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Cleveland Guardians @ Detroit Tigers

1938-07-04 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 53700 · 2:22

Detroit Tigers defeated Cleveland Indians 5–2. Detroit Tigers put up 3 in the 7th. Harry Eisenstat earned the win. Charlie Gehringer went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Harry Eisenstat L: Mel Harder SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Steve Basil · 1B: Harry Geisel · 2B: (none) · 3B: Eddie Rommel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lyn Lary	4	0	0	0	0	1
Frankie Pytlak	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Keltner	4	0	2	0	0	0
Moose Solters	4	1	1	0	0	0
Earl Averill	3	1	1	0	1	0
Hal Trosky	3	0	0	0	0	0
John Kroner	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bruce Campbell	2	0	1	2	1	0
Mel Harder	2	0	0	0	0	0
Rollie Hemsley	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jo-Jo White	5	1	1	0	0	1
Billy Rogell	4	1	1	0	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	3	1	2	3	1	0
Rudy York	3	0	0	0	1	1
Hank Greenberg	4	1	1	0	0	2
Pete Fox	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dixie Walker	3	1	1	0	1	0
Don Ross	4	0	2	1	0	0
Harry Eisenstat	3	0	1	1	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mel Harder	7.0	8	3	4
Johnny Humphries	1.0	2	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Eisenstat	9.0	5	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lyn Lary: 63
Frankie Pytlak: 8
Ken Keltner: 4/P

Bot 1

Jo-Jo White: 31
Billy Rogell: 4/1/P
Charlie Gehringer: D9
Rudy York: W
Hank Greenberg: K

Top 2

Moose Solters: S8
Earl Averill: S9.1-2
Hal Trosky: 5/FL
John Kroner: SB2;SB3
John Kroner: K
Bruce Campbell: S9.2-H;3-H
Mel Harder: 8

Bot 2

Pete Fox: S7
Dixie Walker: 7
Don Ross: 13.1-2
Harry Eisenstat: 13

Top 3

Lyn Lary: K
Frankie Pytlak: 63
Ken Keltner: S7
Moose Solters: 54(1)/FO

Bot 3

Jo-Jo White: S1
Billy Rogell: 7
Charlie Gehringer: 7
Rudy York: K

Top 4

Earl Averill: 3/G
Hal Trosky: 13
John Kroner: 6/8S

Bot 4

Hank Greenberg: D8.B-3(E8)
Pete Fox: 13
Dixie Walker: W
Don Ross: D7/8.1-3;3-H
Harry Eisenstat: 53/SH.2-3;3-H
Jo-Jo White: K

Top 5

Bruce Campbell: 7
Mel Harder: 53
Lyn Lary: 53

Bot 5

Billy Rogell: S1
Charlie Gehringer: W.1-2
Rudy York: 9/F.2-3
Hank Greenberg: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Frankie Pytlak: 5/FL
Ken Keltner: 8
Moose Solters: 13

Bot 6

Pete Fox: 7
Dixie Walker: 3/G
Don Ross: S7
Harry Eisenstat: 4(1)/FO

Top 7

Earl Averill: W
Hal Trosky: 13/SH.1-2
John Kroner: CS3(25)
John Kroner: 3/FL

Bot 7

Jo-Jo White: E4
Billy Rogell: 3E1.1-2
Charlie Gehringer: HR/89.2-H(UR);1-H(UR)
Rudy York: 7/78D
Hank Greenberg: K/C
Pete Fox: 53

Top 8

Bruce Campbell: W
Rollie Hemsley: 64(1)/FO
Lyn Lary: 9
Frankie Pytlak: 53

Bot 8

Dixie Walker: S9
Don Ross: 16(1)/FO/BG
Harry Eisenstat: S1/BG.1-2
Jo-Jo White: 74(1)2(2)/DP

Top 9

Ken Keltner: S7
Moose Solters: 9
Earl Averill: 8
Hal Trosky: 4/P

Notes & reviews

Solters purposely dropped White's short fly and threw to Kroner who stepped on second forcing Eisenstat. When Kroner tagged Ross, the Indians claimed a double play. Umpire Geisel refused to allow it. Pytlak took the ball from Kroner and tagged White at the plate to complete the double play.

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