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Cleveland Guardians @ Detroit Tigers

1940-09-04 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 17170 · 2:13

Detroit Tigers defeated Cleveland Indians 7–2. Detroit Tigers put up 3 in the 7th. Schoolboy Rowe earned the win. Charlie Gehringer went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Schoolboy Rowe L: Bob Feller SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Pipgras · 1B: Bill Summers · 2B: Joe Rue · 3B: Lou Kolls · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ben Chapman	4	0	1	0	1	0
Roy Weatherly	4	0	2	0	0	0
Lou Boudreau	4	0	0	0	0	0
Hal Trosky	3	2	2	1	0	0
Jeff Heath	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ken Keltner	3	0	0	0	1	1
Ray Mack	4	0	2	1	0	0
Rollie Hemsley	2	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Feller	3	0	0	0	0	1
Oscar Grimes	1	0	0	0	0	1
Frankie Pytlak	1	0	0	0	0	0
Beau Bell	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Bartell	3	1	1	0	1	1
Bruce Campbell	4	3	3	1	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	4	2	2	4	0	0
Hank Greenberg	4	1	2	1	0	0
Rudy York	4	0	2	1	0	0
Earl Averill	4	0	0	0	0	1
Billy Sullivan	4	0	0	0	0	1
Birdie Tebbetts	3	0	0	0	0	0
Schoolboy Rowe	3	0	1	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Feller	7.0	11	1	3
Mike Naymick	1.0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Schoolboy Rowe	9.0	7	3	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ben Chapman: 53
Roy Weatherly: 3/G
Lou Boudreau: 9

Bot 1

Dick Bartell: K
Bruce Campbell: S9
Charlie Gehringer: D9.1-H
Hank Greenberg: 8
Rudy York: S7.2-H
Earl Averill: PO1(23)

Top 2

Hal Trosky: HR8/89/IPHR
Jeff Heath: K/C
Ken Keltner: 8
Ray Mack: 9

Bot 2

Earl Averill: 13
Billy Sullivan: K
Birdie Tebbetts: 4

Top 3

Rollie Hemsley: E5.B-1
Bob Feller: 46(1)3/GDP
Ben Chapman: W
Roy Weatherly: S9.1-3
Lou Boudreau: 43

Bot 3

Schoolboy Rowe: 3
Dick Bartell: W
Bruce Campbell: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Hal Trosky: S9
Jeff Heath: 13.1-2
Ken Keltner: K/C
Ray Mack: T8/9.2-H
Rollie Hemsley: IW
Bob Feller: K/C

Bot 4

Charlie Gehringer: 5/FL
Hank Greenberg: HR/8
Rudy York: S7
Earl Averill: K/C
Billy Sullivan: E4.1-2
Birdie Tebbetts: 4

Top 5

Ben Chapman: 6
Roy Weatherly: 3
Lou Boudreau: 9

Bot 5

Schoolboy Rowe: 63
Dick Bartell: S7.BX2(76)
Bruce Campbell: HR/8
Charlie Gehringer: 43

Top 6

Hal Trosky: 3/FL
Jeff Heath: 7
Ken Keltner: W
Ray Mack: S8.1-3
Rollie Hemsley: 36(1)/FO

Bot 6

Hank Greenberg: S7
Rudy York: 56(1)/FO/BG
Earl Averill: 8
Billy Sullivan: 9

Top 7

Bob Feller: 3/G
Ben Chapman: S7
Roy Weatherly: S7.1-2
Lou Boudreau: 9
Oscar Grimes: K/C

Bot 7

Birdie Tebbetts: 8
Schoolboy Rowe: S7
Dick Bartell: 46(1)/FO.BX1(6E3)
Bruce Campbell: SB2
Bruce Campbell: S1.2-3
Charlie Gehringer: HR/9.3-H(UR);1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Hank Greenberg: 8

Top 8

Jeff Heath: E4.B-1
Ken Keltner: 64(1)/FO
Ray Mack: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Rudy York: 5
Earl Averill: 7
Billy Sullivan: 6

Top 9

Frankie Pytlak: 9
Beau Bell: 43
Ben Chapman: 53