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Detroit Tigers @ New York Yankees

1934-06-17 · Day game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 55000 · 1:45

Detroit Tigers defeated New York Yankees 5–2. Detroit Tigers put up 3 in the 8th. Vic Sorrell earned the win. Hank Greenberg went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Vic Sorrell L: Johnny Murphy SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill McGowan · 1B: George Hildebrand · 2B: (none) · 3B: Brick Owens · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Fox	5	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey Cochrane	4	1	1	0	1	1
Goose Goslin	3	1	0	0	1	0
Charlie Gehringer	4	2	2	1	0	0
Billy Rogell	3	0	1	0	1	0
Hank Greenberg	4	1	2	4	0	0
Gee Walker	4	0	1	0	0	1
Marv Owen	3	0	1	0	0	0
Vic Sorrell	4	0	1	0	0	1

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Earle Combs	3	0	0	0	1	0
Red Rolfe	4	0	0	0	0	0
Babe Ruth	4	0	0	0	0	0
Lou Gehrig	4	0	1	0	0	2
Ben Chapman	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bill Dickey	4	1	0	0	0	0
Frankie Crosetti	3	0	0	0	1	2
Don Heffner	3	0	1	1	0	0
Johnny Murphy	2	0	0	0	1	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vic Sorrell	9.0	3	3	5

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Murphy	9.0	9	3	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Fox: 99/F
Mickey Cochrane: W
Goose Goslin: 99(1)/FO
Charlie Gehringer: S8/8S.1-3
Billy Rogell: W.1-2
Hank Greenberg: S7.3-H;2-H;1-2
Gee Walker: 99/G

Bot 1

Earle Combs: 99/G
Red Rolfe: E6/G6.B-1
Babe Ruth: 99/F
Lou Gehrig: K

Top 2

Marv Owen: S
Vic Sorrell: 99(1)/FO
Pete Fox: 146(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Ben Chapman: 99/G
Bill Dickey: 99/G
Frankie Crosetti: 99/F

Top 3

Mickey Cochrane: 99/F
Goose Goslin: W
Charlie Gehringer: 99(1)/FO
Billy Rogell: 99/F

Bot 3

Don Heffner: 99/FL
Johnny Murphy: W
Earle Combs: 99/F
Red Rolfe: 99(1)/FO

Top 4

Hank Greenberg: 99/FL
Gee Walker: K
Marv Owen: 99/G

Bot 4

Babe Ruth: 99/F
Lou Gehrig: 99/G
Ben Chapman: 99/G

Top 5

Vic Sorrell: 99/F
Pete Fox: 99/FL
Mickey Cochrane: K

Bot 5

Bill Dickey: 99/F
Frankie Crosetti: K
Don Heffner: 99/G

Top 6

Goose Goslin: 9/L
Charlie Gehringer: 99/F
Billy Rogell: S4.B-2(E4/TH1)
Hank Greenberg: 99/P

Bot 6

Johnny Murphy: 99/F
Earle Combs: 99/G
Red Rolfe: 99/FL

Top 7

Gee Walker: S
Marv Owen: 99/SH.1-2
Vic Sorrell: K
Pete Fox: SB3
Pete Fox: 99/F

Bot 7

Babe Ruth: 63
Lou Gehrig: D9/G3L
Ben Chapman: FC5.2X3(5);B-2
Bill Dickey: E5/G.2-H(NR)(UR);B-1
Frankie Crosetti: W.1-2
Don Heffner: S.2-H(UR);1-2
Johnny Murphy: K

Top 8

Mickey Cochrane: D8
Goose Goslin: 9/F9S/TH3
Charlie Gehringer: S/89.2-H
Billy Rogell: 99/F
Hank Greenberg: HR/F7D.1-H
Gee Walker: 99/F

Bot 8

Earle Combs: W
Red Rolfe: 64(1)3/GDP
Babe Ruth: 43

Top 9

Marv Owen: 99/FL
Vic Sorrell: S
Pete Fox: 99/F
Mickey Cochrane: 99/L

Bot 9

Lou Gehrig: K
Ben Chapman: S
Bill Dickey: 8/F
Frankie Crosetti: K

Notes & reviews

Pitcher deflected ball to Heffner

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