Athletics @ Tigers
June 9, 1939

Back Home
Visual
Play By Play
Text
Play By Play
Audio
Play By Play
Box
Score
Lineups
and Summary
Top 9 R H E
Athletics 4 8 5
Tigers 14 17 2
Top 9 R H E
Athletics 4 8 5
Tigers 14 17 2

Joe Gantenbein Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .286
OBP .500 .363
At Bats 4 168
Hits 2 48
• Singles 1 40
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 1 2
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 20
RBI’s 0 10

Al Benton Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 1 0
 FIRSTPLAY/PAUSE  REPLAYLAST/BOX  
Close
1 ▲ ▼ 2 ▲ ▼ 3 ▲ ▼ 4 ▲ ▼ 5 ▲ ▼ 6 ▲ ▼ 7 ▲ ▼ 8 ▲ ▼ 9 ▲ ▼
Briggs Stadium - June 9, 1939
•
Out
Al Benton
Rudy York
Hank Greenberg
Charlie Gehringer
Pinky Higgins
Frank Croucher
Beau Bell
Barney McCosky
Pete Fox
Joe Gantenbein

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Philadelphia Athletics 4 8 5 6
Detroit Tigers 14 17 2 7
Winning Pitcher Al Benton
Losing Pitcher Buck Ross
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Pete Fox
Attendance 3,069
Time of Game 2 hours 5 minutes
View Box Score
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Gantenbein hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Return to all plays in text
PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Eric Tipton pinch hits for George Caster. Tipton hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Newsome hits a popup towards first. Greenberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Benton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Caster fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Croucher hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Higgins scores. York moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 8 York hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Higgins moves to third.
Bottom 8 Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gantenbein fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Higgins hits a fly ball, foul, down the left field line, foul. Johnson chases it down, and drops the ball. That's an error on Johnson.
Top 8 Nagel strikes out.
Top 8 Chapman hits a fly ball into left field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Wagner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Greenberg strikes out.
Bottom 7 Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Caster, and towards Newsome, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Fox moves to second.
Bottom 7 Fox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 McCosky hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 7 Benton bunts towards the mound. Caster juggles the ball. That's an error on Caster. Croucher moves to second.
Bottom 7 Croucher hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Hal Wagner now catching. Skeeter Newsome now playing shortstop. George Caster now pitching. Bell hits a popup towards first. Siebert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Siebert hits a line drive towards first. Greenberg reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Moses hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dean scores. Gantenbein moves to second.
Top 7 Gantenbein hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dean moves to third.
Top 7 Chubby Dean pinch hits for Roy Parmelee. Dean hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Fox. Dean reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Dee Miles pinch hits for Wayne Ambler. Miles 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 Nagel strikes out.
Bottom 6 York hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Roy Parmelee now pitching. Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ambler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Greenberg hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 6 Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gantenbein misplays the ball. That's an error on Gantenbein. McCosky moves to third.
Bottom 6 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ambler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McCosky moves to second.
Bottom 6 McCosky hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Chapman hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Hayes strikes out.
Bottom 5 Benton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ambler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Croucher hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. York scores. Bell moves to second.
Bottom 5 Bell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 There goes York. The throw from Hayes and he is safe. York steals second.
Bottom 5 York hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gehringer scores.
Bottom 5 Higgins hits a popup, foul, towards first. Siebert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Greenberg hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hayes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Gehringer. The throw from Hayes and he is safe. Gehringer steals third.
Bottom 5 Gehringer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moses. Gehringer reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Siebert hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Benton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Moses hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gantenbein moves to second.
Top 5 Gantenbein hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer misplays the ball. That's an error on Gehringer.
Top 5 Ross hits a ball on the ground towards short. Croucher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Ambler hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Benton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Fox strikes out.
Bottom 4 McCosky hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Benton bunts towards first. Siebert scoops it up and throws to first, with Ross covering, for the out. Croucher moves to second.
Bottom 4 Croucher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ambler fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Ambler.
Top 4 Nagel strikes out.
Top 4 Chapman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned.
Top 4 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hayes hits a fly ball towards center. McCosky settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on McCosky.
Top 4 Siebert strikes out.
Bottom 3 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nagel fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 York hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hayes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nagel fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Moses hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Gantenbein strikes out.
Top 3 Ross hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Ambler strikes out.
Bottom 2 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nagel fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Gehringer hits a line drive towards first. Siebert reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Fox hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Bottom 2 McCosky takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Benton hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Ross scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Benton for the out. Bell moves to third. Croucher moves to second.
Bottom 2 Croucher hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bell moves to second.
Bottom 2 Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Nagel hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Chapman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Croucher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 York hits a popup towards first. Siebert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Higgins hits a fly ball towards center. Chapman settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Chapman. Greenberg moves to second.
Bottom 1 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nagel fields it and throws to second for the out. Fox scores.
Bottom 1 Gehringer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fox moves to third.
Bottom 1 Fox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 McCosky hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hayes hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Siebert hits a popup towards short. Croucher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Moses hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gantenbein tags and scores.
Top 1 Gantenbein hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Fox who is chasing the ball. Gantenbein reaches third base with a triple.