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Detroit Tigers @ Boston Red Sox

1941-06-17 Β· Day game Β· Fenway Park Β· Att: 23000 Β· 2:28

Detroit Tigers defeated Boston Red Sox 8–5. Detroit Tigers put up 4 in the 6th. Archie McKain earned the win and Dizzy Trout picked up the save. Rudy York went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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DET000004004810
BOS20000120059

W: Archie McKain   L: Bill Fleming   SV: Dizzy Trout

Umpires β€” HP: Harry Geisel Β· 1B: Art Passarella Β· 2B: (none) Β· 3B: Steve Basil Β· LF: (none) Β· RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers β€” batting

BatterABRHRBIBBSO
Pat Mullin510000
Charlie Gehringer400010
Barney McCosky320020
Rudy York422210
Bruce Campbell422211
Pinky Higgins512200
Birdie Tebbetts401101
Frank Croucher502100
Johnny Gorsica301000
Rip Radcliff100000

Boston Red Sox β€” batting

BatterABRHRBIBBSO
Dom DiMaggio522100
Lou Finney501000
Ted Williams121030
Joe Cronin100010
Jimmie Foxx411112
Jim Tabor401210
Bobby Doerr400001
Frankie Pytlak400001
Charlie Wagner200000
Skeeter Newsome302100
Stan Spence100001
Bill Fleming101000

Detroit Tigers β€” pitching

PitcherIPHBBSO
Johnny Gorsica6.1744
Al Benton0.2010
Archie McKain1.0210
Dizzy Trout1.0001

Boston Red Sox β€” pitching

PitcherIPHBBSO
Charlie Wagner5.0631
Mike Ryba1.0100
Bill Fleming3.0321

Play-by-play

Top 1

  • Pat Mullin: 8
  • Charlie Gehringer: 8
  • Barney McCosky: 43

Bot 1

  • Dom DiMaggio: HR/7
  • Lou Finney: 4/P
  • Ted Williams: HP
  • Joe Cronin: WP.1-2
  • Joe Cronin: W
  • Jimmie Foxx: K
  • Jim Tabor: S.2-H;1-2
  • Bobby Doerr: K

Top 2

  • Rudy York: D
  • Bruce Campbell: W
  • Pinky Higgins: 8
  • Birdie Tebbetts: K
  • Frank Croucher: 46(1)/FO

Bot 2

  • Frankie Pytlak: K
  • Charlie Wagner: 3/P
  • Dom DiMaggio: 8

Top 3

  • Johnny Gorsica: 13
  • Pat Mullin: 4/P
  • Charlie Gehringer: W
  • Barney McCosky: 43

Bot 3

  • Lou Finney: 9
  • Ted Williams: D
  • Joe Cronin: 4/P
  • Jimmie Foxx: 53

Top 4

  • Rudy York: 6/P
  • Bruce Campbell: 63
  • Pinky Higgins: D
  • Birdie Tebbetts: 8

Bot 4

  • Jim Tabor: 63
  • Bobby Doerr: 5/P
  • Frankie Pytlak: 13

Top 5

  • Frank Croucher: 63
  • Johnny Gorsica: S
  • Pat Mullin: 64(1)/FO
  • Charlie Gehringer: 9

Bot 5

  • Charlie Wagner: 53
  • Dom DiMaggio: 8
  • Lou Finney: D
  • Ted Williams: W
  • Skeeter Newsome: 54(1)/FO

Top 6

  • Barney McCosky: W
  • Rudy York: HR/7.1-H
  • Bruce Campbell: D
  • Pinky Higgins: S.2-H
  • Birdie Tebbetts: E1/BG/SH.1-3(E6)
  • Frank Croucher: S.3-H;1-2
  • Johnny Gorsica: 15(2)/FO/BG.1-2
  • Pat Mullin: 36(1)/FO.2-3
  • Charlie Gehringer: 4/P

Bot 6

  • Jimmie Foxx: HR/7
  • Jim Tabor: W
  • Bobby Doerr: 13/SH.1-2
  • Frankie Pytlak: 7
  • Stan Spence: K

Top 7

  • Barney McCosky: 2/P
  • Rudy York: 9
  • Bruce Campbell: K

Bot 7

  • Dom DiMaggio: S
  • Lou Finney: 8
  • Ted Williams: W.1-2
  • Skeeter Newsome: S.2-H;1-3
  • Jimmie Foxx: W.1-2
  • Jim Tabor: 7/F.3-H
  • Bobby Doerr: 8

Top 8

  • Pinky Higgins: 4/P
  • Birdie Tebbetts: 13
  • Frank Croucher: S
  • Rip Radcliff: 13

Bot 8

  • Frankie Pytlak: 63
  • Bill Fleming: S
  • Dom DiMaggio: 64(1)/FO
  • Lou Finney: 3/P

Top 9

  • Pat Mullin: E6/G
  • Charlie Gehringer: 8
  • Barney McCosky: W.1-2
  • Rudy York: W.2-3;1-2
  • Bruce Campbell: D7.3-H(UR);2-H;1-3
  • Pinky Higgins: 9.3-H(UR);2-3
  • Birdie Tebbetts: S7.3-H(UR);B-2(E5)
  • Frank Croucher: 31

Bot 9

  • Ted Williams: W
  • Skeeter Newsome: S.1-2
  • Jimmie Foxx: K
  • Jim Tabor: 54(1)/FO.2-3
  • Bobby Doerr: 9

Notes & reviews

  • Red Sox manager Cronin ejected by 1B umpire Passarella for arguing Mullin was out at 1st for DP