The Larger-Than-Life 1927 Yankees
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
| HOUSTON BABIES | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| 1927 NY YANKEES | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – | – | 3 | 9 | 1 |
As they proved again in Game 2 of their current series with the Houston Babies, the 1927 New York Yankees are not a club that simply kills by the power of fatal force. Like a late night cocktail laced with cyanide, the Yankee hosts possess the ability to ut an opponent to sleep for a much longer sleep than they had planned. And it sort of happened that way in Game 2.
The Babies had been nursing a 2-0 lead over New York since the first inning behind Larry Hajduk as the Yankees struggled with the loss of starter Herb Pennock for the series with a strained left throwing arm after six. Thomas, Shawkey, and Moore handled the 7th, 8th, and 9th in a scoreless relief effort for the Yankees, but it wasn’t until the 8th that New York broke through for 3 runs against Hajduk and reliever Patrick Lopez that the Bronx cheers took a positive turn.
Bob Shawkey (W, 1-0) got the win for New York. Patrick Lopez (L, 0-1) took the loss for Houston. Pennock is now lost to the Yankees for the balance of the series and we shall have to wait and see how the Yankees adapt to that missing weapon in their heavily armed mound corps.
Miller Huggins & Company
Babies Bounce and Rattle Yanks in 1st.
The Houston Babies came out playfully in the first. After Herb Pennock took out Mark Hudec on a swinging third strike, four consecutive singles by Robert Pena, Zach Hajduk, Deacon Jones, and Tom Murrah pushed the Babies into a 2-0 lead that they would hold for almost the entire game.
Pennock Out with Arm Pain.
The quickly settled into a further scoreless pitching duel between Hajduk of the Babies and Pennock of the Yankees until the top of the 7th. That’s when Pennock discovered prior to his first pitch of the inning that his left arm was suddenly hurting him too much to continue, Fearing tendon damage, manager Huggins pulled his ace lefty in favor reliever Miles Thomas. Thomas swiftly disposed of the Babies and then left the game in the bottom of the 7th for a pinch hitter.
Bob Shawkey took over the pitching for the ’27 Yankees in the top of the 8th. The Babies cracked him for singles by Jones and Murrah again, but they couldn’t score.
Yanks Rally in 8th
With one out in the bottom of the 8th, Mark Koenig lashed a triple into the right field gap off Larry Hajduk. A walk to Babe Ruth then prompted manager Bob Dorrill to rest the tiring Hajduk. In came Patrick Lopez to pitch for Houston. Lou Gehrig then bounced a grounder to the right side that rolled between the legs of 2nd baseman Tom Murrah. Koenig scored on the error with Ruth and Gehrig holding at 2nd and 1st.
Bob Meusel then hit a little lopsided roller to third that worked like an unintentional bunt. Mark Hudec charged the ball in time to throw out Meusel at first as Ruth and Gehrig moved to 3rd and 2nd with two outs.
Then came the “Snake from San Francisco” – Tony Lazzeri.
Lazzeri lashed 2-2 pitch to deep left center for 2-run RBI double. With Ruth and Gehrig now scoring the tying and go-ahead runs, the Yankees had taken a 3-2 lead they would never relinquish.
Lopez then got Joe Dugan on a pop fly to 3rd for out number three, but the damage was done. Ace reliever Wilcy Moore came in to shut down the Babies after walking Bob Stephens to start the 9th inning
Their fate through two was now sealed to an o-2 deficit in games won fiar, square, and impressively by the ’27 Yankees.
What Now?
The clubs will take today off for travel to Houston. The teams will remain in the 1927 time zone, and will have to deal with all realities pertaining to Houston in that era. The two clubs will arrive by train at the downtown Union Station at 10:15 PM this evening. Their Game 3 will be played at the George Ranch Cow Pasture No. 2 at 3:00 PM Wednesday (our time). Results of Game 3 will be reported here at the Pecan Park Eagle on Thursday of this week (our time).
Game 3 Pitching Match Ups
Dutch Reuther takes the mound for the 1927 Yankees in Game 3. He will square off against Marie “Red” Mahoney of the Houston Babies.
Post Game Comments:
Bob Dorrill: “Nobody ever said this was going to be easy.”
Mike McCroskey: “…or even possible!”
Babies Club (in unison): SHUT UP, McCROSKEY!!!”
GAME TWO BOX SCORE: BABIES AT ’27 YANKEES; JUNE 4, 1927.
| BABIES (G2) | POS | AB | R | H | RBI | K | W | BA |
| HUDEC | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 |
| PENA | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| Z HAJDUK | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .0 | .250 |
| JONES | 1B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .750 |
| MURRAH | 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .400 |
| SCHMELTER | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| STEVENS | CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| DORRILL | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| MARTIN | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| L HAJDUK | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| LOPEZ | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | — |
| McCROSKEY | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| TOTALS | 34 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
BATTING:
2BH: MARTIN (1);
RBI: JONES (1), MURRAH (1)
TEAM LOB: 7
BASERUNNING:
SB: Z HAJDUK (1), JONES (1), MURRAH (1)
CS: JONES (1)
FIELDING:
E: PENA (1), MURRAH (1)
DP: 1
PITCHING:
| BABIES (G2) | RECORD | 1P | H | R | ER | K | W | BF | ERA |
| L HAJDUK | 7.1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 1.23 | |
| LOPEZ | BS, 1; L, 0-1 | .2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 |
| TOTALS | 8.0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 34 | ||
| WILD PITCH | L HAJDUK, 1 |
| 27 YANKEES (G2) | POS | AB | R | H | RBI | K | W | BA |
| COMBS | CF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
| KOENIG | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
| RUTH | RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .286 |
| GEHRIG | 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .375 |
| MEUSEL | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| LAZZERI | 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .375 |
| DUGAN | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| MOORE | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| COLLINS | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| PENNOCK | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| THOMAS | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | —- |
| DURST | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| SHAWKEY | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | —- |
| GAZELLA | 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| TOTALS | 33 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
BATTING:
2BH: COMBS (1), GEHRIG (2)
3BH: KOENIG (1)
RBI: LAZZERI 2 (2)
TEAM LOB: 7
FIELDING:
E: Koenig (1)
DP: 0
INJURIES: PENNOCK, ARM STRAIN, OUT FOR REST OF SERIES.
PITCHING:
| 27 YANKEES (G2) | RECORD | 1P | H | R | ER | K | W | BF | ERA |
| PENNOCK | 6.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 3.00 | |
| THOMAS | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | |
| SHAWKEY | W, 1-0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0.00 |
| MOORE | Sv, 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.00 |
| TOTALS | 9.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 36 | ||
TIME: 1 HOURS 56 MINUTES
ATTENDANCE: 61,954
UMPIRES: GROUCHO, HARPO, CHICO, AND ZEPPO
The Pecan Park Eagle 
June 3, 2014 at 3:42 pm |
Who is Bob McCroskey? Mike Dorrill’s cousin?
June 3, 2014 at 4:17 pm |
Thanks for the heads up, Mike, Bob, Shemp or whomever else you may be. You caught me in another of my Casey Stengel moments, all right. Nobody does it better. Earlier. Or more often. Just try to know that I take them exactly as I send them – as amiable signs of good-natured friendship. Now go eat lunch, McCloskie.