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Detroit Tigers @ Philadelphia Athletics

1939-07-28 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 12000 · 1:52

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Detroit Tigers 3–0. Buck Ross earned the win.

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	6
PHA	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		3	7

W: Buck Ross L: Schoolboy Rowe SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Grieve · 1B: Eddie Rommel · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Summers · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Barney McCosky	5	0	0	0
Benny McCoy	4	1	0	0
Pinky Higgins	2	0	2	0
Hank Greenberg	4	0	0	2
Beau Bell	3	1	1	0
Pete Fox	4	2	0	0
Birdie Tebbetts	2	1	1	0
Frank Croucher	2	1	1	0
Schoolboy Rowe	2	0	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	0	0	1	0
Earl Averill	1	0	0	0
Rudy York	1	0	0	1
Roy Cullenbine	0	0	1	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Wally Moses	3	0	2	1	1
Dick Siebert	4	0	0	0	0
Dee Miles	4	0	1	0	0
Bob Johnson	3	1	0	0	1
Frankie Hayes	3	0	1	0	1
Bill Nagel	4	1	1	0	0
Skeeter Newsome	2	0	0	0	0
Dario Lodigiani	3	1	2	1	0
Buck Ross	2	0	0	0	0
Joe Gantenbein	1	0	0	0	0
Wayne Ambler	1	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Schoolboy Rowe	6.0	3	1	0
Al Benton	2.0	4	2	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Buck Ross	9.0	6	7	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Barney McCosky: 7
Benny McCoy: D7
Pinky Higgins: W
Hank Greenberg: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Wally Moses: S9
Dick Siebert: 43.1-2
Dee Miles: 43.2-3
Bob Johnson: 5/L

Top 2

Beau Bell: 53
Pete Fox: D8
Birdie Tebbetts: 53
Frank Croucher: 7

Bot 2

Frankie Hayes: 63
Bill Nagel: 8
Skeeter Newsome: 31

Top 3

Schoolboy Rowe: 53
Barney McCosky: 9/L
Benny McCoy: 31

Bot 3

Dario Lodigiani: S9
Buck Ross: 14/SH.1-2
Wally Moses: S9.2-H
Dick Siebert: 6
Dee Miles: 64(1)/FO

Top 4

Pinky Higgins: 53
Hank Greenberg: K
Beau Bell: W
Pete Fox: 164(1)/FO

Bot 4

Bob Johnson: 63
Frankie Hayes: W
Bill Nagel: 53.1-2
Skeeter Newsome: 5/FL

Top 5

Birdie Tebbetts: W
Frank Croucher: W.1-2
Schoolboy Rowe: PO2(24)
Schoolboy Rowe: 8
Barney McCosky: 13

Bot 5

Dario Lodigiani: 7
Buck Ross: 53
Wally Moses: 13

Top 6

Benny McCoy: 3/L
Pinky Higgins: W
Hank Greenberg: WP.1-2
Hank Greenberg: PO2(26)
Hank Greenberg: K

Bot 6

Dick Siebert: 53
Dee Miles: 31
Bob Johnson: 43

Top 7

Beau Bell: 5
Pete Fox: 3
Birdie Tebbetts: S7
Frank Croucher: S7.1-2
Charlie Gehringer: W.2-3;1-2
Barney McCosky: 31

Bot 7

Frankie Hayes: S7
Bill Nagel: S7.1-2
Joe Gantenbein: 65(2)/FO.1-2
Dario Lodigiani: S7.2-H;1-2
Buck Ross: 13.2-3;1-2
Wally Moses: W
Dick Siebert: 9

Top 8

Benny McCoy: 7/L
Pinky Higgins: 63
Hank Greenberg: 63

Bot 8

Dee Miles: D9
Bob Johnson: W
Frankie Hayes: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Bill Nagel: 54(1)/FO.2-3
Wayne Ambler: SBH;SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Wayne Ambler: 53

Top 9

Beau Bell: S9
Pete Fox: S4.1-2
Earl Averill: 7
Rudy York: K
Roy Cullenbine: W.2-3;1-2
Barney McCosky: 7