Game 5 of the 1938 World Series at Briggs Stadium in Detroit was a thriller won by the Cincinnati Reds by the score of 2-1. Down 3 games to 1 the Reds had their backs to the wall and faced elimination at the hands of the Tigers. Cincinnati starter Johnny Vander Meer and Detroit's Tommy Bridges locked up in a scoreless dual until the bottom of the 7th inning. With runners on 1st and 2nd and 2 outs, Detroit's manager Del Baker decided to pinch hit for Bridges. Birdie Tebbetts came through with a run scoring single and the Tigers had the first lead of the game, 1-0. Cincinnati came to bat in the 9th inning desperately trying to find a way to score a run, and they did. Tiger reliever Slick Coffman got the first out of the inning and looked to have out number 2 with a strikeout of Frank McCormick. But Detroit catcher Rudy York couldn't hold on to the 3rd strike and in a "RARE PLAY", McCormick made it down to 1st safely. The Reds went on to load the bases and with 2 out Harry Craft singled in 2 runs. The Tigers went down in order in the bottom of the 9th and Cincinnati escaped with a 2-1 victory. The Series will now shift back to Cincinnati for Game 6 with Detroit holding a 3 games to 2 lead.
BOXSCORE: 1938 Cincinnati Reds At 1938 Detroit Tigers 10/10/1938
Reds AB R H RBI AVG Tigers AB R H RBI AVG
L.Frey 2B 3 0 0 0 .300 D.Walker LF 4 0 0 0 .200
D-D.Lang PH,2B,3B 1 0 0 0 .000 C.Morgan CF 4 0 3 0 .353
N.Richardson SS 3 0 0 0 .316 C.Gehringer 2B 4 0 0 0 .143
E-D.Cooke PH 1 0 0 0 .000 H.Greenberg 1B 3 0 0 0 .222
G-W.Hershberger SS 0 0 0 0 ---- R.York C 3 0 0 0 .118
F.McCormick 1B 3 0 2 0 .409 P.Fox RF 4 0 0 0 .211
E.Lombardi C 4 1 1 0 .318 B.Rogell SS 3 1 0 0 .250
I.Goodman RF 3 1 0 0 .150 M.Christman 3B 2 0 0 0 .133
W.Berger LF 4 0 1 0 .429 T.Bridges P 2 0 0 0 .000
H.Craft CF 4 0 1 2 .227 A-B.Tebbetts PH 1 0 1 11.000
L.Riggs 3B 2 0 0 0 .176 H.Eisenstat P 0 0 0 0 ----
B-J.Stein PH,3B,2B 1 0 1 0 .500 S.Coffman P 0 0 0 0 ----
J.Vander Meer P 2 0 0 0 .000 J.Wade P 0 0 0 0 ----
C-B.Myers PH 1 0 0 0 .000
L.Grissom P 0 0 0 0 ----
J.Weaver P 0 0 0 0 ----
F-L.Gamble PH 1 0 0 0 .000
J.Cascarella P 0 0 0 0 ----
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 33 2 6 2 Totals 30 1 4 1
A-Pinch Hit For Bridges In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Riggs In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Vander Meer In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Frey In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Richardson In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Weaver In 9th Inning
G-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Cooke In 9th Inning
Reds............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 6 0
Tigers.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 4 2
Reds (2-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Vander Mee 7 3 1 1 4 5 0 2.81
L.Grissom 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
J.Weaver WIN(1-0) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
J.Cascarella SAVE(2nd) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Totals 9 4 1 1 4 5 0
Tigers (3-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
T.Bridges 7 3 0 0 0 5 0 0.56
H.Eisenstat HOLD(1st) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
S.Coffman L(0-1) BS(1st) 0 2/3 2 2 0 2 0 0 4.50
J.Wade 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Totals 9 6 2 0 2 6 0
ATTENDANCE- 36,686 DATE- Monday, October 10th 1938 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:13
LEFT ON BASE- Reds: 7 Tigers: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Reds: 1 Tigers: 0
ERRORS- R.York, P.Fox
DOUBLES- E.Lombardi(2nd), W.Berger(1st), C.Morgan(2nd)
TRIPLES- J.Stein(1st)
WALKS- I.Goodman, J.Stein, H.Greenberg, R.York, B.Rogell, M.Christman
STRIKE OUTS- L.Frey, N.Richardson, F.McCormick, L.Riggs, J.Vander Meer, B.Myers,
D.Walker-3, P.Fox, B.Rogell
CATCHERS INTERFERENCE- F.McCormick
2-out RBI- B.Tebbetts, H.Craft-2
RLISP 2-out- H.Greenberg, R.York, P.Fox-2, N.Richardson, D.Walker, D.Lang,
J.Stein, L.Gamble-2
In a great finish the Cincinnati Reds came back in the top of the ninth and
held on to win over the Detroit Tigers by a score of 2 to 1 at Briggs
Stadium.
Cincinnati erupted with the game winning runs in the 9th inning with 2 runs on
2 hits. After an out was recorded, Frank McCormick keyed the rally when he
reached on an error. Ernie Lombardi was next and he doubled. Ival Goodman
then was walked intentionally to load the bases. After another out, Harry
Craft came to the plate and stroked a single. Justin Stein came to the plate
and drew a walk to load the bases. The game was a scoreless duel until the
7th inning.
Jim Weaver(1-0) got the win allowing no runs in 1/3 of an inning. Joe
Cascarella got the save, his 2nd. Slick Coffman(0-1) was the losing pitcher
in relief.
Bill McKechnie was all smiles after the game, 'To pull a game out in your last
at bats, is a beautiful feeling - and did you see how quiet it got out there?
