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Philadelphia Athletics @ Detroit Tigers

1939-08-23 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · 11 innings · Att: 3323 · 2:16

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Detroit Tigers 7–6. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 5th. Cotton Pippen earned the win. Charlie Gehringer went 3-for-5 with 2 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
PHA	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	7	9
DET	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	14

W: Cotton Pippen L: Fred Hutchinson SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wally Moses	6	1	1	0	0	0
Skeeter Newsome	4	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Johnson	4	1	2	2	1	0
Frankie Hayes	5	1	0	0	0	0
Dick Siebert	5	1	3	2	0	0
Bill Nagel	4	0	0	0	0	2
Sam Chapman	3	2	1	0	2	0
Dario Lodigiani	4	1	2	2	1	0
Cotton Pippen	5	0	0	0	0	1
Wayne Ambler	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Barney McCosky	6	1	1	0	0
Earl Averill	5	2	3	1	1
Charlie Gehringer	5	2	3	3	0
Rudy York	4	1	2	2	1
Pete Fox	4	0	1	0	1
Pinky Higgins	5	0	1	0	0
Billy Rogell	2	0	0	0	0
Birdie Tebbetts	5	0	0	0	0
Fred Hutchinson	5	0	1	0	0
Roy Cullenbine	1	0	0	0	0
Frank Croucher	2	0	2	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cotton Pippen	11.0	14	3	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fred Hutchinson	10.1	9	5	3
Al Benton	0.2	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Wally Moses: FLE2
Wally Moses: 8
Skeeter Newsome: W
Bob Johnson: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Bob Johnson: W
Frankie Hayes: 4(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 1

Barney McCosky: S8
Earl Averill: W.1-2
Charlie Gehringer: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Rudy York: 8/SF.3-H
Pete Fox: 7

Top 2

Dick Siebert: 8
Bill Nagel: 53
Sam Chapman: 9

Bot 2

Pinky Higgins: 53
Billy Rogell: 2/FL
Birdie Tebbetts: 53

Top 3

Dario Lodigiani: HR/7
Cotton Pippen: K
Wally Moses: 2/FL
Skeeter Newsome: 5/FL

Bot 3

Fred Hutchinson: 43
Barney McCosky: 7/L
Earl Averill: S9
Charlie Gehringer: HR/9.1-H
Rudy York: S7
Pete Fox: S5.1-2
Pinky Higgins: 64(1)/FO

Top 4

Bob Johnson: 2/FL
Frankie Hayes: E6/TH.B-2
Dick Siebert: D8.2-H(UR)
Bill Nagel: K
Sam Chapman: W
Dario Lodigiani: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Billy Rogell: 41
Birdie Tebbetts: E6
Fred Hutchinson: 64(1)/FO
Barney McCosky: 8

Top 5

Cotton Pippen: 8
Wally Moses: S9
Skeeter Newsome: 9
Bob Johnson: HR/7.1-H
Frankie Hayes: 4

Bot 5

Earl Averill: S8
Charlie Gehringer: 36(1)1/GDP
Rudy York: 4

Top 6

Dick Siebert: S9
Bill Nagel: 54(1)3/GDP
Sam Chapman: W
Dario Lodigiani: W.1-2
Cotton Pippen: SB3;SB2.2-H(E2/TH)(UR)(NR);1-3
Cotton Pippen: 63

Bot 6

Pete Fox: 6
Pinky Higgins: S8
Roy Cullenbine: 36(1)1/GDP

Top 7

Wally Moses: 7
Skeeter Newsome: 6
Bob Johnson: D9
Frankie Hayes: 7

Bot 7

Birdie Tebbetts: 6/FL
Fred Hutchinson: S4
Barney McCosky: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Dick Siebert: 3
Bill Nagel: K
Sam Chapman: 9

Bot 8

Earl Averill: 43
Charlie Gehringer: HR/9
Rudy York: HR/7
Pete Fox: W
Pinky Higgins: 9
Frank Croucher: S5.1-2
Birdie Tebbetts: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Dario Lodigiani: 9
Cotton Pippen: 8
Wally Moses: 43

Bot 9

Fred Hutchinson: 63
Barney McCosky: 8
Earl Averill: E6
Charlie Gehringer: S9.1-3
Rudy York: W.1-2
Pete Fox: 64(1)/FO

Top 10

Skeeter Newsome: 43
Bob Johnson: 5
Frankie Hayes: 53

Bot 10

Pinky Higgins: 63
Frank Croucher: D7
Birdie Tebbetts: 6
Fred Hutchinson: 8

Top 11

Dick Siebert: HR/9
Wayne Ambler: 9
Sam Chapman: S8
Dario Lodigiani: D8.1-H
Cotton Pippen: 8
Wally Moses: 3/L

Bot 11

Barney McCosky: 43
Earl Averill: HR/8
Charlie Gehringer: 8
Rudy York: 13