The 2nd game of the 1938 World Series saw the Detroit Tigers and Cincinnati Reds lock up in a tight battle that ended with a 4-3 victory for the visitors from Detroit. The Tigers struck first in the game by scoring 2 runs in the 3rd inning off Reds starter Johnny Vander Meer. Cincinnati came right back in the bottom of the inning on the strength of a 2 run homer by Frank McCormick off George Gill. The teams traded single runs in the 4th inning and the game remained tied 3-3 until the 9th inning. With 1 out in the top of the 9th Detroit manager Del Baker decided to let Roy Cullenbine pinch hit for his starter Gill. Cullenbine tripled to left-center field and after Dixie Walker struckout for out number 2, Baker sent Birdie Tebbetts up to bat for Jo-Jo White. Reds manager Bill McKecknie decided to stick with the lefty Vander Meer but Tebbetts came through with a sharp single to left scoring Cullenbine and giving Detroit a 4-3 lead. Harry Eisenstat came on in relief for the Tigers in the bottom of the 9th and set the Reds down in order for a 4-3 Detroit win. Cincinnati once again out hit Detroit in the game and had a runner thrown out at the plate in the 1st inning, leaving the bases loaded. The teams will travel to Detroit now with the Tigers holding 2-0 lead in the Series.
BOXSCORE: 1938 Detroit Tigers At 1938 Cincinnati Reds 10/6/1938
Tigers AB R H RBI AVG Reds AB R H RBI AVG
D.Walker LF 3 0 0 0 .286 L.Frey 2B 5 1 1 0 .222
J.White CF 4 0 1 1 .250 W.Berger LF 3 1 2 1 .571
B-B.Tebbetts PH 1 0 1 11.000 E-B.Myers PH 1 0 0 0 .000
C-C.Morgan PR,CF 0 0 0 0 .000 F.McCormick 1B 4 1 2 2 .375
C.Gehringer 2B 4 0 0 1 .250 I.Goodman RF 4 0 1 0 .143
H.Greenberg 1B 4 0 0 0 .125 E.Lombardi C 3 0 1 0 .286
R.York C 3 1 1 1 .143 H.Craft CF 4 0 0 0 .125
P.Fox RF 3 0 1 0 .143 L.Riggs 3B 3 0 1 0 .286
B.Rogell SS 4 0 1 0 .250 N.Richardson SS 4 0 1 0 .375
M.Christman 3B 4 1 1 0 .143 J.Vander Meer P 2 0 0 0 .000
G.Gill P 3 1 1 0 .333 D-J.Stein PH 1 0 0 0 .000
A-R.Cullenbine PH 1 1 1 01.000
H.Eisenstat P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 34 4 8 4 Totals 34 3 9 3
A-Pinch Hit For Gill In 9th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For White In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Tebbetts In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Vander Meer In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Berger In 9th Inning
Tigers.......... 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 8 0
Reds............ 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 1
Tigers (2-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
G.Gill WIN(1-0) 8 9 3 3 3 1 1 3.38
H.Eisenstat SAVE(1st) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Totals 9 9 3 3 3 1 1
Reds (0-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Vander Mee LOSS(0-1) 9 8 4 4 3 2 1 4.00
Totals 9 8 4 4 3 2 1
ATTENDANCE- 9,553 DATE- Thursday, October 6th 1938 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:19
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 8 Reds: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0 Reds: 1
ERRORS- N.Richardson
DOUBLES- B.Rogell(1st), L.Frey(2nd)
TRIPLES- R.Cullenbine(1st)
HOME RUNS- R.York(1st), F.McCormick(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- L.Riggs
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Walker, J.Vander Meer
SACRIFICE FLIES- C.Gehringer
WALKS- D.Walker, R.York, P.Fox, W.Berger, E.Lombardi, L.Riggs
STRIKE OUTS- D.Walker, R.York, H.Craft
GIDP- R.York
2-out RBI- W.Berger, B.Tebbetts
RLISP 2-out- E.Lombardi, H.Craft-2, L.Frey, H.Greenberg, R.York-2, P.Fox-2,
D.Walker
The Detroit Tigers and the Cincinnati Reds locked up in an exciting one-run
game at Crosley Field. The final score was the Detroit Tigers 4, the
Cincinnati Reds 3.
The game was decided in the top of the 9th inning. After an out was recorded,
Roy Cullenbine tripled. Dixie Walker got his chance to keep things going,
but he went down on strikes. Birdie Tebbetts then slapped a single. Detroit
rapped out 8 hits for the afternoon.
George Gill(1-0) got the win allowing 3 runs in 8 innings. Gill got relief
help from Harry Eisenstat who gained credit for his 1st save. Johnny Vander
Meer(0-1) absorbed the loss.
'I had a little blister on my index finger before the game, but I thought it
was nothing.' Gill said. 'I was lucky I got a win because I couldn't put the
ball where I wanted it.'
