GEHRIG, RUTH, AND LAZZERI ALL HAVE THEIR MOMENTS, BUT GAME 3 BELONGED TO LOU!
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | LOB | DP | ||
| ’27 NEW YORK YANKEES | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| ’HOUSTON BABIES | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
RUETHER VS. MAHONEY
Dutch Reuther was ruthless. He surrendered 4 hits and 6 walks on the day, but they were scattered – and only good for 2 Babies runs over the course of his 6.2 innings on the mound. Stepping carefully around the patty-swept cow pasture, the urban gents from the Bronx rose again to the occasion, with homers by Gehrig and Dugan producing the kind of beef it takes to win under the worst of conditions. Only 85 people were counted in standing room only attendance – and most of them were farmhands that happened to be walking by the nearby dirt road when they sied what was going on. The rest were members of the George family and their ranch hands.
Marie “Red” Mahoney gave it a stout effort on the mound for the Babies, but the former girls’ league star couldn’t hold back the tide of Yankee determination. She gave up 10 hits and 3 walks in her 5.2 innings of work, but they were bunched close enough to yield the first 5 runs that determined the outcome of the game, Babies relievers gave up another 3 to bring the final score to 8-2, Yankees. One more win and the ’27 Yankees will have swept the Babies and ended the Houston club’s record of having defeated 3 great clubs in a row without ever having lost a single previous time.
THE YANKEE ASSAULT
Mark Koenig and Lou Gehrig got Yankee scoring started today in the 4th with twin doubles to right center around a Mahoney strikeout of Ruth. Joe Dugan followed in the 5th with a solo homer to left to make it 2-0, Yankees. Then came the game-crusher 6th, with Mahoney still pitching. After the Yankees pinged their way to two more runs with singles, and two outs, manager Dorrill pulled Mahoney in favor of Tony Cavender coming in to pitch to Lou Gehrig. with Combs and Koenig on 3rd and 1st.
First pitch lightning struck. Gehrig launched a monster home run to right center that completely cleared a four-hundred year old oak tree that was 30 feet tall and 500 feet from home plate. Right fielder Bob Stevens called time out to clean his shoes after retrieving the ball. In doing his duty, Stevens had run far beyond the pre-game patty-search area. Cavender then got Meusel on a deep fly to left to retire the side.
The Yankees led the Babies, 7-0, through 6.
BABIES SCORE BEHIND HOLLAND
The Babies finally got on the board in the bottom of the 7th. Catcher Jo Hale led off with a double, but had to hold when pinch hitter Martin went out on an easy pop fly to 2nd. Jimmy Disch then reached on an easy single to left that kept Jo Hale at 3rd, but allowed Disch to take 2nd on the Yankees’ lack of attention to his base-running abilities. Bill Hale then line to 3rd for the 2nd out, but Old Reliable, Phil Holland, blasted a hard and long single to left center that scored both J Hale and Disch. Larry Joe Miggins the flied to left to retire the side. Through the 7th, the score stood 7-2, ’27 Yankees.
Manager Dorrill used Matt Rejmaniak to shutdown the Yankees in the 8th, but the Babies could take advantage in their half. In the top of the 9th, Dorrill surprised everyone by bringing in Mike Vance, his listed Game 4 starter to itch in relief. The Yanks scored a final run when Koenig walked, moved to 2nd on a ground ball by Ruth, and the came in on single by Lou Gehrig. It was Gehrig’s third hit and fourth RBI on the day.
PRIOR TO GAME 3, THE ’27 YANKEES HAD THEIR TEAM PICTURE TAKEN AT GEORGE RANCH COW PASTURE FIELD # 2.
REMEMBER: IT’S ONLY A GAME
The ’27 Yankees now hold a 3-0 lead in series wins and need only one more game to finish the hard fighting and good-natured Houston Babies. As far as we know, Mike Vance still gets the possibly last mound call for the Babies. He will be opposed by Urban Shocker of the Yankees.
