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Cleveland Guardians @ Detroit Tigers

1939-10-01 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · 5 innings · Att: 15383 · 1:00

Detroit Tigers defeated Cleveland Indians 1–0. Bobo Newsom earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	R	H	E
CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
DET	0	0	0	0	1	1	3

W: Bobo Newsom L: Mike Naymick SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Summers · 1B: Steve Basil · 2B: George Moriarty · 3B: George Pipgras · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Lou Boudreau	1	0	1	0
Roy Weatherly	2	0	0	0
Ben Chapman	2	0	0	0
Odell Hale	2	2	0	0
Bruce Campbell	2	0	0	0
Ken Keltner	1	0	0	0
Oscar Grimes	2	0	0	0
Frankie Pytlak	1	1	1	0
Mike Naymick	2	0	0	2
Ray Mack	1	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Barney McCosky	0	0	0	0	2	0
Benny McCoy	3	0	2	1	0	1
Charlie Gehringer	2	0	0	0	0	0
Hank Greenberg	2	0	0	0	0	0
Earl Averill	1	0	0	0	1	0
Pete Fox	2	0	0	0	0	0
Red Kress	1	0	0	0	1	1
Birdie Tebbetts	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bobo Newsom	2	1	1	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Naymick	4.1	3	4	3

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobo Newsom	5.0	3	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Boudreau: 99
Roy Weatherly: 99
Ben Chapman: 99

Bot 1

Barney McCosky: W
Benny McCoy: SB2
Benny McCoy: SB3
Benny McCoy: K
Charlie Gehringer: 99
Hank Greenberg: 99

Top 2

Odell Hale: D
Bruce Campbell: 99/G.2-3
Ken Keltner: 63
Oscar Grimes: 63

Bot 2

Earl Averill: 99
Pete Fox: 99
Red Kress: W
Birdie Tebbetts: SB2
Birdie Tebbetts: K

Top 3

Frankie Pytlak: W
Mike Naymick: WP.1-2
Mike Naymick: K
Lou Boudreau: W
Roy Weatherly: 36(1)/FO/DP.2XH(6352)

Bot 3

Bobo Newsom: 99
Barney McCosky: W
Benny McCoy: S.1-3
Charlie Gehringer: SB2
Charlie Gehringer: 99
Hank Greenberg: 99

Top 4

Ben Chapman: 99
Odell Hale: S
Bruce Campbell: CS2(26)
Bruce Campbell: 99

Bot 4

Earl Averill: W
Pete Fox: 99
Red Kress: K
Birdie Tebbetts: 99

Top 5

Ray Mack: K23#
Oscar Grimes: 99
Frankie Pytlak: S
Mike Naymick: K

Bot 5

Bobo Newsom: S9
Barney McCosky: 99/SH.1-2
Benny McCoy: D8.2-H

Notes & reviews

Newsom has boil on leg and is advised not to pitch, but insists on it (in pain) to win his 20th game and get a bonus
Don't know when McCosky's two SBs were
Pytlak rounds third too far and gets caught in rundown
Game called for darkness (plenty of light left)

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