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Detroit Tigers @ Philadelphia Athletics

1938-08-24 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 6000 · 1:47

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Detroit Tigers 11–2. Philadelphia Athletics put up 7 in the 5th. George Caster earned the win. Lou Finney went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	5
PHA	2	0	1	1	7	0	0	0		11	12

W: George Caster L: Roxie Lawson SV: (none)

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

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chet Morgan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dixie Walker	4	1	2	0	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	3	1	0	0	1	0
Hank Greenberg	4	0	0	1	0	1
Rudy York	3	0	1	1	0	0
Pete Fox	4	0	0	0	0	0
Don Ross	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Christman	3	0	1	0	1	0
Roxie Lawson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Slick Coffman	1	0	0	0	0	1
Vern Kennedy	1	0	1	0	0	0
Birdie Tebbetts	1	0	0	0	0	1
Tony Piet	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wally Moses	2	3	2	0	3	0
Lou Finney	5	1	2	4	0	0
Stan Sperry	5	1	2	2	0	0
Sam Chapman	4	1	0	0	1	2
Bob Johnson	4	1	2	1	1	0
Billy Werber	5	2	1	1	0	0
Hal Wagner	4	1	2	1	1	0
Wayne Ambler	3	0	1	1	1	0
George Caster	4	1	0	1	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Roxie Lawson	3.0	6	1	1
Slick Coffman	1.1	2	5	1
Vern Kennedy	3.2	4	1	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Caster	9.0	5	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Chet Morgan: 7
Dixie Walker: 43
Charlie Gehringer: 7

Bot 1

Wally Moses: T
Lou Finney: HR.3-H
Stan Sperry: 6
Sam Chapman: 63
Bob Johnson: S
Billy Werber: 9

Top 2

Hank Greenberg: 8
Rudy York: 9
Pete Fox: 7

Bot 2

Hal Wagner: 8
Wayne Ambler: 9
George Caster: 5

Top 3

Don Ross: 9
Mark Christman: W
Roxie Lawson: 53.1-2
Chet Morgan: 7

Bot 3

Wally Moses: W
Lou Finney: 7
Stan Sperry: T.1-H
Sam Chapman: K
Bob Johnson: 6

Top 4

Dixie Walker: 63
Charlie Gehringer: 7
Hank Greenberg: 6

Bot 4

Billy Werber: D
Hal Wagner: S.2-H
Wayne Ambler: 36(1)/FO
George Caster: K
Wally Moses: W.1-2
Lou Finney: 43

Top 5

Rudy York: 8
Pete Fox: 9
Don Ross: E5.B-2(E5)#
Mark Christman: S.2-3#
Slick Coffman: K

Bot 5

Stan Sperry: S
Sam Chapman: W.1-2
Bob Johnson: S.1-3;2-H
Billy Werber: FC5.1X2(5E4);3-H#
Hal Wagner: W.2-3;1-2
Wayne Ambler: W.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
George Caster: 54(1)/FO.2-3;3-H
Wally Moses: W.1-2
Lou Finney: S.1-3;2-H;3-H
Stan Sperry: 46(1)/FO.3-H(UR)
Sam Chapman: K

Top 6

Chet Morgan: 9
Dixie Walker: T
Charlie Gehringer: W
Hank Greenberg: 7/F.3-H
Rudy York: S.1-H
Pete Fox: 4

Bot 6

Bob Johnson: 9
Billy Werber: 5
Hal Wagner: S
Wayne Ambler: S.1-2
George Caster: 54(1)/FO

Top 7

Don Ross: 8
Mark Christman: 9
Vern Kennedy: S
Chet Morgan: 8

Bot 7

Wally Moses: S
Lou Finney: 7
Stan Sperry: 7
Sam Chapman: 2

Top 8

Dixie Walker: S
Charlie Gehringer: 4
Hank Greenberg: K
Birdie Tebbetts: K

Bot 8

Bob Johnson: W
Billy Werber: 64(1)3/GDP
Hal Wagner: 53

Top 9

Pete Fox: 43
Tony Piet: 6
Mark Christman: 8