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Yankees 10 @ Tigers 7
Briggs Stadium
August 3, 1938

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees, played on August 3, 1938 at Briggs Stadium. The home team Tigers were bested by the visiting Yankees with a score of 10 to 7.

Game Summary

DateAugust 3, 1938 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 10 H: 17 E: 2 LOB: 11
Runs: 10
Hits: 17
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 7 H: 15 E: 1 LOB: 13
Runs: 7
Hits: 15
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 13
Winning PitcherJohnny Murphy  
Losing PitcherHarry Eisenstat  
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Game Winning RBIBill Dickey 

Game Info

DateAugust 3, 1938 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherRed Ruffing  
Home Starting PitcherElden Auker  
BallparkBriggs Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance20,000 
Time of Game3 hours 12 minutes 
UmpiresHP: George Moriarty
1B: Lou Kolls
2B: (none)
3B: Bill Grieve

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Frankie Crosetti  Shortstop 
Red Rolfe  Third Baseman 
Tommy Henrich  Right Fielder 
Joe DiMaggio  Center Fielder 
Lou Gehrig  First Baseman 
Bill Dickey  Catcher 
George Selkirk  Left Fielder 
Joe Gordon  Second Baseman 
Red Ruffing  Pitcher 
Joe McCarthy  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jo-Jo White  Left Fielder 
Billy Rogell  Shortstop 
Charlie Gehringer  Second Baseman 
Hank Greenberg  First Baseman 
Pete Fox  Right Fielder 
Chet Morgan  Center Fielder 
Rudy York  Catcher 
Mark Christman  Third Baseman 
Elden Auker  Pitcher 
Mickey Cochrane  Manager 

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Yankees 10 @ Tigers 7
Briggs Stadium
August 3, 1938

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/3/1938 -- New York at Detroit (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Crosetti F, ss        5  1  2  0   White J, lf           5  0  1  0   
Rolfe R, 3b           5  1  3  1   Rogell B, ss          6  1  0  0   
Henrich T, rf         5  1  1  0   Gehringer C, 2b       5  2  3  1   
DiMaggio J, cf        6  2  3  2   Greenberg H, 1b       5  3  3  1   
Gehrig L, 1b          4  1  2  1   Fox P, rf             6  1  2  1   
Dickey B, c           6  0  1  2   Morgan C, cf          5  0  1  0   
Selkirk G, lf         5  0  0  0   York R, c             5  0  2  2   
Gordon J, 2b          5  3  2  2   Christman M, 3b       5  0  2  2   
Ruffing R, p          3  1  3  2   Auker E, p            0  0  0  0   
Murphy J, p           2  0  0  0   Benton A, p           3  0  0  0   
                                   Eisenstat H, p        2  0  1  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     46 10 17 10                        47  7 15  7

New York         210 002 101 03 -- 10
Detroit          012 011 002 00 --  7

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Ruffing R             8.0 11  5  4  4  5
Murphy J (W)          3.0  4  2  2  2  3

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Auker E               1.1  4  3  3  3  0
Benton A              5.0  5  3  3  4  1
Eisenstat H (L)       4.2  8  4  4  0  2

E -- Gehringer C, Gordon J, DiMaggio J
DP -- Detroit 3
LOB -- New York 11, Detroit 13
2B -- York R, Dickey B, DiMaggio J, Gehringer C 2
HR -- Ruffing R, Gordon J
SB -- Morgan C, Fox P
SH -- Ruffing R
T -- 3:12
A -- 20000

    

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