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Boston Red Sox @ Detroit Tigers

1943-05-23 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · 1:47

Detroit Tigers defeated Boston Red Sox 4–3. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 8th. Tommy Bridges earned the win and Johnny Gorsica picked up the save. Pinky Higgins went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Tommy Bridges L: Joe Dobson SV: Johnny Gorsica

Umpires — HP: Eddie Rommel · 1B: Cal Hubbard · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Leon Culberson	3	1	1	2	1	0
Eddie Lake	4	0	1	0	0	1
Pete Fox	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Lupien	3	1	0	0	1	0
Bobby Doerr	4	0	2	1	0	0
Johnny Lazor	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jim Tabor	3	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Peacock	3	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Dobson	2	0	0	0	0	1
Dee Miles	1	1	1	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Hoover	4	0	0	0	0	0
Doc Cramer	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Wakefield	3	2	3	0	1	0
Pinky Higgins	4	1	2	2	0	0
Ned Harris	4	1	0	0	0	0
Rudy York	3	0	2	0	0	0
Jimmy Bloodworth	3	0	0	1	0	0
Paul Richards	3	0	1	0	0	1
Tommy Bridges	3	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Dobson	8.0	8	1	2

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tommy Bridges	8.2	7	2	4
Johnny Gorsica	0.1	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Leon Culberson: 63
Eddie Lake: S8
Pete Fox: 46(1)/FO
Tony Lupien: CS2(26)

Bot 1

Joe Hoover: 63
Doc Cramer: 3/G
Dick Wakefield: S7
Pinky Higgins: CS2(26)

Top 2

Tony Lupien: 9
Bobby Doerr: S8
Johnny Lazor: 46(1)/FO
Jim Tabor: 53

Bot 2

Pinky Higgins: S7
Ned Harris: 16(1)/FO
Rudy York: S9.1-3
Jimmy Bloodworth: 8.3-H
Paul Richards: S7.1-2
Tommy Bridges: 9

Top 3

Johnny Peacock: S
Joe Dobson: K
Leon Culberson: 53.1-2
Eddie Lake: K

Bot 3

Joe Hoover: 8
Doc Cramer: 3/G
Dick Wakefield: S7
Pinky Higgins: 64(1)/FO

Top 4

Pete Fox: 63
Tony Lupien: 3/G
Bobby Doerr: 4/P

Bot 4

Ned Harris: 2/FL
Rudy York: 9
Jimmy Bloodworth: 53

Top 5

Johnny Lazor: K
Jim Tabor: 13
Johnny Peacock: 3/G

Bot 5

Paul Richards: K
Tommy Bridges: 13
Joe Hoover: 2

Top 6

Joe Dobson: 63
Leon Culberson: W
Eddie Lake: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Doc Cramer: 5/P
Dick Wakefield: W
Pinky Higgins: 43.1-2
Ned Harris: WP.2-3
Ned Harris: E8.3-H(UR);B-2
Rudy York: S.2-3
Jimmy Bloodworth: CSH(26252)

Top 7

Pete Fox: 9
Tony Lupien: 4/P
Bobby Doerr: 7

Bot 7

Jimmy Bloodworth: 63
Paul Richards: 7
Tommy Bridges: K

Top 8

Johnny Lazor: K
Jim Tabor: S7
Johnny Peacock: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Joe Hoover: 63
Doc Cramer: 63
Dick Wakefield: T9
Pinky Higgins: HR/8.3-H
Ned Harris: 3/G

Top 9

Dee Miles: S9.B-2(E9)
Leon Culberson: HR/7.2-H
Eddie Lake: 7/L
Pete Fox: 4/P
Tony Lupien: W
Bobby Doerr: D/89.1-H
Johnny Lazor: 5/P