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Boston Red Sox @ Detroit Tigers

1938-05-22 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 27700 · 1:58

Detroit Tigers defeated Boston Red Sox 4–3. Detroit Tigers put up 4 in the 1st. Boots Poffenberger earned the win. Rudy York went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	10
DET	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	6

W: Boots Poffenberger L: Jack Wilson SV: (none)

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

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

Detroit Tigers — batting

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

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Wilson	8.0	6	5	3

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Boots Poffenberger	9.0	10	3	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Doc Cramer: 43
Ben Chapman: W
Joe Vosmik: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Billy Rogell: 5/FL
Dixie Walker: W
Pete Fox: SB2
Pete Fox: W
Charlie Gehringer: S.2-3;1-2
Rudy York: HR.3-H;2-H;1-H
Hank Greenberg: S
Birdie Tebbetts: 9/FDP.1X1(93)

Top 2

Jimmie Foxx: 53
Joe Cronin: HR
Pinky Higgins: 9/F
Bobby Doerr: W
Gene Desautels: W.1-2
Jack Wilson: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Don Ross: 7/F
Boots Poffenberger: S
Billy Rogell: 7/FL
Dixie Walker: 3/FL

Top 3

Doc Cramer: 13
Ben Chapman: 3/FL
Joe Vosmik: S
Jimmie Foxx: 64(1)/FO

Bot 3

Pete Fox: 63
Charlie Gehringer: S
Rudy York: K
Hank Greenberg: W.1-2
Birdie Tebbetts: 64(1)/FO

Top 4

Joe Cronin: 63
Pinky Higgins: D
Bobby Doerr: K
Gene Desautels: 43

Bot 4

Don Ross: W
Boots Poffenberger: 14/SH.1-2
Billy Rogell: PO2(24325)#
Billy Rogell: W
Dixie Walker: 9/F

Top 5

Jack Wilson: 3
Doc Cramer: 13
Ben Chapman: S5.B-2(E5/TH)
Joe Vosmik: S.2-H
Jimmie Foxx: S.1-2#
Joe Cronin: 7/F

Bot 5

Pete Fox: 6/P
Charlie Gehringer: 9/F
Rudy York: 8/F

Top 6

Pinky Higgins: 53
Bobby Doerr: 4/P
Gene Desautels: 8/F

Bot 6

Hank Greenberg: K
Birdie Tebbetts: 63
Don Ross: 6/P

Top 7

Jack Wilson: 53
Doc Cramer: S
Ben Chapman: 4(1)3/GDP#

Bot 7

Boots Poffenberger: S
Billy Rogell: 9/F
Dixie Walker: 6/P
Pete Fox: 2/FL

Top 8

Joe Vosmik: 53
Jimmie Foxx: K
Joe Cronin: 8/F

Bot 8

Charlie Gehringer: 5/P
Rudy York: 5/FL
Hank Greenberg: K

Top 9

Pinky Higgins: 63
Bobby Doerr: S
Eric McNair: 2/FL
Red Nonnenkamp: S.1-2#
Doc Cramer: S.2-H;1-2#
Ben Chapman: 4(1)/FO