Friday, February 28, 2014

1938 AL Game: Det. at St. Louis

April 25, 1938

Detroit 1st baseman Hank Greenberg hit 2 home runs today in a 7-3 victory over the St. Louis Browns. Greenberg has now hit 8 home runs in 7 games to start the '38 season for the Tigers.

BOXSCORE: 1938 Detroit Tigers At 1938 St. Louis Browns              4/25/1938
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Browns             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  P.Fox RF            4  0  1  0 .280     M.Mazzera LF        5  1  3  1 .200  
  B.Rogell SS         3  1  0  0 .238     B.Sullivan C        5  0  1  0 .259  
  C.Gehringer 2B      4  0  0  0 .214     S.West CF           2  1  1  0 .357  
  H.Greenberg 1B      4  2  2  2 .393     B.Bell RF           4  0  2  1 .290  
  R.York C            2  1  0  1 .333     H.Clift 3B          4  0  1  0 .308  
  D.Walker LF         4  1  1  0 .161     R.Kress SS          4  0  1  0 .321  
  C.Laabs CF          3  1  0  0 .000     G.McQuinn 1B        4  0  1  1 .310  
  D.Ross 3B           5  1  3  1 .375     D.Heffner 2B        4  0  1  0 .231  
  V.Kennedy P         5  0  2  1 .286     E.Cole P            2  0  0  0 .000  
                                          E.Linke P           0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        A-R.Hughes PH         1  0  0  0 .000  
                                          J.Bonetti P         0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        B-S.Harshaney PH      1  1  1  0 .333  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  7  9  5                 Totals      36  3 12  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Linke In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Bonetti In 9th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 1 0  3 1 1  0 1 0  -  7  9  0
Browns.......... 0 0 1  0 0 1  0 0 1  -  3 12  1
 
Tigers (4-3)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
V.Kennedy WIN(1-0)        9      12   3   3   2   6   0   4.73
Totals                    9      12   3   3   2   6   0
 
Browns (2-5)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
E.Cole LOSS(0-1)          5 2/3   5   6   5  10   1   1   7.94
E.Linke                   1 1/3   2   0   0   1   1   0   0.00
J.Bonetti                 2       2   1   1   0   1   1  18.00
Totals                    9       9   7   6  11   3   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 2,094 DATE- Monday, April 25th 1938 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- George Pipgras, , George Moriarty, Emmett  Ormsby
T- 2:38
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers:11  Browns: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 2  Browns: 2
ERRORS- E.Cole
DOUBLES- P.Fox(2nd), D.Ross(2nd), V.Kennedy, B.Sullivan(3rd)
TRIPLES- M.Mazzera(1st)
HOME RUNS- H.Greenberg-2(8th)
WALKS- P.Fox, B.Rogell-2, C.Gehringer, H.Greenberg, R.York-3, D.Walker,
       C.Laabs-2, S.West-2
STRIKE OUTS- H.Greenberg, C.Laabs, V.Kennedy, S.West, H.Clift-2, R.Kress-2,
             R.Hughes
GIDP- C.Gehringer, C.Laabs, B.Sullivan, G.McQuinn
WILD PITCHES- E.Cole
2-out RBI- D.Ross, V.Kennedy, R.York, H.Greenberg, M.Mazzera
RLISP 2-out- H.Greenberg-2, E.Cole, C.Gehringer, H.Clift, C.Laabs-2, P.Fox,
             B.Rogell, D.Ross, D.Walker-2, D.Heffner-2, R.Kress, V.Kennedy,
             B.Sullivan
WEB GEMS- Top 8th: Don Heffner robbed Billy Rogell of a base hit.
 
 
Hank Greenberg smashed 2 homeruns and Vern Kennedy pitched a complete game at Sportsman's Park as the Detroit Tigers beat the St. Louis Browns by the count of 7 to 3. Detroit tallied 3 runs in the 4th inning. St. Louis out-hit Detroit 12 to 9, but Detroit ended up with more runs. Kennedy(1-0) was the winner allowing 3 runs for the game. The loss was charged to Ed Cole(0-1). He couldn't find the strike zone and allowed 10 walks in 5 and 2/3 innings.

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