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Boston Red Sox @ Detroit Tigers

1937-08-28 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 18000 · 1:54

Boston Red Sox defeated Detroit Tigers 3–0. Boston Red Sox put up 2 in the 3rd. Lefty Grove earned the win. Doc Cramer went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI.

Line score

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

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

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ski Melillo	3	1	1	1	1	0
Doc Cramer	5	0	3	2	0	0
Joe Cronin	4	0	2	0	1	0
Jimmie Foxx	5	0	0	0	0	2
Pinky Higgins	4	0	1	0	0	0
Buster Mills	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Chapman	4	0	0	0	0	0
Gene Desautels	4	2	3	0	0	0
Lefty Grove	3	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Gee Walker	4	0	0	0
Pete Fox	4	2	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	4	0	0	1
Hank Greenberg	4	0	0	0
Rudy York	4	0	0	1
Chet Laabs	2	1	1	1
Marv Owen	3	0	0	0
Billy Rogell	0	0	0	0
Boots Poffenberger	2	0	0	0
Charlie Gelbert	2	0	0	1
Goose Goslin	1	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Grove	9.0	3	1	4

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Boots Poffenberger	8.0	7	2	2
George Gill	1.0	3	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ski Melillo: 13
Doc Cramer: 63
Joe Cronin: D7
Jimmie Foxx: 63

Bot 1

Gee Walker: 63
Pete Fox: S4
Charlie Gehringer: 9
Hank Greenberg: 8

Top 2

Pinky Higgins: 63
Buster Mills: 3/FL
Ben Chapman: 9

Bot 2

Rudy York: 7
Chet Laabs: K
Marv Owen: 43

Top 3

Gene Desautels: S6
Lefty Grove: 1/BP
Ski Melillo: FC1/SH.1-2(E1/TH2);B-1
Doc Cramer: D8.1-H(UR);2-H
Joe Cronin: W
Jimmie Foxx: K+CS3(25)/DP

Bot 3

Billy Rogell: HP
Boots Poffenberger: 8
Gee Walker: 3/FL
Pete Fox: S9.1-2
Charlie Gehringer: 43

Top 4

Pinky Higgins: 63
Buster Mills: E5/G
Ben Chapman: 54(1)/FO
Gene Desautels: S8.1-3
Lefty Grove: 7

Bot 4

Hank Greenberg: 9
Rudy York: K/C
Chet Laabs: W
Marv Owen: 53

Top 5

Ski Melillo: W
Doc Cramer: S.1-2
Joe Cronin: 8
Jimmie Foxx: K
Pinky Higgins: 9

Bot 5

Charlie Gelbert: K
Boots Poffenberger: 7
Gee Walker: 9

Top 6

Buster Mills: 9
Ben Chapman: 53
Gene Desautels: 9

Bot 6

Pete Fox: E4
Charlie Gehringer: 9
Hank Greenberg: 7
Rudy York: 7

Top 7

Lefty Grove: 43
Ski Melillo: 43
Doc Cramer: S
Joe Cronin: 7

Bot 7

Chet Laabs: S
Marv Owen: 46(1)3/GDP
Charlie Gelbert: 4/P

Top 8

Jimmie Foxx: 5/P
Pinky Higgins: S
Buster Mills: 9
Ben Chapman: 53

Bot 8

Goose Goslin: 7
Gee Walker: 7
Pete Fox: 7

Top 9

Gene Desautels: S
Lefty Grove: 13/SH.1-2
Ski Melillo: S.2-H
Doc Cramer: 9
Joe Cronin: S.1-2
Jimmie Foxx: 5(2)/FO

Bot 9

Charlie Gehringer: K
Hank Greenberg: 2/FL
Rudy York: 8

Notes & reviews

Rogell hit on wrist and left game

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