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St. Louis Browns @ Detroit Tigers

1940-07-07 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 13587 · 2:00

Detroit Tigers defeated St. Louis Browns 5–2. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 1st. Schoolboy Rowe earned the win and Al Benton picked up the save. Roy Cullenbine went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Schoolboy Rowe L: Bob Harris SV: Al Benton

Umpires — HP: George Pipgras · 1B: Harry Geisel · 2B: John Quinn · 3B: Steve Basil · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Roy Cullenbine	4	1	1	1	0
Rip Radcliff	4	0	1	0	0
Chet Laabs	4	0	1	0	0
Harlond Clift	4	0	0	0	1
Wally Judnich	4	1	1	1	1
Johnny Berardino	3	0	0	0	0
Don Heffner	2	0	0	0	0
Bob Swift	3	0	1	0	0
Bob Harris	2	0	0	0	0
Joe Grace	1	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Bartell	5	0	1	0	0	0
Barney McCosky	4	1	1	0	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	2	2	2	0	2	0
Hank Greenberg	3	2	1	0	0	0
Rudy York	2	0	1	1	1	0
Pete Fox	4	0	2	4	0	0
Red Kress	4	0	1	0	0	0
Billy Sullivan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Schoolboy Rowe	4	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Harris	7.0	9	3	1
Emil Bildilli	1.0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Schoolboy Rowe	8.1	5	0	1
Al Benton	0.2	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Roy Cullenbine: 63
Rip Radcliff: S8
Chet Laabs: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Dick Bartell: 7
Barney McCosky: 2/FL
Charlie Gehringer: W
Hank Greenberg: S.1-2
Rudy York: S8/F8S.2-H;1-3
Pete Fox: D/78.3-H;1-3
Red Kress: 8

Top 2

Harlond Clift: 63
Wally Judnich: K
Johnny Berardino: 7/L

Bot 2

Billy Sullivan: 8
Schoolboy Rowe: 63
Dick Bartell: S
Barney McCosky: 8

Top 3

Don Heffner: HP
Bob Swift: 43.1-2
Bob Harris: 63.2-2
Roy Cullenbine: 3

Bot 3

Charlie Gehringer: S
Hank Greenberg: FC4.1X2(4E6);B-1
Rudy York: 31/SH.2-3;1-2
Pete Fox: S9.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);B-2(E2)
Red Kress: 43.2-3
Billy Sullivan: 8

Top 4

Rip Radcliff: 3
Chet Laabs: 9
Harlond Clift: 13

Bot 4

Schoolboy Rowe: 63
Dick Bartell: 9
Barney McCosky: 9

Top 5

Wally Judnich: HR/9
Johnny Berardino: 7
Don Heffner: 5
Bob Swift: 53

Bot 5

Charlie Gehringer: S
Hank Greenberg: 5/FL
Rudy York: 6
Pete Fox: 5/FL

Top 6

Bob Harris: 63
Roy Cullenbine: 43
Rip Radcliff: 43

Bot 6

Red Kress: S
Billy Sullivan: 13.1-2
Schoolboy Rowe: K
Dick Bartell: 7

Top 7

Chet Laabs: 2/FL
Harlond Clift: 8
Wally Judnich: 8

Bot 7

Barney McCosky: D9
Charlie Gehringer: W
Hank Greenberg: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Rudy York: W
Pete Fox: 8/F.3-H
Red Kress: 4

Top 8

Johnny Berardino: 5/FL
Don Heffner: 63
Bob Swift: S
Joe Grace: 9

Bot 8

Billy Sullivan: 9
Schoolboy Rowe: 43
Dick Bartell: 53

Top 9

Roy Cullenbine: HR/9
Rip Radcliff: 3
Chet Laabs: D
Harlond Clift: K
Wally Judnich: 4/L