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Detroit Tigers @ Cleveland Guardians

1938-10-02 · Day game · Cleveland Stadium · 7 innings · Att: 26818 · 1:37

Detroit Tigers defeated Cleveland Indians 10–8. Detroit Tigers put up 5 in the 1st. Bob Harris earned the win. Chet Laabs went 1-for-3 with 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
DET	5	0	1	3	0	0	1	10	13
CLE	0	0	0	3	1	1	3	8	11

W: Bob Harris L: Johnny Humphries 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	4	2	2	0	0	0
Pete Fox	4	1	2	1	0	0
Roy Cullenbine	3	2	1	1	1	0
Hank Greenberg	3	3	3	1	1	0
Birdie Tebbetts	4	1	2	1	0	0
Chet Laabs	3	0	1	4	1	0
Tony Piet	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Christman	3	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Harris	3	1	1	0	0	2

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tommy Irwin	3	0	1	0	1	1
Roy Weatherly	4	1	1	1	0	0
Chuck Workman	4	1	2	0	0	0
Jeff Heath	3	1	1	1	1	0
Oscar Grimes	4	2	2	2	0	0
Hank Helf	3	0	0	0	1	1
Skeeter Webb	4	1	2	0	0	1
Ray Mack	4	2	2	2	0	1
Clay Smith	3	0	0	0	1	2

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Harris	7.0	11	4	6

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Humphries	1.0	5	2	1
Clay Smith	6.0	8	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Benny McCoy: D
Pete Fox: D.2-H
Roy Cullenbine: SB3
Roy Cullenbine: W
Hank Greenberg: W.1-2
Birdie Tebbetts: S.3-H;2-3;1-2
Chet Laabs: S/F8D.3-H;2-H;1-3;BX3(85)
Tony Piet: 2/FL
Mark Christman: S.3-H
Bob Harris: K

Bot 1

Tommy Irwin: W
Roy Weatherly: 64(1)/FO
Chuck Workman: 46(1)/FO
Jeff Heath: 8/F

Top 2

Benny McCoy: 43
Pete Fox: 43
Roy Cullenbine: 43

Bot 2

Oscar Grimes: 53
Hank Helf: 53
Skeeter Webb: S
Ray Mack: K

Top 3

Hank Greenberg: S
Birdie Tebbetts: S.1-3
Chet Laabs: 64(1)/FO.3-H
Tony Piet: 64(1)/FO
Mark Christman: CS2(24)

Bot 3

Clay Smith: 3/G
Tommy Irwin: 8/F
Roy Weatherly: 5/FL

Top 4

Mark Christman: 9/F
Bob Harris: S
Benny McCoy: S9.1-H(E9)(NR);B-2
Pete Fox: 2/FL
Roy Cullenbine: S9.2-H(UR)
Hank Greenberg: SB2
Hank Greenberg: S.2-H
Birdie Tebbetts: 4(1)/FO

Bot 4

Chuck Workman: S
Jeff Heath: W.1-2
Oscar Grimes: T.2-H;1-H;B-H(E3/TH)(UR)
Hank Helf: W
Skeeter Webb: K
Ray Mack: 54(1)/FO
Clay Smith: K

Top 5

Chet Laabs: W
Tony Piet: 54(1)/FO
Mark Christman: 4/F
Bob Harris: K

Bot 5

Tommy Irwin: S
Roy Weatherly: 46(1)/FO
Chuck Workman: S.1-2
Jeff Heath: S.2-H;1-2
Oscar Grimes: 3/F
Hank Helf: 7/F

Top 6

Benny McCoy: 3/F
Pete Fox: S
Roy Cullenbine: 6(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Skeeter Webb: 31
Ray Mack: S
Clay Smith: W.1-2
Tommy Irwin: K
Roy Weatherly: S.2-H;1-2
Chuck Workman: 3/G

Top 7

Hank Greenberg: S8.B-3(E8)
Birdie Tebbetts: 5/F
Chet Laabs: 43.3-H(UR)
Tony Piet: 63

Bot 7

Jeff Heath: 13
Oscar Grimes: S
Hank Helf: K
Skeeter Webb: S.1-2
Ray Mack: T.2-H;1-H
Clay Smith: WP.3-H
Clay Smith: K

Notes & reviews

Tebbetts fell rounding third base, he and Labbs both ended up on third with Laabs being tagged out.
Game called for darkness

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