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Tigers 12 @ Yankees 6
Yankee Stadium
August 31, 1938

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers, played on August 31, 1938 at Yankee Stadium. The home team Yankees were bested by the visiting Tigers with a score of 12 to 6.

Game Summary

DateAugust 31, 1938 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 12 H: 14 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 12
Hits: 14
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
New York Yankees
R: 6 H: 11 E: 1 LOB: 12
Runs: 6
Hits: 11
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 12
Winning PitcherVern Kennedy  
Losing PitcherSteve Sundra  
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Game Winning RBIHank Greenberg 

Game Info

DateAugust 31, 1938 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamNew York Yankees 
Visiting Starting PitcherAl Benton  
Home Starting PitcherSteve Sundra  
BallparkYankee Stadium 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance7,854 
Time of Game2 hours 15 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill McGowan
1B: Bill Summers
2B: (none)
3B: Bill Grieve

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Chet Morgan  Center Fielder 
Dixie Walker  Left Fielder 
Charlie Gehringer  Second Baseman 
Hank Greenberg  First Baseman 
Rudy York  Catcher 
Pete Fox  Right Fielder 
Tony Piet  Third Baseman 
Mark Christman  Shortstop 
Al Benton  Pitcher 
Del Baker  Manager 

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Frankie Crosetti  Shortstop 
Tommy Henrich  Right Fielder 
Myril Hoag  Left Fielder 
Joe DiMaggio  Center Fielder 
Lou Gehrig  First Baseman 
Babe Dahlgren  Third Baseman 
Joe Gordon  Second Baseman 
Joe Glenn  Catcher 
Steve Sundra  Pitcher 
Joe McCarthy  Manager 

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Yankee Stadium
August 31, 1938

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/31/1938 -- Detroit at New York (D)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Morgan C, cf          5  2  1  0   Crosetti F, ss        3  2  2  0   
Walker D, lf          4  3  2  1   Henrich T, rf         4  2  1  2   
Gehringer C, 2b       3  3  2  1   Hoag M, lf            5  0  3  2   
Greenberg H, 1b       5  2  3  3   DiMaggio J, cf        5  0  1  1   
York R, c             4  1  1  3   Gehrig L, 1b          3  1  1  0   
Fox P, rf             5  1  3  2   Dahlgren B, 3b        5  0  1  1   
Piet T, 3b            4  0  0  1   Gordon J, 2b          3  0  1  0   
Christman M, ss       5  0  2  1   Glenn J, c            4  0  0  0   
Benton A, p           2  0  0  0   Sundra S, p           1  0  0  0   
Kennedy V, p          2  0  0  0   Andrews I, p          3  1  1  0   
                                   Knickerbocker B, ph   1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     39 12 14 12                        37  6 11  6

Detroit          421 301 100 -- 12
New York         012 003 000 --  6

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Benton A*             3.0  5  3  3  4  0
Kennedy V (W)         6.0  6  3  3  4  1

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Sundra S (L)          3.2  8 10 10  4  0
Andrews I             5.1  6  2  2  3  1
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 4th

E -- Dahlgren B, Piet T
DP -- Detroit 1, New York 1
LOB -- Detroit 8, New York 12
2B -- Greenberg H 2, Dahlgren B, Fox P, Gehringer C 2, York R, Hoag M
HR -- Greenberg H, Henrich T, Walker D
SB -- Fox P
SH -- Kennedy V
WP -- Sundra S
T -- 2:15
A -- 7854

    

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