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Detroit Tigers @ Boston Red Sox

1938-05-05 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 5500 · 2:37

Detroit Tigers defeated Boston Red Sox 7–5. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 6th. Vern Kennedy earned the win and Slick Coffman picked up the save. Rudy York went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	1	7	14
BOS	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	5	13

W: Vern Kennedy L: Archie McKain SV: Slick Coffman

Umpires — HP: Joe Rue · 1B: George Moriarty · 2B: (none) · 3B: Lou Kolls · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Fox	5	0	2	0	0	0
Dixie Walker	4	0	1	0	1	0
Charlie Gehringer	5	0	0	1	0	0
Hank Greenberg	5	2	3	1	0	1
Rudy York	4	2	2	3	0	1
Don Ross	4	1	2	0	0	0
Birdie Tebbetts	2	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Rogell	3	1	2	0	0	0
Vern Kennedy	4	0	2	2	0	1
Roy Cullenbine	1	1	0	0	1	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Doc Cramer	4	1	2	0	1	0
Joe Vosmik	4	1	1	0	1	0
Jimmie Foxx	5	1	2	3	0	1
Joe Cronin	3	2	2	0	2	0
Pinky Higgins	5	0	3	1	0	1
Ben Chapman	3	0	1	0	0	2
Bobby Doerr	4	0	0	0	1	0
Gene Desautels	4	0	1	0	0	0
Fritz Ostermueller	3	0	1	0	0	0
Red Nonnenkamp	2	0	0	1	0	0
Eric McNair	1	0	0	0	0	0
Fabian Gaffke	1	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Marcum	1	0	0	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Kennedy	8.0	13	4	4
Slick Coffman	1.0	0	1	2

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fritz Ostermueller	6.1	9	1	1
Archie McKain	1.2	3	0	0
Charlie Wagner	1.0	2	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Fox: 63
Dixie Walker: 7/F
Charlie Gehringer: 5/FL

Bot 1

Doc Cramer: W
Joe Vosmik: W.1-2
Jimmie Foxx: 7/7S/F
Joe Cronin: S7.1-2;2-3
Pinky Higgins: 3/P
Ben Chapman: K

Top 2

Hank Greenberg: 5/L
Rudy York: 53
Don Ross: 9/FL

Bot 2

Bobby Doerr: 9/L
Gene Desautels: 9/F
Fritz Ostermueller: S9
Doc Cramer: 5/P

Top 3

Birdie Tebbetts: 63
Billy Rogell: 53
Vern Kennedy: S8
Pete Fox: S7/78.1-3
Dixie Walker: 5/P

Bot 3

Joe Vosmik: 53
Jimmie Foxx: 13
Joe Cronin: W
Pinky Higgins: K

Top 4

Charlie Gehringer: 3/L
Hank Greenberg: S7
Rudy York: K+CS2(24)/DP

Bot 4

Ben Chapman: S9
Bobby Doerr: 43.1-2
Gene Desautels: E4/G.2-3
Fritz Ostermueller: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Don Ross: S7/7DW
Birdie Tebbetts: 9/L
Billy Rogell: D8/78.1-3
Vern Kennedy: 63.2-3;3-H
Pete Fox: 63

Bot 5

Doc Cramer: T8/89D
Joe Vosmik: S5.3-3
Jimmie Foxx: HR/7.1-H;3-H
Joe Cronin: D7/7L
Pinky Higgins: S9/9S.2-H
Ben Chapman: WP.1-2
Ben Chapman: K/C
Bobby Doerr: 7/L
Gene Desautels: 9/F

Top 6

Dixie Walker: S7
Charlie Gehringer: 54(1)3/GDP
Hank Greenberg: HR/7
Rudy York: HR/7
Don Ross: 63

Bot 6

Fritz Ostermueller: 43
Doc Cramer: 3/G
Joe Vosmik: 7/F

Top 7

Roy Cullenbine: W
Billy Rogell: 53/SH.1-2
Vern Kennedy: S8.2-H
Pete Fox: 8
Dixie Walker: 8

Bot 7

Jimmie Foxx: S7
Joe Cronin: 6/P
Pinky Higgins: S8.1-3
Red Nonnenkamp: FC4.3XH(42516);1-3;B-2
Bobby Doerr: 13

Top 8

Charlie Gehringer: 63
Hank Greenberg: S7
Rudy York: HR/7.1-H
Don Ross: S8.BX2(86)
Roy Cullenbine: 63

Bot 8

Gene Desautels: S7
Eric McNair: 8
Doc Cramer: S9.1-2
Joe Vosmik: 9
Jimmie Foxx: K

Top 9

Billy Rogell: S9
Vern Kennedy: K/BF
Pete Fox: S7.1-2
Dixie Walker: W.2-3;1-2
Charlie Gehringer: 36(1)/FO.2-3;3-H
Hank Greenberg: SB2
Hank Greenberg: K

Bot 9

Joe Cronin: W
Pinky Higgins: S9.1-3
Red Nonnenkamp: 8/F.3-H
Bobby Doerr: W.1-2
Fabian Gaffke: K
Johnny Marcum: K/C

Notes & reviews

Ben Chapman argued the called third strike; Birdie Tebbetts taunted Chapman and they began to fight at HP; both benches cleared; Chapman and Tebbetts ejected by HP umpire Joe Rue; Chapman suspended for three games

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