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Detroit Tigers @ Philadelphia Athletics

1940-07-14 · Day game · Shibe Park · 1:49

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Detroit Tigers 8–2. Philadelphia Athletics put up 3 in the 5th. Porter Vaughan earned the win. Sam Chapman went 3-for-4 with 2 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	8
PHA	1	2	0	0	3	0	1	1		8	13

W: Porter Vaughan L: Schoolboy Rowe SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Moriarty · 1B: Cal Hubbard · 2B: John Quinn · 3B: Eddie Rommel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Bartell	1	0	1	0	0	0
Barney McCosky	4	0	1	0	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	3	1	2	0	0	0
Hank Greenberg	3	1	2	2	1	1
Rudy York	4	0	0	0	0	2
Pete Fox	4	0	2	0	0	1
Red Kress	4	0	0	0	0	1
Birdie Tebbetts	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tom Seats	2	0	0	0	0	1
Frank Croucher	3	0	0	0	0	0
Scat Metha	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Joe Gantenbein	5	1	0	0	1
Dee Miles	4	1	1	0	0
Sam Chapman	4	3	3	4	0
Bob Johnson	4	0	1	1	1
Dick Siebert	4	0	1	0	0
Frankie Hayes	4	1	1	1	0
Al Rubeling	4	2	2	0	2
Bill Lillard	4	0	2	0	0
Porter Vaughan	4	0	2	1	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Schoolboy Rowe	1.1	6	0
Tom Seats	5.2	4	5
Archie McKain	1.0	3	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Porter Vaughan	9.0	8	1	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dick Bartell: S7
Barney McCosky: 8
Charlie Gehringer: 6
Hank Greenberg: K/C

Bot 1

Joe Gantenbein: 63
Dee Miles: 3/G
Sam Chapman: D7
Bob Johnson: S7.2-H
Dick Siebert: S7.1X3(75)

Top 2

Rudy York: K
Pete Fox: K
Red Kress: 3/FL

Bot 2

Frankie Hayes: HR/7
Al Rubeling: S8
Bill Lillard: 63.1-2
Porter Vaughan: S7.2-H
Joe Gantenbein: 36(1)/FO
Dee Miles: 4

Top 3

Birdie Tebbetts: 3/FL
Tom Seats: K
Frank Croucher: 4

Bot 3

Sam Chapman: 7
Bob Johnson: 7
Dick Siebert: 31

Top 4

Barney McCosky: 8
Charlie Gehringer: S7
Hank Greenberg: S7.1-2
Rudy York: K
Pete Fox: 13

Bot 4

Frankie Hayes: 53
Al Rubeling: K
Bill Lillard: 63

Top 5

Red Kress: 9
Birdie Tebbetts: K/C
Tom Seats: 4

Bot 5

Porter Vaughan: 5
Joe Gantenbein: E3
Dee Miles: S9.1-2
Sam Chapman: HR/7.2-H(UR);1-H
Bob Johnson: K
Dick Siebert: 8

Top 6

Frank Croucher: 63
Barney McCosky: 13
Charlie Gehringer: HP
Hank Greenberg: HR/7.1-H
Rudy York: 2

Bot 6

Frankie Hayes: 6
Al Rubeling: K
Bill Lillard: S8
Porter Vaughan: K

Top 7

Pete Fox: S9
Red Kress: 64(1)3/GDP
Birdie Tebbetts: 8

Bot 7

Joe Gantenbein: K
Dee Miles: 43
Sam Chapman: HR/7
Bob Johnson: 7

Top 8

Scat Metha: 53
Frank Croucher: 8
Barney McCosky: D7
Charlie Gehringer: S8.2-3
Hank Greenberg: W.1-2
Rudy York: 2/FL

Bot 8

Dick Siebert: 43
Frankie Hayes: 7
Al Rubeling: T8.B-H(E6)(NR)(UR)
Bill Lillard: S7
Porter Vaughan: S1.1-2
Joe Gantenbein: 43

Top 9

Pete Fox: S7
Red Kress: K/C
Birdie Tebbetts: 54(1)3/GDP