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Detroit Tigers @ Philadelphia Athletics

1941-09-17 · Day game · Shibe Park · 2:06

Detroit Tigers defeated Philadelphia Athletics 3–2. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 5th. Al Benton earned the win. Sam Chapman went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Al Benton L: Phil Marchildon 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
Boyd Perry	4	1	1	0	1	1
Charlie Gehringer	3	0	0	0	2	0
Barney McCosky	3	1	0	0	2	0
Rudy York	3	1	0	0	1	1
Rip Radcliff	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bruce Campbell	4	0	2	1	0	0
Pinky Higgins	3	0	1	0	1	1
Birdie Tebbetts	3	0	0	0	1	0
Al Benton	3	0	0	0	0	2

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Collins	5	0	1	0	0	0
Elmer Valo	4	0	1	0	1	0
Don Richmond	4	0	0	1	0	0
Bob Johnson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Chapman	3	1	2	1	1	0
Crash Davis	4	0	1	0	0	0
Al Brancato	3	0	2	0	1	0
Hal Wagner	3	1	0	0	1	0
Phil Marchildon	0	0	0	0	1	0
Benny McCoy	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dee Miles	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Benton	9.0	7	5	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Phil Marchildon	7.0	3	8	3
Porter Vaughan	2.0	2	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Boyd Perry: W
Charlie Gehringer: W.1-2
Barney McCosky: W.2-3;1-2
Rudy York: 64(1)3/GDP.3-H;2-3
Rip Radcliff: 63

Bot 1

Eddie Collins: 43
Elmer Valo: 63
Don Richmond: 3/G

Top 2

Bruce Campbell: E4.B-2
Pinky Higgins: PO2(14)
Pinky Higgins: W
Birdie Tebbetts: W.1-2
Al Benton: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Boyd Perry: 5

Bot 2

Bob Johnson: 5
Sam Chapman: W
Crash Davis: 8
Al Brancato: 8

Top 3

Charlie Gehringer: W
Barney McCosky: 64(1)/FO
Rudy York: 9
Rip Radcliff: S.1-2
Bruce Campbell: 8

Bot 3

Hal Wagner: W
Phil Marchildon: 14/SH.1-2
Eddie Collins: S.2-3
Elmer Valo: W.1-2
Don Richmond: 8.3-H
Bob Johnson: 13

Top 4

Pinky Higgins: S
Birdie Tebbetts: 7
Al Benton: K
Boyd Perry: K

Bot 4

Sam Chapman: HR
Crash Davis: 3/G
Al Brancato: S
Hal Wagner: CS2(24)
Hal Wagner: 7

Top 5

Charlie Gehringer: 3/G
Barney McCosky: W
Rudy York: W.1-2
Rip Radcliff: 9
Bruce Campbell: S.2-H;1-H(E8/TH)(UR)(NR);B-2
Pinky Higgins: WP.2-3
Pinky Higgins: 4

Bot 5

Phil Marchildon: W
Eddie Collins: 8
Elmer Valo: 46(1)/FO
Don Richmond: 53

Top 6

Birdie Tebbetts: E6
Al Benton: 2
Boyd Perry: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Bob Johnson: 2
Sam Chapman: S
Crash Davis: 2/F
Al Brancato: S.1-2
Hal Wagner: 7

Top 7

Charlie Gehringer: 3/F
Barney McCosky: 53
Rudy York: K

Bot 7

Benny McCoy: K
Eddie Collins: 7
Elmer Valo: S
Don Richmond: 5

Top 8

Rip Radcliff: 7
Bruce Campbell: S
Pinky Higgins: SB2
Pinky Higgins: K
Birdie Tebbetts: 63

Bot 8

Bob Johnson: 63
Sam Chapman: 63
Crash Davis: S
Al Brancato: W.1-2
Hal Wagner: 8

Top 9

Al Benton: K
Boyd Perry: S
Charlie Gehringer: 8
Barney McCosky: 2

Bot 9

Dee Miles: 8
Eddie Collins: 43
Elmer Valo: 63