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New York Yankees @ Detroit Tigers

1941-05-06 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 7850 · 2:04

Detroit Tigers defeated New York Yankees 7–4. Detroit Tigers put up 3 in the 3rd. Johnny Gorsica earned the win. Hank Greenberg went 2-for-5 with 2 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	5
DET	0	2	3	0	0	0	1	1		7	11

W: Johnny Gorsica L: Tiny Bonham SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Phil Rizzuto	4	0	0	0	0	0
Red Rolfe	4	1	1	0	0	0
George Selkirk	3	0	0	0	1	0
Joe DiMaggio	4	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Keller	4	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Gordon	3	1	1	0	0	0
Bill Dickey	4	1	2	0	0	0
Jerry Priddy	3	1	1	3	0	0
Tiny Bonham	1	0	0	0	0	0
Atley Donald	2	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frank Croucher	5	0	2	1	0	0
Barney McCosky	4	1	1	0	1	0
Charlie Gehringer	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rudy York	3	1	2	1	2	0
Hank Greenberg	5	2	2	3	0	1
Bruce Campbell	4	2	3	2	0	0
Pinky Higgins	4	0	1	0	0	1
Birdie Tebbetts	3	1	0	0	1	0
Johnny Gorsica	2	0	0	0	1	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tiny Bonham	3.0	7	0	0
Atley Donald	5.0	4	5	2

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Gorsica	9.0	5	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Phil Rizzuto: 9
Red Rolfe: 43
George Selkirk: 43

Bot 1

Frank Croucher: 8
Barney McCosky: 3
Charlie Gehringer: E6
Rudy York: 54(1)/FO

Top 2

Joe DiMaggio: 53
Charlie Keller: 43
Joe Gordon: 53

Bot 2

Hank Greenberg: HR/7
Bruce Campbell: HR/9
Pinky Higgins: S7
Birdie Tebbetts: 8
Johnny Gorsica: 9
Frank Croucher: S8.1-2
Barney McCosky: 7

Top 3

Bill Dickey: 43
Jerry Priddy: 43
Tiny Bonham: 13

Bot 3

Charlie Gehringer: 4
Rudy York: S8
Hank Greenberg: HR/7.1-H
Bruce Campbell: HR/9
Pinky Higgins: 9
Birdie Tebbetts: 6

Top 4

Phil Rizzuto: 63
Red Rolfe: S8
George Selkirk: 13.1-2
Joe DiMaggio: E9.2-H(UR)
Charlie Keller: 46(1)/FO

Bot 4

Johnny Gorsica: 3/FL
Frank Croucher: 8
Barney McCosky: 43

Top 5

Joe Gordon: HP
Bill Dickey: S8.1-2
Jerry Priddy: 54(1)/FO.2-3
Atley Donald: 16(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Charlie Gehringer: 7
Rudy York: W
Hank Greenberg: 7
Bruce Campbell: 5

Top 6

Phil Rizzuto: 43
Red Rolfe: 3
George Selkirk: 43

Bot 6

Pinky Higgins: 63
Birdie Tebbetts: 5
Johnny Gorsica: W
Frank Croucher: 46(1)/FO

Top 7

Joe DiMaggio: 53
Charlie Keller: 13
Joe Gordon: S7
Bill Dickey: S9.1-2
Jerry Priddy: WP.2-3;1-2
Jerry Priddy: HR.3-H;2-H
Atley Donald: 13

Bot 7

Barney McCosky: S9
Charlie Gehringer: 13/SH.1-2
Rudy York: S7.2-H
Hank Greenberg: 2/FL
Bruce Campbell: S8.1-2
Pinky Higgins: K

Top 8

Phil Rizzuto: 63
Red Rolfe: 3
George Selkirk: W
Joe DiMaggio: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Birdie Tebbetts: W
Johnny Gorsica: 14(B)/SH.1-2
Frank Croucher: D7.2-H
Barney McCosky: W
Charlie Gehringer: 9
Rudy York: W.2-3;1-2
Hank Greenberg: K

Top 9

Charlie Keller: K/C
Joe Gordon: 53
Bill Dickey: 5