Tigers @ Athletics
July 21, 1946

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Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 3 7 1
Athletics 3 9 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 3 7 1
Athletics 4 10 2

Russ Derry Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .228
OBP .000 .336
At Bats 4 123
Hits 0 28
• Singles 0 19
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 19
RBI’s 0 11

Al Benton Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 5 1
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Shibe Park - July 21, 1946
Al Benton
Birdie Tebbetts
Hank Greenberg
Skeeter Webb
George Kell
Eddie Lake
Jimmy Outlaw
Doc Cramer
Roy Cullenbine
Russ Derry
George McQuinn
Elmer Valo
Jake Caulfield

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Detroit Tigers 3 7 1 11
Philadelphia Athletics 4 10 2 10
Winning Pitcher Dick Fowler
Losing Pitcher Al Benton
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Russ Derry
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Derry hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Caulfield scores. Valo moves to third. McQuinn moves to second. That run is unearned.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 McQuinn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Benton juggles the ball. That's an error on Benton. Handley scores. Caulfield moves to third. Valo moves to second.
Bottom 9 Valo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 There's a wild pitch. Handley moves to third. Caulfield moves to second.
Bottom 9 Jake Caulfield pinch runs for Barney McCosky. Tuck Stainback pinch hits for Dick Fowler. Stainback hits a fly ball into center field. Cramer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Grimes scores.
Bottom 9 Al Benton now pitching. Barney McCosky pinch hits for Pete Suder. McCosky takes first base on ball four. Grimes moves to third. Handley moves to second.
Bottom 9 Handley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Grimes moves to second.
Bottom 9 Grimes takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Cullenbine hits a popup towards short. Grimes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Greenberg hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 9 Cramer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Handley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Kell bunts towards first. McQuinn scoops it up and throws to first, with Handley covering, for the out. Lake moves to second.
Top 9 Lake hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Handley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Rosar hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trucks fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Chapman hits a popup, foul, towards first. Greenberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Derry hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Tebbetts settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Skeeter Webb now playing second base. McQuinn hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cullenbine who is chasing the ball. McQuinn reaches third base with a triple.
Top 8 Trucks hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Handley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grimes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bloodworth moves to second.
Top 8 Fowler spins and fires to second, with Grimes covering, and Outlaw is picked off.
Top 8 Bloodworth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grimes misplays the ball. That's an error on Grimes. Outlaw moves to second.
Top 8 Outlaw hits a ball on the ground towards first. McQuinn fields the ball and throws to Fowler covering. Safe.
Bottom 7 Valo hits a fly ball into left field. Outlaw settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Fowler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Suder bunts towards the mound. Trucks fields it and throws to first for the out. Handley moves to second.
Bottom 7 Handley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Cullenbine hits a popup, foul, towards first. McQuinn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Handley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Cramer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rosar settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Grimes is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 There goes Rosar. The throw from Tebbetts and he is out, Lake applying the tag.
Bottom 6 Rosar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Chapman hits a popup towards third. Kell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kell hits a line drive towards short. Grimes reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Lake hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Derry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Trucks hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Tebbetts moves to second.
Top 6 Tebbetts hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Bloodworth strikes out.
Bottom 5 Derry hits a popup towards short. Lake settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 McQuinn hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Valo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Outlaw hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cullenbine hits a line drive into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Greenberg takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Cramer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Suder fields it and throws to first for the out. Kell moves to second.
Top 5 Kell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Fowler strikes out.
Bottom 4 Suder hits a popup, foul, towards first. Greenberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Handley takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Grimes bunts towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out. Chapman moves to third. Rosar moves to second.
Bottom 4 Rosar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Chapman moves to second.
Bottom 4 Chapman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Lake hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grimes fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Trucks strikes out.
Top 4 Tebbetts hits a popup, foul, towards third. Suder settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bloodworth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grimes misplays the ball. That's an error on Grimes. Outlaw moves to second.
Top 4 Outlaw takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Derry hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Tebbetts settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 McQuinn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lake scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Valo bunts between the mound and first base. Trucks scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Valo for the out. Fowler moves to second.
Bottom 3 Fowler hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Cullenbine hits a popup, foul, towards third. Suder settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Greenberg takes first base on ball four. Kell moves to second.
Top 3 Cramer hits a line drive into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kell takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Lake hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grimes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Suder hits a fly ball into left field. Outlaw settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Handley hits a fly ball into right field. Cullenbine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Chapman scores.
Bottom 2 Grimes bunts towards the mound. Trucks fields it and throws to first for the out. Chapman moves to third. Rosar moves to second.
Bottom 2 Rosar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Chapman moves to second.
Bottom 2 Chapman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Trucks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grimes fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Tebbetts takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Bloodworth hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Valo. Bloodworth reaches second base with a double. Cullenbine scores. Outlaw moves to third.
Top 2 Outlaw hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cullenbine moves to second.
Top 2 Cullenbine takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Greenberg strikes out.
Bottom 1 Derry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 McQuinn hits a line drive towards short. Lake reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Valo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trucks fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Cramer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Handley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Kell hits a line drive into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lake strikes out.