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Tigers 3 @ Yankees 8
Yankee Stadium
August 31, 1942

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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, 1942 at Yankee Stadium. The home team Yankees beat the visiting Tigers with a score of 8 to 3.

Game Summary

DateAugust 31, 1942 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 3 H: 6 E: 1 LOB: 4
Runs: 3
Hits: 6
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 4
Home Team
New York Yankees
R: 8 H: 12 E: 1 LOB: 7
Runs: 8
Hits: 12
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherAtley Donald  
Losing PitcherVirgil Trucks  
SaveJohnny Murphy  
Game Winning RBIBill Dickey 

Game Info

DateAugust 31, 1942 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamNew York Yankees 
Visiting Starting PitcherVirgil Trucks  
Home Starting PitcherAtley Donald  
BallparkYankee Stadium 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance7,013 
Time of Game1 hour 58 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Grieve
1B: Cal Hubbard
2B: (none)
3B: Joe Rue

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jimmy Bloodworth  Second Baseman 
Doc Cramer  Center Fielder 
Barney McCosky  Left Fielder 
Rudy York  First Baseman 
Rip Radcliff  Right Fielder 
Don Ross  Third Baseman 
Johnny Lipon  Shortstop 
Dixie Parsons  Catcher 
Virgil Trucks  Pitcher 
Del Baker  Manager 

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Phil Rizzuto  Shortstop 
Buddy Hassett  First Baseman 
George Selkirk  Right Fielder 
Joe DiMaggio  Center Fielder 
Charlie Keller  Left Fielder 
Joe Gordon  Second Baseman 
Bill Dickey  Catcher 
Jerry Priddy  Third Baseman 
Atley Donald  Pitcher 
Joe McCarthy  Manager 

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Tigers 3 @ Yankees 8
Yankee Stadium
August 31, 1942

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/31/1942 -- Detroit at New York (D)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Bloodworth J, 2b      3  0  0  0   Rizzuto P, ss         5  1  2  2   
Gehringer C, ph       1  0  0  0   Hassett B, 1b         5  1  2  1   
Cramer D, cf          4  1  0  0   Selkirk G, rf         4  1  1  0   
McCosky B, lf         4  0  2  1   DiMaggio J, cf        4  0  0  0   
York R, 1b            4  1  0  1   Keller C, lf          3  1  2  1   
Radcliff R, rf        4  0  1  0   Gordon J, 2b          3  2  1  2   
Ross D, 3b            4  0  1  1   Dickey B, c           4  0  2  1   
Lipon J, ss           4  0  1  0   Priddy J, 3b          4  0  1  0   
Parsons D, c          3  0  0  0   Donald A, p           4  2  1  0   
Trucks V, p           1  0  0  0   Murphy J, p           0  0  0  0   
Henshaw R, p          0  0  0  0                                      
Harris N, ph          0  0  0  0                                      
Manders H, p          1  1  1  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     33  3  6  3                        36  8 12  7

Detroit          000 000 003 --  3
New York         013 220 00x --  8

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Trucks V (L)          3.0  4  4  4  2  1
Henshaw R             2.0  5  4  4  0  1
Manders H             3.0  3  0  0  1  2

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Donald A (W)          8.2  6  3  0  1  4
Murphy J (S)          0.1  0  0  0  0  0

E -- Radcliff R, Donald A
LOB -- Detroit 4, New York 7
2B -- Donald A
HR -- Rizzuto P, Gordon J
SB -- Gordon J
CS -- Lipon J
WP -- Trucks V, Donald A 2
T -- 1:58
A -- 7013

    

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