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Cleveland Guardians @ Detroit Tigers

1941-09-06 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 16629 · 1:57

Detroit Tigers defeated Cleveland Indians 7–2. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 2nd. Al Benton earned the win. Boyd Perry went 1-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Al Benton L: Al Milnar SV: (none)

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Boudreau	4	1	1	0	0	0
Roy Weatherly	1	0	0	0	0	1
Soup Campbell	4	1	2	0	0	0
Jeff Heath	3	0	2	1	1	0
Ken Keltner	4	0	1	1	0	0
Ray Mack	4	0	0	0	0	0
Vern Freiburger	4	0	0	0	0	1
Gene Desautels	3	0	0	0	1	0
Al Milnar	1	0	0	0	0	1
Larry Rosenthal	2	0	0	0	1	0
Steve Gromek	1	0	0	0	0	1
Chubby Dean	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Boyd Perry	4	0	1	3	1	0
Tuck Stainback	5	1	0	0	0	1
Barney McCosky	5	2	3	0	0	0
Rudy York	4	1	1	0	0	0
Pinky Higgins	3	0	1	0	0	0
Bruce Campbell	4	0	1	1	0	1
Dutch Meyer	4	2	3	1	0	0
Birdie Tebbetts	3	1	1	0	1	1
Al Benton	2	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Milnar	3.1	6	2	2
Steve Gromek	2.2	5	0	1
Joe Krakauskas	2.0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Benton	9.0	6	3	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Boudreau: 99/F
Roy Weatherly: K
Soup Campbell: S
Jeff Heath: S.1-2#
Ken Keltner: S.2-H;1-2#
Ray Mack: 99/G

Bot 1

Boyd Perry: W
Tuck Stainback: 99(1)/FO
Barney McCosky: SB2
Barney McCosky: S9.2-H(E9)(NR)(UR);B-2
Rudy York: 99/F
Pinky Higgins: 99/G

Top 2

Vern Freiburger: 99/G
Gene Desautels: 99/G
Al Milnar: K23#

Bot 2

Bruce Campbell: 99/G
Dutch Meyer: S
Birdie Tebbetts: S.1-2
Al Benton: 99/SH.2-3;1-2
Boyd Perry: S8.3-H;2-H;B-3(E8)
Tuck Stainback: K

Top 3

Lou Boudreau: 99/G
Larry Rosenthal: W
Soup Campbell: S.1-2#
Jeff Heath: 99/G
Ken Keltner: 99/G

Bot 3

Barney McCosky: S
Rudy York: 46(1)3/GDP
Pinky Higgins: E4.B-2
Bruce Campbell: K

Top 4

Ray Mack: 99/G
Vern Freiburger: K
Gene Desautels: 99/F

Bot 4

Dutch Meyer: S
Birdie Tebbetts: W.1-2
Al Benton: 99/SH.2-3;1-2
Boyd Perry: 8.3-H
Tuck Stainback: 99/G

Top 5

Steve Gromek: K
Lou Boudreau: 99/F
Larry Rosenthal: 99/G

Bot 5

Barney McCosky: S
Rudy York: S.1-2
Pinky Higgins: E3/SH.2-3;1-2
Bruce Campbell: S.3-H;2-3;1-2
Dutch Meyer: S.3-H;2-3;1-2
Birdie Tebbetts: K
Al Benton: 99/F
Boyd Perry: 99/F

Top 6

Soup Campbell: 99/G
Jeff Heath: W
Ken Keltner: 99/F
Ray Mack: 99/G

Bot 6

Tuck Stainback: 99/F
Barney McCosky: E8.B-2
Rudy York: SB3.2-H(E2/TH)(UR)
Rudy York: 99/G
Pinky Higgins: S
Bruce Campbell: 99/G

Top 7

Vern Freiburger: 99/G
Gene Desautels: W
Chubby Dean: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Dutch Meyer: 99/F
Birdie Tebbetts: 99/G
Al Benton: 99/L

Top 8

Lou Boudreau: D
Larry Rosenthal: 99/G
Soup Campbell: 99/F
Jeff Heath: S.2-H
Ken Keltner: 99/F

Bot 8

Boyd Perry: 99/F
Tuck Stainback: 99/F
Barney McCosky: 99/G

Top 9

Ray Mack: 99/F
Vern Freiburger: 99/G
Gene Desautels: 99/F

Notes & reviews

Weatherly ejected by HP umpire Pipgras for arguing about the second strike; Rosenthal pinch hit and swung at strike three; strikeout was charged to Weatherly
Vern Freiberger's major-league debut

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