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New York Yankees @ Detroit Tigers

1938-09-17 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 19200 · 1:50

Detroit Tigers defeated New York Yankees 7–3. Detroit Tigers put up 3 in the 5th. Al Benton earned the win. Hank Greenberg went 4-for-4 with 2 HR and 5 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Al Benton L: Monte Pearson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: John Quinn · 1B: Bill McGowan · 2B: (none) · 3B: Eddie Rommel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Crosetti	4	1	2	1	0	1
Red Rolfe	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tommy Henrich	2	1	1	0	2	1
Joe DiMaggio	4	1	1	2	0	0
Lou Gehrig	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Dickey	4	0	0	0	0	1
George Selkirk	4	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Gordon	3	0	0	0	0	2
Monte Pearson	3	0	0	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chet Morgan	5	0	0	0	0	0
Dixie Walker	3	1	0	0	2	0
Charlie Gehringer	4	3	2	0	0	0
Hank Greenberg	4	2	4	5	0	0
Rudy York	3	0	1	1	1	0
Pete Fox	3	1	0	0	1	0
Billy Rogell	3	0	2	0	1	0
Mark Christman	4	0	1	1	0	1
Al Benton	3	0	0	0	0	2

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Monte Pearson	8.0	10	5	3

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Benton	9.0	5	2	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Crosetti: K
Red Rolfe: K
Tommy Henrich: S
Joe DiMaggio: 4

Bot 1

Chet Morgan: E4
Dixie Walker: W.1-2
Charlie Gehringer: 86(1)5(2)/FO/DP
Hank Greenberg: HR/7.1-H
Rudy York: 8

Top 2

Lou Gehrig: 63
Bill Dickey: K/C
George Selkirk: 9

Bot 2

Pete Fox: 63
Billy Rogell: S
Mark Christman: 63.1-2
Al Benton: K

Top 3

Joe Gordon: K
Monte Pearson: 8
Frankie Crosetti: HR
Red Rolfe: 63

Bot 3

Chet Morgan: 43
Dixie Walker: 43
Charlie Gehringer: 53

Top 4

Tommy Henrich: W
Joe DiMaggio: HR.1-H
Lou Gehrig: 8
Bill Dickey: 43
George Selkirk: D
Joe Gordon: 7

Bot 4

Hank Greenberg: S
Rudy York: W.1-2
Pete Fox: 6(B)4(2)/LDP
Billy Rogell: W.1-2
Mark Christman: WP.2-3;1-2
Mark Christman: K

Top 5

Monte Pearson: 53
Frankie Crosetti: S
Red Rolfe: 36(1)/FO
Tommy Henrich: SB2
Tommy Henrich: K/C

Bot 5

Al Benton: K
Chet Morgan: 3/G
Dixie Walker: W
Charlie Gehringer: D.1-3
Hank Greenberg: HR/7.3-H;2-H
Rudy York: 2

Top 6

Joe DiMaggio: 53
Lou Gehrig: 3/G
Bill Dickey: 63

Bot 6

Pete Fox: W
Billy Rogell: SB2
Billy Rogell: 43.2-3
Mark Christman: 53.3-H
Al Benton: 6

Top 7

George Selkirk: 3/G
Joe Gordon: K
Monte Pearson: K

Bot 7

Chet Morgan: 43
Dixie Walker: 31
Charlie Gehringer: S
Hank Greenberg: S.1-2
Rudy York: S.2-H;1-2
Pete Fox: 6

Top 8

Frankie Crosetti: 7
Red Rolfe: 3/G
Tommy Henrich: W
Joe DiMaggio: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Billy Rogell: S
Mark Christman: S.1-2
Al Benton: 54/SH.2-3;1-2
Chet Morgan: FC.3XH(3256);2-3
Dixie Walker: 9

Top 9

Lou Gehrig: 8
Bill Dickey: 43
George Selkirk: 9