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CHICAGO, Sept. 8 (AP) - Lou Gehrig became just the fourth major leaguer this
year to hit three home runs in a game and drove in five to lead the New York
Yankees to a 7-4 victory over the Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park. The
win pulls the Yankees to within 1/2 game of the first place Detroit Tigers in
the American League standings. It was the fifth multi-home run game of the
season for Gehrig, most of any big league player, and it was the fifth time this
year that Gehrig has driven in at least five runs in a single contest, also the
most of any major leaguer.
The Yankees took the lead--one they would never surrender--in the top of the
fourth, courtesy of Gehrig. Babe Ruth opened the inning with a base hit
and Gehrig hammered a George Earnshaw offering into the lower right field
grandstand for his major league best 43rd homer of the season.
In the sixth, Gehrig increased the New York advantage to three with his second
long ball of the game, a solo shot, also off Earnshaw.
The White Sox finally dented the scoreboard in the bottom of the frame.
Luke Appling drew a two-out free pass from Yankees starter Johnny Broaca and
Jimmy Dykes followed with one of his four hits on the game, a double to the
left-center field gap, scoring Appling to cut the deficit to 3-1.
But Gehrig came through yet again in the eighth inning. Ruth singled
leading off an inning for the second consecutive time and was replaced at first
by pinch runner Sammy Byrd. Gehrig wasted no time, unloading on a 1-0
offering from Earnshaw and depositing the ball over wall in right-center for his
third home run of the game.
The White Sox got a run back in the home half of the frame when Zeke Bonura
doubled and ultimately scored on Marty Hopkins' base hit, but New York pushed
two more runs across the plate in the ninth. Frank Crosetti reached first
with one out on Appling's error and Red Rolfe tripled him home. Byrd, who
stayed in the game after running for Ruth, then drove home Rolfe with a base
hit. That brought Gehrig to the plate with a chance to hit his fourth home
run of the game but instead he rolled into an inning-ending double play.
Still, the Yankees took a 7-2 lead into the bottom of the ninth.
The White Sox then made the Yankees sweat. Evar Swanson led off the inning
with a base hit and then third baseman Rolfe botched Jocko Conlan's double play
grounder for an error, leaving runners on first and second with no outs.
Russ Van Atta replaced Broaca on the mound and retired Al Simmons on a fly ball
to left but walked Bonura to load the bases. Consecutive base hits by
Appling and Dykes each drove in a run, making the score 7-4 with the potential
winning run coming to the plate and only one out. But Van Atta retired
Hopkins on fly to shallow center, with the runners holding, and then induced
Hank Madjeski to pop to Gehrig at first to end the game.
9/8/1934, NYA34-ChA34, Comiskey Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1934 Yankees 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 7 9 1 6 0 1934 White Sox 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 12 3 13 2 Yankees AB R H BI AVG White Sox AB R H BI AVG Crosetti ss 4 1 1 0 .307 Swanson rf 5 1 1 0 .256 Rolfe 3b 5 1 1 1 .267 Conlan cf 4 1 2 0 .236 Ruth lf 4 1 2 0 .275 Simmons lf 5 0 1 0 .364 Byrd pr 1 1 1 1 .300 Bonura 1b 4 1 1 0 .278 Gehrig 1b 4 3 3 5 .380 Appling ss 3 1 1 1 .312 Chapman,B cf 2 0 0 0 .315 Dykes 2b 5 0 4 2 .274 Lazzeri 2b 4 0 0 0 .308 Hayes,J pr 0 0 0 0 .303 Selkirk rf 4 0 0 0 .381 Hopkins 3b 4 0 1 1 .162 Jorgens c 4 0 0 0 .194 Madjeski c 4 0 1 0 .202 Broaca p 4 0 1 0 .036 Earnshaw p 2 0 0 0 .110 Van Atta p 0 0 0 0 .286 Gallivan p 1 0 0 0 .212 36 7 9 7 37 4 12 4 Yankees INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Broaca W 8-10 8.0 10 4 3 5 3 143 79 4.57 Van Atta 1.0 2 0 0 1 0 21 15 5.65 9.0 12 4 3 6 3 164 94 White Sox INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Earnshaw L 10-13 7.0 7 5 5 4 7 129 73 4.55 Gallivan 2.0 2 2 1 0 1 37 21 5.80 9.0 9 7 6 4 8 166 94 NYA: Byrd ran for Ruth in the 8th Byrd moved to rf in the 8th Selkirk moved to lf in the 8th ChA: Hayes,J ran for Dykes in the 9th E-Rolfe, Bonura, Appling, Dykes. 2B-Bonura(33), Dykes(17). 3B-Rolfe(3). HR-Gehrig 3(45). RBI-Rolfe(18), Gehrig 5(160), Byrd(21), Appling(52), Dykes 2(59), Hopkins(21). SB-Chapman,B(24). CS-Dykes. K-Ruth 2, Lazzeri 2, Selkirk, Jorgens, Broaca 2, Swanson, Bonura, Hopkins. BB-Crosetti, Gehrig, Chapman,B 2, Conlan, Bonura, Appling 2, Hopkins, Madjeski. HBP-Earnshaw. HB-Broaca. GWRBI: Gehrig Temperature: 74, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: left to right at 14 MPH. Attendance: 12,506 Game Time: 2:36