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Detroit Tigers @ Philadelphia Athletics

1941-06-24 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 22732 · 1:45

Detroit Tigers defeated Philadelphia Athletics 2–1. Johnny Gorsica 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	1	2	11
PHA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	9

W: Johnny Gorsica L: Les McCrabb SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ernie Stewart · 1B: Bill Summers · 2B: (none) · 3B: Joe Rue · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Al Brancato	3	0	0	0	1
Wally Moses	4	1	4	0	0
Benny McCoy	3	0	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	3	0	2	1	1
Dick Siebert	4	0	0	0	0
Eddie Collins	3	0	2	0	1
Frankie Hayes	4	0	0	0	0
Pete Suder	3	0	0	0	0
Les McCrabb	3	0	1	0	0
Dee Miles	1	0	0	0	0
Chubby Dean	0	0	0	0	1
Sam Chapman	1	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Gorsica	9.0	9	4	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Les McCrabb	9.0	11	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frank Croucher: S
Barney McCosky: 64(1)3/GDP
Pat Mullin: 43

Bot 1

Al Brancato: 99
Wally Moses: S5
Benny McCoy: CS2(99)
Benny McCoy: 4/P

Top 2

Rudy York: W
Bruce Campbell: 64(1)3/GDP
Pinky Higgins: 9

Bot 2

Bob Johnson: S
Dick Siebert: 8
Eddie Collins: S.1-2#
Frankie Hayes: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Charlie Gehringer: D9/G
Birdie Tebbetts: 43/G.2-3
Johnny Gorsica: S8.3-H
Frank Croucher: 8
Barney McCosky: S.1-2#
Pat Mullin: 4/P

Bot 3

Pete Suder: 99
Les McCrabb: 99
Al Brancato: W
Wally Moses: S.1-2#
Benny McCoy: 3/G

Top 4

Rudy York: 99
Bruce Campbell: 99
Pinky Higgins: 99

Bot 4

Bob Johnson: W
Dick Siebert: 46(1)3/GDP
Eddie Collins: W
Frankie Hayes: E6.1-2
Pete Suder: 2/FL

Top 5

Charlie Gehringer: K
Birdie Tebbetts: S
Johnny Gorsica: 6(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Les McCrabb: S7
Al Brancato: 99/P
Wally Moses: S.1-2
Benny McCoy: 99
Bob Johnson: 99

Top 6

Frank Croucher: K
Barney McCosky: S5/BG
Pat Mullin: S9.1-3
Rudy York: 6(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 6

Dick Siebert: 3/G
Eddie Collins: S
Frankie Hayes: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Bruce Campbell: 99
Pinky Higgins: 99
Charlie Gehringer: S
Birdie Tebbetts: 99

Bot 7

Pete Suder: 99
Les McCrabb: 99
Al Brancato: 99

Top 8

Johnny Gorsica: 99
Frank Croucher: 99
Barney McCosky: S
Pat Mullin: 99

Bot 8

Wally Moses: S9
Benny McCoy: 99/SH.1-2
Bob Johnson: T8.2-H
Dick Siebert: 34/G
Eddie Collins: 5/P

Top 9

Rudy York: S9.B-2(E9)
Bruce Campbell: S8.2-3
Pinky Higgins: 8.3-H(UR)
Charlie Gehringer: 8
Birdie Tebbetts: CS2(99)

Bot 9

Frankie Hayes: 99
Dee Miles: 99
Chubby Dean: W
Sam Chapman: 99