Tigers @ Indians
May 28, 1940

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Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 8 11 0
Indians 5 11 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 8 11 0
Indians 5 11 0

Ken Keltner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .295
OBP .500 .350
At Bats 4 129
Hits 2 38
• Singles 0 25
• Doubles 1 7
• Triples 1 1
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 11
RBI’s 3 20

Al Benton Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 1 4
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League Park - May 28, 1940
Out
Al Benton
Birdie Tebbetts
Rudy York
Charlie Gehringer
Pinky Higgins
Dick Bartell
Pete Fox
Barney McCosky
Bruce Campbell
Ken Keltner
Hal Trosky

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Detroit Tigers 8 11 0 7
Cleveland Indians 5 11 0 10
Winning Pitcher Al Benton
Losing Pitcher Bill Zuber
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Rudy York
Attendance 2,000
Time of Game 2 hours 37 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Keltner hits a ball on the ground towards first. York scoops it up and throws to first, with Benton covering, for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Bell is called out on strikes.
Bottom 9 Trosky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Pete Fox now playing left field. Campbell is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Campbell hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 York hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Mike Naymick now pitching. Greenberg strikes out.
Bottom 8 Heath hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Boudreau takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Frankie Pytlak pinch hits for Joe Dobson. Pytlak 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 Mack hits a line drive towards first. York reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Gehringer hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Bartell strikes out.
Bottom 7 Hemsley is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Keltner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greenberg. Keltner reaches second base with a double. Bell moves to third.
Bottom 7 Bell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Trosky 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 7 Campbell hits a ball on the ground towards first. York scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Campbell for the out.
Top 7 Benton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Higgins moves to second.
Top 7 Higgins takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Joe Dobson now pitching. Campbell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Heath 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 6 Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell fields it and throws to second for the out. Hemsley scores.
Bottom 6 Odell Hale pinch hits for Johnny Humphries. Hale hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Bartell fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Hemsley moves to third.
Bottom 6 Mack hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hemsley moves to second.
Bottom 6 Hemsley takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 York hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Greenberg takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Gehringer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bell. Gehringer reaches second base with a double. Bartell scores. McCosky goes all the way around to score.
Top 6 McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bartell moves to second.
Top 6 Bartell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Tebbetts scores.
Top 6 Benton bunts towards first. Trosky scoops it up and throws to first, with Mack covering, for the out. Tebbetts moves to second.
Top 6 Tebbetts takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Keltner strikes out. There goes Trosky. The throw from Tebbetts to second, and Trosky is out.
Bottom 5 Bell hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Trosky takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Soup Campbell now playing center field. Johnny Humphries now pitching. Campbell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hemsley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 York hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gehringer scores. Greenberg scores.
Top 5 Greenberg hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Chapman. Greenberg reaches second base with a double. Gehringer moves to third.
Top 5 Gehringer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Heath strikes out.
Bottom 4 Boudreau hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of McCosky, who is chasing the ball. Boudreau reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 4 Zuber hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Campbell throws the ball in to Bartell who tags Zuber trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 4 McCosky hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Benton hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mack hits a ball on the ground towards first. York scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mack for the out.
Bottom 3 Al Benton now pitching. Hemsley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Benton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Keltner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McCosky who is chasing the ball. Keltner reaches third base with a triple. Heath scores. Trosky scores. Bell goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Bell takes first base on ball four. Boudreau scores. Heath moves to third. Trosky moves to second.
Bottom 3 Trosky takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Chapman strikes out.
Bottom 3 Heath hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McCosky. Heath reaches second base with a double. Boudreau moves to third.
Bottom 3 Boudreau hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Higgins takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Bill Zuber now pitching. Campbell strikes out.
Top 3 York hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Heath. York reaches second base with a double. Gehringer scores.
Top 3 There goes Gehringer. The throw from Hemsley and he is safe. Gehringer steals third.
Top 3 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Gehringer hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Chapman. Gehringer reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Allen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Mack takes first base on ball four. Hemsley moves to second.
Bottom 2 Hemsley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Newhouser fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Keltner strikes out.
Bottom 2 Bell strikes out.
Top 2 McCosky hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bartell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bell. Bartell reaches second base with a double. Higgins scores. Tebbetts goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Newhouser strikes out.
Top 2 Tebbetts hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Higgins moves to second.
Top 2 Higgins hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Campbell trying to get to third. Chapman throws the ball in to Keltner, who tags Campbell for the out.
Top 2 Campbell is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 1 Trosky hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Chapman hits a fly ball into right field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Heath is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Boudreau hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 York strikes out.
Top 1 Greenberg takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Gehringer hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 McCosky hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bell. McCosky reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Bartell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Keltner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.