Her name was Jackie Mitchell, 17 years old, 130#, "lefty". The strikeouts happened at an exhibition game in Chattanooga, TN. on April 2, 1931.
AnswerIt was stunt. Neither Gehrig or Ruth took the at bat seriously. It was a gag. AnswerBabe Dedrickson ZahariasANOTHER POSSIBILITY-
She threw one of every pitch to get them to full count, and then lobbed it so high that they were so used to swinging the Baseball bat like a baseball bat that the last thing they'd think of was swinging it like a driver at a Golf-ball on a golf-tee.
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Carl Hubbell of the New York Giants in the first inning of the 1934 All-Star game.
After striking out Ruth and Gehrig, Hubbell struckout Jimmie Foxx to end the first inning and then struckout Al Simmons and Joe Cronin to start the second inning.