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New York Yankees @ Detroit Tigers

1934-05-17 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 10500 · 2:01

Detroit Tigers defeated New York Yankees 5–4. Detroit Tigers put up 3 in the 4th. Tommy Bridges earned the win. Frankie Crosetti went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	10
DET	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0		5	11

W: Tommy Bridges L: Johnny Murphy SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Charles Donnelly · 1B: Bill Dinneen · 2B: (none) · 3B: George Moriarty · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Crosetti	5	1	2	2	0	1
Earle Combs	5	1	2	0	0	0
Babe Ruth	3	0	0	0	2	0
Lou Gehrig	5	0	3	1	0	0
Ben Chapman	5	0	1	0	0	3
Tony Lazzeri	3	0	0	0	1	1
Bill Dickey	3	1	1	0	0	1
Don Heffner	3	1	1	0	1	0
Russ Van Atta	2	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Murphy	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dixie Walker	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frank Doljack	3	1	1	0	0	2
Goose Goslin	4	0	2	1	0	0
Gee Walker	4	1	1	0	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	4	1	4	1	0	0
Billy Rogell	4	1	1	0	0	0
Hank Greenberg	4	1	1	2	0	1
Mickey Cochrane	3	0	1	0	1	0
Marv Owen	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Bridges	2	0	0	0	1	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Russ Van Atta	3.0	7	0	2
Johnny Murphy	4.0	3	1	1
George Uhle	1.0	1	1	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tommy Bridges	9.0	10	5	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Crosetti: K
Earle Combs: S9
Babe Ruth: W.1-2
Lou Gehrig: 4/P
Ben Chapman: K

Bot 1

Frank Doljack: K/C
Goose Goslin: 6/L
Gee Walker: D8
Charlie Gehringer: S9.2-H
Billy Rogell: 53

Top 2

Tony Lazzeri: 63
Bill Dickey: K
Don Heffner: 63

Bot 2

Hank Greenberg: 5/P
Mickey Cochrane: 13
Marv Owen: 63

Top 3

Russ Van Atta: 63
Frankie Crosetti: HR/F78XD
Earle Combs: T8/F8XD
Babe Ruth: W
Lou Gehrig: S9.3-H;1X3(95)
Ben Chapman: 53

Bot 3

Tommy Bridges: 3/P
Frank Doljack: K
Goose Goslin: D9/F9DW
Gee Walker: 9

Top 4

Tony Lazzeri: K/C
Bill Dickey: S9
Don Heffner: S8.1-3
Russ Van Atta: 8/F.3-H(E8/TH3)(NR);1-2
Frankie Crosetti: D7/F7S.2-H(UR)
Earle Combs: 13

Bot 4

Charlie Gehringer: D7
Billy Rogell: S6/L.2-3
Hank Greenberg: D7/7L.3-H;1-H
Mickey Cochrane: S3/G.2-H(E3/TH1)(NR)(UR)
Marv Owen: 1/BPDP.1X1(13)
Tommy Bridges: K/C

Top 5

Babe Ruth: 3/G
Lou Gehrig: S8
Ben Chapman: K
Tony Lazzeri: 64(1)/FO

Bot 5

Frank Doljack: D7/L7D
Goose Goslin: S9.2-H
Gee Walker: 64(1)3/GDP
Charlie Gehringer: S/89
Billy Rogell: 43

Top 6

Bill Dickey: 9
Don Heffner: 5/P
Johnny Murphy: W
Frankie Crosetti: 3/G

Bot 6

Hank Greenberg: 2/FL
Mickey Cochrane: 8
Marv Owen: 4/P

Top 7

Earle Combs: 43
Babe Ruth: 4/P34D
Lou Gehrig: 3/P

Bot 7

Tommy Bridges: W
Frank Doljack: 3/BG/SH.1-2
Goose Goslin: 2/FL
Gee Walker: FC5.2X3(5)

Top 8

Ben Chapman: S7.B-2(E7)
Tony Lazzeri: W
Bill Dickey: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Don Heffner: W
Dixie Walker: 12(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Frankie Crosetti: 3/FL

Bot 8

Charlie Gehringer: S
Billy Rogell: 6/P
Hank Greenberg: SB2
Hank Greenberg: K/C
Mickey Cochrane: W
Marv Owen: 43

Top 9

Earle Combs: 43
Babe Ruth: 8/F
Lou Gehrig: S
Ben Chapman: K

Notes & reviews

Van Atta was spiked on the play as Cochrane slid into 1B

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