Athletics @ Tigers
June 19, 1940

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Top 9 R H E
Athletics 4 10 3
Tigers 9 12 0
Top 9 R H E
Athletics 4 10 3
Tigers 9 12 0

Al Brancato Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .267
OBP .500 .312
At Bats 3 60
Hits 1 16
• Singles 1 11
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 4
RBI’s 0 8

Al Benton Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 3 4
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Briggs Stadium - June 19, 1940
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Out
Al Benton
Birdie Tebbetts
Rudy York
Charlie Gehringer
Pinky Higgins
Dick Bartell
Hank Greenberg
Barney McCosky
Bruce Campbell
Al Brancato

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Philadelphia Athletics 4 10 3 6
Detroit Tigers 9 12 0 6
Winning Pitcher Schoolboy Rowe
Losing Pitcher George Caster
Save Al Benton
Game Winning RBI Birdie Tebbetts
Attendance 16,351
Time of Game 1 hour 58 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Brancato hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Dee Miles pinch hits for George Caster. Miles hits a popup, foul, towards third. Higgins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Al Benton now pitching. Chubby Dean pinch hits for Bill Lillard. Dean strikes out.
Bottom 8 Gehringer hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 McCosky hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wagner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bartell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Chapman. Bartell reaches second base with a double. Tebbetts scores.
Bottom 8 Rowe bunts towards first. Siebert scoops it up and throws to first, with McCoy covering, for the out. Tebbetts moves to second.
Bottom 8 Tebbetts hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Chapman hits a fly ball into right field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Wagner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Siebert scores.
Top 8 Siebert hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McCosky who is chasing the ball. Siebert reaches third base with a triple. Johnson goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brancato scores. Moses scores.
Top 8 McCoy strikes out.
Top 8 Moses hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Campbell. Moses reaches second base with a double. Brancato moves to third.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Brancato moves to second.
Top 8 Brancato takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Higgins hits a popup towards short. Lillard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Campbell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McCoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. York moves to third.
Bottom 7 York hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moses. York reaches second base with a double. Gehringer scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Greenberg hits a line drive towards third. Brancato reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebert picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Siebert. Wagner fumbles the ball. That's an error on Wagner. Bartell scores. McCosky goes all the way around to score. Gehringer moves to second.
Bottom 7 McCosky hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bartell moves to second.
Bottom 7 Bartell is hit by the pitch.
Top 7 Caster hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Lillard hits a fly ball into right field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Chapman hits a popup, foul, towards third. Higgins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Rowe hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McCoy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 There goes Tebbetts. The throw from Wagner and he is safe. Tebbetts steals second.
Bottom 6 Tebbetts hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McCoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. York scores.
Bottom 6 Campbell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McCoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. York moves to third.
Bottom 6 York hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moses. York reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Wagner hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Siebert hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Johnson hits a popup towards short. Bartell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 McCoy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Greenberg strikes out.
Bottom 5 Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebert juggles the ball. That's an error on Siebert.
Bottom 5 McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McCoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Bartell hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Moses hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Brancato hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Caster hits a popup, foul, towards third. Higgins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Rowe hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Caster fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Caster fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Higgins hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Lillard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 4 Chapman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wagner moves to second.
Top 4 Wagner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rowe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Siebert hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Johnson 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 Campbell hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 York hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McCoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gehringer scores.
Bottom 3 Greenberg strikes out.
Bottom 3 Gehringer hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Chapman who is chasing the ball. Gehringer reaches third base with a triple. McCosky goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 McCosky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 McCoy hits a fly ball into right field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Moses hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Lillard trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. Brancato moves to second.
Top 3 Brancato hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lillard moves to second.
Top 3 Caster strikes out.
Top 3 Lillard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brancato fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Rowe hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moses. Rowe reaches second base with a double. Higgins scores. Tebbetts moves to third.
Bottom 2 Tebbetts hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Campbell scores. Higgins moves to second.
Bottom 2 Higgins takes first base on ball four. Campbell moves to second.
Bottom 2 Campbell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McCoy fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 York takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Greenberg strikes out.
Top 2 Chapman strikes out.
Top 2 Wagner hits a line drive towards first. York reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Siebert hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gehringer strikes out.
Bottom 1 There goes McCosky. The throw from Wagner and he is out, Lillard applying the tag.
Bottom 1 McCosky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 McCoy hits a fly ball into right field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Moses hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Brancato hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.