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Detroit Tigers @ St. Louis Browns

1940-08-07 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 1081 · 2:08

Detroit Tigers defeated St. Louis Browns 7–5. Detroit Tigers put up 5 in the 3rd. Johnny Gorsica earned the win and Al Benton picked up the save. George McQuinn 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	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	14
SLA	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	12

W: Johnny Gorsica L: Bill Trotter SV: Al Benton

Umpires — HP: Steve Basil · 1B: Bill Grieve · 2B: Harry Geisel · 3B: John Quinn · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Bartell	5	1	2	0	0	0
Pete Fox	5	0	0	0	0	0
Barney McCosky	5	1	3	2	0	0
Hank Greenberg	4	1	1	0	1	0
Rudy York	4	1	0	0	1	0
Pinky Higgins	4	2	2	1	0	0
Birdie Tebbetts	4	0	2	4	0	0
Scat Metha	4	0	1	0	0	1
Johnny Gorsica	4	1	3	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Grace	5	0	2	0	0	1
George McQuinn	5	1	3	2	0	0
Wally Judnich	3	0	0	0	2	1
Rip Radcliff	3	0	1	1	2	0
Johnny Berardino	5	1	1	0	0	1
Harlond Clift	5	0	3	1	0	0
Don Heffner	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Swift	3	2	1	0	1	0
Bill Trotter	2	0	0	0	0	1
Roy Cullenbine	0	0	0	0	1	0
Chet Laabs	1	1	1	1	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Gorsica	8.0	10	4	3
Archie McKain	0.1	2	2	0
Al Benton	0.2	0	0	1

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Trotter	7.0	12	2	1
Slick Coffman	2.0	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dick Bartell: D7
Pete Fox: 63
Barney McCosky: D9.2-H
Hank Greenberg: 63.2-3
Rudy York: 8

Bot 1

Joe Grace: S8
George McQuinn: 31.1-2
Wally Judnich: W
Rip Radcliff: 63.2-3;1-2
Johnny Berardino: 63

Top 2

Pinky Higgins: 63
Birdie Tebbetts: 63
Scat Metha: 53

Bot 2

Harlond Clift: S7
Don Heffner: 8
Bob Swift: 63.1-2
Bill Trotter: 3/G

Top 3

Johnny Gorsica: S5.B-2(E5/TH)
Dick Bartell: 53
Pete Fox: 53
Barney McCosky: S8.2-H(UR)
Hank Greenberg: SB2
Hank Greenberg: W
Rudy York: SB3;SB2
Rudy York: W
Pinky Higgins: S8.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Birdie Tebbetts: D9.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-H(UR)
Scat Metha: K

Bot 3

Joe Grace: 63
George McQuinn: HR/9
Wally Judnich: 31
Rip Radcliff: W
Johnny Berardino: 64(1)/FO

Top 4

Johnny Gorsica: 63
Dick Bartell: S8
Pete Fox: 8
Barney McCosky: 3/G

Bot 4

Harlond Clift: S
Don Heffner: 99
Bob Swift: 99
Bill Trotter: K

Top 5

Hank Greenberg: 99
Rudy York: 99
Pinky Higgins: D/89
Birdie Tebbetts: S7.2-H
Scat Metha: 5/FL

Bot 5

Joe Grace: 99
George McQuinn: 99
Wally Judnich: 99

Top 6

Johnny Gorsica: S
Dick Bartell: 54(1)3/GDP
Pete Fox: 99

Bot 6

Rip Radcliff: S
Johnny Berardino: 46(1)3/GDP
Harlond Clift: 99

Top 7

Barney McCosky: S/BG
Hank Greenberg: S/BG.1-2
Rudy York: 64(1)3/GDP.2-3
Pinky Higgins: 8

Bot 7

Don Heffner: 63
Bob Swift: W
Roy Cullenbine: W.1-2
Joe Grace: K
George McQuinn: S9.2-H;1-2
Wally Judnich: K

Top 8

Birdie Tebbetts: 99
Scat Metha: S
Johnny Gorsica: S.1-2
Dick Bartell: 99
Pete Fox: 99

Bot 8

Rip Radcliff: 99
Johnny Berardino: D9
Harlond Clift: S.2-H
Don Heffner: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Barney McCosky: 99
Hank Greenberg: 99
Rudy York: 99

Bot 9

Bob Swift: D7
Chet Laabs: S8.2-H
Joe Grace: S8.1-2
George McQuinn: S.2-3;1-2;BX1(963)
Wally Judnich: W
Rip Radcliff: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Johnny Berardino: K
Harlond Clift: 99(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

McQuinn's hit was off the wall, but Laabs thought it would be caught and was late advancing to 3rd; Grace went to 2nd and McQuinn was out trying to return to 1st

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