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Boston Red Sox @ Detroit Tigers

1937-06-11 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 9100 · 1:58

Detroit Tigers defeated Boston Red Sox 6–5. Detroit Tigers put up 3 in the 3rd. Boots Poffenberger earned the win. Gee Walker went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Boots Poffenberger L: Lefty Grove SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Cal Hubbard · 1B: Bill Dinneen · 2B: (none) · 3B: John Quinn · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Buster Mills	4	1	1	0	0	0
Ben Chapman	4	0	1	0	1	0
Joe Cronin	2	1	0	0	3	0
Jimmie Foxx	5	0	2	1	0	0
Eric McNair	5	1	2	0	0	0
Pinky Higgins	3	1	2	0	1	0
Fabian Gaffke	4	1	2	3	0	0
Gene Desautels	3	0	0	1	1	0
Lefty Grove	4	0	0	0	0	2

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Fox	4	2	2	0	0	0
Billy Rogell	4	1	2	0	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	4	1	1	2	0	1
Hank Greenberg	4	1	2	1	0	2
Gee Walker	4	1	2	3	0	1
Chet Laabs	4	0	0	0	0	3
Ray Hayworth	2	0	0	0	2	1
Flea Clifton	4	0	0	0	0	3
Boots Poffenberger	3	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Grove	8.0	9	2	11

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Gill	2.1	6	3	1
Boots Poffenberger	6.2	4	3	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Buster Mills: 8
Ben Chapman: D7
Joe Cronin: W
Jimmie Foxx: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Pete Fox: 43
Billy Rogell: 3/P
Charlie Gehringer: K/C

Top 2

Eric McNair: S7
Pinky Higgins: S6.1-2
Fabian Gaffke: D/89.2-H;1-H;B-3(E4/THH)
Gene Desautels: 8.3-H(UR)
Lefty Grove: K
Buster Mills: HP
Ben Chapman: SB2
Ben Chapman: 9

Bot 2

Hank Greenberg: S6
Gee Walker: HR/7.1-H
Chet Laabs: K
Ray Hayworth: K/C
Flea Clifton: K/C

Top 3

Joe Cronin: W
Jimmie Foxx: 3/P
Eric McNair: D9.1-3
Pinky Higgins: IW
Fabian Gaffke: S9.3-H;2-3;1-2
Gene Desautels: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Boots Poffenberger: 3/FL
Pete Fox: S7
Billy Rogell: S8.1-3
Charlie Gehringer: S7.3-H;1-2
Hank Greenberg: S6.2-H;1-3
Gee Walker: S9.3-H;1-3;B-2(TH3)
Chet Laabs: K/C
Ray Hayworth: IW
Flea Clifton: K

Top 4

Lefty Grove: 53
Buster Mills: S8
Ben Chapman: 53.1-2
Joe Cronin: W
Jimmie Foxx: S8.2-H;1-3
Eric McNair: 3/P

Bot 4

Boots Poffenberger: 4/P
Pete Fox: 7
Billy Rogell: 8

Top 5

Pinky Higgins: S7
Fabian Gaffke: 9
Gene Desautels: E3.1-3
Lefty Grove: 36(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Charlie Gehringer: 63
Hank Greenberg: K
Gee Walker: K

Top 6

Buster Mills: 63
Ben Chapman: W
Joe Cronin: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Chet Laabs: 8
Ray Hayworth: 7
Flea Clifton: K

Top 7

Jimmie Foxx: 3/FL
Eric McNair: 3/G
Pinky Higgins: 3/G

Bot 7

Boots Poffenberger: 4/P
Pete Fox: S7
Billy Rogell: S8.1-3;B-2(TH3)
Charlie Gehringer: 8.3-H;2-3
Hank Greenberg: K

Top 8

Fabian Gaffke: 4/P
Gene Desautels: W
Lefty Grove: K/C
Buster Mills: 54(1)/FO

Bot 8

Gee Walker: 163
Chet Laabs: K/C
Ray Hayworth: W
Flea Clifton: 43

Top 9

Ben Chapman: 63
Joe Cronin: 8
Jimmie Foxx: S9/89
Eric McNair: 54(1)/FO