Tigers @ Yankees
May 7, 1940

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Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 4 12 1
Yankees 2 9 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 4 12 1
Yankees 2 9 1

Bill Dickey Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .184
OBP .250 .259
At Bats 4 49
Hits 1 9
• Singles 1 9
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 4
RBI’s 1 4

Al Benton Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 2
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Yankee Stadium - May 7, 1940
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Out
Al Benton
Birdie Tebbetts
Rudy York
Charlie Gehringer
Pinky Higgins
Dick Bartell
Hank Greenberg
Earl Averill
Pete Fox
Bill Dickey
Joe DiMaggio
Frankie Crosetti

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Detroit Tigers 4 12 1 9
New York Yankees 2 9 1 12
Winning Pitcher Hal Newhouser
Losing Pitcher Steve Sundra
Save Al Benton
Game Winning RBI Earl Averill
Attendance 10,482
Time of Game 2 hours 18 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Dickey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell fields it and throws to second for the out.

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Bottom 9 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to second for the out. Crosetti moves to third.
Bottom 9 Keller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Crosetti moves to second.
Bottom 9 Rolfe hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Pete Fox now playing right field. Al Benton now pitching. Crosetti takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Averill hits a fly ball into right field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Gehringer takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Pete Fox pinch hits for Bruce Campbell. Fox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Bartell bunts towards the mound. Grissom fields it and throws to first for the out. Newhouser moves to second.
Top 9 Lee Grissom now pitching. Newhouser hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Red Ruffing pinch hits for Oral Hildebrand. Ruffing 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 8 Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Newhouser fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Mills takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Higgins is called out on strikes.
Top 8 York hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Gordon hits a popup towards third. Higgins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Dickey hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Crosetti scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 DiMaggio hits a popup, foul, towards third. Higgins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Keller takes first base on ball four. Rolfe moves to second.
Bottom 7 Rolfe takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Crosetti hits a fly ball towards right. Campbell settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Campbell. Crosetti moves to third.
Top 7 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Averill hits a fly ball into right field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Campbell scores.
Top 7 Gehringer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Campbell moves to third.
Top 7 Buster Mills now playing left field. Oral Hildebrand now pitching. Campbell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Buddy Rosar pinch hits for Steve Sundra. Rosar hits a popup, foul, towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out. Dickey scores. Gordon moves to second.
Bottom 6 Selkirk strikes out.
Bottom 6 Gordon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dickey moves to third.
Bottom 6 Dickey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Newhouser hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sundra juggles the ball. That's an error on Sundra. Tebbetts moves to second.
Top 6 Tebbetts hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 DiMaggio hits a fly ball into right field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Keller hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Averill who is chasing the ball. Keller reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 5 Rolfe hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Newhouser fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Bruce Campbell now playing right field. Earl Averill now playing center field. Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards first. York scoops it up and throws to first, with Newhouser covering, for the out.
Top 5 York hits a fly ball into right field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Greenberg hits a fly ball into left field. Selkirk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Averill hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Selkirk. Averill reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Gehringer hits a popup, foul, towards first. Dahlgren settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Sundra strikes out.
Bottom 4 Dahlgren hits a line drive into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Selkirk hits a popup towards third. Higgins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gordon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 McCosky is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Bartell hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Higgins scores.
Top 4 Newhouser bunts towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out. Higgins moves to third. Tebbetts moves to second.
Top 4 Tebbetts hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Higgins moves to second.
Top 4 Higgins hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Dickey is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 DiMaggio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Keller 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 3 Rolfe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 York strikes out.
Top 3 Greenberg hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Averill hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out. McCosky scores.
Top 3 Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McCosky moves to third.
Top 3 McCosky hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Keller. McCosky reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 2 Sundra takes first base on ball four. Gordon moves to third. Selkirk moves to second.
Bottom 2 Dahlgren strikes out.
Bottom 2 Selkirk takes first base on ball four. Gordon moves to second.
Bottom 2 Gordon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Dickey is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Bartell hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Newhouser hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Tebbetts hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Higgins hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Keller hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McCosky. Keller reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Rolfe strikes out.
Bottom 1 Crosetti hits a popup towards short. Bartell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 York strikes out.
Top 1 Greenberg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Averill moves to second.
Top 1 Averill hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gehringer scores.
Top 1 Gehringer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Selkirk. Gehringer reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.