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Detroit Tigers @ New York Yankees

1945-09-05 · Day game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 44705 · 2:18

New York Yankees defeated Detroit Tigers 5–1. New York Yankees put up 4 in the 3rd. Joe Page earned the win. Snuffy Stirnweiss 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	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3
NYA	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		5	8

W: Joe Page L: Al Benton SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Grieve · 1B: Jim Boyer · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Summers · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Hoover	3	0	0	0	1	2
Eddie Mayo	4	0	1	1	0	0
Jimmy Outlaw	3	0	0	0	1	0
Hank Greenberg	4	0	0	0	0	1
Roy Cullenbine	4	0	1	0	0	1
Rudy York	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Maier	4	0	0	0	0	1
Paul Richards	2	1	0	0	1	1
Al Benton	1	0	0	0	0	0
Zeb Eaton	2	0	1	0	0	0

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Snuffy Stirnweiss	4	1	1	1	0	1
Bud Metheny	4	0	0	0	0	0
Russ Derry	4	1	1	0	0	2
Charlie Keller	4	2	2	0	0	0
Nick Etten	3	1	2	2	1	0
Aaron Robinson	4	0	2	1	0	0
Oscar Grimes	2	0	0	0	1	0
Frankie Crosetti	4	0	0	1	0	1
Joe Page	2	0	0	0	1	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Benton	2.1	6	1	2
Zeb Eaton	5.2	2	2	2

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Page	9.0	3	3	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Joe Hoover: K
Eddie Mayo: S
Jimmy Outlaw: W.1-2
Hank Greenberg: 8
Roy Cullenbine: K

Bot 1

Snuffy Stirnweiss: K
Bud Metheny: 6/P
Russ Derry: K/C

Top 2

Rudy York: 3/P
Bob Maier: K
Paul Richards: K

Bot 2

Charlie Keller: S
Nick Etten: 8
Aaron Robinson: S.1-2
Oscar Grimes: W.2-3;1-2
Frankie Crosetti: 8.3-H
Joe Page: WP.2-3;1-2
Joe Page: 43

Top 3

Al Benton: 63
Joe Hoover: K
Eddie Mayo: 7/L

Bot 3

Snuffy Stirnweiss: HR/9
Bud Metheny: 3/P
Russ Derry: S
Charlie Keller: S.1-3
Nick Etten: T.3-H;1-H
Aaron Robinson: 9.3-H
Oscar Grimes: 53

Top 4

Jimmy Outlaw: 8
Hank Greenberg: 9
Roy Cullenbine: 8

Bot 4

Frankie Crosetti: 53
Joe Page: W
Snuffy Stirnweiss: 7
Bud Metheny: 9

Top 5

Rudy York: 4/P
Bob Maier: 9
Paul Richards: 7

Bot 5

Russ Derry: K/C
Charlie Keller: 43
Nick Etten: S
Aaron Robinson: S.1-2
Oscar Grimes: 7

Top 6

Zeb Eaton: 5/P
Joe Hoover: 63
Eddie Mayo: 3/G

Bot 6

Frankie Crosetti: 63
Joe Page: 43
Snuffy Stirnweiss: 4/L

Top 7

Jimmy Outlaw: 2/P
Hank Greenberg: K
Roy Cullenbine: E5
Rudy York: 8

Bot 7

Bud Metheny: 5/P
Russ Derry: 31
Charlie Keller: 43

Top 8

Bob Maier: 53
Paul Richards: W
Zeb Eaton: S.1-2
Joe Hoover: W.2-3;1-2
Eddie Mayo: 36(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Jimmy Outlaw: 43

Bot 8

Nick Etten: W
Aaron Robinson: 9
Oscar Grimes: HP.1-2
Frankie Crosetti: K+CS3(25)/DP

Top 9

Hank Greenberg: 9
Roy Cullenbine: S
Rudy York: 63.1-2
Bob Maier: 9