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Detroit Tigers @ New York Yankees

1945-07-15 · Day game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 40808 · 2:37

New York Yankees defeated Detroit Tigers 5–4. New York Yankees put up 3 in the 6th. Ken Holcombe earned the win and Jim Turner picked up the save. Zeb Eaton went 1-for-1 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Ken Holcombe L: Art Houtteman SV: Jim Turner

Umpires — HP: Cal Hubbard · 1B: Charlie Berry · 2B: (none) · 3B: Red Jones · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Skeeter Webb	4	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Mayo	4	0	1	0	0	1
Roy Cullenbine	3	0	0	0	1	1
Hank Greenberg	3	0	0	0	1	1
Doc Cramer	4	1	1	0	0	0
Rudy York	3	1	1	0	1	0
Bob Maier	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Swift	1	1	0	0	2	0
Al Benton	1	0	0	0	0	1
Zeb Eaton	1	1	1	4	0	0
Walter Wilson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Hostetler	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Outlaw	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hub Walker	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Snuffy Stirnweiss	4	0	1	1	1	0
Frankie Crosetti	4	1	1	0	0	1
Bud Metheny	4	0	0	0	0	1
Nick Etten	3	2	2	2	1	0
Hersh Martin	4	1	1	1	0	0
Russ Derry	4	0	0	0	0	1
Oscar Grimes	2	1	2	0	2	0
Bill Drescher	3	0	2	1	1	0
Hank Borowy	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Milosevich	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tuck Stainback	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jim Turner	1	0	0	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Benton	3.0	5	0	0
Art Houtteman	2.1	4	1	2
Walter Wilson	2.2	0	5	2

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hank Borowy	4.0	3	4	1
Ken Holcombe	2.0	0	1	1
Jim Turner	3.0	1	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Skeeter Webb: 4/P
Eddie Mayo: 4/P
Roy Cullenbine: W
Hank Greenberg: 64(1)/FO

Bot 1

Snuffy Stirnweiss: S
Frankie Crosetti: 2/BP
Bud Metheny: 7
Nick Etten: 43

Top 2

Doc Cramer: 7
Rudy York: D
Bob Maier: 13
Bob Swift: W
Al Benton: K

Bot 2

Hersh Martin: 43
Russ Derry: 8
Oscar Grimes: S
Bill Drescher: S.1-2
Hank Borowy: 63

Top 3

Skeeter Webb: 43
Eddie Mayo: 9
Roy Cullenbine: 13

Bot 3

Snuffy Stirnweiss: 9
Frankie Crosetti: S/BG
Bud Metheny: 7
Nick Etten: HR/9.1-H
Hersh Martin: 6/P

Top 4

Hank Greenberg: 53
Doc Cramer: S6
Rudy York: W.1-2
Bob Maier: 8
Bob Swift: W.2-3;1-2
Zeb Eaton: HR/7.3-H;2-H;1-H
Skeeter Webb: 53

Bot 4

Russ Derry: 6/P
Oscar Grimes: W
Bill Drescher: 5/P
Mike Milosevich: 9

Top 5

Eddie Mayo: K
Roy Cullenbine: 9
Hank Greenberg: W
Doc Cramer: 3/P

Bot 5

Snuffy Stirnweiss: 63
Frankie Crosetti: K
Bud Metheny: K

Top 6

Rudy York: 5/P
Bob Maier: 53
Bob Swift: 8

Bot 6

Nick Etten: D/89
Hersh Martin: S8.2-H
Russ Derry: 8
Oscar Grimes: S7.1-2
Bill Drescher: S9.2-H;1-2
Tuck Stainback: W.2-3;1-2
Snuffy Stirnweiss: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Frankie Crosetti: 8(B)2(3)/DP

Top 7

Walter Wilson: 8
Skeeter Webb: 63
Eddie Mayo: S
Roy Cullenbine: K

Bot 7

Bud Metheny: 3
Nick Etten: W
Hersh Martin: 9
Russ Derry: K

Top 8

Hank Greenberg: K
Doc Cramer: 13
Rudy York: E6
Bob Maier: K

Bot 8

Oscar Grimes: W
Bill Drescher: W.1-2
Jim Turner: K
Snuffy Stirnweiss: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Chuck Hostetler: 8
Jimmy Outlaw: 8
Hub Walker: 3/FL

Notes & reviews

start of game delayed 45 minutes by rain, which fell heavily throughout, making most plays very difficult; scheduled second game was called off
As Drescher was tagged, he stirred up so much mud that catcher Swift had to change his uniform shirt

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