 15 12 10 3 173 91 Yankees INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA DeShong W 10-4 7.0 7 3 2 6 3 146 83 3.92 Van Atta 2.0 5 5 5 3 0 48 22 5.72 9.0 12 8 7 9 3 194 105 ChA: Lyons batted for Gallivan in the 9th Uhlir batted for Haas in the 9th NYA: Rolfe batted for DeShong in the 7th Byrd inserted at lf in the 8th E-Hayes,J, Saltzgaver 2. 2B-Lyons(6), Crosetti(33), Saltzgaver(14), Jorgens(3). 3B-Hayes,J(1), Madjeski(3). HR-Madjeski(2), Chapman,B(6), Gehrig(42), Selkirk(1). RBI-Appling(49), Hayes,J 3(19), Hopkins(18), Madjeski 2(28), Gallivan(1), Saltzgaver(45), Chapman,B 2(96), Gehrig 6(144), Selkirk 3(13), Hoag(40), Jorgens 2(16). K-Haas, Simmons, Dykes, Lazzeri, Hoag, Jorgens. BB-Swanson 2, Haas, Appling 2, Dykes, Hayes,J 3, Crosetti, Saltzgaver 3, Chapman,B 2, Gehrig, Lazzeri, Selkirk, Hoag. WP-Gaston. GWRBI: Saltzgaver Temperature: 56, Field: wet, Sky: clear, Wind: out to left at 21 MPH. Attendance: 11,568 Game Time: 2:52