Tigers @ White Sox
August 9, 1940

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Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 2 5 2
White Sox 2 9 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 2 5 2
White Sox 3 10 2

Mike Kreevich Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .281
OBP .500 .330
At Bats 3 192
Hits 1 54
• Singles 1 41
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 1 14
RBI’s 0 17

Al Benton Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 5 8
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Comiskey Park - August 9, 1940
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Double
Al Benton
Birdie Tebbetts
Rudy York
Scat Metha
Pinky Higgins
Dick Bartell
Hank Greenberg
Barney McCosky
Pete Fox
Mike Kreevich
Eddie Smith

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Detroit Tigers 2 5 2 8
Chicago White Sox 3 10 2 10
Winning Pitcher Eddie Smith
Losing Pitcher Al Benton
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Mike Kreevich
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Time of Game 0 hours
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Kreevich hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greenberg. Kreevich reaches second base with a double. Smith scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Webb bunts in front of the plate. Tebbetts fields it and throws to first for the out. Smith moves to second.
Bottom 9 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Metha fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Bartell is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Benton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Metha strikes out.
Bottom 8 Kennedy strikes out. There goes Tresh. The throw from Tebbetts to Bartell, and Tresh is out.
Bottom 8 Tresh bunts towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Rosenthal takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Higgins is called out on strikes.
Top 8 York strikes out.
Bottom 7 Wright hits a popup towards short. Bartell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Appling takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Kuhel hits a popup towards short. Bartell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 There goes Kreevich. The throw from Tebbetts and he is out, Bartell applying the tag.
Bottom 7 Al Benton now pitching. Kreevich takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Appling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 McCosky hits a fly ball into center field. Kreevich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Fox is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Bartell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Kreevich. Bartell reaches second base with a double. Tebbetts scores. Stainback moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Tuck Stainback pinch hits for Dizzy Trout. Stainback hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Higgins scores. Tebbetts moves to third. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 7 Metha bunts towards third. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out. Higgins moves to third. Tebbetts moves to second.
Top 7 Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy juggles the ball. That's an error on Kennedy. Higgins moves to second.
Top 7 Higgins hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Webb hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Smith hits a line drive into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kennedy bunts towards the mound. Trout fields it and throws to third for the out. Tresh moves to second.
Bottom 6 Tresh hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wright scores. Rosenthal moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Rosenthal hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trout fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Trout. Wright moves to third.
Bottom 6 Wright hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 York hits a ball on the ground towards short. Appling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Greenberg is called out on strikes.
Top 6 McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Appling strikes out.
Bottom 5 Kuhel hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Fox. Kuhel reaches second base with a double. Kreevich scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 There goes Kreevich. The throw from Tebbetts and he is safe. Kreevich steals second.
Bottom 5 Kreevich hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell misplays the ball. That's an error on Bartell.
Bottom 5 Webb hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Metha scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Smith strikes out.
Top 5 Fox hits a popup towards third. Kennedy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bartell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Trout strikes out.
Top 5 Metha hits a popup towards short. Appling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kennedy strikes out.
Bottom 4 Tresh hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rosenthal moves to third.
Bottom 4 Rosenthal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Wright hits a ball on the ground towards first. York scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wright for the out.
Bottom 4 Appling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Metha scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Tebbetts hits a fly ball into center field. Kreevich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Higgins strikes out.
Top 4 York hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Greenberg moves to second.
Top 4 Greenberg takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 McCosky strikes out.
Bottom 3 Kuhel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Kreevich hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Webb strikes out.
Bottom 3 Smith strikes out.
Top 3 Fox hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Webb settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Trout moves to second.
Top 3 Bartell hits a fly ball into center field. Kreevich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Trout bunts towards first. Kuhel fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Metha takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Kennedy hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Metha settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Tresh hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rosenthal moves to second.
Bottom 2 Rosenthal hits a ball on the ground towards first. York fields the ball and throws to Trout covering. Safe.
Bottom 2 Wright hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Appling hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trout fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Tebbetts hits a fly ball into right field. Wright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Higgins strikes out.
Top 2 York hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rosenthal. York reaches second base with a double. There goes Greenberg trying to get to home. Rosenthal throws the ball in to Kennedy who relays the ball to Tresh, who tags Greenberg, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Top 2 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy juggles the ball. That's an error on Kennedy.
Bottom 1 Kuhel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Kreevich hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Webb hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Tebbetts settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 McCosky strikes out.
Top 1 Fox hits a popup towards first. Kuhel settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bartell strikes out.