ZZ TOP, GREAT FOOD, AND POST-GAME FUN SAVE THE DAY
The band, ZZ Top, that traveled with the Babies to 1927 did the umpiring today and everybody was quite impressed by the authority of the game calls by the men with long red beards. And everybody had fun at the post game ZZ Top concert. Using their trademark rendition of “LaGrange” to lead things off, ZZ Top attracted a straggling few extra fans for the music that none of these folks from 1927 rural America had ever heard before today.
After the concert, the teams, the musicians, and several of the cranks retired to the George Ranch for a supper that included beef brisket and chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes and gravy, carrots, Lima beans, spinach, lettuce an tomatoes, ranch dressing, onions, jalapenos, catfish, crawfish, macaroni and cheese, Austin baked beans, home made biscuits, apple, cherry, and peach cobbler pies and Blue Bell ice cream, with iced tea, Lone Star beer or milk to drink.
The teams spent the night in the George Ranch bunk house so they can be fresh and ready to go in Game 4 at 3:00 PM this afternoon. Look for that report tomorrow. We will have to wait until Friday to know the answer to the question that’s on everyone’s minds: Is this the the end of the Houston Babies chances against the 1927 Yankees? Or will this be the start of an incredible turnaround?
There’s that oak tree that Gehrig’s homer cleared..
GAME THREE BOX SCORE: 27 YANKEES at HOUSTON JUNE 5, 1927.
| ’27 YANKEES (G3) | POS | AB | R | H | RBI | K | W | BA |
| COMBS | CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .385 |
| KOENIG | SS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .308 |
| RUTH | RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| GEHRIG | 1B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| MEUSEL | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .091 |
| LAZZERI | 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .308 |
| DUGAN | 3B | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .364 |
| BENGOUGH | C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .400 |
| RUETHER | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| MOORE | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| THOMAS | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| TOTALS | 39 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 7 | ||
BATTING:
2BH: KOENIG (2), GEHRIG (3); BENGOUGH (1)
HR: GEHRIG (1), DUFGAN (1)
S: MOORE (1)
RBI: COMBS (1), RUTH (1), GEHRIG 4 (5), DUGAN (1), MOORE (1)
HBP: KOENIG (1)
TEAM LOB: 13
BASERUNNING: Nothing.
FIELDING:
PB: BENGOUGH (1)
PITCHING:
| ’27 YANKEES (G3) | RECORD | 1P | H | R | ER | K | W | BF | ERA |
| RUETHER | W, 1-0 | 6.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 2.70 |
| MOORE | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0.00 | |
| THOMAS | .1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| TOTALS | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 41 | —- |
| BABIES (G3) | POS | AB | R | H | RBI | K | W | BA |
| DISCH | SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .182 |
| B HALE | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .143 |
| HOLLAND | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| MIGGINS | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 |
| A HAJDUK | LF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 |
| BURNS | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | O | O | .125 |
| J HALE | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 |
| STEVENS | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .125 |
| MAHONEY | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| CAVENDER | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| MARTIN | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| REJMANIAK | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Z HAJDUK | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| VANCE | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| TOTALS | 33 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
BATTING:
2BH: B HALE (1), J HALE (1)
S: MAHONEY (1)
RBI: HOLLAND (2)
TEAM LOB: 12
BASERUNNING:
SB: BURNS (1)
FIELDING:
DP: 1
PITCHING:
| BABIES (G3) | RECORD | 1P | H | R | ER | K | W | BF | ERA |
| MAHONEY | L, 0-1 | 5.2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 7.94 |
| CAVENDER | 1.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4.50 | |
| REJMANIAK | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0.00 | |
| Vance | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9.00 |
TIME: 2 HOURS 23 MINUTES
ATTENDANCE: 85
UMPIRES: ZZ TOP
FAN OF THE DAY: THE COW THAT BROUGHT THE “EAT MORE CHIK-N” SIGN.
UNEXPECTED EVENT OF THE DAY: The 7 extra people from 1927 that showed up for the post game music concert after hearing ZZ Top playing at home plate for the first time as they were riding their horses down the dirt road that runs by the George Ranch.
The Pecan Park Eagle 
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