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Detroit Tigers @ St. Louis Browns

1939-05-13 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 2778 · 2:22

St. Louis Browns defeated Detroit Tigers 5–3. St. Louis Browns put up 2 in the 5th. Bobo Newsom earned the win. George McQuinn went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bobo Newsom L: Vern Kennedy SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Eddie Rommel · 1B: George Moriarty · 2B: (none) · 3B: Cal Hubbard · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Barney McCosky	5	0	1	0	0	0
Chet Laabs	1	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	4	0	0	0	1	0
Hank Greenberg	4	1	1	0	0	0
Pinky Higgins	2	2	2	0	2	0
Pete Fox	3	0	1	1	1	1
Birdie Tebbetts	4	0	1	1	0	0
Frank Croucher	3	0	0	0	0	0
Vern Kennedy	3	0	1	0	0	0
Dixie Walker	3	0	1	0	1	1
Billy Rogell	1	0	0	0	0	0
Roy Cullenbine	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tommy Thompson	4	1	0	0	0	0
Myril Hoag	4	1	2	0	0	0
George McQuinn	3	1	2	3	0	0
Beau Bell	3	0	1	0	1	0
Harlond Clift	3	2	1	0	1	0
Billy Sullivan	3	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Berardino	4	0	1	1	0	1
Don Heffner	3	0	0	1	0	3
Bobo Newsom	3	0	1	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Kennedy	8.0	9	2	4

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobo Newsom	9.0	8	5	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Barney McCosky: 43
Chet Laabs: 3/P
Charlie Gehringer: W
Hank Greenberg: 7

Bot 1

Tommy Thompson: 8
Myril Hoag: 7
George McQuinn: T
Beau Bell: 4

Top 2

Pinky Higgins: S
Pete Fox: 9
Birdie Tebbetts: E5.1-2
Frank Croucher: 13.2-3;1-2
Vern Kennedy: 7

Bot 2

Harlond Clift: D
Billy Sullivan: S.2-3
Johnny Berardino: K
Don Heffner: 9/SF.3-H
Bobo Newsom: 3

Top 3

Barney McCosky: 9
Dixie Walker: K
Charlie Gehringer: 5/P

Bot 3

Tommy Thompson: 4
Myril Hoag: 13
George McQuinn: 8

Top 4

Hank Greenberg: 7
Pinky Higgins: W
Pete Fox: K
Birdie Tebbetts: S.1-H
Frank Croucher: 6

Bot 4

Beau Bell: 7
Harlond Clift: W
Billy Sullivan: HP.1-2
Johnny Berardino: S.2-H;1-2
Don Heffner: K+PO2(26)/DP#

Top 5

Vern Kennedy: 63
Barney McCosky: 3/G
Dixie Walker: 43

Bot 5

Bobo Newsom: 3
Tommy Thompson: 9
Myril Hoag: S
George McQuinn: HR.1-H
Beau Bell: S
Harlond Clift: 54(1)/FO

Top 6

Charlie Gehringer: 3/G
Hank Greenberg: 1/G
Pinky Higgins: W
Pete Fox: W.1-2
Birdie Tebbetts: 7

Bot 6

Billy Sullivan: 13
Johnny Berardino: 3
Don Heffner: K

Top 7

Frank Croucher: 3
Vern Kennedy: S
Barney McCosky: 3/G.1-2
Dixie Walker: W
Charlie Gehringer: 5

Bot 7

Bobo Newsom: S
Tommy Thompson: 16(1)/FO
Myril Hoag: S.1-3
George McQuinn: 7/SF.3-H
Beau Bell: W.1-2
Harlond Clift: 7

Top 8

Hank Greenberg: S.B-2(E4)
Pinky Higgins: S.2-3#
Pete Fox: S.3-H;1-3#
Birdie Tebbetts: 54(1)3/GDP.3-H(NR)
Billy Rogell: 43

Bot 8

Billy Sullivan: 43
Johnny Berardino: 6
Don Heffner: K

Top 9

Roy Cullenbine: K
Barney McCosky: S
Dixie Walker: D.1-3
Charlie Gehringer: 6/LDP.2X2(64)