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Detroit Tigers @ Philadelphia Athletics

1942-06-02 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 5103 · 2:02

Detroit Tigers defeated Philadelphia Athletics 3–0. Virgil Trucks earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Virgil Trucks L: Bob Harris SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Grieve · 1B: Joe Rue · 2B: (none) · 3B: Harry Geisel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Moe Franklin	5	0	1	0	0	1
Doc Cramer	4	1	1	1	1	0
Barney McCosky	3	0	0	0	1	0
Rudy York	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ned Harris	2	1	1	0	2	0
Pinky Higgins	4	0	2	2	0	1
Jimmy Bloodworth	4	0	2	0	0	0
Birdie Tebbetts	4	0	1	0	0	0
Virgil Trucks	4	1	1	0	0	2

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Mike Kreevich	4	2	0	1
Pete Suder	4	1	0	2
Dick Siebert	4	1	0	0
Bob Johnson	3	1	1	1
Elmer Valo	4	1	0	0
Bob Swift	3	0	0	0
Crash Davis	3	0	0	1
Jack Wallaesa	3	0	0	1
Bob Harris	1	0	0	1
Dee Miles	1	0	0	0
Fred Caligiuri	1	0	0	1
Buddy Blair	1	0	0	1
Hal Wagner	1	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Virgil Trucks	9.0	6	1	9

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Harris	6.0	9	4	3
Fred Caligiuri	3.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Moe Franklin: 99
Doc Cramer: 99
Barney McCosky: 99

Bot 1

Mike Kreevich: K
Pete Suder: K
Dick Siebert: 99

Top 2

Rudy York: K
Ned Harris: W
Pinky Higgins: 99
Jimmy Bloodworth: S.1-2
Birdie Tebbetts: 99

Bot 2

Bob Johnson: K
Elmer Valo: 99
Bob Swift: 99

Top 3

Virgil Trucks: K
Moe Franklin: 99
Doc Cramer: W
Barney McCosky: W.1-2
Rudy York: 99

Bot 3

Crash Davis: K
Jack Wallaesa: K
Bob Harris: K

Top 4

Ned Harris: D9
Pinky Higgins: D9/F.2-H
Jimmy Bloodworth: S.2-3
Birdie Tebbetts: CSH(99)
Birdie Tebbetts: 99/F
Virgil Trucks: S6/G.1-2
Moe Franklin: K

Bot 4

Mike Kreevich: S9.B-2(E9)
Pete Suder: K
Dick Siebert: 99/G.2-3
Bob Johnson: W
Elmer Valo: 13

Top 5

Doc Cramer: E6
Barney McCosky: 99/SH.1-2
Rudy York: 99/G.2-3
Ned Harris: W
Pinky Higgins: S9/L.3-H(UR);1-2
Jimmy Bloodworth: 99

Bot 5

Bob Swift: 99
Crash Davis: 99
Jack Wallaesa: 99

Top 6

Birdie Tebbetts: S7
Virgil Trucks: 99(1)/FO
Moe Franklin: S8.1-2
Doc Cramer: S8/L.2-H;1-2
Barney McCosky: 6(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Dee Miles: 99
Mike Kreevich: 99
Pete Suder: S
Dick Siebert: S.1-2
Bob Johnson: 99/F

Top 7

Rudy York: 99
Ned Harris: 99
Pinky Higgins: K

Bot 7

Elmer Valo: D
Bob Swift: 99
Crash Davis: 99
Jack Wallaesa: 99

Top 8

Jimmy Bloodworth: 99
Birdie Tebbetts: 99
Virgil Trucks: K

Bot 8

Fred Caligiuri: K
Mike Kreevich: S
Pete Suder: 99
Dick Siebert: 99

Top 9

Moe Franklin: 99
Doc Cramer: 99
Barney McCosky: 99

Bot 9

Bob Johnson: S9
Elmer Valo: 2/P
Buddy Blair: K
Hal Wagner: 7/F