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Detroit Tigers @ Philadelphia Athletics

1942-05-03 · Day game · Shibe Park · 2:06

Detroit Tigers defeated Philadelphia Athletics 8–7. Detroit Tigers put up 4 in the 7th. Johnny Gorsica earned the win. Rudy York went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	2	8	15
PHA	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	7	12

W: Johnny Gorsica L: Lum Harris SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill McGowan · 1B: Cal Hubbard · 2B: (none) · 3B: Art Passarella · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jimmy Bloodworth	5	1	3	1	0	0
Doc Cramer	5	1	1	0	0	0
Barney McCosky	4	2	1	1	1	1
Rudy York	4	2	2	4	1	1
Ned Harris	4	1	3	0	1	0
Pinky Higgins	5	0	1	2	0	1
Billy Hitchcock	5	0	2	0	0	2
Birdie Tebbetts	4	1	2	0	0	0
Hal White	1	0	0	0	0	1
Roy Henshaw	0	0	0	0	1	0
Eric McNair	1	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Gorsica	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dixie Parsons	0	0	0	0	1	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mike Kreevich	4	0	0	1	1	0
Elmer Valo	4	1	1	1	1	0
Buddy Blair	5	0	2	1	0	1
Bob Johnson	5	2	2	1	0	1
Dick Siebert	4	0	1	0	1	0
Frankie Hayes	3	1	1	0	0	1
Jack Wallaesa	4	2	3	1	0	0
Pete Suder	3	1	1	2	1	0
Jack Knott	3	0	1	0	0	2
Hal Wagner	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lum Harris	1	0	0	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hal White	3.2	6	4	2
Roy Henshaw	2.1	3	0	2
Johnny Gorsica	3.0	3	0	2

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Knott	6.1	11	2	4
Lum Harris	2.1	4	3	2
Bill Beckmann	0.1	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jimmy Bloodworth: 63
Doc Cramer: 63
Barney McCosky: 9

Bot 1

Mike Kreevich: 43
Elmer Valo: T9
Buddy Blair: S8.3-H
Bob Johnson: 5/FL
Dick Siebert: W.1-2
Frankie Hayes: 7/L

Top 2

Rudy York: 7
Ned Harris: 3/G
Pinky Higgins: K

Bot 2

Jack Wallaesa: 31
Pete Suder: 2/FL
Jack Knott: K

Top 3

Billy Hitchcock: K
Birdie Tebbetts: D7
Hal White: K
Jimmy Bloodworth: D7.2-H
Doc Cramer: E6/G.2-3;B-1#
Barney McCosky: K23

Bot 3

Mike Kreevich: 43
Elmer Valo: 3/G
Buddy Blair: 43

Top 4

Rudy York: W
Ned Harris: S9.1-2
Pinky Higgins: 9
Billy Hitchcock: S.2-3;1-2
Birdie Tebbetts: 6(B)6(2)/LDP

Bot 4

Bob Johnson: S6
Dick Siebert: S9.1-3
Frankie Hayes: K
Jack Wallaesa: S9.3-H;1XH(82);B-2(E9)
Pete Suder: IW
Jack Knott: S8.2-3;1-2
Mike Kreevich: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Elmer Valo: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Buddy Blair: K

Top 5

Roy Henshaw: W
Jimmy Bloodworth: S1.1-2
Doc Cramer: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Barney McCosky: 16(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Bob Johnson: 7
Dick Siebert: 8
Frankie Hayes: S8
Jack Wallaesa: S7.1-2
Pete Suder: D8.2-H;1-H;BX3(85)

Top 6

Rudy York: HR/7
Ned Harris: S9
Pinky Higgins: 54(1)3/GDP
Billy Hitchcock: S7
Birdie Tebbetts: 54(1)/FO

Bot 6

Jack Knott: K
Mike Kreevich: 9
Elmer Valo: 3/FL

Top 7

Eric McNair: 53
Jimmy Bloodworth: S8
Doc Cramer: S7.1-2
Barney McCosky: S7.2-H;1-3
Rudy York: HR/7.3-H;1-H
Ned Harris: D8
Pinky Higgins: 7
Billy Hitchcock: K

Bot 7

Buddy Blair: 3/G
Bob Johnson: HR/7
Dick Siebert: 3/G
Hal Wagner: 13

Top 8

Birdie Tebbetts: S9
Johnny Gorsica: 14/SH.1-2
Jimmy Bloodworth: 8
Doc Cramer: 63

Bot 8

Jack Wallaesa: D8
Pete Suder: 63
Lum Harris: K
Mike Kreevich: 13

Top 9

Barney McCosky: W
Rudy York: K
Ned Harris: W.1-2
Pinky Higgins: D9.2-H;1-H
Billy Hitchcock: 8
Dixie Parsons: W
Johnny Gorsica: 3

Bot 9

Elmer Valo: 8
Buddy Blair: S9
Bob Johnson: K
Dick Siebert: 2/FL