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Tigers 3 @ Yankees 6
Yankee Stadium
July 31, 1941

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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 July 31, 1941 at Yankee Stadium. The home team Yankees beat the visiting Tigers with a score of 6 to 3.

Game Summary

DateJuly 31, 1941 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 3 H: 11 E: 2 LOB: 8
Runs: 3
Hits: 11
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
New York Yankees
R: 6 H: 14 E: 0 LOB: 15
Runs: 6
Hits: 14
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 15
Winning PitcherJohnny Murphy  
Losing PitcherJohnny Gorsica  
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Game Winning RBICharlie Keller 

Game Info

DateJuly 31, 1941 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamNew York Yankees 
Visiting Starting PitcherBobo Newsom  
Home Starting PitcherMarius Russo  
BallparkYankee Stadium 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance 
Time of Game3 hours 18 minutes 
UmpiresHP: John Quinn
1B: Bill Grieve
2B: (none)
3B: Bill McGowan

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Tuck Stainback  Left Fielder 
Barney McCosky  Center Fielder 
Pinky Higgins  Third Baseman 
Rudy York  First Baseman 
Bruce Campbell  Right Fielder 
Dutch Meyer  Second Baseman 
Billy Sullivan  Catcher 
Frank Croucher  Shortstop 
Bobo Newsom  Pitcher 
Del Baker  Manager 

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Johnny Sturm  First Baseman 
Red Rolfe  Third Baseman 
Tommy Henrich  Right Fielder 
Joe DiMaggio  Center Fielder 
Charlie Keller  Left Fielder 
Bill Dickey  Catcher 
Joe Gordon  Second Baseman 
Phil Rizzuto  Shortstop 
Marius Russo  Pitcher 
Joe McCarthy  Manager 

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Yankee Stadium
July 31, 1941

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         Game of 7/31/1941, game 1 -- Detroit at New York (D)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Stainback T, lf       5  1  2  0   Sturm J, 1b           7  1  2  1   
McCosky B, cf         6  2  2  1   Rolfe R, 3b           6  1  1  0   
Higgins P, 3b         6  0  2  1   Henrich T, rf         7  1  4  0   
York R, 1b            5  0  0  0   DiMaggio J, cf        4  1  1  0   
Campbell B, rf        6  0  1  1   Keller C, lf          7  1  3  4   
Meyer D, 2b           5  0  1  0   Dickey B, c           4  0  1  1   
Sullivan B, c         5  0  0  0   Gordon J, 2b          6  0  0  0   
Croucher F, ss        5  0  2  0   Rizzuto P, ss         5  1  1  0   
Newsom B, p           3  0  0  0   Russo M, p            3  0  1  0   
McKain A, p           0  0  0  0   Murphy J, p           2  0  0  0   
Gorsica J, p          1  0  1  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     47  3 11  3                        51  6 14  6

Detroit          000 000 102 000 0 --  3
New York         100 001 100 000 3 --  6
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Newsom B              8.1 12  3  3  5  1
McKain A              0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Gorsica J (L)         4.0  2  3  3  2  2

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Russo M*              8.0  5  3  3  0  4
Murphy J (W)          5.0  6  0  0  1  1
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 9th

E -- York R, Higgins P
DP -- Detroit 1
LOB -- Detroit 8, New York 15
2B -- Keller C, Henrich T 3, Stainback T, McCosky B, Rolfe R
HR -- Keller C
SB -- DiMaggio J
SH -- Russo M, Gorsica J, Stainback T
T -- 3:18
A -- 0

    

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