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Detroit Tigers @ Philadelphia Athletics

1940-06-06 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 6000 · 2:05

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Detroit Tigers 7–4. Philadelphia Athletics put up 3 in the 2nd. Chubby Dean earned the win. Buck Ross went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Chubby Dean L: Al Benton SV: (none)

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

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Bartell	5	1	1	0	0	0
Earl Averill	3	1	0	0	1	1
Charlie Gehringer	4	0	2	2	0	0
Hank Greenberg	3	0	0	1	1	0
Rudy York	3	1	1	1	1	1
Bruce Campbell	4	0	1	0	0	0
Pinky Higgins	3	0	1	0	1	0
Billy Sullivan	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bobo Newsom	2	0	0	0	0	1
Lynn Nelson	1	1	1	0	0	0
Birdie Tebbetts	1	0	0	0	0	0
Red Kress	1	0	1	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Benny McCoy	4	1	1	0	0	0
Wally Moses	4	1	2	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	3	1	1	1	1	1
Frankie Hayes	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Siebert	3	0	1	1	1	0
Sam Chapman	4	1	1	0	0	2
Al Brancato	4	1	2	0	0	0
Bill Lillard	3	1	2	2	0	0
Buck Ross	3	1	1	2	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobo Newsom	7.0	8	2	2
Al Benton	1.0	3	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Buck Ross	7.1	5	2	4
Chubby Dean	1.2	3	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dick Bartell: S8
Earl Averill: SB2
Earl Averill: 6
Charlie Gehringer: S9.2-H
Hank Greenberg: 2/FL
Rudy York: 9

Bot 1

Benny McCoy: 8/L
Wally Moses: T8
Bob Johnson: K
Frankie Hayes: 3

Top 2

Bruce Campbell: 3
Pinky Higgins: 5/FL
Billy Sullivan: K

Bot 2

Dick Siebert: W
Sam Chapman: K+CS2(24)/DP
Al Brancato: D9
Bill Lillard: S8.2-H
Buck Ross: HR/9.1-H
Benny McCoy: 9

Top 3

Bobo Newsom: 8
Dick Bartell: 53
Earl Averill: 43

Bot 3

Wally Moses: 3/L
Bob Johnson: 4
Frankie Hayes: 8

Top 4

Charlie Gehringer: 9
Hank Greenberg: W
Rudy York: K
Bruce Campbell: 2/FL

Bot 4

Dick Siebert: S8
Sam Chapman: 1(B)3(1)/LDP
Al Brancato: S8
Bill Lillard: D9.1XH(762)

Top 5

Pinky Higgins: 53
Billy Sullivan: 31
Bobo Newsom: K23

Bot 5

Buck Ross: 8
Benny McCoy: 43
Wally Moses: 63

Top 6

Dick Bartell: 53
Earl Averill: K
Charlie Gehringer: 31

Bot 6

Bob Johnson: W
Frankie Hayes: 5/FL
Dick Siebert: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Hank Greenberg: 7
Rudy York: HR/7
Bruce Campbell: 31
Pinky Higgins: D7
Billy Sullivan: 5

Bot 7

Sam Chapman: D7
Al Brancato: 9/FL.2-3
Bill Lillard: 8.3-H
Buck Ross: 63

Top 8

Lynn Nelson: S8
Dick Bartell: 63.1-2
Earl Averill: W
Charlie Gehringer: D9.2-H;1-3
Hank Greenberg: 8.3-H
Rudy York: W
Bruce Campbell: S4.BX1(4)

Bot 8

Benny McCoy: FLE2
Benny McCoy: S4
Wally Moses: S8.1-2
Bob Johnson: S8.2-H(UR);1-2
Frankie Hayes: FC/SH.2-3;1-2
Dick Siebert: 8.3-H;2-3
Sam Chapman: SBH;SB2
Sam Chapman: K
Al Brancato: 13

Top 9

Pinky Higgins: W
Birdie Tebbetts: 46(1)3/GDP
Red Kress: D9
Dick Bartell: 9