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Detroit Tigers @ Philadelphia Athletics

1938-05-08 · Day game · Shibe Park · 10 innings · Att: 10000 · 2:28

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Detroit Tigers 7–6. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 1st. Lynn Nelson earned the win. Charlie Gehringer went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
DET	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	6	9
PHA	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	7	15

W: Lynn Nelson L: Elden Auker SV: (none)

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

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Fox	5	0	1	0	0	0
Dixie Walker	5	1	1	1	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	4	2	2	3	1	0
Hank Greenberg	5	2	2	1	0	1
Rudy York	4	0	2	0	1	0
Don Ross	4	0	0	1	0	0
Roy Cullenbine	4	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Rogell	3	0	0	0	1	0
Schoolboy Rowe	2	1	1	0	0	1
Slick Coffman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jo-Jo White	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wayne Ambler	4	1	2	0	1	0
Billy Werber	6	2	3	5	0	0
Gene Hasson	4	0	1	1	1	1
Frankie Hayes	4	0	2	0	1	0
Dario Lodigiani	5	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	4	1	1	0	1	0
Wally Moses	5	0	1	1	0	0
Lou Finney	4	1	1	0	1	1
Lynn Nelson	5	2	3	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Schoolboy Rowe	3.1	6	4	0
Slick Coffman	4.2	4	1	2
Elden Auker	1.1	5	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lynn Nelson	10.0	9	3	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Fox: 63
Dixie Walker: 5
Charlie Gehringer: W
Hank Greenberg: 8

Bot 1

Wayne Ambler: D
Billy Werber: D.2-H
Gene Hasson: S.2-H
Frankie Hayes: W.1-2
Dario Lodigiani: 8
Bob Johnson: 7
Wally Moses: 7

Top 2

Rudy York: S
Don Ross: 3
Roy Cullenbine: 5
Billy Rogell: 3

Bot 2

Lou Finney: W
Lynn Nelson: 6(1)/FO
Wayne Ambler: 36(1)/FO
Billy Werber: 8

Top 3

Schoolboy Rowe: D
Pete Fox: 8
Dixie Walker: S.2-H
Charlie Gehringer: HR.1-H
Hank Greenberg: K
Rudy York: 5

Bot 3

Gene Hasson: E1
Frankie Hayes: S.1-2
Dario Lodigiani: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Bob Johnson: W.2-3;1-2
Wally Moses: 5
Lou Finney: 9

Top 4

Don Ross: 63
Roy Cullenbine: 7
Billy Rogell: W
Schoolboy Rowe: K

Bot 4

Lynn Nelson: S
Wayne Ambler: 13/SH.1-2
Billy Werber: HR.2-H
Gene Hasson: W
Frankie Hayes: 7
Dario Lodigiani: 4

Top 5

Pete Fox: 53
Dixie Walker: 63
Charlie Gehringer: 8

Bot 5

Bob Johnson: D
Wally Moses: S.2-H
Lou Finney: K
Lynn Nelson: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Hank Greenberg: HR
Rudy York: S
Don Ross: 8
Roy Cullenbine: 9
Billy Rogell: 8

Bot 6

Wayne Ambler: W
Billy Werber: 8
Gene Hasson: 46(1)/FO
Frankie Hayes: 54(1)/FO

Top 7

Slick Coffman: 4
Pete Fox: S
Dixie Walker: 9
Charlie Gehringer: 7

Bot 7

Dario Lodigiani: S
Bob Johnson: 5
Wally Moses: 46(1)/FO
Lou Finney: 43

Top 8

Hank Greenberg: T
Rudy York: W
Don Ross: 7/F.3-H
Roy Cullenbine: 36(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Lynn Nelson: S
Wayne Ambler: 36(1)/FO
Billy Werber: 5
Gene Hasson: K

Top 9

Billy Rogell: 3
Jo-Jo White: 9
Pete Fox: 7

Bot 9

Frankie Hayes: S
Dario Lodigiani: 36(1)3/GDP
Bob Johnson: 8

Top 10

Dixie Walker: 13
Charlie Gehringer: HR
Hank Greenberg: 5
Rudy York: 63

Bot 10

Wally Moses: 8
Lou Finney: S
Lynn Nelson: S.1-2
Wayne Ambler: S.1-2;2-3
Billy Werber: S.1-2;2-H;3-H