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Detroit Tigers @ New York Yankees

1940-06-11 · Day game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 5654 · 2:03

Detroit Tigers defeated New York Yankees 6–1. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 7th. Tommy Bridges earned the win. Charlie Gehringer went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Tommy Bridges L: Atley Donald SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Red Ormsby · 1B: Lou Kolls · 2B: (none) · 3B: Eddie Rommel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Bartell	4	1	1	1	0	0
Barney McCosky	4	0	1	1	1	0
Charlie Gehringer	5	1	3	2	0	0
Hank Greenberg	5	1	2	0	0	2
Rudy York	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bruce Campbell	2	1	1	1	2	1
Pinky Higgins	2	0	0	0	2	0
Birdie Tebbetts	4	1	1	0	0	0
Tommy Bridges	4	1	1	0	0	0

New York Yankees — batting

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

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tommy Bridges	9.0	5	3	6

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Atley Donald	7.1	9	4	3
Oral Hildebrand	1.2	2	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dick Bartell: 63
Barney McCosky: 9/L
Charlie Gehringer: S8
Hank Greenberg: K

Bot 1

Frankie Crosetti: 7
Red Rolfe: D9
Charlie Keller: S.2-3
Joe DiMaggio: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Rudy York: 9
Bruce Campbell: W
Pinky Higgins: CS2(24)#
Pinky Higgins: 5

Bot 2

Bill Dickey: K/C
George Selkirk: W
Joe Gordon: CS2(26)#
Joe Gordon: 7

Top 3

Birdie Tebbetts: S9
Tommy Bridges: 1/BP.1-2(E1/TH)
Dick Bartell: 5/FL
Barney McCosky: S9.2-H(UR)
Charlie Gehringer: 5/FL

Bot 3

Babe Dahlgren: 43
Atley Donald: K
Frankie Crosetti: W
Red Rolfe: K/C

Top 4

Hank Greenberg: D7
Rudy York: 8.2-3
Bruce Campbell: K
Pinky Higgins: 7

Bot 4

Charlie Keller: 8
Joe DiMaggio: 53
Bill Dickey: E3
George Selkirk: 3

Top 5

Birdie Tebbetts: 9
Tommy Bridges: 9
Dick Bartell: 9

Bot 5

Joe Gordon: 7/L
Babe Dahlgren: 8
Atley Donald: 53

Top 6

Barney McCosky: 4
Charlie Gehringer: 3
Hank Greenberg: D8
Rudy York: S8.2-H
Bruce Campbell: W.1-2
Pinky Higgins: W.2-3;1-2
Birdie Tebbetts: 2/FL

Bot 6

Frankie Crosetti: E3.B-2
Red Rolfe: 43.2-3
Charlie Keller: S.3-H(UR)
Joe DiMaggio: 3/P
Bill Dickey: D9.1-3
George Selkirk: 6

Top 7

Tommy Bridges: 9
Dick Bartell: HR/9
Barney McCosky: 9
Charlie Gehringer: HR/9
Hank Greenberg: K/C

Bot 7

Joe Gordon: 7
Babe Dahlgren: 63
Atley Donald: K

Top 8

Rudy York: 53
Bruce Campbell: HR/9
Pinky Higgins: W
Birdie Tebbetts: 7(B)43(1)/FDP

Bot 8

Buster Mills: 7
Red Rolfe: S/BG
Charlie Keller: K/C
Joe DiMaggio: 54(1)/FO

Top 9

Tommy Bridges: S9
Dick Bartell: 13/SH.1-2
Barney McCosky: W
Charlie Gehringer: S8.2-H;1-2#
Hank Greenberg: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 9

Bill Dickey: 8
George Selkirk: W
Joe Gordon: K
Babe Dahlgren: 8

Notes & reviews

Bridges tried to sacrifice but hit a pop bunt and was automatically out. But Donald dropped the ball on purpose thinking he could get a DP and then made a throwing error.
Higgins thought there were 2 outs and ran at full speed on Tebbetts' fly ball, and was doubled off first.

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