Monday, March 3, 2014

1938 AL Game: Det. at St. Louis

April 26, 1938

Detroit Tiger Hank Greenberg has been the talk of MLB early this season, but his teammate Rudy York grabbed the headlines in Detroit's15-4 pasting of the St. Louis Browns today. York hit 3 home runs and drove in 7 as the Tiger batters lit up the scoreboard. Greenberg added 2 rbi to his AL leading total of 15 and after York's power display, the Tigers have given notice to the rest of the league that they are a force to be reckoned with.

BOXSCORE: 1938 Detroit Tigers At 1938 St. Louis Browns              4/26/1938
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Browns             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  P.Fox RF            4  2  2  2 .310     M.Mazzera LF        5  0  1  0 .200  
  B.Rogell SS         4  1  1  0 .240     J.Bonetti P         0  0  0  0 ----  
  C.Gehringer 2B      6  3  3  2 .265     B.Sullivan C        4  2  1  0 .258  
  H.Greenberg 1B      4  3  3  2 .438     S.West CF           5  0  0  0 .303  
  R.York C            5  3  3  7 .385     B.Bell RF           5  2  4  1 .361  
  D.Walker LF         5  1  2  1 .194     H.Clift 3B          5  0  2  1 .323  
  C.Laabs CF          5  1  1  1 .077     R.Kress SS          5  0  2  1 .333  
  D.Ross 3B           5  0  0  0 .310     G.McQuinn 1B        5  0  3  0 .353  
  S.Coffman P         0  0  0  0 ----     D.Heffner 2B        4  0  1  1 .233  
  E.Auker P           3  1  2  0 .500     O.Hildebrand P      0  0  0  0 .250  
B-M.Christman 3B      0  0  0  0 .000     E.Linke P           0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        A-R.Hughes PH         1  0  0  0 .000  
                                          J.Knott P           0  0  0  0 ----  
                                          L.Tietje P          0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        C-B.Mills PH,LF       1  0  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      41 15 17 15                 Totals      40  4 14  4
 
A-Pinch Hit For Linke In 2nd Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Auker In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Tietje In 8th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 4 6 0  0 1 3  1 0 0  - 15 17  1
Browns.......... 0 1 0  0 0 1  1 0 1  -  4 14  0
 
Tigers (5-3)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
E.Auker WIN(2-0)          6      11   3   2   2   2   0   2.03
S.Coffman SAVE(1st)       3       3   1   1   0   0   0   2.45
Totals                    9      14   4   3   2   2   0
 
Browns (2-6)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
O.Hildebrand LOSS(0-1)    1 1/3   6   8   8   2   1   1  10.61
E.Linke                   0 2/3   2   2   2   0   1   1   9.00
J.Knott                   2 2/3   4   1   1   2   0   1   2.45
L.Tietje                  3 1/3   4   4   4   6   1   1   9.00
J.Bonetti                 1       1   0   0   0   0   0  12.00
Totals                    9      17  15  15  10   3   4
 
ATTENDANCE- 1,458 DATE- Tuesday, April 26th 1938 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:42
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers:10  Browns:12
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 2  Browns: 2
ERRORS- C.Gehringer
DOUBLES- C.Gehringer(3rd), E.Auker, B.Sullivan(4th), B.Bell(1st)
HOME RUNS- R.York-3(5th), C.Laabs(1st)
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Walker
WALKS- P.Fox-2, B.Rogell-2, H.Greenberg-2, R.York, C.Laabs, E.Auker,
       M.Christman, L.Tietje-2
HIT BY PITCH- B.Sullivan
STRIKE OUTS- B.Rogell, D.Walker, C.Laabs, D.Heffner-2
GIDP- B.Rogell, D.Walker, S.West, H.Clift
WILD PITCHES- L.Tietje
2-out RBI- D.Heffner
RLISP 2-out- R.Hughes, C.Gehringer-2, D.Heffner, G.McQuinn-2, L.Tietje,
             M.Mazzera-2, D.Ross-3, R.Kress
 
Rudy York launched 3 homeruns and had 7 RBI at Sportsman's Park as the Detroit
Tigers, running on all cylinders, ripped the St. Louis Browns by a large 15
to 4 margin.
 
York really lit it up for Detroit.  The St. Louis fans let him have it for
what he did to their boys.  He belted a three-run homer in the 1st inning,
popped a two-run clout over the fence in the 2nd inning and cracked a two-run
shot in the 6th inning.  Detroit provided plenty of action in the 1st inning
which saw them score 4 runs on 3 hits and the 2nd inning which saw them plate
6 runs on 5 hits.  Detroit had 17 hits for the game and St. Louis had 14.
 
Elden Auker(2-0) got credit for the victory, pitching 6 innings and allowing 3
runs. Slick Coffman recorded his 1st save.  Oral Hildebrand(0-1) suffered the
loss.  He surrendered 6 hits and 2 walks in 1 and 1/3 innings.  
 
'I had good swings today,' York said, 'Everything felt right'.

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