You could have heard a pin drop when we took the lead. But, hey, that's what
makes baseball so great - as the great sage Yogi Berra says, 'it's not over
'til its over.'
*** TOP OF INNING 1 ***
0 L.Frey 6- 5 0 Strike Out b-0
1 N.Richardso 4- 6 0 Strike Out b-0
2 F.McCormick 3- 4 1 0 Single b-1
2 1 E.Lombardi 2- 7 0 Fly Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 1 ***
0 D.Walker 3- 7 0 Strike Out b-0
1 C.Morgan 2- 7 0 Double b-2
1 2 C.Gehringer 6- 7 15 0 Line Out b-0
2 2 H.Greenberg 6- 9 0 Walk b-1
2 12 R.York 6- 9 0 Walk 2-3 1-2 b-1
2 123 P.Fox 4- 7 0 Strike Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 2 ***
0 I.Goodman 1- 9 0 Ground Out b-0
1 W.Berger 3-10 0 Foul Out b-0
2 H.Craft 2- 9 0 Pop Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 2 ***
0 B.Rogell 4- 7 0 Strike Out b-0
1 M.Christman 2- 5 0 Ground Out b-0
2 T.Bridges 6- 7 17 0 Line Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 3 ***
0 L.Riggs 5- 6 0 Strike Out b-0
1 J.Vander Me 3- 6 0 Strike Out b-0
2 L.Frey 3- 9 0 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 3 ***
0 D.Walker 1- 4 0 Ground Out b-0
1 C.Morgan 2- 7 0 Single b-1
1 1 C.Gehringer 5- 7 18 0 Fly Out b-0
2 1 H.Greenberg 4- 4 18 0 Line Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 4 ***
0 N.Richardso 6- 4 0 Ground Out b-0
1 F.McCormick 4- 7 0 Strike Out b-0
2 E.Lombardi 5- 7 0 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 4 ***
0 R.York 6- 7 16 0 Line Out b-0
1 P.Fox 2- 9 0 Ground Out b-0
2 B.Rogell 5- 4 0 Foul Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 5 ***
0 I.Goodman 3-10 0 Ground Out b-0
1 W.Berger 6-12 0 Ground Out b-0
2 H.Craft 2- 5 0 Foul Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 5 ***
0 M.Christman 5- 7 14 0 Fly Out b-0
1 T.Bridges 1- 3 0 Ground Out b-0
2 D.Walker 2- 9 0 Strike Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 6 ***
0 L.Riggs 3- 7 0 Fly Out b-0
1 J.Vander Me 5- 3 0 2 Base Error - RF b-2
1 2 L.Frey 6-10 14 0 Line Out b-0
2 2 N.Richardso 5- 4 0 Pop Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 6 ***
0 C.Morgan 1- 9 0 Ground Out b-0
1 C.Gehringer 2- 8 0 Pop Out b-0
2 H.Greenberg 2- 6 0 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 7 ***
0 F.McCormick 1- 9 0 Single b-1
0 1 E.Lombardi 4- 3 0 Fly Out b-0
1 1 I.Goodman 4- 4 0 Fly Out b-0
2 1 W.Berger 1- 6 13 0 Double 1-o b-2
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 7 ***
0 R.York 3-10 0 Ground Out b-0
1 P.Fox 1-10 11 0 Line Out b-0
2 B.Rogell 1- 4 0 Walk b-1
2 1 M.Christman 6- 9 0 Walk 1-2 b-1
SUBSTITUTE PH- Birdie Tebbetts
2 12 B.Tebbetts 1- 7 0 Single 2-H 1-2 b-1
2 12 D.Walker 3- 7 0 Strike Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 8 ***
SUBSTITUTE P - Harry Eisenstat
0 H.Craft 3- 5 0 Ground Out b-0
SUBSTITUTE PH- Justin Stein
1 J.Stein 2- 2 0 Triple b-3
SUBSTITUTE PH- Billy Myers
1 3 B.Myers 6- 8 0 Strike Out b-0
SUBSTITUTE PH- Don Lang
2 3 D.Lang 5- 6 0 Fly Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 8 ***
SUBSTITUTE P - Lee Grissom
SUBSTITUTE 2B- Don Lang
SUBSTITUTE 3B- Justin Stein
SUBSTITUTE 3B- Don Lang
SUBSTITUTE 2B- Justin Stein
0 C.Morgan 2-10 0 Single b-1
0 1 C.Gehringer 0 Pop Out Double Play 1-o b-0
SUBSTITUTE P - Jim Weaver
2 H.Greenberg 5-10 0 Pop Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 9 ***
SUBSTITUTE P - Slick Coffman
SUBSTITUTE PH- Dusty Cooke
0 D.Cooke 4- 4 0 Ground Out b-0
1 F.McCormick 6-10 0 Catchers Interference - C b-1
1 1 E.Lombardi 1- 7 18 0 Double 1-3 b-2
1 23 I.Goodman 0 Int Walk b-1
1 123 W.Berger 3- 3 0 Force Play 3-o 2-3 1-2 b-1
2 123 H.Craft 6- 7 8 0 Single 3-H 2-H 1-2 b-1
2 12 J.Stein 5-11 0 Walk 2-3 1-2 b-1
SUBSTITUTE PH- Lee Gamble
SUBSTITUTE P - Jake Wade
2 123 L.Gamble 2-10 0 Fly Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 9 ***
SUBSTITUTE P - Joe Cascarella
SUBSTITUTE SS- Willard Hershberger
0 R.York 6- 4 0 Fly Out b-0
1 P.Fox 4-10 0 Ground Out b-0
2 B.Rogell 2- 6 0 Line Out b-0
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