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Detroit Tigers @ New York Yankees

1945-09-06 · Day game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 43634 · 2:03

Detroit Tigers defeated New York Yankees 5–2. Detroit Tigers put up 3 in the 8th. Les Mueller earned the win. Roy Cullenbine went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Les Mueller L: Bill Zuber SV: (none)

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

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Hoover	4	1	2	0	1	1
Eddie Mayo	3	1	0	0	1	0
Doc Cramer	3	0	2	0	1	0
Hank Greenberg	4	2	1	2	0	0
Roy Cullenbine	3	1	2	2	1	0
Rudy York	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Maier	4	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Richards	3	0	1	0	1	1
Les Mueller	4	0	0	0	0	1

New York Yankees — batting

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

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Les Mueller	9.0	3	4	3

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Zuber	7.2	9	5	1
Ken Holcombe	1.1	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Joe Hoover: S7
Eddie Mayo: 36(1)3/GDP
Doc Cramer: S8
Hank Greenberg: 9

Bot 1

Snuffy Stirnweiss: 8
Bud Metheny: 31
Russ Derry: 4/P

Top 2

Roy Cullenbine: S9
Rudy York: 9
Bob Maier: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Charlie Keller: 4/P
Nick Etten: HR/9
Aaron Robinson: W
Oscar Grimes: W.1-2
Frankie Crosetti: 4/P
Bill Zuber: S7.2-H;1-3
Snuffy Stirnweiss: W.1-2
Bud Metheny: 43

Top 3

Paul Richards: S7
Les Mueller: SB2
Les Mueller: K
Joe Hoover: W
Eddie Mayo: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Russ Derry: 31
Charlie Keller: 63
Nick Etten: 7/L

Top 4

Doc Cramer: W
Hank Greenberg: 54(1)3/GDP
Roy Cullenbine: 9

Bot 4

Aaron Robinson: 8
Oscar Grimes: 8
Frankie Crosetti: W
Bill Zuber: K

Top 5

Rudy York: 7
Bob Maier: 8
Paul Richards: W
Les Mueller: 64(1)/FO

Bot 5

Snuffy Stirnweiss: 9
Bud Metheny: 8
Russ Derry: 31

Top 6

Joe Hoover: 8
Eddie Mayo: 13
Doc Cramer: 8

Bot 6

Charlie Keller: 3/G
Nick Etten: 9
Aaron Robinson: 6/P

Top 7

Hank Greenberg: S8
Roy Cullenbine: HR/9.1-H
Rudy York: 63
Bob Maier: 63
Paul Richards: 7

Bot 7

Oscar Grimes: HP
Frankie Crosetti: SB2
Frankie Crosetti: K
Bill Zuber: 63.2-3
Snuffy Stirnweiss: 63

Top 8

Les Mueller: 9
Joe Hoover: S8
Eddie Mayo: W.1-2
Doc Cramer: S9.2-3;1-2
Hank Greenberg: 54(1)/FO.3-H;2-H
Roy Cullenbine: W.1-2
Rudy York: S8.2-H;1-2
Bob Maier: 8

Bot 8

Bud Metheny: 63
Russ Derry: 9
Charlie Keller: S9
Nick Etten: 7

Top 9

Paul Richards: K
Les Mueller: 8
Joe Hoover: K/C

Bot 9

Aaron Robinson: 4/P
Oscar Grimes: K/C
Bill Drescher: 3/G

Notes & reviews

Yankee manager McCarthy ejected by 1B umpire Grieve for arguing that Cramer interfered at 2nd, preventing DP

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