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Boston Red Sox @ Detroit Tigers

1941-04-29 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 4696 · 1:57

Detroit Tigers defeated Boston Red Sox 5–3. Detroit Tigers put up 3 in the 3rd. Johnny Gorsica earned the win. Ted Williams went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	8
DET	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		5	10

W: Johnny Gorsica L: Lefty Grove SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Pipgras · 1B: Art Passarella · 2B: (none) · 3B: Harry Geisel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dom DiMaggio	5	0	1	0	0	1
Lou Finney	5	0	0	0	0	0
Ted Williams	3	2	2	1	1	0
Jimmie Foxx	3	0	1	0	1	0
Joe Cronin	4	0	1	1	0	1
Bobby Doerr	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jim Tabor	4	1	1	1	0	0
Frankie Pytlak	4	0	0	0	0	0
Lefty Grove	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey Harris	2	0	0	0	0	1
Stan Spence	1	0	1	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frank Croucher	4	2	2	0	0	1
Barney McCosky	4	0	2	1	0	1
Charlie Gehringer	4	1	1	1	0	1
Rudy York	4	1	2	0	0	1
Hank Greenberg	3	1	1	1	1	1
Bruce Campbell	4	0	1	2	0	0
Pinky Higgins	3	0	0	0	1	0
Birdie Tebbetts	4	0	1	0	0	1
Johnny Gorsica	3	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Grove	3.0	7	1	3
Mickey Harris	5.0	3	1	3

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Gorsica	9.0	8	2	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dom DiMaggio: E6
Lou Finney: 36(1)3/GDP
Ted Williams: 99

Bot 1

Frank Croucher: D9
Barney McCosky: S9.2-H;BX2(94)
Charlie Gehringer: 43
Rudy York: T8/89
Hank Greenberg: S8/G.3-H
Bruce Campbell: 99

Top 2

Jimmie Foxx: W
Joe Cronin: WP.1-2
Joe Cronin: K
Bobby Doerr: K
Jim Tabor: 99

Bot 2

Pinky Higgins: 99
Birdie Tebbetts: K
Johnny Gorsica: 99

Top 3

Frankie Pytlak: E1
Lefty Grove: 99
Dom DiMaggio: K
Lou Finney: 99

Bot 3

Frank Croucher: S1/BG
Barney McCosky: K+SB2
Charlie Gehringer: S8.2-H;B-2(TH)
Rudy York: K
Hank Greenberg: W
Bruce Campbell: D9.2-H;1-H
Pinky Higgins: 99

Top 4

Ted Williams: W
Jimmie Foxx: S6/G.1-2
Joe Cronin: 99
Bobby Doerr: 99
Jim Tabor: 99

Bot 4

Birdie Tebbetts: 99
Johnny Gorsica: 99
Frank Croucher: K

Top 5

Frankie Pytlak: 99
Mickey Harris: K
Dom DiMaggio: S
Lou Finney: 99

Bot 5

Barney McCosky: 99
Charlie Gehringer: 99
Rudy York: 99

Top 6

Ted Williams: HR/89
Jimmie Foxx: 99
Joe Cronin: 99
Bobby Doerr: S
Jim Tabor: 99

Bot 6

Hank Greenberg: K
Bruce Campbell: 99
Pinky Higgins: 99

Top 7

Frankie Pytlak: 99
Mickey Harris: 99
Dom DiMaggio: 99

Bot 7

Birdie Tebbetts: S6/G
Johnny Gorsica: 99
Frank Croucher: 7/L
Barney McCosky: S9.1-2
Charlie Gehringer: K

Top 8

Lou Finney: 99
Ted Williams: D8/78
Jimmie Foxx: 99/G.2-3
Joe Cronin: S7.3-H
Bobby Doerr: 99

Bot 8

Rudy York: S
Hank Greenberg: SB2
Hank Greenberg: 99
Bruce Campbell: 99
Pinky Higgins: W
Birdie Tebbetts: 3/FL

Top 9

Jim Tabor: HR/7
Frankie Pytlak: 8
Stan Spence: S9
Dom DiMaggio: 64(1)/FO
Lou Finney: 9/L89