*** TOP OF INNING 1 ***
0 D.Walker 4- 4 10 0 Line Out b-0
1 J.White 4-12 9 0 Line Out b-0
2 C.Gehringer 6- 7 17 0 Line Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 1 ***
0 L.Frey 5- 9 0 Fly Out b-0
1 W.Berger 3- 8 0 Walk b-1
1 1 F.McCormick 1- 9 0 Single 1-3 b-1
1 1 3 I.Goodman 6- 3 0 Fielders Choice 3-o 1-2 b-1
2 12 E.Lombardi 4- 2 0 Walk 2-3 1-2 b-1
2 123 H.Craft 5-10 0 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 2 ***
0 H.Greenberg 4- 9 0 1 Base Error - SS b-1
0 1 R.York 4-11 0 Ground Out Double Play 1-o b-0
2 P.Fox 6- 9 0 Walk b-1
2 1 B.Rogell 3- 4 0 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 2 ***
0 L.Riggs 5- 3 2 0 Single b-1
0 1 N.Richardso 4-10 0 Fly Out b-0
1 1 J.Vander Me 0 Sac Bunt 1-2 b-0
2 2 L.Frey 3- 6 0 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 3 ***
0 M.Christman 1- 5 0 Single b-1
0 1 G.Gill 0 Single 1-2 b-1
0 12 D.Walker 0 Sac Bunt 2-3 1-2 b-0
1 23 J.White 2- 3 0 Fielders Choice 3-H 2-3 b-1
1 1 3 C.Gehringer 2- 7 0 Sac Fly 3-H 1-2 b-0
2 2 H.Greenberg 2-11 0 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 3 ***
0 W.Berger 2- 2 9 0 Single b-1
0 1 F.McCormick 5- 5 10 0 Home Run 1-H b-H
0 I.Goodman 5- 8 0 Fly Out b-0
1 E.Lombardi 1- 8 0 Single b-1
1 1 H.Craft 2- 5 0 Foul Out b-0
2 1 L.Riggs 6-11 0 Force Play 1-o b-1
*** TOP OF INNING 4 ***
0 R.York 1- 8 0 Home Run b-H
0 P.Fox 1- 6 0 Single b-1
0 1 B.Rogell 1- 5 0 Force Play 1-o b-1
1 1 M.Christman 6- 4 0 Fly Out b-0
2 1 G.Gill 4- 5 0 Pop Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 4 ***
0 N.Richardso 2-10 0 Line Out b-0
1 J.Vander Me 6- 7 0 Ground Out b-0
2 L.Frey 1- 5 13 0 Double b-2
2 2 W.Berger 5- 6 18 0 Single 2-H b-1
2 1 F.McCormick 5- 3 0 Fly Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 5 ***
0 D.Walker 1- 5 0 Walk b-1
0 1 J.White 3- 7 0 Single 1-3 b-1
0 1 3 C.Gehringer 4- 7 0 Ground Out 1-2 b-0
1 23 H.Greenberg 3-12 0 Ground Out b-0
2 23 R.York 0 Int Walk b-1
2 123 P.Fox 2- 9 0 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 5 ***
0 I.Goodman 5- 2 0 Fly Out b-0
1 E.Lombardi 5-10 0 Ground Out b-0
2 H.Craft 2- 6 0 Strike Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 6 ***
0 B.Rogell 2-10 0 Double b-2
0 2 M.Christman 3- 6 0 Ground Out b-0
1 2 G.Gill 5-12 0 Ground Out 2-3 b-0
2 3 D.Walker 3- 8 0 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 6 ***
0 L.Riggs 5- 4 13 0 Line Out b-0
1 N.Richardso 3- 9 0 Single b-1
1 1 J.Vander Me 5- 4 5 0 Line Out b-0
2 1 L.Frey 2- 5 17 0 Line Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 7 ***
0 J.White 6- 5 20 0 Fly Out b-0
1 C.Gehringer 3- 9 0 Ground Out b-0
2 H.Greenberg 1- 6 18 0 Fly Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 7 ***
0 W.Berger 2- 3 0 Ground Out b-0
1 F.McCormick 5- 7 0 Ground Out b-0
2 I.Goodman 5- 4 1 0 Single b-1
2 1 E.Lombardi 6- 8 0 Pop Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 8 ***
0 R.York 3- 9 0 Strike Out b-0
1 P.Fox 1-10 5 0 Line Out b-0
2 B.Rogell 5- 2 0 Fly Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 8 ***
0 H.Craft 2-10 0 Fly Out b-0
1 L.Riggs 3- 5 0 Walk b-1
1 1 0 Caught Stealing 1-o
2 N.Richardso 5- 7 0 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 9 ***
0 M.Christman 2- 7 0 Ground Out b-0
SUBSTITUTE PH- Roy Cullenbine
1 R.Cullenbin 1-10 0 Triple b-3
1 3 D.Walker 4- 8 0 Strike Out b-0
SUBSTITUTE PH- Birdie Tebbetts
2 3 B.Tebbetts 3- 5 0 Single 3-H b-1
SUBSTITUTE PR- Chet Morgan
2 1 C.Gehringer 2-11 0 Foul Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 9 ***
SUBSTITUTE CF- Chet Morgan
SUBSTITUTE P - Harry Eisenstat
SUBSTITUTE PH- Justin Stein
0 J.Stein 1- 6 0 Ground Out b-0
1 L.Frey 4- 9 0 Ground Out b-0
SUBSTITUTE PH- Billy Myers
2 B.Myers 0 Ground Out b-0
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