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Detroit Tigers @ Philadelphia Athletics

1946-06-05 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 6067 · 1:48

Detroit Tigers defeated Philadelphia Athletics 2–0. Virgil Trucks earned the win and Al Benton picked up the save. George Kell went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Virgil Trucks L: Jesse Flores SV: Al Benton

Umpires — HP: Eddie Rommel · 1B: Jim Boyer · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Lake	4	0	2	0	0	0
George Kell	3	1	2	1	0	0
Jimmy Outlaw	3	0	0	0	1	0
Dick Wakefield	3	1	2	1	1	0
Hank Greenberg	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Mullin	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jimmy Bloodworth	4	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Richards	3	0	0	0	1	1
Virgil Trucks	2	0	0	0	0	0
Al Benton	2	0	0	0	0	1
Doc Cramer	1	0	1	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Elmer Valo	3	1	1	1
Barney McCosky	4	0	0	0
Irv Hall	3	1	1	0
Pete Suder	4	0	0	1
Buddy Rosar	2	1	2	1
George McQuinn	4	0	0	1
Sam Chapman	2	0	2	0
Jake Caulfield	2	1	0	0
Jesse Flores	2	0	0	0
Hal Peck	1	0	0	0
Russ Derry	1	0	0	0
Jack Wallaesa	1	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Virgil Trucks	4.0	1	3	2
Al Benton	5.0	3	3	2

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jesse Flores	8.0	8	3	2
Phil Marchildon	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Lake: 3/G
George Kell: HR/7
Jimmy Outlaw: E5
Dick Wakefield: W.1-2
Hank Greenberg: 7
Pat Mullin: 13

Bot 1

Elmer Valo: W
Barney McCosky: 8
Irv Hall: 43.1-2
Pete Suder: 9

Top 2

Jimmy Bloodworth: 63
Paul Richards: K
Virgil Trucks: 53

Bot 2

Buddy Rosar: S7
George McQuinn: 43.1-2
Sam Chapman: W
Jake Caulfield: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Eddie Lake: S9
George Kell: 43.1-2
Jimmy Outlaw: W
Dick Wakefield: 8
Hank Greenberg: 7

Bot 3

Jesse Flores: 7
Elmer Valo: K
Barney McCosky: 8

Top 4

Pat Mullin: 7
Jimmy Bloodworth: 63
Paul Richards: 7

Bot 4

Irv Hall: 4/P
Pete Suder: 8
Buddy Rosar: W
George McQuinn: K

Top 5

Virgil Trucks: 4/P
Eddie Lake: D
George Kell: S.2-3
Jimmy Outlaw: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Sam Chapman: 7/FL
Jake Caulfield: S
Jesse Flores: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Dick Wakefield: HR/9
Hank Greenberg: 53
Pat Mullin: D
Jimmy Bloodworth: 53
Paul Richards: W
Al Benton: K

Bot 6

Elmer Valo: 3/G
Barney McCosky: 63
Irv Hall: S
Pete Suder: 5/FL

Top 7

Eddie Lake: 43
Doc Cramer: S
Jimmy Outlaw: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Buddy Rosar: K
George McQuinn: E6
Sam Chapman: W.1-2
Hal Peck: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Dick Wakefield: S
Hank Greenberg: 64(1)3/GDP
Pat Mullin: 8

Bot 8

Russ Derry: 31
Elmer Valo: S
Barney McCosky: 46(1)/FO
Irv Hall: W.1-2
Pete Suder: K

Top 9

Jimmy Bloodworth: 9/FL
Paul Richards: 8
Al Benton: 63

Bot 9

Buddy Rosar: W
George McQuinn: 6/P
Sam Chapman: 8
Jack Wallaesa: 43

Notes & reviews

Trucks left game due to indigestion (AP in NY Times)
Kell leaves game due to pulled leg muscle (Detroit Times)

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