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Detroit Tigers @ Philadelphia Athletics

1937-08-03 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 4500 · 2:00

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Detroit Tigers 2–1. Herman Fink earned the win and Lynn Nelson picked up the save. Earle Brucker went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Herman Fink L: Tommy Bridges SV: Lynn Nelson

Umpires — HP: Harry Geisel · 1B: Bill Summers · 2B: (none) · 3B: Steve Basil · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Fox	5	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Rogell	4	1	2	0	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	4	0	3	0	0	0
Hank Greenberg	3	0	2	1	1	0
Gee Walker	3	0	0	0	1	1
Marv Owen	4	0	0	0	0	0
Chet Laabs	4	0	1	0	0	1
Cliff Bolton	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tommy Bridges	2	0	0	0	1	0
Goose Goslin	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wally Moses	3	1	2	0	1	0
Chubby Dean	3	0	1	1	1	0
Billy Werber	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Johnson	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jesse Hill	4	0	2	0	0	1
Rusty Peters	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ace Parker	3	0	1	0	0	0
Earle Brucker	2	1	1	1	0	0
Jack Rothrock	1	0	0	0	0	0
Herman Fink	1	0	0	0	0	1
Lynn Nelson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tommy Bridges	8.0	9	2	4

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bud Thomas	3.0	5	2	0
Herman Fink	3.0	1	1	1
Lynn Nelson	3.0	2	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Fox: 4/P
Billy Rogell: 3/P
Charlie Gehringer: S8
Hank Greenberg: W.1-2
Gee Walker: 8

Bot 1

Wally Moses: D9
Chubby Dean: S8.2-H
Billy Werber: 6(1)3/GDP
Bob Johnson: D8
Jesse Hill: K

Top 2

Marv Owen: 9
Chet Laabs: S5
Cliff Bolton: CS2(26)#
Cliff Bolton: 5/FL

Bot 2

Rusty Peters: 43
Ace Parker: 63
Earle Brucker: 63

Top 3

Tommy Bridges: 8
Pete Fox: 6/P
Billy Rogell: S7
Charlie Gehringer: S4.1-2
Hank Greenberg: D7.2-H;1-3
Gee Walker: W
Marv Owen: 9

Bot 3

Jack Rothrock: 31
Wally Moses: 43
Chubby Dean: W
Billy Werber: 7/L

Top 4

Chet Laabs: K
Cliff Bolton: 43
Tommy Bridges: W
Pete Fox: 5/L

Bot 4

Bob Johnson: 2/FL
Jesse Hill: S8
Rusty Peters: 63.1-2
Ace Parker: 3/P

Top 5

Billy Rogell: 63
Charlie Gehringer: 7
Hank Greenberg: S5
Gee Walker: 43

Bot 5

Earle Brucker: HR/7
Herman Fink: K
Wally Moses: S9
Chubby Dean: 64(1)/FO
Billy Werber: K

Top 6

Marv Owen: 43
Chet Laabs: E6/TH
Cliff Bolton: 4(1)/FO
Tommy Bridges: 6/L

Bot 6

Bob Johnson: 43
Jesse Hill: 43
Rusty Peters: K

Top 7

Pete Fox: 53
Billy Rogell: S4.B-2(E4)
Charlie Gehringer: S7.2-3
Hank Greenberg: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Ace Parker: S6
Earle Brucker: 14/SH.1-2
Lynn Nelson: FC6.2X3(65)
Wally Moses: W.1-2
Chubby Dean: 43

Top 8

Gee Walker: K
Marv Owen: 63
Chet Laabs: 7

Bot 8

Billy Werber: 7
Bob Johnson: 7
Jesse Hill: S9
Rusty Peters: S7.1-2
Ace Parker: PO2(156)

Top 9

Cliff Bolton: K
Goose Goslin: 8
Pete Fox: 63