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Detroit Tigers @ Chicago White Sox

1940-04-22 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 5009 · 2:46

Detroit Tigers defeated Chicago White Sox 6–5. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 2nd. Dick Conger earned the win and Al Benton picked up the save. Mike Tresh went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	6	11
CHA	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	11

W: Dick Conger L: Clint Brown SV: Al Benton

Umpires — HP: Steve Basil · 1B: Bill Grieve · 2B: (none) · 3B: Red Ormsby · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Barney McCosky	3	2	3	0	3	0
Bruce Campbell	3	0	1	1	3	0
Charlie Gehringer	4	0	0	0	2	0
Hank Greenberg	4	0	1	0	1	1
Rudy York	5	1	2	0	0	2
Pinky Higgins	4	1	2	2	1	1
Dick Bartell	4	1	1	0	1	1
Billy Sullivan	3	0	0	0	1	0
Lynn Nelson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Gorsica	2	0	0	0	0	1
Pete Fox	1	0	0	0	0	1
Earl Averill	1	0	1	2	0	0

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bob Kennedy	4	1	2	0	0	0
Joe Kuhel	4	0	0	0	1	1
Mike Kreevich	4	0	1	1	1	0
Moose Solters	4	0	1	1	0	0
Luke Appling	3	0	1	0	0	0
Taffy Wright	3	2	3	0	1	0
Eric McNair	4	1	1	0	0	0
Mike Tresh	4	1	2	3	0	0
Vallie Eaves	2	0	0	0	0	1
Skeeter Webb	1	0	0	0	0	1
Clint Brown	0	0	0	0	1	0
Larry Rosenthal	1	0	0	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lynn Nelson	1.0	3	1	0
Bud Thomas	1.0	3	2	0
Johnny Gorsica	5.0	5	0	2
Dick Conger	1.0	0	1	1
Al Benton	1.0	0	0	1

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vallie Eaves	7.2	7	12	7
Clint Brown	1.1	4	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Barney McCosky: S8
Bruce Campbell: 6
Charlie Gehringer: CS2(26)
Charlie Gehringer: W
Hank Greenberg: K23

Bot 1

Bob Kennedy: 53
Joe Kuhel: 53
Mike Kreevich: S8
Moose Solters: S5.1-2
Luke Appling: 63

Top 2

Rudy York: T8
Pinky Higgins: D8.3-H;BX3(85)
Dick Bartell: W
Billy Sullivan: WP.1-2
Billy Sullivan: W
Lynn Nelson: 8.2-3
Barney McCosky: W.1-2
Bruce Campbell: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Charlie Gehringer: 2/FL

Bot 2

Taffy Wright: W
Eric McNair: E5.1-3(E5/TH);B-2
Mike Tresh: S9.3-H;2-H(UR)
Vallie Eaves: 14/SH.1-2
Bob Kennedy: S5.2-3
Joe Kuhel: W.1-2
Mike Kreevich: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Moose Solters: 54(1)/FO.3-H(UR);2-3
Luke Appling: 13

Top 3

Hank Greenberg: 53
Rudy York: D7
Pinky Higgins: 8
Dick Bartell: 6

Bot 3

Taffy Wright: S1
Eric McNair: S7.1-2
Mike Tresh: SB3
Mike Tresh: S8.3-H;1-2
Vallie Eaves: 2/FL/BP
Bob Kennedy: CS3(25).1-2
Bob Kennedy: 13

Top 4

Billy Sullivan: 43
Johnny Gorsica: 43
Barney McCosky: W
Bruce Campbell: W.1-2
Charlie Gehringer: 6

Bot 4

Joe Kuhel: 3/G
Mike Kreevich: 63
Moose Solters: HP
Luke Appling: S/BR.1X2(4)

Top 5

Hank Greenberg: W
Rudy York: K
Pinky Higgins: K+CS2(26)/DP

Bot 5

Taffy Wright: S8
Eric McNair: 53.1-2
Mike Tresh: 9
Vallie Eaves: K

Top 6

Dick Bartell: K/C
Billy Sullivan: 6
Johnny Gorsica: K

Bot 6

Bob Kennedy: S7
Joe Kuhel: 3(B)6(1)/GDP
Mike Kreevich: 4

Top 7

Barney McCosky: S
Bruce Campbell: S.1-2
Charlie Gehringer: 9/FL
Hank Greenberg: S9.2-3;1-2
Rudy York: K
Pinky Higgins: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Dick Bartell: 64(1)/FO

Bot 7

Moose Solters: 99
Skeeter Webb: K
Taffy Wright: D
Eric McNair: 99

Top 8

Billy Sullivan: 8
Pete Fox: K
Barney McCosky: W
Bruce Campbell: W.1-2
Charlie Gehringer: WP.2-3;1-2
Charlie Gehringer: W
Hank Greenberg: E6.3-H(NR)(UR);2-3;1-2
Rudy York: 53

Bot 8

Mike Tresh: 99
Clint Brown: W
Bob Kennedy: 23/SH.1-2
Joe Kuhel: K

Top 9

Pinky Higgins: S9
Dick Bartell: S7.1-2
Billy Sullivan: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Earl Averill: S8.3-H;2-H
Barney McCosky: S8.1-2
Bruce Campbell: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Charlie Gehringer: 3/G

Bot 9

Mike Kreevich: 99
Moose Solters: 99
Larry Rosenthal: K23

Notes & reviews

Tresh's line drive came through the box. Nelson got his glove up to protect his face, but the ball knocked his cap off and deflected into right field. Nelson was not hurt, only shaken up, but left the game as a precaution.
Major League debut for Johnny Gorsica
Appling was spiked in the knee by Greenberg and had to leave the game
Major Leage debut for Dick Conger
Major Leage debut for Scat Metha

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