Athletics @ Tigers
June 19, 1940

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Bottom 10 R H E
Athletics 4 10 2
Tigers 4 8 2
Bottom 10 R H E
Athletics 4 10 2
Tigers 5 9 2

Hank Greenberg Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .340
OBP .000 .397
At Bats 4 106
Hits 0 36
• Singles 0 14
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 9
RBI’s 1 23

Nels Potter Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 4 0
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Briggs Stadium - June 19, 1940
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Single
Nels Potter
Frankie Hayes
Dick Siebert
Benny McCoy
Al Brancato
Bill Lillard
Bob Johnson
Sam Chapman
Wally Moses
Hank Greenberg
Barney McCosky

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Philadelphia Athletics 4 10 2 4
Detroit Tigers 5 9 2 7
Winning Pitcher Bobo Newsom
Losing Pitcher Nels Potter
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Hank Greenberg
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 27 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Greenberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McCosky scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Gehringer bunts towards the mound. Potter fields it and throws to first for the out. McCosky moves to second.
Bottom 10 McCosky takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 Sullivan fires to second and picks off Potter for the out.
Top 10 Moses takes first base on ball four. Potter moves to second.
Top 10 Brancato hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Potter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 10 Lillard strikes out.
Bottom 9 Bartell hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Newsom hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Potter fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Sullivan hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Higgins hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 There goes Chapman. The throw from Sullivan and he is out, Bartell applying the tag.
Top 9 Chapman takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Hayes strikes out.
Top 9 Siebert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Campbell hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 York hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillard fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McCosky scores.
Bottom 8 Gehringer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McCoy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 McCosky hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Chapman who is chasing the ball. McCosky reaches third base with a triple.
Top 8 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 McCoy hits a ball on the ground towards first. York scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McCoy for the out. Brancato moves to third. Moses moves to second.
Top 8 Moses takes first base on ball four. Brancato moves to second.
Top 8 Brancato hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lillard scores.
Top 8 Potter bunts towards first. York scoops it up and throws to first, with Gehringer covering, for the out. Lillard moves to second.
Top 8 Lillard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Chapman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Bartell hits a popup towards short. Lillard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Newsom hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Sullivan strikes out.
Bottom 7 There goes Higgins. The throw from Hayes and he is safe. Higgins steals second.
Bottom 7 Higgins hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Hayes hits a popup towards third. Higgins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Siebert hits a popup towards short. Bartell catches it and throws to first to double up Johnson.
Top 7 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Campbell hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 York hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Hayes juggles the ball. That's an error on Hayes.
Bottom 6 Greenberg hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gehringer hits a popup towards short. Lillard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 McCoy hits a fly ball into right field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 There goes Moses. The throw from Sullivan and he is out, Bartell applying the tag.
Top 6 Moses hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Brancato hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McCoy fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Bartell hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Newsom hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebert juggles the ball. That's an error on Siebert.
Top 5 Potter hits a popup towards short. Bartell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lillard strikes out.
Top 5 Chapman is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Hayes hits a line drive to right field. Campbell throws towards Bartell. Bartell fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Bartell. Siebert goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Siebert hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sullivan 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.
Bottom 4 Campbell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Campbell for the out.
Top 4 Johnson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 McCoy hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sullivan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Moses hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 York is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brancato fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gehringer for the out.
Top 3 Brancato hits a popup, foul, towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Potter hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Chapman scores. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Lillard hits a fly ball towards right field. Campbell fields the ball and throws to third. Higgins drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Higgins. Chapman moves to third.
Top 3 Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards first. York fields the ball and throws to Newsom covering. Safe.
Bottom 2 McCosky hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bartell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Chapman. Bartell reaches second base with a double. Higgins goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Newsom strikes out.
Bottom 2 Sullivan hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Higgins hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Hayes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Siebert hits a fly ball into right field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Campbell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Campbell for the out.
Bottom 1 York takes first base on ball four. Gehringer moves to second.
Bottom 1 Greenberg strikes out.
Bottom 1 Gehringer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McCosky scores.
Bottom 1 McCosky hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Chapman. McCosky reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McCoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 McCoy 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 Moses hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Brancato hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.