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New York Yankees @ Detroit Tigers

1940-05-23 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 9429 · 2:02

Detroit Tigers defeated New York Yankees 3–2. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 1st. Bobo Newsom earned the win. Hank Greenberg went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bobo Newsom L: Red Ruffing SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Pipgras · 1B: Bill Summers · 2B: (none) · 3B: John Quinn · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Crosetti	4	0	0	0	0	2
Red Rolfe	4	1	2	0	0	0
Charlie Keller	4	0	3	0	0	0
Joe DiMaggio	4	1	1	2	0	0
Bill Dickey	3	0	0	0	1	1
George Selkirk	3	0	0	0	1	0
Joe Gordon	4	0	0	0	0	1
Babe Dahlgren	3	0	0	0	1	2
Red Ruffing	3	0	0	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Bartell	4	0	0	0	0	2
Barney McCosky	4	0	1	0	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	3	1	0	0	1	0
Hank Greenberg	4	1	2	2	0	0
Rudy York	3	1	2	0	1	0
Bruce Campbell	4	0	1	0	0	0
Pinky Higgins	3	0	1	0	1	0
Billy Sullivan	4	0	0	1	0	0
Bobo Newsom	3	0	0	0	0	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Ruffing	8.2	7	3	3

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobo Newsom	9.0	6	3	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Crosetti: K
Red Rolfe: S9
Charlie Keller: 7
Joe DiMaggio: HR/7.1-H
Bill Dickey: K

Bot 1

Dick Bartell: 6
Barney McCosky: 63
Charlie Gehringer: W
Hank Greenberg: HR/8.1-H
Rudy York: S7
Bruce Campbell: 7

Top 2

George Selkirk: 5/FL
Joe Gordon: K
Babe Dahlgren: K

Bot 2

Pinky Higgins: D7
Billy Sullivan: 9/L
Bobo Newsom: 8
Dick Bartell: K

Top 3

Red Ruffing: 63
Frankie Crosetti: 7
Red Rolfe: S8
Charlie Keller: S7.1-2
Joe DiMaggio: PO2(16)

Bot 3

Barney McCosky: 8
Charlie Gehringer: 3
Hank Greenberg: 53

Top 4

Joe DiMaggio: 7
Bill Dickey: 2
George Selkirk: W
Joe Gordon: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Rudy York: W
Bruce Campbell: 4(1)3/GDP
Pinky Higgins: 3

Top 5

Babe Dahlgren: W
Red Ruffing: K/C
Frankie Crosetti: 2/FL
Red Rolfe: 4/L

Bot 5

Billy Sullivan: 41
Bobo Newsom: 63
Dick Bartell: K/C

Top 6

Charlie Keller: S
Joe DiMaggio: 64(1)/FO
Bill Dickey: W.1-2
George Selkirk: 7
Joe Gordon: 5(2)/FO

Bot 6

Barney McCosky: S7
Charlie Gehringer: CS2(24)
Charlie Gehringer: E5
Hank Greenberg: S8.1-2#
Rudy York: 5
Bruce Campbell: 3

Top 7

Babe Dahlgren: K/C
Red Ruffing: 13
Frankie Crosetti: K

Bot 7

Pinky Higgins: 3/P
Billy Sullivan: 4/FL
Bobo Newsom: K

Top 8

Red Rolfe: 3/P
Charlie Keller: D7
Joe DiMaggio: 4
Bill Dickey: 7

Bot 8

Dick Bartell: 6
Barney McCosky: 9
Charlie Gehringer: 63

Top 9

George Selkirk: 63
Joe Gordon: 8
Babe Dahlgren: 63

Bot 9

Hank Greenberg: 8
Rudy York: S6
Bruce Campbell: D7.1-3
Pinky Higgins: IW
Billy Sullivan: 8.3-H