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Detroit Tigers @ Philadelphia Athletics

1937-08-05 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 6000 · 1:56

Detroit Tigers defeated Philadelphia Athletics 5–3. Detroit Tigers put up 3 in the 8th. Elden Auker earned the win. Hank Greenberg went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Elden Auker L: Eddie Smith SV: (none)

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

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gee Walker	4	1	1	0	0	1
Pete Fox	3	2	2	1	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	4	1	1	1	0	0
Hank Greenberg	4	1	2	3	0	0
Chet Laabs	4	0	0	0	0	0
Marv Owen	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rudy York	4	0	2	0	0	0
Billy Rogell	3	0	0	0	1	0
Elden Auker	3	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wally Moses	4	0	1	0	0	0
Chubby Dean	3	0	0	0	1	0
Billy Werber	4	2	2	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	4	1	2	2	0	0
Jesse Hill	3	0	0	1	1	0
Rusty Peters	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ace Parker	3	0	0	0	0	1
Earle Brucker	4	0	2	0	0	1
Eddie Smith	2	0	1	0	0	0
Lou Finney	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lynn Nelson	1	0	1	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Elden Auker	9.0	9	2	2

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Eddie Smith	9.0	8	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Gee Walker: 7/L
Pete Fox: HR/9
Charlie Gehringer: 3/G
Hank Greenberg: 63

Bot 1

Wally Moses: 7
Chubby Dean: W
Billy Werber: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Chet Laabs: 7
Marv Owen: 43
Rudy York: D7
Billy Rogell: W
Elden Auker: 54(1)/FO

Bot 2

Bob Johnson: 53
Jesse Hill: 8
Rusty Peters: 13

Top 3

Gee Walker: D7
Pete Fox: 23/SH.2-3
Charlie Gehringer: 9/F.3-H
Hank Greenberg: 2/FL

Bot 3

Ace Parker: 13
Earle Brucker: K
Eddie Smith: S6
Wally Moses: 6(1)/FO

Top 4

Chet Laabs: 63
Marv Owen: 8
Rudy York: 5/FL

Bot 4

Chubby Dean: 13
Billy Werber: S8
Bob Johnson: HR/7.1-H
Jesse Hill: W
Rusty Peters: 63.1-2
Ace Parker: 43

Top 5

Billy Rogell: 63
Elden Auker: 43
Gee Walker: 8

Bot 5

Earle Brucker: S6
Eddie Smith: 14/SH.1-2
Wally Moses: 9
Chubby Dean: 13

Top 6

Pete Fox: 5/FL
Charlie Gehringer: 2/FL
Hank Greenberg: S8
Chet Laabs: 8

Bot 6

Billy Werber: S6
Bob Johnson: S9.1-3
Jesse Hill: 7/F.3-H
Rusty Peters: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Marv Owen: 3/FL
Rudy York: S8
Billy Rogell: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Ace Parker: K
Earle Brucker: S9
Eddie Smith: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Elden Auker: K
Gee Walker: K
Pete Fox: S6
Charlie Gehringer: S7.1-3
Hank Greenberg: HR/7.3-H;1-H
Chet Laabs: 63

Bot 8

Wally Moses: D9
Chubby Dean: 31.2-3#
Billy Werber: 2/FL
Bob Johnson: 4/L

Top 9

Marv Owen: 53
Rudy York: 53
Billy Rogell: 6/P

Bot 9

Jesse Hill: 43
Lou Finney: 7
Lynn Nelson: S8
Earle Brucker: 6(1)/FO