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Detroit Tigers @ Philadelphia Athletics

1944-05-15 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 5921 · 1:59

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Detroit Tigers 6–2. Philadelphia Athletics put up 4 in the 9th. Russ Christopher earned the win. Frankie Hayes went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Russ Christopher L: Bob Gillespie SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Pipgras · 1B: Ernie Stewart · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill McGowan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Doc Cramer	5	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Hoover	4	0	2	0	0	0
Eddie Mayo	4	0	2	0	0	0
Rudy York	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pinky Higgins	4	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Metro	4	0	1	0	0	1
Chuck Hostetler	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bob Swift	2	0	1	1	1	0
Stubby Overmire	3	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Richards	1	0	1	1	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bill Burgo	4	0	3	1	1	0
Ford Garrison	3	1	1	0	2	0
Bobby Estalella	2	1	0	0	3	2
Frankie Hayes	4	2	1	4	1	1
Dick Siebert	3	0	1	0	0	0
Irv Hall	4	0	2	1	0	0
George Kell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Rullo	4	0	0	0	0	1
Russ Christopher	4	1	1	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Stubby Overmire	8.0	7	5	3
Bob Gillespie	0.2	1	2	1
Rufe Gentry	0.0	1	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Russ Christopher	9.0	9	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Doc Cramer: 99
Joe Hoover: S
Eddie Mayo: CS2(99)
Eddie Mayo: S
Rudy York: 99

Bot 1

Bill Burgo: 99
Ford Garrison: 99
Bobby Estalella: W
Frankie Hayes: K

Top 2

Pinky Higgins: 99
Charlie Metro: K
Chuck Hostetler: D7
Bob Swift: S9.2-H
Stubby Overmire: 99

Bot 2

Dick Siebert: 99
Irv Hall: S
George Kell: CS2(99)
George Kell: 99

Top 3

Doc Cramer: S
Joe Hoover: 99
Eddie Mayo: 99
Rudy York: 99

Bot 3

Joe Rullo: 99
Russ Christopher: T8
Bill Burgo: S6.3-H
Ford Garrison: W.1-2
Bobby Estalella: W.2-3;1-2
Frankie Hayes: 12(3)3/GDP

Top 4

Pinky Higgins: 99
Charlie Metro: S
Chuck Hostetler: 99
Bob Swift: HP.1-2
Stubby Overmire: 99

Bot 4

Dick Siebert: 99
Irv Hall: 99
George Kell: 99

Top 5

Doc Cramer: 99
Joe Hoover: D
Eddie Mayo: 99
Rudy York: 99

Bot 5

Joe Rullo: 99
Russ Christopher: E6
Bill Burgo: S.1-3
Ford Garrison: 99
Bobby Estalella: K

Top 6

Pinky Higgins: 99
Charlie Metro: 99
Chuck Hostetler: 99

Bot 6

Frankie Hayes: 99
Dick Siebert: S
Irv Hall: 99
George Kell: 99

Top 7

Bob Swift: 99
Stubby Overmire: 99
Doc Cramer: 99

Bot 7

Joe Rullo: 99
Russ Christopher: 99
Bill Burgo: W
Ford Garrison: S.1-2
Bobby Estalella: K

Top 8

Joe Hoover: 99
Eddie Mayo: S
Rudy York: 99
Pinky Higgins: 99

Bot 8

Frankie Hayes: W
Dick Siebert: 99/SH.1-2
Irv Hall: S9.2-H
George Kell: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Charlie Metro: 99
Chuck Hostetler: 99
Bob Swift: W
Paul Richards: D7.1-H
Doc Cramer: 99

Bot 9

Joe Rullo: K
Russ Christopher: 99
Bill Burgo: S
Ford Garrison: W.1-2
Bobby Estalella: W.2-3;1-2
Frankie Hayes: HR/7.3-H;2-H;1-H