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Detroit Tigers @ Philadelphia Athletics

1937-09-18 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 8000 · 1:54

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Detroit Tigers 5–4. Philadelphia Athletics put up 3 in the 6th. Bud Thomas earned the win and Eddie Smith picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	11
PHA	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0		5	8

W: Bud Thomas L: Roxie Lawson SV: Eddie Smith

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

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jo-Jo White	5	0	1	0	0	0
Pete Fox	5	1	2	1	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	4	0	1	1	0	0
Hank Greenberg	4	0	1	0	0	0
Rudy York	4	0	0	0	0	3
Gee Walker	4	0	0	0	0	0
Marv Owen	4	3	3	0	0	0
Billy Rogell	4	0	1	1	0	0
Roxie Lawson	2	0	1	1	0	0
Cliff Bolton	1	0	1	0	0	0
Goose Goslin	0	0	0	0	1	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wally Moses	3	0	2	1	2	0
Skeeter Newsome	4	0	0	0	1	1
Billy Werber	3	0	0	1	1	0
Bob Johnson	3	0	1	0	1	0
Gene Hasson	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jack Rothrock	4	0	0	0	0	0
Earle Brucker	2	2	1	0	2	0
Rusty Peters	4	2	2	1	0	0
Bud Thomas	4	1	1	1	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Roxie Lawson	6.0	7	7	2
Boots Poffenberger	2.0	1	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bud Thomas	8.0	11	0	3
Eddie Smith	1.0	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jo-Jo White: 43
Pete Fox: D9
Charlie Gehringer: S9.2-H
Hank Greenberg: 8
Rudy York: K

Bot 1

Wally Moses: 9
Skeeter Newsome: 8
Billy Werber: W
Bob Johnson: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Bob Johnson: W
Gene Hasson: 6/L

Top 2

Gee Walker: 3/FL
Marv Owen: D9
Billy Rogell: BK.2-3#
Billy Rogell: 3/P
Roxie Lawson: S5.3-H
Jo-Jo White: S5.1-2
Pete Fox: 8

Bot 2

Jack Rothrock: 8
Earle Brucker: D9
Rusty Peters: T8.2-H
Bud Thomas: K
Wally Moses: FLE5#
Wally Moses: D8.3-H(UR)
Skeeter Newsome: K

Top 3

Charlie Gehringer: 6/P
Hank Greenberg: 8
Rudy York: K

Bot 3

Billy Werber: 8
Bob Johnson: S8
Gene Hasson: S8.1-2
Jack Rothrock: 4/LDP.2X2(46)

Top 4

Gee Walker: 7
Marv Owen: 6/P
Billy Rogell: 3/G

Bot 4

Earle Brucker: W
Rusty Peters: 9
Bud Thomas: 16(1)/FO
Wally Moses: W.1-2
Skeeter Newsome: 4/P

Top 5

Roxie Lawson: 63
Jo-Jo White: 43
Pete Fox: 4/P

Bot 5

Billy Werber: 6/P
Bob Johnson: 63
Gene Hasson: 43

Top 6

Charlie Gehringer: 43
Hank Greenberg: D7
Rudy York: 43.2-3
Gee Walker: 7

Bot 6

Jack Rothrock: 5/FL
Earle Brucker: W
Rusty Peters: S9.1-2
Bud Thomas: S7.2-H;1-H(E7)(NR);B-2
Wally Moses: W
Skeeter Newsome: W.2-3;1-2
Billy Werber: 8/F.3-H
Bob Johnson: 8

Top 7

Marv Owen: S8
Billy Rogell: 8
Cliff Bolton: S8.1-3
Jo-Jo White: 8
Pete Fox: D8.3-H;1-3
Charlie Gehringer: 5/P

Bot 7

Gene Hasson: 43
Jack Rothrock: 13
Earle Brucker: 9

Top 8

Hank Greenberg: 6/P
Rudy York: K
Gee Walker: 5/P

Bot 8

Rusty Peters: 63
Bud Thomas: 63
Wally Moses: D7
Skeeter Newsome: 53

Top 9

Marv Owen: D7
Billy Rogell: S8.2-H
Goose Goslin: W.1-2
Jo-Jo White: 3/FL
Pete Fox: 54(1)3/GDP