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Indians 8 @ Tigers 4
Briggs Stadium
August 14, 1939
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Indians, played on August 14, 1939 at Briggs Stadium. The home team Tigers were bested by the visiting Indians with a score of 8 to 4.

Game Summary

DateAugust 14, 1939 
Visiting Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 8 H: 10 E: 2 LOB: 5
Runs: 8
Hits: 10
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 5
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 4 H: 11 E: 2 LOB: 8
Runs: 4
Hits: 11
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 8
Winning Pitcher—Al Milnar  
Losing Pitcher—Archie McKain  
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Game Winning RBI—Hal Trosky 

Game Info

DateAugust 14, 1939 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamCleveland Indians 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherJohnny Allen  
Home Starting PitcherArchie McKain  
BallparkBriggs Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance 
Time of Game2 hours 19 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Joe Rue
1B: Harry Geisel
2B: (none)
3B: Eddie Rommel

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Lou Boudreau  Shortstop 
Bruce Campbell  Right Fielder 
Ben Chapman  Center Fielder 
Hal Trosky  First Baseman 
Jeff Heath  Left Fielder 
Ken Keltner  Third Baseman 
Ray Mack  Second Baseman 
Rollie Hemsley  Catcher 
Johnny Allen  Pitcher 
Ossie Vitt  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Barney McCosky  Center Fielder 
Benny McCoy  Second Baseman 
Earl Averill  Left Fielder 
Rudy York  First Baseman 
Pinky Higgins  Third Baseman 
Pete Fox  Right Fielder 
Birdie Tebbetts  Catcher 
Frank Croucher  Shortstop 
Archie McKain  Pitcher 
Del Baker  Manager 

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Indians 8 @ Tigers 4
Briggs Stadium
August 14, 1939

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         Game of 8/14/1939, game 1 -- Cleveland at Detroit (D)

  Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Boudreau L, ss        5  2  2  0   McCosky B, cf         4  0  2  0   
Campbell B, rf        3  1  1  0   McCoy B, 2b           5  1  2  0   
Chapman B, cf         3  2  1  1   Averill E, lf         5  0  0  0   
Trosky H, 1b          4  2  2  3   York R, 1b            5  2  3  0   
Heath J, lf           5  0  1  0   Higgins P, 3b         3  0  1  2   
Keltner K, 3b         5  1  2  2   Fox P, rf             5  1  2  1   
Mack R, 2b            5  0  1  0   Tebbetts B, c         3  0  1  0   
Hemsley R, c          4  0  0  0   Croucher F, ss        3  0  0  0   
Allen J, p            3  0  0  0   Gehringer C, ph       1  0  0  0   
Milnar A, p           1  0  0  0   Rogell B, ss          0  0  0  0   
                                   McKain A, p           3  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     38  8 10  6                        37  4 11  3

Cleveland        000 201 010 4 --  8
Detroit          002 000 020 0 --  4

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Allen J               7.1  9  4  3  4  3
Milnar A (W)          2.2  2  0  0  1  0

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
McKain A (L)         10.0 10  8  5  3  5

E -- Keltner K, Hemsley R, McCoy B, Tebbetts B
DP -- Cleveland 3
LOB -- Cleveland 5, Detroit 8
2B -- Higgins P, Campbell B, Fox P, Mack R, York R
HR -- Trosky H, Keltner K
SB -- Heath J, Chapman B, Fox P
SH -- Campbell B
SF -- Chapman B
WP -- Allen J
T -- 2:19
A -- 0

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