Tigers @ Athletics
September 20, 1939

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Bottom 13 R H E
Tigers 4 8 0
Athletics 4 10 1
Bottom 13 R H E
Tigers 4 8 0
Athletics 5 11 1

Joe Gantenbein Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .292
OBP .333 .354
At Bats 3 322
Hits 1 94
• Singles 1 73
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 31
RBI’s 1 32

Al Benton Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 3 1
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Shibe Park - September 20, 1939
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Single
Al Benton
Rudy York
Hank Greenberg
Charlie Gehringer
Pinky Higgins
Benny McCoy
Roy Cullenbine
Barney McCosky
Pete Fox
Joe Gantenbein
Sam Chapman
Dick Siebert
Frankie Hayes

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Detroit Tigers 4 8 0 8
Philadelphia Athletics 5 11 1 10
Winning Pitcher George Caster
Losing Pitcher Al Benton
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Joe Gantenbein
Attendance 500
Time of Game 2 hours 31 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Gantenbein hits a ball on the ground towards first. Greenberg fields the ball and throws to Benton covering. Safe. Hayes scores. Siebert moves to third. Chapman moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 13 Chapman is walked intentionally. Siebert moves to second.
Bottom 13 Siebert is walked intentionally.
Bottom 13 Hayes hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McCosky who is chasing the ball. Hayes reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 13 Johnson hits a popup towards short. McCoy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 13 Higgins strikes out.
Top 13 York hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lodigiani settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 13 Bill Nagel now playing third base. Joe Gantenbein now playing shortstop. George Caster now pitching. Greenberg hits a popup towards short. Gantenbein settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 12 Al Benton now pitching. Bill Nagel pinch hits for Bob McNamara. Nagel strikes out.
Bottom 12 Moses hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lodigiani moves to second.
Bottom 12 Earle Brucker pinch hits for Lynn Nelson. Brucker hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Gantenbein tags and scores.
Bottom 12 Lodigiani hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gantenbein moves to third.
Bottom 12 Gantenbein hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Siebert scores.
Bottom 12 Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hutchinson fields it and throws to first for the out. Siebert moves to third.
Bottom 12 Siebert hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McCosky. Siebert reaches second base with a double.
Top 12 Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebert scoops it up and throws to first, with Nelson covering, for the out.
Top 12 McCoy hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hutchinson scores.
Top 12 McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards short. McNamara scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 12 Hutchinson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Chapman. Hutchinson reaches second base with a double. Cullenbine scores.
Top 12 Cullenbine hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Chapman. Cullenbine reaches second base with a double.
Top 12 Bob McNamara now playing shortstop. Fox hits a popup towards short. McNamara settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Hayes hits a fly ball into left field. Cullenbine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Johnson hits a popup towards third. Higgins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Dee Miles pinch hits for Skeeter Newsome. Miles hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Higgins hits a popup towards first. Siebert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 York hits a popup in front of the plate. Hayes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 11 Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lodigiani scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Moses hits a ball on the ground towards short. McCoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Nelson hits a fly ball into left field. Cullenbine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Lodigiani hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 McCoy hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebert juggles the ball. That's an error on Siebert.
Top 10 Hutchinson hits a popup towards short. Newsome settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Cullenbine hits a popup towards first. Siebert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Gantenbein hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards short. McCoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Siebert hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Higgins hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 York strikes out.
Top 9 Greenberg hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Chapman. Greenberg reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Hayes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Newsome hits a popup towards first. Greenberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Moses hits a ball on the ground towards short. McCoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Gehringer hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 McCoy hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lodigiani settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lodigiani scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Greenberg scoops it up and throws to first, with Hutchinson covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Lodigiani hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gantenbein hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hutchinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gantenbein fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Cullenbine hits a popup towards first. Siebert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Skeeter Newsome now playing shortstop. Joe Gantenbein now playing third base. Fox strikes out.
Bottom 6 Chapman hits a fly ball into left field. Cullenbine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Siebert hits a popup towards first. Greenberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hayes hits a popup towards short. McCoy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chapman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 York hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Greenberg hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Gehringer hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Cullenbine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Brancato hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Moses. The throw from York and he is out, Gehringer applying the tag.
Bottom 5 Moses takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 McCoy hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 McCosky hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lodigiani settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hutchinson takes first base on ball four. York scores. Fox moves to third. Cullenbine moves to second.
Top 5 Cullenbine takes first base on ball four. York moves to third. Fox moves to second.
Top 5 Fox hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. York moves to second.
Top 5 Higgins strikes out.
Top 5 York hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Nelson strikes out.
Bottom 4 Lodigiani hits a popup towards third. Higgins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hutchinson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Chapman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lodigiani scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 McCoy hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Siebert hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hayes hits a popup towards third. Higgins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Brancato hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Moses hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McCosky. Moses reaches second base with a double. Nelson moves to third.
Bottom 3 Nelson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 McCosky hits a popup in front of the plate. Hayes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hutchinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chapman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Cullenbine hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lodigiani hits a fly ball into left field. Cullenbine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Chapman hits a fly ball into left field. Cullenbine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Chapman hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Fox hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Higgins hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 York takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Greenberg hits a popup in front of the plate. Hayes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Siebert hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hayes strikes out.
Bottom 1 Johnson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Brancato bunts towards the mound. Hutchinson fields it and throws to first for the out. Moses moves to second.
Bottom 1 Moses takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Gehringer hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 McCoy hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 McCosky hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.