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Detroit Tigers @ St. Louis Browns

1942-05-26 · Night game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 4126 · 1:59

Detroit Tigers defeated St. Louis Browns 3–1. Al Benton earned the win. Eric McNair went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Al Benton L: Al Hollingsworth SV: (none)

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

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jimmy Bloodworth	5	0	1	0	0	1
Doc Cramer	4	0	1	1	0	0
Barney McCosky	4	0	1	0	0	1
Rudy York	4	0	1	0	0	1
Don Ross	3	0	1	0	1	0
Pinky Higgins	3	0	0	0	1	0
Eric McNair	4	1	1	1	0	0
Birdie Tebbetts	2	0	0	0	0	0
Al Benton	4	1	1	0	0	2
Dixie Parsons	1	1	1	0	1	0

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Gutteridge	3	0	0	0	1	0
Harlond Clift	3	0	1	0	1	0
Roy Cullenbine	3	0	0	1	1	1
George McQuinn	4	0	1	0	0	0
Wally Judnich	3	0	1	0	1	0
Chet Laabs	3	0	0	0	0	1
Vern Stephens	2	0	0	0	2	0
Rick Ferrell	3	0	0	0	0	0
Al Hollingsworth	3	1	1	0	0	0
Tony Criscola	1	0	0	0	0	0
Glenn McQuillen	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Benton	9.0	4	6	2

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Hollingsworth	8.1	8	3	3
Loy Hanning	0.2	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jimmy Bloodworth: 99
Doc Cramer: 99
Barney McCosky: 99

Bot 1

Don Gutteridge: 99
Harlond Clift: 99
Roy Cullenbine: K

Top 2

Rudy York: K
Don Ross: S7.B-2(E7)
Pinky Higgins: 99
Eric McNair: 99

Bot 2

George McQuinn: S
Wally Judnich: W.1-2
Chet Laabs: 99/SH.2-3;1-2
Vern Stephens: IW
Rick Ferrell: 4/P
Al Hollingsworth: 3/G

Top 3

Birdie Tebbetts: 99
Al Benton: D7
Jimmy Bloodworth: 99/G.2-3
Doc Cramer: S8.3-H
Barney McCosky: K

Bot 3

Don Gutteridge: 99
Harlond Clift: S
Roy Cullenbine: 99
George McQuinn: 99

Top 4

Rudy York: S
Don Ross: CS2(99)
Don Ross: 99
Pinky Higgins: 99

Bot 4

Wally Judnich: S
Chet Laabs: K
Vern Stephens: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Eric McNair: HR/7
Birdie Tebbetts: 99
Al Benton: K
Jimmy Bloodworth: S
Doc Cramer: 99

Bot 5

Rick Ferrell: 99
Al Hollingsworth: S
Don Gutteridge: W.1-2
Harlond Clift: W.2-3;1-2
Roy Cullenbine: 8.3-H
George McQuinn: 99

Top 6

Barney McCosky: S
Rudy York: 99
Don Ross: W.1-2
Pinky Higgins: 99
Eric McNair: 99

Bot 6

Wally Judnich: 99
Chet Laabs: 99
Vern Stephens: W
Rick Ferrell: 99

Top 7

Dixie Parsons: S7
Al Benton: FC5.1-3(E5/TH);B-1
Jimmy Bloodworth: 64(1)3/GDP.3-H(UR)
Doc Cramer: 99

Bot 7

Al Hollingsworth: 99
Don Gutteridge: 99
Harlond Clift: 99

Top 8

Barney McCosky: 99
Rudy York: 99
Don Ross: 99

Bot 8

Roy Cullenbine: W
George McQuinn: 99
Wally Judnich: 99
Chet Laabs: 99

Top 9

Pinky Higgins: W
Eric McNair: SB2.1-3(WP)
Eric McNair: 99
Dixie Parsons: W
Al Benton: K
Jimmy Bloodworth: K

Bot 9

Vern Stephens: 99
Tony Criscola: 99
Glenn McQuillen: 99

Notes & reviews

Tebbetts continued to argue after the close play at the plate and was ejected after several pitches to McQuinn

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