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September 7, 1940

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Top 9 R H E
Browns 4 11 1
Tigers 2 5 1
Top 9 R H E
Browns 4 11 1
Tigers 2 5 1

Don Heffner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .251
OBP .250 .305
At Bats 4 219
Hits 1 55
• Singles 1 39
• Doubles 0 15
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 17
RBI’s 0 19

Al Benton Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 8 8
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Briggs Stadium - September 7, 1940
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Al Benton
Birdie Tebbetts
Rudy York
Charlie Gehringer
Billy Sullivan
Dick Bartell
Hank Greenberg
Tuck Stainback
Bruce Campbell
Don Heffner
Bob Swift
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Heffner takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Kennedy strikes out.
Top 9 Swift hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Berardino scores. Swift moves to second.
Top 9 Berardino hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greenberg. Berardino reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 McQuinn 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 8 Stainback hits a ball on the ground towards short. Berardino scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 York hits a fly ball into right field. Grace settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Greenberg hits a fly ball into center field. Judnich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Gehringer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Clift hits a fly ball into right field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Judnich hits a fly ball into center field. Stainback settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Al Benton now pitching. Radcliff hits a popup towards third. Sullivan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Campbell hits a ball on the ground towards first. McQuinn scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Campbell for the out.
Bottom 7 Bartell hits a fly ball into left field. Radcliff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Barney McCosky pinch hits for Johnny Gorsica. McCosky hits a popup towards short. Berardino settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards first. York scoops it up and throws to first, with Gorsica covering, for the out.
Top 7 Heffner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sullivan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gorsica fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Tebbetts hits a popup, foul, towards first. McQuinn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Heffner fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Stainback hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kennedy fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 6 York hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Judnich. York reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Greenberg hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Swift hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Clift scores. There goes McQuinn trying to get to third. Stainback throws the ball in to Sullivan, who tags McQuinn for the out.
Top 6 Berardino hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Tebbetts settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 McQuinn is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Clift hits a line drive into left field. Greenberg picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Greenberg. Clift moves to second.
Top 6 Judnich hits a ball on the ground towards first. York scoops it up and throws to first, with Gorsica covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Heffner fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Campbell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gorsica scores. Bartell moves to third.
Bottom 5 Bartell bunts towards third. Clift fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gorsica moves to second.
Bottom 5 Gorsica hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Heffner fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Tebbetts takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Radcliff hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gorsica fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Heffner moves to third.
Top 5 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards first. York scoops it up and throws to first, with Gorsica covering, for the out. Heffner moves to second.
Top 5 Heffner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Kennedy hits a line drive towards short. Bartell reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Sullivan hits a line drive into right field. Grace settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Stainback strikes out.
Bottom 4 York hits a popup, foul, towards third. Clift settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Greenberg takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Swift hits a popup in front of the plate. Tebbetts settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Berardino hits a fly ball into right field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Judnich scores. Clift moves to third.
Top 4 McQuinn is walked intentionally.
Top 4 Clift hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Campbell. Clift reaches second base with a double. Judnich moves to third.
Top 4 Judnich hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Radcliff hits a line drive into right field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gehringer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Heffner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Campbell hits a popup, foul, towards first. McQuinn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Bartell. The throw from Swift and he is safe. Bartell steals second.
Bottom 3 Bartell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Gorsica hits a fly ball into right field. Grace settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Heffner strikes out.
Top 3 Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sullivan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Tebbetts hits a fly ball into center field. Judnich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sullivan takes first base on ball four. York moves to second.
Bottom 2 Stainback hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Heffner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 York hits a ball on the ground towards third. Clift juggles the ball. That's an error on Clift.
Bottom 2 Greenberg hits a popup, foul, towards third. Clift settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Swift hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sullivan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Berardino hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sullivan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Clift scores. McQuinn moves to second.
Top 2 McQuinn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Clift moves to third.
Top 2 Clift hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Judnich hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gehringer hits a fly ball into center field. Judnich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Campbell hits a fly ball into left field. Radcliff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Radcliff 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.
Top 1 Grace hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Heffner hits a line drive towards first. York reaches out and makes the catch for the out.