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Detroit Tigers @ Philadelphia Athletics

1939-07-30 · Day game · Shibe Park · 2:05

Detroit Tigers defeated Philadelphia Athletics 14–0. Detroit Tigers put up 4 in the 3rd. Bobo Newsom earned the win. Pinky Higgins went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	1	4	0	2	0	2	1	4	14	16
PHA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5

W: Bobo Newsom L: Bill Beckmann SV: (none)

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

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Barney McCosky	6	1	2	0	0	0
Benny McCoy	6	1	1	1	0	0
Earl Averill	4	1	1	0	0	0
Hank Greenberg	4	5	4	1	1	0
Pinky Higgins	4	2	2	4	0	0
Pete Fox	2	2	2	1	3	0
Birdie Tebbetts	4	1	2	2	1	0
Frank Croucher	4	1	2	3	0	1
Bobo Newsom	4	0	0	1	0	1
Roy Cullenbine	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Wally Moses	3	1	0	0
Dick Siebert	3	0	1	0
Dee Miles	4	0	0	1
Bob Johnson	3	0	0	1
Frankie Hayes	3	1	0	1
Bill Nagel	2	0	0	2
Skeeter Newsome	2	0	0	0
Dario Lodigiani	3	2	0	0
Bill Beckmann	2	1	0	0
Joe Gantenbein	1	0	0	0
Sam Chapman	1	0	0	1
Chubby Dean	1	0	0	0
Eddie Collins	1	0	0	1
Eric Tipton	1	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobo Newsom	9.0	5	1	8

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Beckmann	5.0	9	4	1
Chubby Dean	4.0	7	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Barney McCosky: 6/FL
Benny McCoy: 63
Earl Averill: 8

Bot 1

Wally Moses: 8/L
Dick Siebert: 2/FL
Dee Miles: 43

Top 2

Hank Greenberg: S8
Pinky Higgins: 9
Pete Fox: S7.1-2
Birdie Tebbetts: WP.2-3;1-2
Birdie Tebbetts: W
Frank Croucher: 7/SF.3-H
Bobo Newsom: 6/L

Bot 2

Bob Johnson: K
Frankie Hayes: K
Bill Nagel: K

Top 3

Barney McCosky: S7
Benny McCoy: D8.1-H
Earl Averill: 8
Hank Greenberg: W
Pinky Higgins: HR/7.2-H;1-H
Pete Fox: W
Birdie Tebbetts: 6(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Skeeter Newsome: 63
Dario Lodigiani: S7
Bill Beckmann: S9.1-2
Wally Moses: 5/FL
Dick Siebert: W.2-3;1-2
Dee Miles: K

Top 4

Frank Croucher: D7
Bobo Newsom: 13/SH.2-3
Barney McCosky: 8
Benny McCoy: 63

Bot 4

Bob Johnson: 63
Frankie Hayes: 63
Bill Nagel: K

Top 5

Earl Averill: S8
Hank Greenberg: D7.1-3
Pinky Higgins: 8/SF.3-H
Pete Fox: W
Birdie Tebbetts: OA.1X2(256)#
Birdie Tebbetts: S3/BG.2-H
Frank Croucher: K

Bot 5

Skeeter Newsome: 5
Dario Lodigiani: 3
Bill Beckmann: 3/G

Top 6

Bobo Newsom: 9
Barney McCosky: 43
Benny McCoy: 9

Bot 6

Wally Moses: S1
Dick Siebert: 46(1)3/GDP
Dee Miles: 43

Top 7

Earl Averill: 63
Hank Greenberg: HR/7
Pinky Higgins: 2/FL
Pete Fox: HR/7
Birdie Tebbetts: 53

Bot 7

Bob Johnson: 8
Frankie Hayes: D7
Joe Gantenbein: 2/FL
Sam Chapman: K

Top 8

Frank Croucher: HR/7
Bobo Newsom: K
Barney McCosky: 43
Benny McCoy: 43

Bot 8

Dario Lodigiani: S8
Chubby Dean: 54(1)3/GDP
Eddie Collins: K

Top 9

Roy Cullenbine: 63
Hank Greenberg: D9#
Pinky Higgins: S9.2-3
Pete Fox: SB2;SBH
Pete Fox: W
Birdie Tebbetts: S7.2-H;1-3
Frank Croucher: E6.3-H(RBI);1-3;B-2(E6)#
Bobo Newsom: FC5.3-H(UR);2X3(5);B-1
Barney McCosky: D9.1-3
Benny McCoy: 9

Bot 9

Dick Siebert: 8
Dee Miles: 63
Eric Tipton: K

Notes & reviews

Greenberg steals home to score his fifth run of game to tie then AL record (since advanced to 6 runs in game)

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