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Detroit Tigers @ New York Yankees

1940-05-07 · Day game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 10482 · 2:18

Detroit Tigers defeated New York Yankees 4–2. Hal Newhouser earned the win and Al Benton picked up the save. Earl Averill went 2-for-5 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	12
NYA	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	9

W: Hal Newhouser L: Steve Sundra SV: Al Benton

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

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Bartell	4	0	0	1	0	0
Barney McCosky	3	1	1	0	0	1
Charlie Gehringer	4	1	2	0	1	0
Earl Averill	5	0	2	3	0	0
Hank Greenberg	4	0	2	0	0	0
Rudy York	4	0	0	0	0	2
Pinky Higgins	4	1	1	0	0	1
Birdie Tebbetts	4	0	2	0	0	0
Hal Newhouser	3	0	2	0	0	0
Bruce Campbell	0	1	0	0	1	0
Pete Fox	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Crosetti	4	1	0	0	1	0
Red Rolfe	4	0	1	0	1	1
Charlie Keller	4	0	3	0	1	0
Joe DiMaggio	5	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Dickey	5	1	1	1	0	2
Joe Gordon	4	0	3	0	0	0
George Selkirk	2	0	0	0	1	1
Babe Dahlgren	4	0	0	1	0	1
Steve Sundra	1	0	0	0	1	1
Buddy Rosar	1	0	0	0	0	0
Buster Mills	0	0	0	0	1	0
Red Ruffing	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hal Newhouser	8.0	8	6	6
Al Benton	1.0	1	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Sundra	6.0	10	0	3
Oral Hildebrand	2.0	1	1	1
Lee Grissom	1.0	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dick Bartell: 63
Barney McCosky: 43
Charlie Gehringer: D7
Earl Averill: S8.2-H
Hank Greenberg: S8.1-2#
Rudy York: K

Bot 1

Frankie Crosetti: 6
Red Rolfe: K
Charlie Keller: D8
Joe DiMaggio: 53

Top 2

Pinky Higgins: 8
Birdie Tebbetts: 8
Hal Newhouser: S9
Dick Bartell: 8

Bot 2

Bill Dickey: K/C
Joe Gordon: S7
George Selkirk: W.1-2
Babe Dahlgren: K
Steve Sundra: W.2-3;1-2
Frankie Crosetti: 5(2)/FO

Top 3

Barney McCosky: D9
Charlie Gehringer: 43.2-3
Earl Averill: 53.3-H
Hank Greenberg: S9
Rudy York: K

Bot 3

Red Rolfe: S9
Charlie Keller: 46(1)3/GDP
Joe DiMaggio: S8
Bill Dickey: K/C

Top 4

Pinky Higgins: S8
Birdie Tebbetts: S8.1-2
Hal Newhouser: 54/SH.2-3;1-2
Dick Bartell: 8.3-H
Barney McCosky: K/C

Bot 4

Joe Gordon: S8
George Selkirk: 5
Babe Dahlgren: 7/L
Steve Sundra: K

Top 5

Charlie Gehringer: 3/FL
Earl Averill: D7
Hank Greenberg: 7
Rudy York: 9

Bot 5

Frankie Crosetti: 31
Red Rolfe: 13
Charlie Keller: T8
Joe DiMaggio: 9

Top 6

Pinky Higgins: 43
Birdie Tebbetts: S7
Hal Newhouser: E1.1-2
Dick Bartell: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Bill Dickey: S7
Joe Gordon: S8.1-3
George Selkirk: K
Babe Dahlgren: 53.3-H;1-2
Buddy Rosar: 3/FL

Top 7

Bruce Campbell: W
Charlie Gehringer: S8.1-3
Earl Averill: 9.3-H
Hank Greenberg: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Frankie Crosetti: E9.B-3
Red Rolfe: W
Charlie Keller: W.1-2
Joe DiMaggio: 5/FL
Bill Dickey: 7.3-H(UR)
Joe Gordon: 5

Top 8

Rudy York: 53
Pinky Higgins: K/C
Birdie Tebbetts: 43

Bot 8

Buster Mills: W
Babe Dahlgren: 16(1)/FO
Red Ruffing: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Hal Newhouser: S9
Dick Bartell: 14/SH.1-2
Pete Fox: 53
Charlie Gehringer: W
Earl Averill: 9

Bot 9

Frankie Crosetti: W
Red Rolfe: 9
Charlie Keller: S7.1-2
Joe DiMaggio: 54(1)/FO.2-3
Bill Dickey: 64(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

McCosky leaves game after injuring his right foot with a foul tip in the 4th inning.
Selkirk ejected by HP umpire Pipgras for arguing balls and strikes and throwing bat
Newhouser leaves game with 2-0 count on Crosetti, had a bruised finger from scorcher by Dahlgren in the 8th.

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