Indians @ Tigers
September 20, 1940

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Top 9 R H E
Indians 5 15 4
Tigers 6 9 1
Top 9 R H E
Indians 5 15 4
Tigers 6 9 1

Ken Keltner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .254
OBP .750 .322
At Bats 4 524
Hits 3 133
• Singles 2 85
• Doubles 1 24
• Triples 0 10
• Home Runs 0 14
Walks 0 50
RBI’s 1 76

Al Benton Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 8 8
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Briggs Stadium - September 20, 1940
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Out
Al Benton
Birdie Tebbetts
Rudy York
Charlie Gehringer
Pinky Higgins
Frank Croucher
Hank Greenberg
Barney McCosky
Pete Fox
Ken Keltner
Oscar Grimes
Lou Boudreau

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cleveland Indians 5 15 4 10
Detroit Tigers 6 9 1 6
Winning Pitcher Hal Newhouser
Losing Pitcher Bob Feller
Save Al Benton
Game Winning RBI Pinky Higgins
Attendance 22,508
Time of Game 2 hours 55 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Keltner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Croucher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Oscar Grimes pinch runs for Hal Trosky. Bell strikes out.
Top 9 Trosky hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boudreau moves to third.
Top 9 Boudreau hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Weatherly scores. That run is unearned.
Top 9 Weatherly hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greenberg. Weatherly reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Weatherly hits a popup, foul, towards third. Higgins settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Higgins.
Top 9 Al Benton now pitching. Frank Croucher now playing shortstop. Chapman hits a popup, foul, towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bruce Campbell pinch hits for Hal Newhouser. Campbell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fox scores. There goes Tebbetts trying to get to third. Weatherly throws the ball in to Keltner, who tags Tebbetts for the out.
Bottom 8 Tebbetts is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 There goes Higgins. The slide. Pytlak applies the tag. Higgins is out. Fox moves to second.
Bottom 8 Joe Dobson now pitching. Fox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Higgins moves to third.
Bottom 8 Higgins hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. York scores. Higgins moves to second.
Bottom 8 York hits a line drive into right field. Bell picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Bell. Gehringer scores. Greenberg goes all the way around to score. York moves to second.
Bottom 8 Bob Feller now pitching. Greenberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McCosky scores. Gehringer moves to third.
Bottom 8 Gehringer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McCosky moves to third.
Bottom 8 McCosky takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Billy Sullivan pinch hits for Dick Bartell. Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Harder hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Pytlak hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mack hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Hal Newhouser now pitching. Keltner 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 Pat Mullin pinch hits for Clay Smith. Mullin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Tebbetts hits a line drive towards short. Boudreau reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Trosky takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Weatherly hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Higgins hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 York strikes out.
Bottom 6 Greenberg hits a line drive into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack misplays the ball. That's an error on Mack.
Top 6 Clay Smith now pitching. Chapman hits a popup towards short. Bartell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Harder hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mack moves to second.
Top 6 Pytlak hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Mack hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Keltner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bell scores.
Top 6 Bell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greenberg. Bell reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 McCosky hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bartell hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Newsom hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mack settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Harder juggles the ball. That's an error on Harder.
Top 5 Trosky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Boudreau hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Chapman scores.
Top 5 Weatherly hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Pytlak scores. Chapman moves to third.
Top 5 Chapman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Pytlak moves to second.
Top 5 Harder strikes out.
Top 5 Pytlak hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Higgins hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 York hits a fly ball into left field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gehringer scores.
Bottom 4 Greenberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Weatherly throws the ball in to Boudreau who relays the ball to Mack who tags Greenberg trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Gehringer moves to third.
Bottom 4 Gehringer takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Mack hits a popup, foul, towards third. Higgins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There goes Keltner. The throw from Tebbetts and he is out, Gehringer applying the tag.
Top 4 Keltner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes McCosky. The throw from Pytlak and he is out, Boudreau applying the tag.
Bottom 3 McCosky takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 McCosky hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Pytlak settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Pytlak.
Bottom 3 Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Newsom hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Trosky hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Boudreau hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Greenberg throws the ball in to Gehringer who tags Boudreau trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Weatherly scores.
Top 3 Weatherly hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McCosky. Weatherly reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Chapman hits a popup, foul, towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Tebbetts strikes out.
Bottom 2 Fox hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Harder strikes out.
Top 2 Pytlak takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Mack hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Keltner moves to third.
Top 2 Keltner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greenberg. Keltner reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Bell strikes out.
Bottom 1 York hits a popup, foul, towards first. Trosky settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Greenberg strikes out.
Bottom 1 Gehringer strikes out.
Bottom 1 McCosky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bartell moves to third.
Bottom 1 Bartell takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Trosky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Boudreau hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Weatherly hits a popup towards short. Bartell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Chapman hits a popup, foul, towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out.