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Detroit Tigers @ Cleveland Guardians

1938-10-02 · Day game · Cleveland Stadium · overcast · 2:07

Detroit Tigers defeated Cleveland Indians 4–1. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 6th. Harry Eisenstat earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Harry Eisenstat L: Bob Feller SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Cal Hubbard · 1B: Bill Grieve · 2B: (none) · 3B: George Moriarty · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Benny McCoy	5	0	0	0	0	2
Pete Fox	5	0	0	0	0	2
Roy Cullenbine	4	2	3	0	1	0
Hank Greenberg	4	2	1	0	1	2
Birdie Tebbetts	2	0	2	2	2	0
Chet Laabs	5	0	0	0	0	5
Tony Piet	1	0	0	0	2	1
Mark Christman	4	0	1	2	0	3
Harry Eisenstat	3	0	0	0	1	3

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tommy Irwin	3	0	0	0	1	0
Roy Weatherly	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bruce Campbell	4	1	1	0	0	1
Jeff Heath	4	0	1	0	0	0
Hal Trosky	3	0	0	1	1	0
Frankie Pytlak	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ken Keltner	3	0	0	0	0	0
Oscar Grimes	2	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Feller	3	0	0	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Eisenstat	9.0	4	3	3

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Feller	9.0	7	7	18

Play-by-play

Top 1

Benny McCoy: K
Pete Fox: 3/FL
Roy Cullenbine: 3/G

Bot 1

Tommy Irwin: 99/F
Roy Weatherly: S
Bruce Campbell: K
Jeff Heath: 99/G

Top 2

Hank Greenberg: K
Birdie Tebbetts: S7
Chet Laabs: K
Tony Piet: K

Bot 2

Hal Trosky: W
Frankie Pytlak: 99/F
Ken Keltner: 99/FL
Oscar Grimes: 99/G

Top 3

Mark Christman: K
Harry Eisenstat: K
Benny McCoy: K

Bot 3

Bob Feller: 99/G
Tommy Irwin: W
Roy Weatherly: K
Bruce Campbell: 99/F

Top 4

Pete Fox: K/C
Roy Cullenbine: S9
Hank Greenberg: K
Birdie Tebbetts: SB2
Birdie Tebbetts: W
Chet Laabs: K/C

Bot 4

Jeff Heath: 99/F
Hal Trosky: 99/F
Frankie Pytlak: S
Ken Keltner: 99/G

Top 5

Tony Piet: W
Mark Christman: K/C
Harry Eisenstat: K/C
Benny McCoy: SB2
Benny McCoy: 3/F

Bot 5

Oscar Grimes: W
Bob Feller: 46(1)3/GDP
Tommy Irwin: 99/F

Top 6

Pete Fox: 9/F
Roy Cullenbine: S9
Hank Greenberg: D7.1-3
Birdie Tebbetts: D9.3-H;2-H
Chet Laabs: K
Tony Piet: HP
Mark Christman: K/C

Bot 6

Roy Weatherly: 99/G
Bruce Campbell: 99/F
Jeff Heath: 99/G

Top 7

Harry Eisenstat: K/C
Benny McCoy: 63
Pete Fox: 43

Bot 7

Hal Trosky: 99/F
Frankie Pytlak: 99/F
Ken Keltner: 99/F

Top 8

Roy Cullenbine: W
Hank Greenberg: W.1-2
Birdie Tebbetts: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Chet Laabs: K/C
Tony Piet: W
Mark Christman: S9.3-H;2-H;1-3
Harry Eisenstat: W.1-2
Benny McCoy: 4/FL

Bot 8

Oscar Grimes: 99/F
Bob Feller: K
Tommy Irwin: 99/F

Top 9

Pete Fox: K
Roy Cullenbine: S9
Hank Greenberg: 8/F8XD
Birdie Tebbetts: W.1-2
Chet Laabs: DI.2-3;1-2
Chet Laabs: K/C

Bot 9

Roy Weatherly: FLE4
Roy Weatherly: 99/G
Bruce Campbell: S
Jeff Heath: S.1-3
Hal Trosky: 99/F.3-H
Frankie Pytlak: 99/G

Notes & reviews

Feller sets a new ML record with 18 strikeouts

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