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Philadelphia Athletics @ Detroit Tigers

1936-09-16 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 1100 · 1:45

Detroit Tigers defeated Philadelphia Athletics 6–2. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 7th. Elden Auker earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Elden Auker L: Fred Archer SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Moriarty · 1B: Bill McGowan · 2B: (none) · 3B: John Quinn · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Finney	3	2	1	0	1	0
Wally Moses	4	0	3	1	0	0
Chubby Dean	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Johnson	3	0	0	0	1	0
Pinky Higgins	4	0	0	0	0	1
Hal Luby	4	0	0	0	0	1
Rusty Peters	4	0	0	0	0	0
Frankie Hayes	3	0	3	0	1	0
Fred Archer	2	0	0	0	0	1
George Puccinelli	1	0	1	0	0	0
Charlie Moss	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Gee Walker	3	0	0	0	0
Jack Burns	4	0	1	2	0
Charlie Gehringer	3	2	2	1	0
Pete Fox	4	0	2	0	0
Al Simmons	3	1	1	1	1
Marv Owen	3	0	1	0	1
Salty Parker	3	0	0	1	0
Birdie Tebbetts	2	2	1	0	2
Elden Auker	2	1	1	1	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fred Archer	6.0	7	1	0
Herman Fink	2.0	2	3	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Elden Auker	9.0	9	3	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Finney: 99
Wally Moses: 99
Chubby Dean: 99

Bot 1

Gee Walker: 99
Jack Burns: 99
Charlie Gehringer: 99

Top 2

Bob Johnson: 99
Pinky Higgins: K
Hal Luby: K

Bot 2

Pete Fox: D
Al Simmons: 99
Marv Owen: 99
Salty Parker: 99

Top 3

Rusty Peters: 99
Frankie Hayes: S
Fred Archer: 16(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Birdie Tebbetts: 99
Elden Auker: S
Gee Walker: 99
Jack Burns: 99

Top 4

Lou Finney: D
Wally Moses: S.2-H
Chubby Dean: S.1-2
Bob Johnson: CS3(25).1-2
Bob Johnson: 53
Pinky Higgins: 63

Bot 4

Charlie Gehringer: HP
Pete Fox: PB.1-2
Pete Fox: S/BG.2-3
Al Simmons: 99(1)/FO.3-H
Marv Owen: 99
Salty Parker: 99

Top 5

Hal Luby: 99/G
Rusty Peters: 99/G
Frankie Hayes: S1/G.B-2(E6)
Fred Archer: K

Bot 5

Birdie Tebbetts: D
Elden Auker: 99/SH.2-3
Gee Walker: 2/FL
Jack Burns: S9.3-H
Charlie Gehringer: CS2(99)

Top 6

Lou Finney: W
Wally Moses: D9.1-3
Chubby Dean: 9/F.3-H
Bob Johnson: 43.2-3
Pinky Higgins: 9/F

Bot 6

Charlie Gehringer: S9
Pete Fox: 8/F
Al Simmons: D7.1-3
Marv Owen: IW
Salty Parker: 64(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Birdie Tebbetts: CSH(99)

Top 7

Hal Luby: 99
Rusty Peters: 99
Frankie Hayes: D
George Puccinelli: S.2-3
Lou Finney: 99

Bot 7

Birdie Tebbetts: W
Elden Auker: FC/SH.1-2
Gee Walker: 99/SH.2-3;1-2
Jack Burns: 9/F.3-H
Charlie Gehringer: D9.2-H
Pete Fox: 99

Top 8

Wally Moses: S
Chubby Dean: 99
Bob Johnson: W.1-2
Pinky Higgins: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Al Simmons: W
Marv Owen: S/BG.1-2
Salty Parker: 99/SH.2-3;1-2
Birdie Tebbetts: IW
Elden Auker: 9.3-H
Gee Walker: CS3(25)

Top 9

Hal Luby: 99
Rusty Peters: 99
Frankie Hayes: W
Charlie Moss: 99