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Detroit Tigers @ St. Louis Browns

1939-08-20 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 4514 · 1:55

St. Louis Browns defeated Detroit Tigers 6–2. St. Louis Browns put up 3 in the 6th. Vern Kennedy earned the win. Harlond Clift went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

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

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

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Barney McCosky	2	0	0	0	2	0
Benny McCoy	4	1	0	0	0	0
Earl Averill	4	0	0	0	0	1
Hank Greenberg	3	1	2	2	1	0
Pinky Higgins	4	0	0	0	0	1
Pete Fox	4	0	2	0	0	0
Billy Rogell	3	0	0	0	0	0
Birdie Tebbetts	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bobo Newsom	3	0	1	0	0	0
Roy Cullenbine	1	0	0	0	0	1
Beau Bell	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Berardino	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Grace	3	1	1	0	1	1
George McQuinn	4	1	1	0	0	0
Moose Solters	4	2	2	2	0	0
Harlond Clift	4	2	2	2	0	0
Chet Laabs	4	0	1	2	0	1
Sam Harshaney	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mark Christman	4	0	1	0	0	0
Vern Kennedy	4	0	0	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobo Newsom	8.0	9	1	3

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Kennedy	9.0	5	3	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Barney McCosky: E4/G
Benny McCoy: 99(1)/FO
Earl Averill: PB.1-2
Earl Averill: 99/P
Hank Greenberg: T8.2-H
Pinky Higgins: K

Bot 1

Johnny Berardino: 99
Joe Grace: W
George McQuinn: 99
Moose Solters: 99

Top 2

Pete Fox: S
Billy Rogell: CS2(99)
Billy Rogell: 99
Birdie Tebbetts: 99

Bot 2

Harlond Clift: 99
Chet Laabs: K
Sam Harshaney: S
Mark Christman: 99

Top 3

Bobo Newsom: 99
Barney McCosky: W
Benny McCoy: CS2(99)
Benny McCoy: 99

Bot 3

Vern Kennedy: K
Johnny Berardino: 99
Joe Grace: K

Top 4

Earl Averill: 99
Hank Greenberg: W
Pinky Higgins: 99
Pete Fox: 99

Bot 4

George McQuinn: T9/F
Moose Solters: 43.3-H
Harlond Clift: 99
Chet Laabs: 99

Top 5

Billy Rogell: 99
Birdie Tebbetts: E6
Bobo Newsom: 16(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Sam Harshaney: 99
Mark Christman: 99
Vern Kennedy: E6
Johnny Berardino: 99

Top 6

Barney McCosky: 99
Benny McCoy: 99
Earl Averill: 99

Bot 6

Joe Grace: S7
George McQuinn: 99/P
Moose Solters: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Moose Solters: D7/L.3-H
Harlond Clift: S7.2-3
Chet Laabs: D8/89.3-H;1-H
Sam Harshaney: 99
Mark Christman: 99

Top 7

Hank Greenberg: 99
Pinky Higgins: 99
Pete Fox: 99

Bot 7

Vern Kennedy: 99
Johnny Berardino: 99
Joe Grace: 99

Top 8

Billy Rogell: 99
Roy Cullenbine: K
Bobo Newsom: S
Barney McCosky: W.1-2
Benny McCoy: 43

Bot 8

George McQuinn: 99
Moose Solters: S
Harlond Clift: HR/78.1-H
Chet Laabs: 99
Sam Harshaney: E6
Mark Christman: S.1-2
Vern Kennedy: 99

Top 9

Earl Averill: K
Hank Greenberg: HR/7
Pinky Higgins: 99
Pete Fox: S
Beau Bell: K