1938 AL Game: Det. at NY. Greenberg Hits #50

July 17, 1938

Elden Auker pitched a fine game and Hank Greenberg hit his 50th homerun of the season while the Detroit Tigers put an end to their 6 game losing streak by defeating the New York Yankees 5-3. Auker lost his bid for a shutout in the 9th inning when Lou Gehrig connected for his 15th homerun of the year, but the Yankees came up short in their comeback effort.

BOXSCORE: 1938 Detroit Tigers At 1938 New York Yankees              7/17/1938
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Walker LF         4  0  0  0 .279     F.Crosetti SS       3  0  0  1 .306  
  C.Morgan CF         4  0  3  2 .242     R.Rolfe 3B          3  0  0  1 .257  
  C.Gehringer 2B      5  0  0  0 .316     T.Henrich RF        3  0  0  0 .228  
  H.Greenberg 1B      5  1  3  1 .330     J.Dimaggio CF       5  0  1  0 .311  
  R.York C            4  1  1  1 .304     L.Gehrig 1B         4  1  1  1 .294  
  P.Fox RF            5  1  1  0 .309     B.Dickey C          3  1  2  0 .357  
  M.Christman SS      4  1  2  0 .294     G.Selkirk LF        4  0  0  0 .190  
  S.Coffman P         0  0  0  0 .000     J.Gordon 2B         3  1  1  0 .235  
  D.Ross 3B           4  1  2  1 .273     S.Chandler P        2  0  1  0 .146  
  E.Auker P           2  0  0  0 .258   A-M.Hoag PH           1  0  0  0 .245  
C-B.Rogell SS         0  0  0  0 .239     I.Andrews P         0  0  0  0 .000  
                                        B-A.Jorgens PH        0  0  0  0 .167  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      37  5 12  5                 Totals      31  3  6  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Chandler In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Andrews In 9th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Auker In 9th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 2 0  0 0 2  1 0 0  -  5 12  0
Yankees......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 3  -  3  6  0
 
Tigers (53-28)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
E.Auker WIN(9-1)          8 1/3   6   3   3   6   3   1   5.31
S.Coffman SAVE(10th)      0 2/3   0   0   0   2   0   0   4.41
Totals                    9       6   3   3   8   3   1
 
Yankees (42-34)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
S.Chandler LOSS(6-8)      7      10   5   5   4   1   2   3.17
I.Andrews                 2       2   0   0   0   2   0   1.66
Totals                    9      12   5   5   4   3   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 29,091 DATE- Sunday, July 17th 1938 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:21
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers:11  Yankees:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 2  Yankees: 0
DOUBLES- H.Greenberg(7th), P.Fox(23rd)
HOME RUNS- H.Greenberg(50th), R.York(28th), L.Gehrig(15th)
SACRIFICE HITS- E.Auker-2
WALKS- D.Walker, C.Morgan, R.York, M.Christman, F.Crosetti, R.Rolfe-2,
       T.Henrich-2, B.Dickey, J.Gordon, A.Jorgens
HIT BY PITCH- F.Crosetti
STRIKE OUTS- D.Walker, C.Gehringer, R.York, G.Selkirk, J.Gordon, S.Chandler
GIDP- G.Selkirk-2
2-out RBI- C.Morgan-2
RLISP 2-out- D.Walker-3, T.Henrich, E.Auker, R.York, C.Gehringer-2, L.Gehrig,
             M.Christman, J.Dimaggio-2
 
First baseman Hank Greenberg left the yard at Yankee Stadium as the Detroit
Tigers beat the New York Yankees 5 to 3.
 
Elden Auker(9-1) gave a fine effort for Detroit.  He was reached for 6 hits
and 6 walks in 8 and 1/3 innings.  For the game Detroit out-hit New York 12
to 6.  
 
Slick Coffman recorded the save, his 10th.  Spud Chandler(6-8) was tagged with
the loss.  He was knocked around by Detroit, allowing 10 hits and 4 walks in
7 innings.  
 
'Thankfully we got ourselves a win', Auker said.  'It's great to be back on
the winning side of things.'