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Detroit Tigers @ Washington Senators

1939-07-27 · Day game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 1200 · 1:39

Detroit Tigers defeated Washington Senators 8–1. Detroit Tigers put up 4 in the 3rd. Dizzy Trout earned the win. Benny McCoy went 2-for-3 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	3	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	9
WS1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5

W: Dizzy Trout L: Walt Masterson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Pipgras · 1B: Steve Basil · 2B: (none) · 3B: Harry Geisel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Barney McCosky	2	3	2	0	1	0
Benny McCoy	3	1	2	3	0	0
Pinky Higgins	4	0	1	1	0	0
Hank Greenberg	2	2	1	0	3	1
Beau Bell	5	1	1	0	0	1
Pete Fox	4	1	0	0	1	0
Birdie Tebbetts	4	0	1	3	0	0
Frank Croucher	4	0	0	0	0	1
Dizzy Trout	4	0	1	0	0	2
Earl Averill	1	0	0	0	1	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Case	4	0	0	0	0	0
Buddy Lewis	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bobby Estalella	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sam West	3	0	0	0	1	1
Cecil Travis	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jimmy Bloodworth	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey Vernon	3	1	1	0	0	0
Tony Giuliani	3	0	2	1	0	0
Alex Carrasquel	3	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dizzy Trout	9.0	5	1	1

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Walt Masterson	2.2	6	2	1
Alex Carrasquel	6.1	3	4	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Barney McCosky: S7
Benny McCoy: T/89.1-H
Pinky Higgins: 99/SF.3-H
Hank Greenberg: T8.B-H(E2)(NR)(UR)
Beau Bell: 99
Pete Fox: 99

Bot 1

George Case: 99
Buddy Lewis: 99
Bobby Estalella: 99

Top 2

Birdie Tebbetts: 99
Frank Croucher: 99
Dizzy Trout: K

Bot 2

Sam West: K
Cecil Travis: 99
Jimmy Bloodworth: 99

Top 3

Barney McCosky: T7
Benny McCoy: 99/SH.3-H
Pinky Higgins: 99
Hank Greenberg: W
Beau Bell: S9.1-2
Pete Fox: OA.2-3(E2);1-2
Pete Fox: W
Birdie Tebbetts: T8.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-H(UR)
Frank Croucher: K

Bot 3

Mickey Vernon: T8
Tony Giuliani: S8.3-H
Alex Carrasquel: 99
George Case: 99
Buddy Lewis: S.1-2
Bobby Estalella: 99

Top 4

Dizzy Trout: K
Barney McCosky: W
Benny McCoy: D.1-H
Pinky Higgins: 99.2-3
Hank Greenberg: W
Beau Bell: SB2
Beau Bell: K

Bot 4

Sam West: 99
Cecil Travis: D
Jimmy Bloodworth: 99
Mickey Vernon: 99

Top 5

Pete Fox: 99
Birdie Tebbetts: 99
Frank Croucher: 99

Bot 5

Tony Giuliani: S
Alex Carrasquel: 99
George Case: 99
Buddy Lewis: 99

Top 6

Dizzy Trout: S
Earl Averill: W.1-2
Benny McCoy: 99/SH.2-3;1-2
Pinky Higgins: 99
Hank Greenberg: W
Beau Bell: 3/G

Bot 6

Bobby Estalella: 99
Sam West: 99
Cecil Travis: 99

Top 7

Pete Fox: 99
Birdie Tebbetts: 99
Frank Croucher: 99

Bot 7

Jimmy Bloodworth: 99
Mickey Vernon: 99
Tony Giuliani: 99

Top 8

Dizzy Trout: 99
Earl Averill: 99
Benny McCoy: 99

Bot 8

Alex Carrasquel: 99
George Case: 99
Buddy Lewis: 99

Top 9

Pinky Higgins: S
Hank Greenberg: K
Beau Bell: 99
Pete Fox: 99

Bot 9

Bobby Estalella: 99
Sam West: W
Cecil Travis: 99/SH.1-2
Jimmy Bloodworth: 99

Notes & reviews

Greenberg originally called out trying for IPHR, but catcher dropped ball and call was reversed

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