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Detroit Tigers @ St. Louis Browns

1938-04-26 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 1588 · 2:13

Detroit Tigers defeated St. Louis Browns 7–1. Detroit Tigers put up 4 in the 5th. Elden Auker earned the win. Billy Rogell went 1-for-3 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Elden Auker L: Oral Hildebrand SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Grieve · 1B: Cal Hubbard · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill McGowan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

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

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mel Mazzera	4	1	1	0	0	0
Billy Sullivan	4	0	1	0	0	0
Sam West	4	0	1	1	0	0
Beau Bell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Harlond Clift	4	0	1	0	0	0
Red Kress	4	0	0	0	0	0
George McQuinn	3	0	0	0	1	0
Don Heffner	3	0	1	0	0	0
Oral Hildebrand	1	0	0	0	0	1
Russ Van Atta	2	0	0	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Elden Auker	9.0	5	1	2

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Oral Hildebrand	4.2	5	3	5
Les Tietje	0.0	2	1	0
Russ Van Atta	4.1	4	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Fox: S6
Dixie Walker: S7.1-3
Charlie Gehringer: 4(B)3(1)/LDP
Hank Greenberg: OA.3XH(21)

Bot 1

Mel Mazzera: D7
Billy Sullivan: 7/F.2-3
Sam West: S9.3-H
Beau Bell: 14(1)/FO
Harlond Clift: 7/L

Top 2

Hank Greenberg: K
Rudy York: W
Chet Laabs: K/C
Billy Rogell: 3/G

Bot 2

Red Kress: 43
George McQuinn: 3/G
Don Heffner: S7
Oral Hildebrand: K/C

Top 3

Don Ross: S7
Elden Auker: K
Pete Fox: S9.1-3
Dixie Walker: K+SB2
Charlie Gehringer: S3/L.3-H;2-H
Hank Greenberg: K/C

Bot 3

Mel Mazzera: 43
Billy Sullivan: 31
Sam West: 13/BG

Top 4

Rudy York: 3/FL
Chet Laabs: 8/F8XD
Billy Rogell: W
Don Ross: E6/G.1-2
Elden Auker: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Beau Bell: 99
Harlond Clift: D
Red Kress: 99
George McQuinn: W
Don Heffner: 99

Top 5

Pete Fox: 7/F
Dixie Walker: 7/F
Charlie Gehringer: W
Hank Greenberg: S5/L.1-2
Rudy York: S7.2-H;1-2
Chet Laabs: W.2-3;1-2
Billy Rogell: D7/L.3-H;2-H;1-H
Don Ross: S6.2-3
Elden Auker: 99

Bot 5

Russ Van Atta: K
Mel Mazzera: 99
Billy Sullivan: S
Sam West: 99

Top 6

Pete Fox: 99
Dixie Walker: 99
Charlie Gehringer: S
Hank Greenberg: 99

Bot 6

Beau Bell: 99
Harlond Clift: 99
Red Kress: 99

Top 7

Rudy York: W
Chet Laabs: 64(1)3/GDP
Billy Rogell: 99

Bot 7

George McQuinn: 99
Don Heffner: 99
Russ Van Atta: 99

Top 8

Don Ross: 99
Elden Auker: 99
Pete Fox: 99

Bot 8

Mel Mazzera: 99
Billy Sullivan: 99
Sam West: 99

Top 9

Dixie Walker: 99
Charlie Gehringer: T7
Hank Greenberg: 8/F.3-H
Rudy York: 99

Bot 9

Beau Bell: 99
Harlond Clift: E6/G
Red Kress: 99
George McQuinn: 99

Notes & reviews

Oral Hildebrand ejected by HP umpire Bill Grieve

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