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Chicago White Sox @ Detroit Tigers

1937-09-03 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 6000 · 2:10

Detroit Tigers defeated Chicago White Sox 4–3. Elden Auker earned the win and Boots Poffenberger picked up the save. Vern Kennedy went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Elden Auker L: Vern Kennedy SV: Boots Poffenberger

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

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Boze Berger	3	0	0	0	0	2
Mike Kreevich	4	0	0	0	1	0
Dixie Walker	4	0	1	0	0	0
Rip Radcliff	3	1	0	0	1	0
Luke Appling	2	1	1	0	2	0
Jimmy Dykes	3	0	1	1	1	0
Tony Piet	4	0	2	0	0	0
Luke Sewell	4	0	2	1	0	0
Vern Kennedy	4	1	1	1	0	0
Larry Rosenthal	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jackie Hayes	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gee Walker	5	1	1	1	0	1
Pete Fox	3	1	1	0	1	0
Charlie Gehringer	3	1	3	0	1	0
Hank Greenberg	4	0	0	0	0	1
Rudy York	3	0	1	1	1	0
Jo-Jo White	4	0	0	0	0	0
Marv Owen	4	1	1	0	0	0
Billy Rogell	2	0	1	1	2	0
Elden Auker	2	0	0	0	0	0
Boots Poffenberger	1	0	1	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Kennedy	8.0	9	5	2

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Elden Auker	7.2	6	5	2
Boots Poffenberger	1.1	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Boze Berger: K
Mike Kreevich: 53
Dixie Walker: S7
Rip Radcliff: 43

Bot 1

Gee Walker: HR/7
Pete Fox: 63
Charlie Gehringer: S8
Hank Greenberg: 2/FL
Rudy York: 43

Top 2

Luke Appling: D7
Jimmy Dykes: 9/L
Tony Piet: FC1.2X3(15451);B-2
Luke Sewell: 13

Bot 2

Jo-Jo White: 8
Marv Owen: 63
Billy Rogell: W
Elden Auker: 13

Top 3

Vern Kennedy: HR/8
Boze Berger: K/C
Mike Kreevich: 43
Dixie Walker: 43

Bot 3

Gee Walker: 53
Pete Fox: W
Charlie Gehringer: W.1-2
Hank Greenberg: 9/F.2-3
Rudy York: PB.3-H(UR);1-2
Rudy York: W
Jo-Jo White: 8/L

Top 4

Rip Radcliff: 63
Luke Appling: 7
Jimmy Dykes: 7

Bot 4

Marv Owen: 9
Billy Rogell: W
Elden Auker: 5/P
Gee Walker: SB2
Gee Walker: K

Top 5

Tony Piet: S7
Luke Sewell: 9/L
Vern Kennedy: 43.1-2
Boze Berger: 43

Bot 5

Pete Fox: 63
Charlie Gehringer: S7
Hank Greenberg: K
Rudy York: SB2
Rudy York: 63

Top 6

Mike Kreevich: 53
Dixie Walker: 6/P
Rip Radcliff: 8

Bot 6

Jo-Jo White: 9
Marv Owen: S7
Billy Rogell: PO1(E1).1-3
Billy Rogell: S9.3-H
Elden Auker: 13/SH.1-2
Gee Walker: 53

Top 7

Luke Appling: W
Jimmy Dykes: W.1-2
Tony Piet: S1/BG.2-3;1-2
Luke Sewell: PO2(24)
Luke Sewell: D7.3-H;1-3
Vern Kennedy: 43
Larry Rosenthal: 53

Bot 7

Pete Fox: S8
Charlie Gehringer: CS2(26)
Charlie Gehringer: S9.B-3(E9)
Hank Greenberg: 53
Rudy York: S7.3-H(UR)
Jo-Jo White: 8

Top 8

Mike Kreevich: W
Dixie Walker: 64(1)3/GDP
Rip Radcliff: W
Luke Appling: W.1-2
Jimmy Dykes: S8.2-H;1-3
Tony Piet: 9

Bot 8

Marv Owen: 9
Billy Rogell: 9
Boots Poffenberger: S7
Gee Walker: 6/P

Top 9

Luke Sewell: D7/78
Vern Kennedy: 23/BG.2-2
Jackie Hayes: FC1.2X3(1514)
Mike Kreevich: 46(1)/FO