Indians @ Tigers
April 28, 1940

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Bottom 10 R H E
Indians 11 17 1
Tigers 9 12 1
Bottom 10 R H E
Indians 11 17 1
Tigers 9 12 1

Hank Greenberg Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .421
OBP .800 .522
At Bats 4 19
Hits 3 8
• Singles 1 3
• Doubles 2 3
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 1 3
RBI’s 0 6

Al Smith Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 1
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Briggs Stadium - April 28, 1940
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Out
Al Smith
Rollie Hemsley
Hal Trosky
Ray Mack
Ken Keltner
Lou Boudreau
Jeff Heath
Roy Weatherly
Ben Chapman
Hank Greenberg
Barney McCosky
Frank Croucher

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cleveland Indians 11 17 1 9
Detroit Tigers 9 12 1 10
Winning Pitcher Al Smith
Losing Pitcher Bud Thomas
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Hal Trosky
Attendance 30,200
Time of Game 3 hours 3 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Gehringer hits a fly ball into right field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Fox is called out on strikes.
Bottom 10 McCosky takes first base on ball four. Croucher moves to second.
Bottom 10 Croucher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 10 Heath hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Trosky hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 10 Chapman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 10 Weatherly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Croucher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Bud Thomas now pitching. Frank Croucher now playing shortstop. Boudreau 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 9 Tebbetts hits a popup towards third. Keltner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 There's a wild pitch. Kress moves to second.
Bottom 9 Bruce Campbell pinch hits for Dick Bartell. Al Smith now pitching. Red Kress pinch hits for Bruce Campbell. Kress hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Greenberg scores.
Bottom 9 Higgins hits a line drive into right field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gehringer scores. Greenberg moves to third.
Bottom 9 York hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. Fox scores. Gehringer moves to third. Greenberg moves to second.
Bottom 9 Bill Zuber now pitching. Greenberg takes first base on ball four. Fox moves to third. Gehringer moves to second.
Bottom 9 Johnny Humphries now pitching. Gehringer takes first base on ball four. Fox moves to second.
Bottom 9 Fox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 McCosky hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 9 Frank Croucher pinch hits for Dick Conger. Croucher hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tebbetts moves to second.
Bottom 9 Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack misplays the ball. That's an error on Mack.
Top 9 Milnar hits a ball on the ground towards first. York scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Milnar for the out.
Top 9 Mack hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Hemsley hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of McCosky. Hemsley reaches second base with a double. Keltner goes all the way around to score. Hemsley moves to third.
Top 9 Keltner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Heath hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bartell hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Higgins hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 York hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gehringer scores.
Bottom 8 Greenberg hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Chapman. Greenberg reaches second base with a double. Gehringer moves to third.
Bottom 8 Gehringer takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Trosky hits a ball on the ground towards first. York scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Trosky for the out.
Top 8 Chapman takes first base on ball four. Weatherly moves to second.
Top 8 Weatherly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Boudreau bunts towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Dick Conger now pitching. Milnar takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Fox hits a fly ball into right field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 McCosky hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bartell scores.
Bottom 7 Earl Averill pinch hits for Johnny Gorsica. Averill hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Weatherly. Averill reaches second base with a double. Bartell moves to third.
Bottom 7 Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bartell moves to second.
Bottom 7 Bartell takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Mack strikes out.
Top 7 The ball gets by Tebbetts for a passed ball. Keltner moves to third.
Top 7 Hemsley hits a line drive into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Keltner hits a fly ball towards left. Greenberg settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Greenberg. Keltner moves to second.
Top 7 Heath hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 Trosky hits a ball on the ground towards first. York scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Trosky for the out. Chapman moves to second.
Top 7 Chapman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Higgins hits a popup, foul, towards first. Trosky settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 York strikes out.
Bottom 6 Greenberg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gehringer moves to third.
Bottom 6 Gehringer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Fox hits a line drive into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Weatherly hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Boudreau hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greenberg. Boudreau reaches second base with a double. Milnar moves to third.
Top 6 Milnar takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Mack is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Hemsley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gorsica fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 McCosky hits a popup, foul, towards third. Keltner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Gorsica strikes out.
Bottom 5 Tebbetts hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Keltner is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Heath 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 Trosky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Higgins hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 York hits a fly ball into right field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Weatherly hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gorsica fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Boudreau hits a popup towards short. Bartell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Milnar 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 3 Greenberg hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mack settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Mack hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Hemsley hits a ball on the ground towards first. York scoops it up and throws to first, with Gorsica covering, for the out.
Top 3 Johnny Gorsica now pitching. Keltner strikes out.
Bottom 2 McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 2 Frank Secory pinch hits for Archie McKain. Secory strikes out.
Bottom 2 Tebbetts hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bartell bunts towards third. Keltner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Higgins moves to second.
Bottom 2 Higgins takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Heath hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Trosky hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Weatherly scores. Chapman moves to second.
Top 2 Chapman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boudreau scores. Weatherly moves to third.
Top 2 Archie McKain now pitching. Weatherly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Mack scores. Boudreau moves to second.
Top 2 Boudreau hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hemsley scores. Mack moves to third.
Top 2 Milnar strikes out.
Top 2 Mack hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hemsley moves to second.
Top 2 Hemsley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Keltner hits a line drive into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 York hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hemsley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Greenberg hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Weatherly. Greenberg reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Gehringer hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Fox hits a fly ball into right field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 McCosky hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 There goes Chapman. The throw from Tebbetts and he is out, Gehringer applying the tag.
Top 1 Heath hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Trosky hits a popup in front of the plate. Tebbetts settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Chapman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Weatherly hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Boudreau hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Fox. Boudreau reaches second base with a double.