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St. Louis Browns @ Detroit Tigers

1938-08-19 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 12300 · 2:14

Detroit Tigers defeated St. Louis Browns 7–4. Detroit Tigers put up 5 in the 1st. Elden Auker earned the win. Hank Greenberg went 2-for-2 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Elden Auker L: Lefty Mills SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: John Quinn · 1B: George Pipgras · 2B: (none) · 3B: George Moriarty · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mel Almada	4	2	1	0	1	0
George McQuinn	5	2	2	1	0	0
Buster Mills	4	0	1	1	0	0
Harlond Clift	4	0	0	0	0	1
Beau Bell	3	0	1	0	1	0
Red Kress	4	0	2	2	0	0
Tommy Heath	4	0	0	0	0	0
Don Heffner	3	0	0	0	1	0
Lefty Mills	3	0	0	0	0	1
Mel Mazzera	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chet Morgan	4	2	2	0	1	0
Billy Rogell	5	0	0	0	0	2
Charlie Gehringer	3	1	0	0	1	1
Hank Greenberg	2	1	2	3	2	0
Rudy York	4	1	2	2	0	0
Pete Fox	3	1	1	1	1	0
Dixie Walker	4	1	2	0	0	1
Don Ross	4	0	1	1	0	0
Elden Auker	4	0	0	0	0	2

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Mills	8.0	10	5	6

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Elden Auker	9.0	7	3	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Mel Almada: 8
George McQuinn: E6/TH.B-2
Buster Mills: D7.2-H(UR)
Harlond Clift: K
Beau Bell: 43

Bot 1

Chet Morgan: W
Billy Rogell: WP.1-2
Billy Rogell: K
Charlie Gehringer: W
Hank Greenberg: HR.2-H;1-H
Rudy York: HR/7
Pete Fox: 63
Dixie Walker: D9
Don Ross: T9.2-H
Elden Auker: K

Top 2

Red Kress: 53
Tommy Heath: 63
Don Heffner: E6/G
Lefty Mills: PO1(E1)
Lefty Mills: 31

Bot 2

Chet Morgan: D
Billy Rogell: K
Charlie Gehringer: K
Hank Greenberg: W
Rudy York: D7.2-H;1-3
Pete Fox: W
Dixie Walker: 99/F

Top 3

Mel Almada: W
George McQuinn: D.1-3
Buster Mills: 99/P
Harlond Clift: 99/F
Beau Bell: W
Red Kress: S7.3-H;2-H;1-2
Tommy Heath: 99/F

Bot 3

Don Ross: 99/L
Elden Auker: K
Chet Morgan: S
Billy Rogell: 99/F

Top 4

Don Heffner: 99/G
Lefty Mills: K
Mel Almada: D
George McQuinn: S.2-H
Buster Mills: 99/P

Bot 4

Charlie Gehringer: 99/F
Hank Greenberg: S
Rudy York: 7(B)43(1)/DP

Top 5

Harlond Clift: 99/F
Beau Bell: 99/L
Red Kress: S
Tommy Heath: 99/G

Bot 5

Pete Fox: HR
Dixie Walker: S
Don Ross: 99(1)/FO
Elden Auker: 99/F
Chet Morgan: E4.1-2
Billy Rogell: 99/G

Top 6

Don Heffner: W
Lefty Mills: 64(1)3/GDP
Mel Almada: 99/G

Bot 6

Charlie Gehringer: 99/F
Hank Greenberg: W
Rudy York: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 7

George McQuinn: 99/G
Buster Mills: 99/F
Harlond Clift: 99/F

Bot 7

Pete Fox: 99/P
Dixie Walker: K
Don Ross: 99/G

Top 8

Beau Bell: S
Red Kress: 99/G.1-2
Tommy Heath: 99/G
Don Heffner: 99/G

Bot 8

Elden Auker: 99/F
Chet Morgan: 99/G
Billy Rogell: 99/F

Top 9

Mel Mazzera: 99
Mel Almada: 99/F
George McQuinn: 99/F