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Detroit Tigers @ Boston Red Sox

1936-07-18 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 8000 · 2:07

Detroit Tigers defeated Boston Red Sox 6–5. Detroit Tigers put up 3 in the 3rd. Elden Auker earned the win and Roxie Lawson picked up the save. Billy Rogell went 1-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Elden Auker L: Fritz Ostermueller SV: Roxie Lawson

Umpires — HP: Steve Basil · 1B: Bill Dinneen · 2B: (none) · 3B: Lou Kolls · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jack Burns	5	1	1	0	0	0
Billy Rogell	5	1	1	3	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	4	0	0	0	1	0
Goose Goslin	4	0	1	0	1	1
Gee Walker	5	0	0	0	0	1
Pete Fox	4	1	3	0	0	0
Marv Owen	3	2	1	0	0	0
Ray Hayworth	4	0	1	2	0	1
Elden Auker	4	1	3	1	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ski Melillo	2	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Werber	5	0	1	1	0	1
Heinie Manush	4	1	1	2	0	0
Jimmie Foxx	4	0	1	0	0	1
Dusty Cooke	4	0	1	1	0	1
Eric McNair	4	0	2	0	0	0
Rick Ferrell	4	0	1	0	0	0
Doc Cramer	3	1	1	0	1	1
Fritz Ostermueller	2	0	1	0	0	0
John Kroner	2	2	1	1	1	0
Bing Miller	0	1	0	0	1	0
Johnny Marcum	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Elden Auker	7.1	7	3	4
Roxie Lawson	1.2	3	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fritz Ostermueller	8.0	11	1	2
Jack Wilson	1.0	0	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jack Burns: 3/G
Billy Rogell: 2/P/FL
Charlie Gehringer: 8

Bot 1

Ski Melillo: 13/BG
Billy Werber: 53
Heinie Manush: 9/FL

Top 2

Goose Goslin: W
Gee Walker: K/C
Pete Fox: S.1-2
Marv Owen: 9
Ray Hayworth: K/C

Bot 2

Jimmie Foxx: K
Dusty Cooke: K
Eric McNair: S6.B-2(E6/TH)
Rick Ferrell: 9/L

Top 3

Elden Auker: S
Jack Burns: S.1-3
Billy Rogell: HR/7.3-H;1-H
Charlie Gehringer: 43
Goose Goslin: 43
Gee Walker: 5/P

Bot 3

Doc Cramer: S
Fritz Ostermueller: 16(1)3/GDP
Ski Melillo: 43

Top 4

Pete Fox: S
Marv Owen: 8(B)3(1)/DP
Ray Hayworth: E6/G
Elden Auker: S.1-2
Jack Burns: 2/P/FL

Bot 4

Billy Werber: K/C
Heinie Manush: 7
Jimmie Foxx: 43

Top 5

Billy Rogell: 13
Charlie Gehringer: 43
Goose Goslin: S1
Gee Walker: 7

Bot 5

Dusty Cooke: S
Eric McNair: 8
Rick Ferrell: S4.1-2
Doc Cramer: K
Fritz Ostermueller: S4.1-2;2-3
John Kroner: 54(1)/FO

Top 6

Pete Fox: S
Marv Owen: E5/TH/SH.1-3;B-2
Ray Hayworth: S8.2-H(UR);3-H(UR)
Elden Auker: 3/P
Jack Burns: 2/P/FL
Billy Rogell: 13

Bot 6

Billy Werber: 43
Heinie Manush: 43
Jimmie Foxx: 6/P

Top 7

Charlie Gehringer: 9
Goose Goslin: 9
Gee Walker: 8

Bot 7

Dusty Cooke: 4/P
Eric McNair: 9
Rick Ferrell: 8

Top 8

Pete Fox: 2/P/FL
Marv Owen: S6
Ray Hayworth: 9
Elden Auker: WP.1-2
Elden Auker: D.2-H
Jack Burns: 43

Bot 8

Doc Cramer: W
Bing Miller: W.1-2
John Kroner: W.2-3;1-2
Billy Werber: S9/9S.BX2(93);3-H;2-3;1-2
Heinie Manush: S9.2-H;3-H
Jimmie Foxx: S.1-3
Dusty Cooke: 7/F.3-H
Eric McNair: D.1-3
Rick Ferrell: 4/P

Top 9

Billy Rogell: 3/G
Charlie Gehringer: W
Goose Goslin: K
Gee Walker: 9/FL

Bot 9

Doc Cramer: 43
Johnny Marcum: 7
John Kroner: HR
Billy Werber: 63

Notes & reviews

Coaches Schact and Pennock ran Sox while Cronin flew to his mother[s sickbed in San Francisco.
McNair fumbled the ball.
Both Kroner and Werber ended up standing on 2B.

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