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Detroit Tigers @ New York Yankees

1940-07-21 · Day game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 68590 · 2:00

Detroit Tigers defeated New York Yankees 3–2. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 5th. Schoolboy Rowe earned the win and Dizzy Trout picked up the save. Pete Fox went 2-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	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	11
NYA	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	8

W: Schoolboy Rowe L: Marius Russo SV: Dizzy Trout

Umpires — HP: Joe Rue · 1B: Harry Geisel · 2B: (none) · 3B: Steve Basil · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Fox	5	1	2	2	0	0
Barney McCosky	5	0	2	1	0	1
Charlie Gehringer	4	0	1	0	1	1
Hank Greenberg	4	0	1	0	0	0
Rudy York	4	0	2	0	0	0
Pinky Higgins	4	0	0	0	0	0
Birdie Tebbetts	4	1	1	0	0	0
Red Kress	3	1	2	0	1	0
Schoolboy Rowe	3	0	0	0	0	1
Dizzy Trout	1	0	0	0	0	0

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
Tommy Henrich	3	0	2	1	1	0
Charlie Keller	3	0	0	0	1	1
Buddy Rosar	4	0	1	0	0	0
George Selkirk	3	0	0	0	1	0
Joe Gordon	4	1	1	1	0	0
Babe Dahlgren	4	0	0	0	0	0
Marius Russo	3	0	2	0	0	0
Buster Mills	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Dickey	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Schoolboy Rowe	6.0	6	3	2
Dizzy Trout	3.0	2	0	2

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Marius Russo	9.0	11	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Fox: 8
Barney McCosky: K
Charlie Gehringer: 5

Bot 1

Frankie Crosetti: K
Red Rolfe: 3
Tommy Henrich: W
Charlie Keller: W.1-2
Buddy Rosar: 13

Top 2

Hank Greenberg: S7
Rudy York: 43.1-2
Pinky Higgins: 63
Birdie Tebbetts: 63

Bot 2

George Selkirk: 6
Joe Gordon: 63
Babe Dahlgren: 63

Top 3

Red Kress: S
Schoolboy Rowe: 46(1)/FO
Pete Fox: 4(1)/G/FO
Barney McCosky: S.1-2
Charlie Gehringer: K

Bot 3

Marius Russo: 8
Frankie Crosetti: 63
Red Rolfe: 7

Top 4

Hank Greenberg: 3/FL
Rudy York: 4
Pinky Higgins: 43

Bot 4

Tommy Henrich: S7
Charlie Keller: 8
Buddy Rosar: 8
George Selkirk: 6(1)/G/FO

Top 5

Birdie Tebbetts: S
Red Kress: W.1-2
Schoolboy Rowe: K
Pete Fox: S8.2-H;1-3;B-2
Barney McCosky: 8/F.3-H
Charlie Gehringer: W
Hank Greenberg: 13

Bot 5

Joe Gordon: HR/7
Babe Dahlgren: 5/L
Marius Russo: S
Frankie Crosetti: K
Red Rolfe: S8.1-3
Tommy Henrich: 53

Top 6

Rudy York: S7
Pinky Higgins: 9
Birdie Tebbetts: 7
Red Kress: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Charlie Keller: 43
Buddy Rosar: D7
George Selkirk: W
Joe Gordon: 7/L
Babe Dahlgren: 8

Top 7

Schoolboy Rowe: 5
Pete Fox: HR/7
Barney McCosky: 7
Charlie Gehringer: 43

Bot 7

Marius Russo: S
Frankie Crosetti: 164(1)3/GDP
Red Rolfe: S5.B-2(E5)
Tommy Henrich: S8.2-H(UR)
Charlie Keller: K

Top 8

Hank Greenberg: 3/FL
Rudy York: S
Pinky Higgins: 4
Birdie Tebbetts: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Buddy Rosar: 6
George Selkirk: 43
Joe Gordon: 8

Top 9

Red Kress: S9
Dizzy Trout: 3/P
Pete Fox: 9
Barney McCosky: S.1-2
Charlie Gehringer: S6/BR.2X3(6);1-2

Bot 9

Babe Dahlgren: 43
Buster Mills: K23
Bill Dickey: 5/FL

Notes & reviews

Henrich had apparent 2-run triple down 1B line called foul by HP umpire Rue. Crowd threw bottles and delayed game for over 10 minutes until police were stationed in the stadium.

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