Tigers @ Athletics
May 8, 1938

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Bottom 10 R H E
Tigers 6 9 1
Athletics 5 14 0
Bottom 10 R H E
Tigers 6 9 1
Athletics 7 15 0

Billy Werber Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .400 .386
OBP .400 .449
At Bats 5 70
Hits 2 27
• Singles 0 19
• Doubles 1 6
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 2
Walks 0 8
RBI’s 3 10

Elden Auker Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 2 0
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Shibe Park - May 8, 1938
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Single
Elden Auker
Rudy York
Hank Greenberg
Charlie Gehringer
Don Ross
Billy Rogell
Roy Cullenbine
Dixie Walker
Pete Fox
Billy Werber
Wayne Ambler
Lynn Nelson
Lou Finney

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Detroit Tigers 6 9 1 5
Philadelphia Athletics 7 15 0 12
Winning Pitcher Lynn Nelson
Losing Pitcher Elden Auker
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Billy Werber
Attendance 10,000
Time of Game 2 hours 28 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Werber hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Finney scores. Nelson scores. Ambler moves to second.

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Bottom 10 Ambler hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Finney moves to third. Nelson moves to second.
Bottom 10 Nelson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Finney moves to second.
Bottom 10 Finney hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Moses hits a fly ball into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 York hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ambler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Greenberg hits a popup towards third. Werber settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Gehringer hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 10 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Lodigiani hits a ball on the ground towards first. Greenberg fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Bottom 9 Elden Auker now pitching. Hayes hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Fox hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Jo-Jo White pinch hits for Slick Coffman. White hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Rogell hits a popup towards first. Hasson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hasson strikes out.
Bottom 8 Werber hits a popup towards third. Ross settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ambler hits a ball on the ground towards first. Greenberg fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Nelson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Cullenbine hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hasson fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 8 Ross hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Greenberg scores.
Top 8 York takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Greenberg hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Finney who is chasing the ball. Greenberg reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 7 Finney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Moses hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Johnson hits a popup towards third. Ross settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lodigiani hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Gehringer hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Walker hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Fox hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Coffman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lodigiani settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hayes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ross fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Hasson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Werber hits a fly ball into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ambler takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Rogell hits a fly ball into center field. Finney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cullenbine hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Ross hits a fly ball into center field. Finney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 York hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Greenberg hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Finney strikes out.
Bottom 5 Moses hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Johnson scores.
Bottom 5 Johnson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Walker. Johnson reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Gehringer hits a fly ball into center field. Finney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ambler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Lodigiani hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Slick Coffman now pitching. Hayes hits a fly ball into left field. Cullenbine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hasson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Werber hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 Ambler bunts towards the mound. Rowe fields it and throws to first for the out. Nelson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Nelson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Rowe strikes out.
Top 4 Rogell takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Cullenbine hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Ross hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ambler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Finney hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Moses hits a popup towards third. Ross settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Johnson takes first base on ball four. Hayes moves to third. Lodigiani moves to second.
Bottom 3 Lodigiani hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rowe fields it and throws to third for the out. Hayes moves to second.
Bottom 3 Hayes hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hasson moves to second.
Bottom 3 Hasson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rowe juggles the ball. That's an error on Rowe.
Top 3 York hits a popup towards third. Werber settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Greenberg strikes out.
Top 3 Gehringer hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Walker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Rowe scores.
Top 3 Fox hits a fly ball into center field. Finney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rowe hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Finney. Rowe reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Werber hits a fly ball into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Ambler hits a ball on the ground towards first. Greenberg fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Rogell fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 2 Finney takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Rogell hits a popup towards first. Hasson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cullenbine hits a popup towards third. Werber settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Ross hits a popup towards first. Hasson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 York hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Moses hits a fly ball into left field. Cullenbine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Cullenbine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lodigiani hits a fly ball into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hayes takes first base on ball four. Hasson moves to second.
Bottom 1 Hasson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Werber scores.
Bottom 1 Werber hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Walker. Werber reaches second base with a double. Ambler scores.
Bottom 1 Ambler hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Walker. Ambler reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Greenberg hits a fly ball into center field. Finney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gehringer takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Walker hits a popup towards third. Werber settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ambler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.