For the second game in a row, Babe Ruth hits a grand slam home run as the Yanks roll to a 13 – 1 win over the A’s in the lidlifter. Mickey Cochrane homers in his one at bat for the A’s only run as the Yankees score 10 runs in the first two innings. George Pipgras is the winner. The A’s take the nitecap, 4 – 2, as George Earnshaw goes eight innings for the win.

On August 7, 1929 — For the second game in a row, Babe Ruth hits a grand slam home run as the Yanks roll to a 13 – 1 win over the A’s in the lidlifter. Mickey Cochrane homers in his one at bat for the A’s only run as the Yankees score 10 runs in the first two innings. George Pipgras is the winner. The A’s take the nitecap, 4 – 2, as George Earnshaw goes eight innings for the win.

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