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Detroit Tigers @ Cleveland Guardians

1939-06-27 · Night game · Cleveland Stadium · Att: 55305 · 2:03

Cleveland Indians defeated Detroit Tigers 5–0. Cleveland Indians put up 2 in the 1st. Bob Feller earned the win. Bruce Campbell went 3-for-3 with 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bob Feller L: Bobo Newsom SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Joe Rue · 1B: Harry Geisel · 2B: Steve Basil · 3B: Red Ormsby · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Barney McCosky	4	0	0	4
Pete Fox	4	0	0	1
Earl Averill	3	1	1	1
Pinky Higgins	3	0	1	1
Red Kress	3	0	1	1
Hank Greenberg	3	0	1	3
Billy Rogell	3	0	0	1
Birdie Tebbetts	4	0	0	0
Beau Bell	1	0	0	1
Slick Coffman	1	0	1	0
Rudy York	0	0	1	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rollie Hemsley	2	1	1	1	0	0
Bruce Campbell	3	1	3	2	1	0
Ben Chapman	3	0	1	1	1	0
Hal Trosky	3	0	0	1	0	0
Jeff Heath	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ken Keltner	4	0	1	0	0	0
Oscar Grimes	4	1	2	0	0	0
Skeeter Webb	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bob Feller	3	1	0	0	1	3

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobo Newsom	2.0	5	1	1
Slick Coffman	6.0	5	2	2

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Feller	9.0	1	6	13

Play-by-play

Top 1

Barney McCosky: K
Pete Fox: 5
Earl Averill: K

Bot 1

Rollie Hemsley: T7
Bruce Campbell: W
Ben Chapman: S8.3-H;1-3#
Hal Trosky: 8/SF.3-H
Jeff Heath: 7
Ken Keltner: 7

Top 2

Pinky Higgins: E4
Red Kress: K
Hank Greenberg: K
Billy Rogell: 5/FL

Bot 2

Oscar Grimes: S9
Skeeter Webb: S.1-3;B-2(E4)#
Bob Feller: K
Rollie Hemsley: 43/SH.3-H;2-3
Bruce Campbell: S8.3-H
Ben Chapman: 53

Top 3

Birdie Tebbetts: 63
Beau Bell: K
Barney McCosky: K

Bot 3

Hal Trosky: 43
Jeff Heath: S8
Ken Keltner: 9
Oscar Grimes: S7.1-2#
Skeeter Webb: 31

Top 4

Pete Fox: 63
Earl Averill: W
Pinky Higgins: K
Red Kress: 8

Bot 4

Bob Feller: W
Rollie Hemsley: 53/SH.1-2
Bruce Campbell: S7.2-H
Ben Chapman: W.1-2
Hal Trosky: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Hank Greenberg: W
Billy Rogell: K
Birdie Tebbetts: 7
Slick Coffman: 13

Bot 5

Jeff Heath: 8
Ken Keltner: 4
Oscar Grimes: 63

Top 6

Barney McCosky: K
Pete Fox: K
Earl Averill: S8
Pinky Higgins: W.1-2
Red Kress: W.2-3;1-2
Hank Greenberg: K

Bot 6

Skeeter Webb: 53
Bob Feller: K
Rollie Hemsley: 63

Top 7

Billy Rogell: 4
Birdie Tebbetts: 7
Slick Coffman: W
Barney McCosky: K

Bot 7

Bruce Campbell: S8
Ben Chapman: 3/G.1-2
Hal Trosky: 4
Jeff Heath: 3/G

Top 8

Pete Fox: 8
Earl Averill: 43
Pinky Higgins: 9

Bot 8

Ken Keltner: S7
Oscar Grimes: 16(1)/FO
Skeeter Webb: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Skeeter Webb: 43
Bob Feller: K

Top 9

Red Kress: 8
Hank Greenberg: K
Rudy York: W
Birdie Tebbetts: 8

Notes & reviews

First night game in Cleveland. AL Pres. Harridge and Tiger Pres. Briggs attended.

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