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Yankees 1 @ Tigers 3
Briggs Stadium
June 18, 1942

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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 June 18, 1942 at Briggs Stadium. The home team Tigers beat the visiting Yankees with a score of 3 to 1.

Game Summary

DateJune 18, 1942 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 1 H: 4 E: 2 LOB: 7
Runs: 1
Hits: 4
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 3 H: 6 E: 0 LOB: 5
Runs: 3
Hits: 6
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 5
Winning PitcherVirgil Trucks  
Losing PitcherSpud Chandler  
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Game Winning RBIPinky Higgins 

Game Info

DateJune 18, 1942 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherSpud Chandler  
Home Starting PitcherVirgil Trucks  
BallparkBriggs Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance7,042 
Time of Game1 hour 29 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Steve Basil
1B: Ernie Stewart
2B: (none)
3B: John Quinn

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Frankie Crosetti  Third Baseman 
Buddy Hassett  First Baseman 
Tommy Henrich  Right Fielder 
Joe DiMaggio  Center Fielder 
Charlie Keller  Left Fielder 
Joe Gordon  Second Baseman 
Bill Dickey  Catcher 
Phil Rizzuto  Shortstop 
Spud Chandler  Pitcher 
Joe McCarthy  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Billy Hitchcock  Shortstop 
Barney McCosky  Left Fielder 
Doc Cramer  Center Fielder 
Rudy York  First Baseman 
Ned Harris  Right Fielder 
Pinky Higgins  Third Baseman 
Jimmy Bloodworth  Second Baseman 
Birdie Tebbetts  Catcher 
Virgil Trucks  Pitcher 
Del Baker  Manager 

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Yankees 1 @ Tigers 3
Briggs Stadium
June 18, 1942

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 6/18/1942 -- New York at Detroit (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Crosetti F, 3b        3  0  0  0   Hitchcock B, ss       4  0  1  1   
Hassett B, 1b         4  0  0  0   McCosky B, lf         4  0  0  0   
Henrich T, rf         4  1  1  0   Cramer D, cf          4  0  0  0   
DiMaggio J, cf        3  0  0  0   York R, 1b            3  0  0  0   
Keller C, lf          4  0  2  1   Harris N, rf          4  1  1  0   
Gordon J, 2b          4  0  0  0   Higgins P, 3b         3  2  2  1   
Dickey B, c           3  0  0  0   Bloodworth J, 2b      3  0  1  1   
Rizzuto P, ss         4  0  0  0   Tebbetts B, c         3  0  1  0   
Chandler S, p         2  0  1  0   Trucks V, p           3  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     31  1  4  1                        31  3  6  3

New York         100 000 000 --  1
Detroit          012 000 00x --  3

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Chandler S (L)        8.0  6  3  2  1  0

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Trucks V (W)          9.0  4  1  1  4  3

E -- Gordon J, Hassett B
LOB -- New York 7, Detroit 5
2B -- Higgins P 2, Keller C
T -- 1:29
A -- 7042

    

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