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Detroit Tigers @ Philadelphia Athletics

1940-08-25 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 19794 · 2:11

Detroit Tigers defeated Philadelphia Athletics 7–3. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 4th. Bobo Newsom earned the win. Joe Gantenbein 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	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	7	13
PHA	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	9

W: Bobo Newsom L: Buck Ross SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lou Kolls · 1B: Joe Rue · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill McGowan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Pete Fox	4	2	2	1	1
Barney McCosky	4	1	3	0	1
Pinky Higgins	3	0	0	0	0
Hank Greenberg	5	1	1	1	0
Rudy York	4	1	1	0	1
Dutch Meyer	5	2	2	1	0
Billy Sullivan	4	0	2	1	1
Dick Bartell	4	0	2	2	1
Bobo Newsom	5	0	0	1	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Gantenbein	5	1	3	2	0	0
Wally Moses	4	1	1	0	1	0
Sam Chapman	5	0	1	0	0	3
Dee Miles	5	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Siebert	3	0	1	1	1	0
Frankie Hayes	4	0	1	0	0	1
Al Rubeling	4	0	1	0	0	2
Al Brancato	4	1	0	0	0	0
Buck Ross	2	0	0	0	0	2
Benny McCoy	1	0	1	0	0	0
Chubby Dean	0	0	0	0	1	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobo Newsom	9.0	9	3	8

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB
Buck Ross	7.0	9	5
Bill Beckmann	1.0	2	0
Ed Heusser	1.0	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Fox: W
Barney McCosky: S9.1-2
Pinky Higgins: 3/SH.1-2;2-3
Hank Greenberg: 63.2-3;3-H
Rudy York: 53

Bot 1

Joe Gantenbein: 8
Wally Moses: 8
Sam Chapman: S7
Dee Miles: 5/FL

Top 2

Dutch Meyer: 2/FL
Billy Sullivan: 3/G
Dick Bartell: 63

Bot 2

Dick Siebert: W
Frankie Hayes: 7
Al Rubeling: K/C
Al Brancato: 6

Top 3

Bobo Newsom: 63
Pete Fox: S3
Barney McCosky: 9
Pinky Higgins: 64(1)/FO

Bot 3

Buck Ross: K
Joe Gantenbein: D8
Wally Moses: 4
Sam Chapman: K

Top 4

Hank Greenberg: 53
Rudy York: S7
Dutch Meyer: E5.1-2
Billy Sullivan: S9.2-H;1-3
Dick Bartell: S1/BG.3-H(UR);1-2
Bobo Newsom: 13.2-3;1-2
Pete Fox: 13

Bot 4

Dee Miles: 3/G
Dick Siebert: 8
Frankie Hayes: K

Top 5

Barney McCosky: S5
Pinky Higgins: 2/FL
Hank Greenberg: S7.1-2
Rudy York: 6
Dutch Meyer: S7.1-2;2-H
Billy Sullivan: W.2-3;1-2
Dick Bartell: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Bobo Newsom: 8

Bot 5

Al Rubeling: 2/FL
Al Brancato: 4
Buck Ross: K

Top 6

Pete Fox: 63
Barney McCosky: W
Pinky Higgins: 7
Hank Greenberg: 53

Bot 6

Joe Gantenbein: HR/9
Wally Moses: D7
Sam Chapman: K
Dee Miles: 43.2-3
Dick Siebert: S7.3-H
Frankie Hayes: 53

Top 7

Rudy York: W
Dutch Meyer: 46(1)/FO
Billy Sullivan: 43.1-2
Dick Bartell: S1.2-3
Bobo Newsom: 64(1)/FO

Bot 7

Al Rubeling: K
Al Brancato: E6
Benny McCoy: S7.1-2
Joe Gantenbein: S9.1-2;2-H(UR)
Wally Moses: BK.2-3;1-2
Wally Moses: W
Sam Chapman: K
Dee Miles: 8

Top 8

Pete Fox: HR/7
Barney McCosky: S3
Pinky Higgins: 13/SH.1-2
Hank Greenberg: 4
Rudy York: 9

Bot 8

Dick Siebert: 7
Frankie Hayes: S7
Al Rubeling: S9.1-2
Al Brancato: 8
Chubby Dean: W.2-3;1-2
Joe Gantenbein: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Dutch Meyer: S2
Billy Sullivan: S9.1-3;B-2(TH)
Dick Bartell: 4
Bobo Newsom: 7.3-H
Pete Fox: PO2(16)

Bot 9

Wally Moses: 3/FL
Sam Chapman: 8
Dee Miles: 7