The New York Yankees came into Detroit for a big 3 game series between the top 2 teams in the AL. It would be the last time these teams would meet during the regular season and NY took game 1 by a score of 4-3. In today's contest, Yankee pitcher Lefty Grove was looking to become the 1st 20 game winner in the AL. After getting staked to a 3-0 lead in the 2nd inning Grove was chased from the mound in the 3rd by a big Tiger inning that featured Hank Greenberg hitting a 3 run bomb, giving Detroit the lead. The Tigers went on to score 7 in the inning and won a slugfest 9-8 over NY. Greenberg hit another hr later in the game, his league leading, record setting 76th of the season and had 5 rbi in the game. His rbi total is now at a league high of 190, one away from the ML record set by Hack Wilson of the NL in 1930. The win moved the Tigers ahead of 2nd place NY to 4.5 games.
BOXSCORE: 1938 New York Yankees At 1938 Detroit Tigers 9/16/1938
Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Tigers AB R H RBI AVG
F.Crosetti SS 3 1 2 0 .276 R.Cullenbine LF 1 1 1 1 .171
R.Rolfe 3B 5 2 2 1 .294 A-C.Morgan CF 2 0 1 0 .276
T.Henrich RF 5 1 1 1 .221 D.Walker CF,LF 4 0 0 0 .306
J.Dimaggio CF 4 0 1 0 .316 C.Gehringer 2B 4 2 3 1 .303
L.Gehrig 1B 4 1 2 3 .294 H.Greenberg 1B 4 2 2 5 .313
B.Dickey C 3 1 1 1 .340 R.York C 5 0 0 0 .305
C-B.Dahlgren PR 0 0 0 0 .231 P.Fox RF 4 1 0 0 .305
G.Selkirk LF 4 0 1 0 .242 B.Rogell SS 3 1 2 0 .273
J.Gordon 2B 4 2 0 0 .225 M.Christman 3B 4 1 1 2 .260
L.Gomez P 1 0 1 2 .098 G.Gill P 2 1 2 0 .300
W.Ferrell P 2 0 0 0 .111 H.Eisenstat P 0 0 0 0 .167
B-J.Powell PH 1 0 0 0 .238
S.Sundra P 0 0 0 0 .130
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Totals 36 8 11 8 Totals 33 9 12 9
A-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Cullenbine In 4th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Ferrell In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Dickey In 9th Inning
Yankees......... 0 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 - 8 11 0
Tigers.......... 0 0 7 0 0 2 0 0 - 9 12 0
Yankees (78-59) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
L.Gomez 2 2/3 7 7 7 3 0 1 2.65
W.Ferrell LOSS(8-15) 3 1/3 3 2 2 4 2 1 5.95
S.Sundra 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 3.20
Totals 8 12 9 9 8 4 2
Tigers (83-55) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
G.Gill 5 2/3 9 8 8 5 1 0 4.86
H.Eisenstat W(10-5)B(4th) 3 1/3 2 0 0 2 1 0 2.70
Totals 9 11 8 8 7 2 0
ATTENDANCE- 20,523 DATE- Friday, September 16th 1938 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 3:01
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 9 Tigers: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 2 Tigers: 1
DOUBLES- L.Gehrig(34th), G.Gill
HOME RUNS- H.Greenberg-2(76th)
STOLEN BASES- F.Crosetti(34th), J.Gordon(10th)
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Walker
SACRIFICE FLIES- L.Gehrig
WALKS- F.Crosetti-2, J.Dimaggio, B.Dickey-2, G.Selkirk, J.Gordon,
R.Cullenbine-2, C.Gehringer, H.Greenberg, P.Fox, B.Rogell, G.Gill,
H.Eisenstat
STRIKE OUTS- J.Gordon, W.Ferrell, D.Walker, H.Greenberg, R.York-2
GIDP- G.Selkirk, D.Walker, M.Christman
PASSED BALLS- B.Dickey
2-out RBI- M.Christman-2, R.Cullenbine, R.Rolfe, T.Henrich, L.Gehrig-2
RLISP 2-out- T.Henrich, M.Christman, D.Walker-2, C.Morgan, J.Dimaggio,
B.Dickey-2, G.Selkirk-2
Hank Greenberg launched 2 homeruns and had 5 RBI as the Detroit Tigers beat
the New York Yankees by a score of 9 to 8.
Greenberg enjoyed a fine day at the plate. He lost the ball over the fence
for three runs in the 3rd inning and cracked a two-run shot in the 6th
inning. Detroit totaled 12 hits on the afternoon.
Harry Eisenstat(10-5) went 3 and 1/3 innings allowing no runs for the win. Wes
Ferrell(8-15) ended up with the loss in relief. He pitched 3 and 1/3 innings
giving up 3 hits and 4 walks.
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