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Chicago White Sox @ Detroit Tigers

1937-07-05 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 22000 · 1:55

Detroit Tigers defeated Chicago White Sox 8–4. Detroit Tigers put up 3 in the 1st. Boots Poffenberger earned the win and Jack Russell picked up the save. Hank Greenberg went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Boots Poffenberger L: Vern Kennedy SV: Jack Russell

Umpires — HP: George Moriarty · 1B: Charles Johnston · 2B: (none) · 3B: Brick Owens · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rip Radcliff	5	0	2	0	0	0
Mike Kreevich	4	1	1	0	1	0
Dixie Walker	3	2	1	1	1	0
Zeke Bonura	4	1	2	0	0	1
Luke Appling	4	0	1	1	0	0
Jackie Hayes	4	0	1	2	0	0
Tony Piet	3	0	0	0	1	0
Luke Sewell	4	0	1	0	0	1
Vern Kennedy	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sugar Cain	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mule Haas	1	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Rosenthal	1	0	1	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jo-Jo White	4	1	1	0	0	0
Billy Rogell	3	2	1	2	1	0
Charlie Gehringer	4	1	2	0	0	0
Hank Greenberg	2	2	1	3	2	0
Goose Goslin	3	1	0	0	1	0
Rudy York	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Fox	4	1	2	1	0	0
Cliff Bolton	4	0	1	1	0	1
Boots Poffenberger	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Russell	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Kennedy	2.0	4	2	1
Sugar Cain	4.0	0	1	0
Bill Dietrich	2.0	4	1	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Boots Poffenberger	7.2	9	3	1
Jack Russell	1.1	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rip Radcliff: S5
Mike Kreevich: 13.1-2
Dixie Walker: 43.2-3
Zeke Bonura: 9

Bot 1

Jo-Jo White: 8
Billy Rogell: W
Charlie Gehringer: S9.1-3
Hank Greenberg: HR/7.3-H;1-H
Goose Goslin: W
Rudy York: 63.1-2
Pete Fox: CS3(25)

Top 2

Luke Appling: 7
Jackie Hayes: 53
Tony Piet: W
Luke Sewell: S8.1-2
Vern Kennedy: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Pete Fox: T8/89
Cliff Bolton: K/C
Boots Poffenberger: 63
Jo-Jo White: 6E3.3-H(NR)(UR);B-2
Billy Rogell: HR/9.2-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Charlie Gehringer: 8

Top 3

Rip Radcliff: S7
Mike Kreevich: W.1-2
Dixie Walker: 64(1)3/GDP.2-3
Zeke Bonura: K/C

Bot 3

Hank Greenberg: W
Goose Goslin: 3/FL
Rudy York: 9
Pete Fox: 7

Top 4

Luke Appling: 9
Jackie Hayes: 63
Tony Piet: 53

Bot 4

Cliff Bolton: 9
Boots Poffenberger: 63
Jo-Jo White: 5/P

Top 5

Luke Sewell: 63
Sugar Cain: 43
Rip Radcliff: 53

Bot 5

Billy Rogell: 2/FL
Charlie Gehringer: 9
Hank Greenberg: 13

Top 6

Mike Kreevich: D9
Dixie Walker: S7.2-H
Zeke Bonura: S8.1-2
Luke Appling: S9.2-H;1-3
Jackie Hayes: 46(1)/FO.3-H
Tony Piet: 63.1-2
Luke Sewell: 4/P

Bot 6

Goose Goslin: 3/P
Rudy York: 7
Pete Fox: 3/FL

Top 7

Mule Haas: 63
Rip Radcliff: 5/FL
Mike Kreevich: 9

Bot 7

Cliff Bolton: 43
Boots Poffenberger: 6/L
Jo-Jo White: S7
Billy Rogell: 4/P

Top 8

Dixie Walker: W
Zeke Bonura: S9.1-3
Luke Appling: 153/DP.3-3;1X2(36)
Jackie Hayes: S7.3-H;B-2(E7)
Tony Piet: 53

Bot 8

Charlie Gehringer: D9
Hank Greenberg: W
Goose Goslin: 5(2)/FO.1-2
Rudy York: 3/FL.2-3
Pete Fox: S8.3-H;1-3
Cliff Bolton: S7.3-H;1-2
Jack Russell: 13

Top 9

Luke Sewell: K
Larry Rosenthal: S8
Rip Radcliff: 13.1-2
Mike Kreevich: 8

Notes & reviews

Smash off pitcher deflected to 3bman who threw out batter; runner on 3rd held and runner on 1st rounded 2nd; when he saw a runner still on 3rd he stopped and was thrown out in a mini-rundown

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