Detroit's Hank Greenberg hit HR #61 in the 7th inning, breaking Babe Ruth's single season record of 60 set in 1927. As if that were not enough, he blasted #62, a grandslam in the 8th inning. This gave Hank 6 rbi in Detroit's 8-3 win over the St. Louis Browns.
BOXSCORE: 1938 Detroit Tigers At 1938 St. Louis Browns 8/14/1938
Tigers AB R H RBI AVG Browns AB R H RBI AVG
J.White LF 5 2 3 0 .283 M.Almada CF 4 0 0 0 .302
B.Rogell SS 4 1 1 1 .254 G.McQuinn 1B 3 1 1 1 .330
C.Gehringer 2B 5 1 0 0 .309 B.Mills LF 3 1 1 0 .282
H.Greenberg 1B 6 2 3 6 .324 H.Clift 3B 2 0 0 0 .277
P.Fox RF 4 0 2 0 .309 B.Bell RF 3 0 0 0 .236
C.Morgan CF 5 1 2 0 .261 R.Kress SS 3 0 0 0 .307
B.Tebbetts C 5 1 2 0 .400 B.Sullivan C 3 0 2 2 .344
M.Christman 3B 5 0 0 1 .268 D.Heffner 2B 4 0 0 0 .269
V.Kennedy P 4 0 2 0 .313 B.Newsom P 3 1 1 0 .203
A-M.Mazzera PH 1 0 0 0 .305
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Totals 43 8 15 8 Totals 29 3 5 3
A-Pinch Hit For Newsom In 9th Inning
Tigers.......... 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 - 8 15 0
Browns.......... 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 5 3
Tigers (67-37) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
V.Kennedy WIN(9-7) 9 5 3 3 6 1 0 5.48
Totals 9 5 3 3 6 1 0
Browns (39-62) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
B.Newsom LOSS(11-14) 9 15 8 8 6 8 2 4.64
Totals 9 15 8 8 6 8 2
ATTENDANCE- 2,551 DATE- Sunday, August 14th 1938 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- George Moriarty, Emmett Ormsby, George Pipgras,
T- 2:50
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers:14 Browns: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 2 Browns: 1
ERRORS- G.McQuinn, D.Heffner, B.Newsom
DOUBLES- B.Newsom
TRIPLES- B.Tebbetts(4th)
HOME RUNS- H.Greenberg-2(62nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- C.Morgan
SACRIFICE FLIES- G.McQuinn
WALKS- J.White, B.Rogell-2, C.Gehringer, P.Fox, V.Kennedy, B.Mills, H.Clift-2,
B.Bell, R.Kress, B.Sullivan
STRIKE OUTS- B.Rogell, C.Gehringer-2, H.Greenberg-3, M.Christman, V.Kennedy,
D.Heffner
GIDP- B.Tebbetts, R.Kress, D.Heffner
2-out RBI- H.Greenberg, B.Rogell, B.Sullivan-2
RLISP 2-out- C.Morgan, C.Gehringer-4, H.Greenberg-4, B.Sullivan, J.White,
D.Heffner, M.Christman
Hank Greenberg knocked 2 homeruns and Vern Kennedy completed the game without
help from the bullpen as the very strong Detroit Tigers bested the St. Louis
Browns 8 to 3 at Sportsman's Park.
Greenberg was a source of great heartache for the St. Louis faithful all day.
He just kept pounding out hits! He banged out a single which scored a run in
the 1st inning, ripped a solo home run in the 7th inning and launched a
rocket-shot out of the park for a Grand Slam homerun in the 8th inning.
Detroit rapped out 15 hits for the afternoon.
Kennedy(9-7), allowing 3 runs for the game, picked up the victory. Bobo
Newsom(11-14) was given the loss. He was hit hard and gave up 15 hits and 6
walks in 9 innings.
'I had a big day, but there's a lot of credit to go around' Greenberg said.
'We played well together as a team.'
