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Philadelphia Athletics @ Detroit Tigers

1942-07-29 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 4211 · 2:08

Detroit Tigers defeated Philadelphia Athletics 12–7. Detroit Tigers put up 8 in the 7th. Virgil Trucks earned the win. Rudy York went 1-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	7	9
DET	0	0	1	0	1	2	8	0		12	13

W: Virgil Trucks L: Russ Christopher SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Grieve · 1B: Steve Basil · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dee Miles	5	1	2	0	0	0
Elmer Valo	3	2	1	0	2	0
Eric McNair	4	1	3	1	1	0
Bob Johnson	4	1	0	1	1	0
Dick Siebert	5	1	1	2	0	0
Buddy Blair	3	0	0	1	1	0
Pete Suder	4	0	2	2	0	0
Hal Wagner	4	0	0	0	0	1
Russ Christopher	2	0	0	0	0	0
Crash Davis	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Kreevich	1	1	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jimmy Bloodworth	3	3	1	1	2	0
Rip Radcliff	5	1	5	2	0	0
Barney McCosky	4	1	1	1	1	0
Don Ross	4	1	0	0	1	0
Ned Harris	4	2	2	1	1	0
Rudy York	5	1	1	3	0	1
Moe Franklin	4	1	3	0	0	0
Birdie Tebbetts	2	1	0	0	1	1
Virgil Trucks	4	1	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Russ Christopher	6.0	8	4	3
Tex Shirley	1.0	5	1	0
Bob Savage	1.0	0	1	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Virgil Trucks	9.0	9	5	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dee Miles: 7
Elmer Valo: W
Eric McNair: S.1-2
Bob Johnson: W.2-3;1-2
Dick Siebert: S.3-H;2-3;1-2
Buddy Blair: 64(1)/FO.3-H
Pete Suder: CS2(24)

Bot 1

Jimmy Bloodworth: 53
Rip Radcliff: S
Barney McCosky: 4/F
Don Ross: 53

Top 2

Pete Suder: 13
Hal Wagner: 7/F
Russ Christopher: 8/F

Bot 2

Ned Harris: 7/F
Rudy York: 4/F
Moe Franklin: S
Birdie Tebbetts: K

Top 3

Dee Miles: S
Elmer Valo: FLE5
Elmer Valo: S5.1-2
Eric McNair: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Bob Johnson: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Virgil Trucks: 7
Jimmy Bloodworth: W
Rip Radcliff: S.1-3
Barney McCosky: S.3-H;1X3(85)
Don Ross: W.1-2
Ned Harris: 53

Top 4

Dick Siebert: 3/G
Buddy Blair: 3/G
Pete Suder: S
Hal Wagner: 7/F

Bot 4

Rudy York: K
Moe Franklin: D78
Birdie Tebbetts: 43.2-3
Virgil Trucks: K

Top 5

Russ Christopher: 8/F
Dee Miles: 2/FL
Elmer Valo: 9/F

Bot 5

Jimmy Bloodworth: W
Rip Radcliff: S9.1-3
Barney McCosky: 64(1)3/GDP.3-H
Don Ross: 4/F

Top 6

Eric McNair: W
Bob Johnson: 64(1)3/GDP
Dick Siebert: 7/F

Bot 6

Ned Harris: S8
Rudy York: HR/78.1-H
Moe Franklin: 63
Birdie Tebbetts: W
Virgil Trucks: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Buddy Blair: W
Pete Suder: 36(1)/FO
Hal Wagner: 8/F
Crash Davis: E6.1-2
Dee Miles: 64(1)/FO

Bot 7

Jimmy Bloodworth: 43
Rip Radcliff: S8
Barney McCosky: W.1-2
Don Ross: E5/TH.2-H(NR)(UR);1-3
Ned Harris: S9.3-H(UR);1-3
Rudy York: 8/F.3-H(UR)
Moe Franklin: S7.1-2
Birdie Tebbetts: HP.2-3;1-2
Virgil Trucks: E6/G.3-H(UR)(NR);2-H(UR)(NR);1-2
Jimmy Bloodworth: D.2-H(UR);1-3
Rip Radcliff: S.3-H(UR);2-H(UR)
Barney McCosky: 9

Top 8

Elmer Valo: W
Eric McNair: S7.1-2
Bob Johnson: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Dick Siebert: FLE2
Dick Siebert: E6.3-H;1-3;B-2
Buddy Blair: 4/F
Pete Suder: S.3-H(UR);2-H(UR)
Hal Wagner: K

Bot 8

Don Ross: 63
Ned Harris: W
Rudy York: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Mike Kreevich: E5
Dee Miles: S8.1-2
Elmer Valo: WP.2-3;1-2
Elmer Valo: 4/F
Eric McNair: S.3-H(UR);2-3
Bob Johnson: 9/F.3-H(UR)
Dick Siebert: 13