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Detroit Tigers @ Philadelphia Athletics

1940-06-05 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 18550 · 2:10

Detroit Tigers defeated Philadelphia Athletics 9–1. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 6th. Schoolboy Rowe earned the win. Schoolboy Rowe went 2-for-5 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	1	9	17
PHA	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7

W: Schoolboy Rowe L: George Caster SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Pipgras · 1B: Steve Basil · 2B: (none) · 3B: Eddie Rommel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Benny McCoy	4	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Moses	4	0	2	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	3	0	0	0	1	0
Hal Wagner	3	0	0	0	1	1
Dick Siebert	3	0	1	0	1	0
Sam Chapman	4	1	2	0	0	0
Al Rubeling	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Lillard	2	0	0	0	0	0
George Caster	2	0	0	0	0	0
Chubby Dean	1	0	1	0	0	0
Dee Miles	1	0	0	0	0	0
Al Simmons	1	0	1	1	0	0
Crash Davis	1	0	0	0	0	0
Earle Brucker	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Gantenbein	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Schoolboy Rowe	9.0	7	3	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Caster	6.1	11	4	4
Ed Heusser	0.2	1	0	0
Herman Besse	2.0	5	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dick Bartell: 8
Barney McCosky: W
Charlie Gehringer: S7.1-3
Hank Greenberg: W.1-2
Rudy York: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Bruce Campbell: 12(3)3/GDP

Bot 1

Benny McCoy: 8
Wally Moses: S8
Bob Johnson: 3/FL
Hal Wagner: W.1-2
Dick Siebert: 6(1)/FO

Top 2

Pinky Higgins: 2/P
Birdie Tebbetts: D7/F7DW
Schoolboy Rowe: K
Dick Bartell: 43

Bot 2

Sam Chapman: 8/L
Al Rubeling: 63
Bill Lillard: 3/FL

Top 3

Barney McCosky: W
Charlie Gehringer: CS2(26)
Charlie Gehringer: 2/FL
Hank Greenberg: 4

Bot 3

George Caster: 6
Benny McCoy: 43
Wally Moses: S9
Bob Johnson: 13

Top 4

Rudy York: 3/FL
Bruce Campbell: T/F89XDW
Pinky Higgins: K
Birdie Tebbetts: D7/F7DW.3-H
Schoolboy Rowe: 43

Bot 4

Hal Wagner: K
Dick Siebert: W
Sam Chapman: 3/G.1-2
Al Rubeling: 63

Top 5

Dick Bartell: 2/FL
Barney McCosky: T7/F7DW
Charlie Gehringer: K
Hank Greenberg: K

Bot 5

Bill Lillard: 5
George Caster: 8
Benny McCoy: 5

Top 6

Rudy York: 5/FL
Bruce Campbell: 3/G
Pinky Higgins: S6/G6S
Birdie Tebbetts: S1/G.1-2
Schoolboy Rowe: D9.2-H;1-H
Dick Bartell: 53

Bot 6

Wally Moses: 7/L
Bob Johnson: W
Hal Wagner: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Barney McCosky: T/F89XDW
Charlie Gehringer: 9/F.3-H
Hank Greenberg: S7/G56
Rudy York: S9.1-2
Bruce Campbell: 3/G.2-3;1-2
Pinky Higgins: S7.3-H;2XH(72)

Bot 7

Dick Siebert: 5
Sam Chapman: S7
Chubby Dean: S8.1-2
Dee Miles: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Al Simmons: S/78.3-H;1-2
Benny McCoy: 5/FL

Top 8

Birdie Tebbetts: S7
Schoolboy Rowe: S7.1-2
Dick Bartell: S9.2-H;1-2
Barney McCosky: S1/BG.2-3;1-2
Charlie Gehringer: 8/F.3-H
Hank Greenberg: 2/FL
Rudy York: K

Bot 8

Wally Moses: 9
Bob Johnson: 53
Hal Wagner: 2/FL

Top 9

Bruce Campbell: W
Pinky Higgins: S8.1-3
Birdie Tebbetts: 6/P
Schoolboy Rowe: 9/L.3-H
Dick Bartell: W.1-2
Barney McCosky: 7

Bot 9

Dick Siebert: S9
Sam Chapman: S8.1-2
Crash Davis: 5/FL
Earle Brucker: 8
Joe Gantenbein: 6

Notes & reviews

Wagner: good catch
Off RCF scoreboard
Higgins: good catch
Off Castor's glove

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