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New York Yankees @ Detroit Tigers

1945-08-13 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 37888 · 2:21

Detroit Tigers defeated New York Yankees 11–9. Detroit Tigers put up 5 in the 5th. George Caster earned the win. Russ Derry went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	0	1	2	0	4	2	0	0	0	9	11
DET	0	0	2	3	5	0	0	1		11	10

W: George Caster L: Ken Holcombe SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Snuffy Stirnweiss	5	2	1	1	0	0
Bud Metheny	3	3	0	0	2	0
Hersh Martin	4	2	2	1	1	1
Nick Etten	3	1	2	3	2	0
Russ Derry	4	1	1	2	1	1
Bill Drescher	5	0	3	2	0	0
Don Savage	3	0	1	0	1	0
Mike Milosevich	5	0	1	0	0	0
Monk Dubiel	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Holcombe	2	0	0	0	0	0
Red Ruffing	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Skeeter Webb	3	2	2	2	1	0
Red Borom	4	0	1	0	1	0
Doc Cramer	4	1	1	1	1	0
Hank Greenberg	4	1	1	2	1	0
Roy Cullenbine	3	1	0	0	0	0
Rudy York	4	1	2	1	0	1
Bob Maier	3	2	0	0	1	0
Bob Swift	3	2	2	1	1	0
Al Benton	1	1	1	0	0	0
George Caster	1	0	0	1	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Monk Dubiel	4.0	7	3	0
Ken Holcombe	4.0	3	3	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Benton	4.1	10	3	1
George Caster	4.2	1	4	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Snuffy Stirnweiss: 43
Bud Metheny: 8
Hersh Martin: 53

Bot 1

Skeeter Webb: 43
Red Borom: 13
Doc Cramer: 5/FL

Top 2

Nick Etten: 3/G
Russ Derry: HR/9
Bill Drescher: S
Don Savage: S.1-3
Mike Milosevich: 1(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 2

Hank Greenberg: 3/FL
Roy Cullenbine: 8
Rudy York: S
Bob Maier: 13

Top 3

Monk Dubiel: 63
Snuffy Stirnweiss: HR/9
Bud Metheny: W
Hersh Martin: S.1-3
Nick Etten: S9.3-H;1X3(95)
Russ Derry: K

Bot 3

Bob Swift: 7/L
Al Benton: S
Skeeter Webb: S.1-2
Red Borom: W.2-3;1-2
Doc Cramer: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Hank Greenberg: S.3-H;2-3;1-2
Roy Cullenbine: 36(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Bill Drescher: S
Don Savage: 54(1)3/GDP
Mike Milosevich: S
Monk Dubiel: 8

Bot 4

Rudy York: HR
Bob Maier: E9/F.B-2
Bob Swift: D.2-H(UR)
Al Benton: 34/SH.2-3
Skeeter Webb: 34/SH.3-H(UR)
Red Borom: 43

Top 5

Snuffy Stirnweiss: E6
Bud Metheny: E4.1-2
Hersh Martin: W.2-3;1-2
Nick Etten: S.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-2
Russ Derry: W.2-3;1-2
Bill Drescher: D.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1XH(92)
Don Savage: 7
Mike Milosevich: 6/L

Bot 5

Doc Cramer: S
Hank Greenberg: W.1-2
Roy Cullenbine: E1/TH/SH.2-H(NR);1-H(E4)(NR);B-H(NR)(UR)
Rudy York: K
Bob Maier: W
Bob Swift: S.1-3
George Caster: 14/SH.3-H(UR);1-2
Skeeter Webb: S.2-H(UR)
Red Borom: 3/L

Top 6

Ken Holcombe: 43
Snuffy Stirnweiss: 53
Bud Metheny: W
Hersh Martin: D.1-H;B-3(TH)
Nick Etten: W
Russ Derry: FC.3-H;1-2;B-1
Bill Drescher: 43

Bot 6

Doc Cramer: 7/L
Hank Greenberg: 9
Roy Cullenbine: 4/P

Top 7

Don Savage: W
Mike Milosevich: 7
Ken Holcombe: 26(1)/FO
Snuffy Stirnweiss: 9

Bot 7

Rudy York: 53
Bob Maier: 8
Bob Swift: W
George Caster: 8

Top 8

Bud Metheny: 6/P
Hersh Martin: K
Nick Etten: W
Russ Derry: 2/P

Bot 8

Skeeter Webb: W
Red Borom: S.1-3
Doc Cramer: 9/L
Hank Greenberg: 9/DP.1X2(94);3-H

Top 9

Bill Drescher: 8/L
Red Ruffing: 63
Mike Milosevich: 7/L