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Detroit Tigers @ Cleveland Guardians

1941-08-05 · Night game · Cleveland Stadium · Att: 30082 · 2:00

Cleveland Indians defeated Detroit Tigers 2–1. Cleveland Indians put up 2 in the 6th. Al Smith earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Al Smith L: Bobo Newsom SV: (none)

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

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tuck Stainback	4	0	1	0	0	0
Barney McCosky	4	0	2	1	0	0
Bruce Campbell	4	0	1	0	0	2
Pinky Higgins	4	0	1	0	0	1
Rudy York	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dutch Meyer	4	0	0	0	0	0
Birdie Tebbetts	4	0	1	0	0	2
Frank Croucher	2	1	0	0	1	2
Bobo Newsom	2	0	0	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Boudreau	3	1	1	0	1	0
Soup Campbell	4	0	0	0	0	1
Gee Walker	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jeff Heath	3	0	1	2	0	1
Ken Keltner	3	0	0	0	0	3
Oscar Grimes	3	0	1	0	0	1
Ray Mack	3	0	0	0	0	1
Rollie Hemsley	2	0	0	0	1	0
Al Smith	3	0	1	0	0	2

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobo Newsom	8.0	5	2	9

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Smith	9.0	6	1	8

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tuck Stainback: 3/FL
Barney McCosky: T8
Bruce Campbell: K
Pinky Higgins: K/C

Bot 1

Lou Boudreau: W
Soup Campbell: 6/P
Gee Walker: 3/G.1-2
Jeff Heath: 63

Top 2

Rudy York: 3/P
Dutch Meyer: 7
Birdie Tebbetts: 23/BG

Bot 2

Ken Keltner: K
Oscar Grimes: K
Ray Mack: 7

Top 3

Frank Croucher: W
Bobo Newsom: 54/SH.1-2
Tuck Stainback: 8/78D
Barney McCosky: S8.2-H
Bruce Campbell: S7.1-2
Pinky Higgins: S1.1-2;2-3
Rudy York: 54(1)/FO

Bot 3

Rollie Hemsley: W
Al Smith: K
Lou Boudreau: CS2(24)
Lou Boudreau: S7
Soup Campbell: SB2
Soup Campbell: 63

Top 4

Dutch Meyer: 43
Birdie Tebbetts: K/C
Frank Croucher: K/C

Bot 4

Gee Walker: 9
Jeff Heath: K
Ken Keltner: K

Top 5

Bobo Newsom: K
Tuck Stainback: S9
Barney McCosky: 5/FL
Bruce Campbell: 43

Bot 5

Oscar Grimes: 53
Ray Mack: 7
Rollie Hemsley: 9

Top 6

Pinky Higgins: 3/FL
Rudy York: 53
Dutch Meyer: 63

Bot 6

Al Smith: S8
Lou Boudreau: 36(1)/FO/BG
Soup Campbell: 7
Gee Walker: S8.1-3
Jeff Heath: T9.1-H;3-H
Ken Keltner: K

Top 7

Birdie Tebbetts: S7
Frank Croucher: K/C
Bobo Newsom: 7
Tuck Stainback: 64(1)/FO

Bot 7

Oscar Grimes: S8
Ray Mack: K
Rollie Hemsley: 3/FL
Al Smith: K/C

Top 8

Barney McCosky: 13
Bruce Campbell: K
Pinky Higgins: 63

Bot 8

Lou Boudreau: 6/P
Soup Campbell: K/C
Gee Walker: 8

Top 9

Rudy York: 63
Dutch Meyer: 13
Birdie Tebbetts: K