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St. Louis Browns @ Detroit Tigers

1937-09-06 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 34000 · 1:46

Detroit Tigers defeated St. Louis Browns 5–2. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 3rd. Boots Poffenberger earned the win. Hank Greenberg went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLA	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	6
DET	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0		5	15

W: Boots Poffenberger L: Lou Koupal SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Harry Davis	3	1	1	0	1	0
Ethan Allen	3	0	0	0	0	0
Beau Bell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Vosmik	4	0	2	1	0	0
Harlond Clift	3	1	1	0	1	0
Bill Knickerbocker	2	0	0	0	0	0
Rollie Hemsley	4	0	1	0	0	0
Tom Carey	4	0	1	1	0	0
Lou Koupal	2	0	0	0	0	0
Nig Lipscomb	1	0	0	0	1	1
Ben Huffman	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

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

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lou Koupal	6.0	14	1	2
Russ Van Atta	2.0	1	1	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Boots Poffenberger	9.0	6	3	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Harry Davis: 5/FL
Ethan Allen: 63
Beau Bell: 13

Bot 1

Jo-Jo White: S1/8
Pete Fox: SB2
Pete Fox: S5/7.2-H
Charlie Gehringer: 6/P
Hank Greenberg: S7.1-3
Rudy York: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Joe Vosmik: 43
Harlond Clift: 63
Bill Knickerbocker: 43

Bot 2

Gee Walker: 6/P
Marv Owen: S8
Billy Rogell: 8/F
Boots Poffenberger: 54(1)/FO

Top 3

Rollie Hemsley: 53
Tom Carey: 63
Lou Koupal: 63

Bot 3

Jo-Jo White: S9
Pete Fox: CS2(24)
Pete Fox: HR/7
Charlie Gehringer: 43
Hank Greenberg: HR/7
Rudy York: S7
Gee Walker: 54(1)/FO

Top 4

Harry Davis: W
Ethan Allen: 13/SH.1-2
Beau Bell: 43.2-3
Joe Vosmik: S.3-H
Harlond Clift: W.1-2
Bill Knickerbocker: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Marv Owen: E4/G
Billy Rogell: S9.1-2
Boots Poffenberger: 25(2)/BG/FO.1-2
Jo-Jo White: S9.2-3;1-2
Pete Fox: K
Charlie Gehringer: 8

Top 5

Rollie Hemsley: 7
Tom Carey: 43
Lou Koupal: 31

Bot 5

Hank Greenberg: 53
Rudy York: S7
Gee Walker: D7.1-3
Marv Owen: 9/FL.3-H;2-3
Billy Rogell: W
Boots Poffenberger: K

Top 6

Harry Davis: S8
Ethan Allen: 54(1)3/GDP
Beau Bell: 9

Bot 6

Jo-Jo White: 3/L
Pete Fox: 7
Charlie Gehringer: D8
Hank Greenberg: T7.2-H
Rudy York: 63

Top 7

Joe Vosmik: S
Harlond Clift: 54(1)/FO
Nig Lipscomb: K
Rollie Hemsley: S8.1-3(E8)
Tom Carey: S.3-H(UR);1-2
Ben Huffman: 43

Bot 7

Gee Walker: 8
Marv Owen: 8
Billy Rogell: S
Boots Poffenberger: 13

Top 8

Harry Davis: 43
Ethan Allen: 8
Beau Bell: 43

Bot 8

Jo-Jo White: 3
Pete Fox: 9
Charlie Gehringer: W
Hank Greenberg: PO1(E1).1-2
Hank Greenberg: 9

Top 9

Joe Vosmik: 13
Harlond Clift: S7
Nig Lipscomb: W.1-2
Rollie Hemsley: 16(1)/FO.2-3
Tom Carey: 5/FL