Detroit's Hank Greenberg set some new ML record milestones today but it wasn't enough as the Cleveland Indians came from behind to defeat the Tigers 8-5. Greenberg hit 2hr's in the game giving him 81 on the year and added 4rbi to give him a season total of 201! Though the Tigers lost, the 2nd place NY Yankees also lost to Boston making the Magic # 2 for Detroit to clinch the pennant.
BOXSCORE: 1938 Cleveland Indians At 1938 Detroit Tigers 9/24/1938
Indians AB R H RBI AVG Tigers AB R H RBI AVG
L.Lary SS 5 2 2 1 .264 D.Walker LF 4 1 2 0 .310
R.Weatherly CF 5 1 2 1 .322 C.Morgan CF 4 2 2 0 .273
E.Averill RF 5 1 2 3 .336 C.Gehringer 2B 4 0 0 1 .308
J.Heath LF 5 0 1 0 .331 H.Greenberg 1B 4 2 2 4 .313
H.Trosky 1B 3 2 2 1 .338 P.Fox RF 4 0 0 0 .303
F.Pytlak C 4 0 0 0 .278 B.Rogell SS 4 0 1 0 .270
K.Keltner 3B 3 1 1 1 .291 B.Tebbetts C 4 0 1 0 .395
J.Kroner 2B 2 1 1 1 .214 M.Christman 3B 3 0 0 0 .255
M.Harder P 3 0 0 0 .175 A-B.McCoy PH 1 0 0 0 .000
T.Bridges P 2 0 0 0 .182
R.Lawson P 0 0 0 0 .130
H.Eisenstat P 1 0 0 0 .160
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Totals 35 8 11 8 Totals 35 5 8 5
A-Pinch Hit For Christman In 9th Inning
Indians......... 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 1 - 8 11 0
Tigers.......... 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 8 0
Indians (78-67) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
M.Harder WIN(16-13) 9 8 5 5 0 1 2 4.75
Totals 9 8 5 5 0 1 2
Tigers (89-57) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
T.Bridges 5 7 5 5 2 2 1 4.46
R.Lawson LOSS(14-6) 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 5.34
H.Eisenstat 3 3 2 2 0 2 1 2.78
Totals 9 11 8 8 4 4 2
ATTENDANCE- 29,312 DATE- Saturday, September 24th 1938 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:38
LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 5 Tigers: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 0 Tigers: 2
DOUBLES- L.Lary(35th), R.Weatherly(9th), J.Kroner(17th), D.Walker(26th)
TRIPLES- H.Trosky(15th)
HOME RUNS- E.Averill(18th), H.Trosky(20th), H.Greenberg-2(81st)
STOLEN BASES- L.Lary(26th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- K.Keltner
WALKS- H.Trosky, J.Kroner-2, M.Harder
STRIKE OUTS- R.Weatherly, E.Averill, J.Kroner, M.Harder, H.Greenberg
GIDP- L.Lary, F.Pytlak
WILD PITCHES- R.Lawson
2-out RBI- H.Greenberg-4, L.Lary, R.Weatherly, E.Averill-3
RLISP 2-out- M.Harder, L.Lary, H.Greenberg, B.McCoy
WEB GEMS- Top 4th: Charlie Gehringer robbed Hal Trosky of a base hit.
Mel Harder had a complete game as the Cleveland Indians beat the Detroit
Tigers by a score of 8 to 5.
Detroit was unable to recover after Cleveland went ahead in the 6th inning
plating one baserunner. Hal Trosky tripled. One out later, Ken Keltner came
to bat and hit a sacrifice fly. John Kroner then drew a walk. Roxie Lawson
then was wild with a pitch. Harder came to the plate and drew a walk.
Cleveland managed 11 hits in their victory.
Harder(16-13) was the winner allowing 5 runs for the game. Lawson(14-6) was
given the loss in relief. He gave up 1 run and 1 hit in 1 inning.
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