The Boston Red Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers 7-1 behind the superb pitching of Lefty Grove. Grove only allowed 2 hits to the Tigers, but one of the hits was Hank Greenberg's 59th homerun of the season. Greenberg's now only 1 short of tying Ruth's MLB record.
BOXSCORE: 1938 Boston Red Sox At 1938 Detroit Tigers 8/5/1938
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Tigers AB R H RBI AVG
D.Cramer CF 5 1 2 0 .289 J.White LF 3 0 0 0 .282
J.Vosmik LF 3 1 0 0 .281 B.Rogell SS 4 0 0 0 .253
J.Foxx 1B 5 1 1 1 .381 C.Gehringer 2B 4 0 0 0 .313
J.Cronin SS 4 3 2 0 .296 H.Greenberg 1B 3 1 1 1 .330
B.Chapman RF 4 1 4 1 .344 R.York C 3 0 0 0 .306
B.Doerr 2B 5 0 1 0 .285 P.Fox RF 3 0 0 0 .299
J.Tabor 3B 3 0 0 3 .143 C.Morgan CF 3 0 0 0 .239
G.Desautels C 4 0 0 1 .281 M.Christman 3B 2 0 0 0 .288
L.Grove P 4 0 1 0 .128 E.Auker P 0 0 0 0 .244
A-T.Piet PH 1 0 1 0 .083
S.Coffman P 0 0 0 0 .000
B-C.Laabs PH 1 0 0 0 .244
A.Benton P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 37 7 11 6 Totals 27 1 2 1
A-Pinch Hit For Auker In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Coffman In 8th Inning
Red Sox......... 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 7 11 1
Tigers.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 2 3
Red Sox (45-45) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
L.Grove WIN(10-7) 9 2 1 1 2 6 1 3.94
Totals 9 2 1 1 2 6 1
Tigers (63-34) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
E.Auker LOSS(11-2) 6 8 5 5 3 3 0 4.99
S.Coffman 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 4.57
A.Benton 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 4.09
Totals 9 11 7 7 5 5 1
ATTENDANCE- 16,321 DATE- Friday, August 5th 1938 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- John Quinn, Joseph Rue, William Summers,
T- 2:21
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox:10 Tigers: 2
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 2 Tigers: 1
ERRORS- J.Foxx, J.White, B.Rogell, E.Auker
TRIPLES- D.Cramer(6th)
HOME RUNS- J.Foxx(41st), H.Greenberg(59th)
SACRIFICE HITS- E.Auker
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Tabor, G.Desautels
WALKS- J.Vosmik-2, J.Cronin, B.Chapman, J.Tabor, J.White, M.Christman
STRIKE OUTS- J.Tabor-2, G.Desautels-2, L.Grove, J.White, H.Greenberg, R.York-3,
C.Laabs
GIDP- B.Doerr, B.Rogell-2
WILD PITCHES- E.Auker
RLISP 2-out- L.Grove, J.White, G.Desautels-2, J.Cronin
Ben Chapman had 4 hits and Lefty Grove didn't allow a hit until the 6th inning
as the Boston Red Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers by the score of 7 to 1 at
Briggs Stadium.
Grove(10-7) was virtually untouchable. He was stingy on the mound, allowing
just 2 hits and 2 walks in 9 innings. The left-handed Grove lost a no-hitter
when Tony Piet singled with nobody out in the 6th inning. Boston finished
with 11 hits in the victory.
Elden Auker(11-2) was charged with the loss. Wth the win Boston now has a
record of 45-45. Detroit has a record of 63-34 after the loss.
