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Tigers
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
August 2, 1941
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers, played on August 2, 1941 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 2, 1941 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 2, 1941 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dizzy Trout |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Lefty Grove |
| Ballpark | Fenway Park |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 9,357 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 13 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Harry Geisel 1B: George Pipgras 2B: (none) 3B: Eddie Rommel |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tuck Stainback | Left Fielder |
| Barney McCosky | Center Fielder |
| Bruce Campbell | Right Fielder |
| Pinky Higgins | Third Baseman |
| Rudy York | First Baseman |
| Dutch Meyer | Second Baseman |
| Birdie Tebbetts | Catcher |
| Frank Croucher | Shortstop |
| Dizzy Trout | Pitcher |
| Del Baker | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Skeeter Newsome | Shortstop |
| Lou Finney | First Baseman |
| Stan Spence | Center Fielder |
| Ted Williams | Left Fielder |
| Jim Tabor | Third Baseman |
| Bobby Doerr | Second Baseman |
| Pete Fox | Right Fielder |
| Johnny Peacock | Catcher |
| Lefty Grove | Pitcher |
| Joe Cronin | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
August 2, 1941
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stainback vs. Grove
Stainback bunts towards third. Tabor fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
McCosky vs. Grove
McCosky takes first base on ball four. Stainback moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Campbell vs. Grove
Campbell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stainback scores. McCosky moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Higgins vs. Grove
Higgins hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
York vs. Grove
York hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meyer vs. Grove
Meyer hits a fly ball into center field. Spence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tebbetts vs. Grove
Tebbetts hits a popup towards short. Newsome settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsome vs. Trout
Newsome hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finney vs. Trout
Finney hits a fly ball into left field. Stainback settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spence vs. Trout
Spence hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Meyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Croucher vs. Grove
Croucher hits a line drive into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trout vs. Grove
Trout hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Doerr reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stainback vs. Grove
Stainback hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCosky vs. Grove
There goes Stainback. The throw from Peacock and he is out, Newsome applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Trout
Williams hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McCosky. Williams reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tabor vs. Trout
Tabor takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Doerr vs. Trout
Doerr hits a popup towards short. Croucher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fox vs. Trout
Fox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Williams scores. Tabor moves to third. Fox moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Peacock vs. Trout
There's a wild pitch. Tabor scores. Fox moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Peacock vs. Trout
Peacock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Meyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Fox scores. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grove vs. Trout
Grove is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCosky vs. Grove
McCosky is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Grove
Campbell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Higgins vs. Grove
Higgins takes first base on ball four. Campbell moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
York vs. Grove
York hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Newsome vs. Trout
Newsome takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Finney vs. Bridges
Tommy Bridges now pitching.
There goes Newsome. The throw from Tebbetts and he is safe. Newsome steals second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Finney vs. Bridges
Finney bunts towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out. Newsome moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Spence vs. Bridges
There's a wild pitch. Newsome scores. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spence vs. Bridges
Spence hits a ball on the ground towards first. York scoops it up and throws to first, with Bridges covering, for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Bridges
Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tabor vs. Bridges
Tabor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Croucher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meyer vs. Grove
Meyer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Meyer reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tebbetts vs. Grove
Tebbetts bunts towards the mound. Grove fields it and throws to first for the out. Meyer moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Croucher vs. Grove
Croucher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Meyer scores. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bridges vs. Grove
Bridges hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Bridges reaches second base with a double. Croucher goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Stainback vs. Grove
Stainback hits a fly ball into center field. Spence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McCosky vs. Grove
McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doerr vs. Bridges
Doerr hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Bridges
Fox hits a line drive into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peacock vs. Bridges
Peacock takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grove vs. Bridges
Grove is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Grove
Campbell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Peacock settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higgins vs. Grove
Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
York vs. Grove
York hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsome vs. Bridges
Newsome hits a ball on the ground towards short. Croucher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finney vs. Bridges
Finney hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spence vs. Bridges
Spence hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Campbell who is chasing the ball. Spence reaches third base with a triple. Finney goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Williams vs. Bridges
Williams hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Tebbetts settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Tabor vs. Bridges
Tabor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Croucher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meyer vs. Grove
Meyer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Peacock settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tebbetts vs. Grove
Tebbetts hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Croucher vs. Grove
Croucher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Finney scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Croucher for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doerr vs. Bridges
Doerr hits a fly ball into left field. Stainback settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Bridges
Fox hits a popup, foul, towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peacock vs. Bridges
Peacock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bridges fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bridges vs. Grove
Bridges hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stainback vs. Grove
Stainback hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCosky vs. Grove
McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grove vs. Bridges
Grove takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Newsome vs. Bridges
Newsome bunts towards the mound. Bridges fields it and throws to first for the out. Grove moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Finney vs. Bridges
Finney hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Tebbetts settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Spence vs. Bridges
Spence strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Grove
Campbell hits a popup towards first. Finney settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higgins vs. Grove
Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
York vs. Grove
York hits a fly ball into center field. Spence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meyer vs. Grove
Meyer hits a fly ball into center field. Spence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Bridges
Williams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tabor vs. Bridges
Tabor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Croucher fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doerr vs. Bridges
Doerr hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of McCosky who is chasing the ball. Doerr reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Fox vs. Bridges
Fox hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Meyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tebbetts vs. Grove
Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Croucher vs. Grove
Croucher hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bridges vs. Grove
Bridges hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peacock vs. Bridges
Peacock strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pytlak vs. Bridges
Frankie Pytlak pinch hits for Lefty Grove.
Pytlak hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cronin vs. Bridges
Joe Cronin pinch hits for Skeeter Newsome.
Cronin hits a popup, foul, towards third. Higgins settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Finney vs. Bridges
Finney takes first base on ball four. Pytlak moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Spence vs. Bridges
Spence hits a ball on the ground towards first. York scoops it up and throws to first, with Bridges covering, for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/2/1941 -- Detroit at Boston (D)
Detroit AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Stainback T, lf 4 1 1 0 Newsome S, ss 2 1 0 0
McCosky B, cf 3 1 0 0 Cronin J, ph 1 0 0 0
Campbell B, rf 4 1 2 1 Finney L, 1b 3 1 1 0
Higgins P, 3b 3 1 2 3 Spence S, cf 5 0 1 1
York R, 1b 4 0 0 0 Williams T, lf 3 1 2 0
Meyer D, 2b 4 1 1 0 Tabor J, 3b 3 1 0 0
Tebbetts B, c 3 0 0 0 Doerr B, 2b 4 0 1 0
Croucher F, ss 4 1 1 1 Fox P, rf 4 1 1 1
Trout D, p 1 0 0 0 Peacock J, c 3 0 0 1
Bridges T, p 3 0 1 1 Grove L, p 2 0 0 0
Pytlak F, ph 1 0 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 6 8 6 31 5 7 3
Detroit 400 200 000 -- 6
Boston 031 010 000 -- 5
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Trout D* 2.0 2 4 4 2 1
Bridges T (W) 7.0 5 1 1 4 3
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Grove L (L) 9.0 8 6 6 2 1
* Pitched to 1 batter in 3rd
E -- Finney L
DP -- Detroit 1, Boston 1
LOB -- Detroit 3, Boston 7
2B -- Williams T, Meyer D, Bridges T
3B -- Spence S, Doerr B
HR -- Higgins P
SB -- Newsome S
CS -- Stainback T
SH -- Finney L, Tebbetts B, Newsome S
WP -- Trout D, Bridges T
T -- 2:13
A -- 9357
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