1938 AL Game: Boston at Detroit. Greenberg hits #59 in loss to Yankees.

August 5, 1938

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 ----  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         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.