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New York Yankees @ Detroit Tigers

1938-08-02 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 19000 · 1:50

Detroit Tigers defeated New York Yankees 4–3. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 3rd. George Gill earned the win. Charlie Gehringer went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: George Gill L: Lefty Gomez SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Frankie Crosetti	4	2	1	2	1
Red Rolfe	5	0	3	0	0
Tommy Henrich	5	0	0	1	0
Joe DiMaggio	4	0	1	0	0
Lou Gehrig	2	0	1	0	2
Bill Dickey	4	0	1	0	0
George Selkirk	4	0	0	0	0
Joe Gordon	3	1	1	0	1
Lefty Gomez	2	0	0	0	0
Myril Hoag	1	0	0	0	0
Red Ruffing	1	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Jo-Jo White	4	1	3	0	0
Billy Rogell	4	1	1	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	4	1	1	3	0
Hank Greenberg	4	0	1	0	2
Pete Fox	4	1	2	0	0
Chet Morgan	2	0	0	0	0
Rudy York	3	0	1	0	1
Mark Christman	3	0	0	0	0
George Gill	3	0	0	0	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Gomez	6.0	7	0	4
Johnny Murphy	2.0	2	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Gill	9.0	8	4	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Crosetti: 7/L
Red Rolfe: 53
Tommy Henrich: 31

Bot 1

Jo-Jo White: 63
Billy Rogell: 8/F
Charlie Gehringer: 43

Top 2

Joe DiMaggio: 63
Lou Gehrig: S8
Bill Dickey: S8.1-2
George Selkirk: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Joe Gordon: 7/FL

Bot 2

Hank Greenberg: 53
Pete Fox: S6.B-2(E6/TH)
Chet Morgan: E4/G.2-H(NR)(UR)
Rudy York: S8.1-2
Mark Christman: 8/F
George Gill: K

Top 3

Lefty Gomez: 13
Frankie Crosetti: 3/L
Red Rolfe: 43

Bot 3

Jo-Jo White: S8
Billy Rogell: 36(1)/FO.B-2(E6/TH1)
Charlie Gehringer: HR/9.2-H
Hank Greenberg: K
Pete Fox: 9/F

Top 4

Tommy Henrich: 43
Joe DiMaggio: 5/L
Lou Gehrig: 7/F

Bot 4

Chet Morgan: 5/FL
Rudy York: K/C
Mark Christman: 43

Top 5

Bill Dickey: 3/G
George Selkirk: 3/G
Joe Gordon: 5/FL

Bot 5

George Gill: 9/F
Jo-Jo White: D1/9/L
Billy Rogell: S6/G.2-3
Charlie Gehringer: 3/G.3-H;1-2
Hank Greenberg: K

Top 6

Lefty Gomez: 6/P
Frankie Crosetti: W
Red Rolfe: D.1-3
Tommy Henrich: FC5.3-H;2X3(5)
Joe DiMaggio: 6/P

Bot 6

Pete Fox: S
Chet Morgan: 13/SH.1-2
Rudy York: 53.2-3
Mark Christman: 43

Top 7

Lou Gehrig: W
Bill Dickey: 7/F
George Selkirk: 46(1)/FO
Joe Gordon: W.1-2
Myril Hoag: E6/G.2-3;1-2
Frankie Crosetti: 64(1)/FO

Bot 7

George Gill: 6/P
Jo-Jo White: S
Billy Rogell: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Red Rolfe: S
Tommy Henrich: 36(1)3/GDP
Joe DiMaggio: S
Lou Gehrig: W.1-2
Bill Dickey: 9/FL

Bot 8

Charlie Gehringer: 3/L
Hank Greenberg: D
Pete Fox: 4(B)6(2)/LDP

Top 9

George Selkirk: 6
Joe Gordon: S
Red Ruffing: 8
Frankie Crosetti: HR/7.1-H
Red Rolfe: D
Tommy Henrich: 13

Notes & reviews

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