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Tigers
@ Indians
League Park
May 2, 1938
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Detroit Tigers, played on May 2, 1938 at League Park.
Game Summary
| Date | May 2, 1938 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
| Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 2, 1938 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jake Wade |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Johnny Allen |
| Ballpark | League Park |
| City | Cleveland |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 17 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Harry Geisel 1B: Eddie Rommel 2B: (none) 3B: Steve Basil |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Pete Fox | Right Fielder |
| Dixie Walker | Left Fielder |
| Charlie Gehringer | Second Baseman |
| Hank Greenberg | First Baseman |
| Rudy York | Catcher |
| Chet Laabs | Center Fielder |
| Billy Rogell | Shortstop |
| Mark Christman | Third Baseman |
| Jake Wade | Pitcher |
| Mickey Cochrane | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lyn Lary | Shortstop |
| Jeff Heath | Right Fielder |
| Odell Hale | Second Baseman |
| Moose Solters | Left Fielder |
| Earl Averill | Center Fielder |
| Hal Trosky | First Baseman |
| Ken Keltner | Third Baseman |
| Frankie Pytlak | Catcher |
| Johnny Allen | Pitcher |
| Ossie Vitt | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Indians
League Park
May 2, 1938
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Allen
Fox hits a fly ball into center field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Allen
Walker hits a fly ball into right field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Allen
Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Trosky scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gehringer for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lary vs. Wade
Lary hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Wade
Heath strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hale vs. Wade
Hale hits a ball on the ground towards second. Gehringer fields it, throws to first for one, and over to second, with Rogell covering. It's a double play. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greenberg vs. Allen
Greenberg takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
York vs. Allen
York hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Allen fields it and throws to first for the out. Greenberg moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Laabs vs. Allen
Laabs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lary fields it and has Greenberg trapped. There's the throw to Keltner and over to Hale, who tags Greenberg for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rogell vs. Allen
Rogell hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Hale settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Solters vs. Wade
Solters hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Wade
Averill hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trosky vs. Wade
Trosky takes first base on ball four. Averill moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Keltner vs. Wade
Keltner strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pytlak vs. Wade
Pytlak hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Averill scores. Trosky moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Allen vs. Wade
Allen strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Christman vs. Allen
Christman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Averill throws the ball in to Hale who tags Christman trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wade vs. Allen
Wade strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Allen
Fox hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Allen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lary vs. Wade
Lary hits a line drive into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Wade
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards third. Christman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Wade
Hale hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Allen
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Trosky scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Walker for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Allen
Gehringer hits a fly ball into center field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greenberg vs. Allen
Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lary can't make a play. That's a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
York vs. Allen
York hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lary fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Solters vs. Wade
Solters hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rogell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Averill vs. Wade
Averill hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Wade
Trosky takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keltner vs. Wade
Keltner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Trosky moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pytlak vs. Eisenstat
Harry Eisenstat now pitching.
Pytlak bunts towards the mound. Eisenstat fields it and throws to third for the out. Keltner moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Allen vs. Eisenstat
Allen hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Walker. Allen reaches second base with a double. Keltner scores. Pytlak moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lary vs. Eisenstat
Lary hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Pytlak scores. Allen moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Heath vs. Eisenstat
Heath hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Laabs. Heath reaches second base with a double. Allen scores. Lary moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hale vs. Eisenstat
Hale takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Solters vs. Eisenstat
Solters hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lary scores. Heath scores. Hale moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Averill vs. Benton
Al Benton now pitching.
Averill hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Trosky vs. Benton
Trosky hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hale scores. Solters moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Keltner vs. Benton
Keltner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Walker. Keltner reaches second base with a double. Solters scores. Trosky goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pytlak vs. Benton
There's a wild pitch. Keltner moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Pytlak vs. Benton
Pytlak hits a ball on the ground towards third. Christman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Laabs vs. Allen
Laabs hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rogell vs. Allen
Rogell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Laabs moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Christman vs. Allen
Christman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hale settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
White vs. Allen
Jo-Jo White pinch hits for Al Benton.
White hits a fly ball into center field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Laabs scores. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fox vs. Allen
Fox strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 1 - Indians, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allen vs. Davis
Woody Davis now pitching. Roy Cullenbine now playing left field.
Allen hits a popup towards short. Rogell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lary vs. Davis
Lary strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Davis
Heath hits a popup towards short. Rogell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 1 - Indians, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cullenbine vs. Allen
Cullenbine hits a ball on the ground towards first. Trosky scoops it up and throws to first, with Allen covering, for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Allen
Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hale scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greenberg vs. Allen
Greenberg hits a fly ball into right field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 1 - Indians, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Davis
Hale hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Solters vs. Davis
Solters hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Davis fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Davis. Solters moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Averill vs. Davis
Averill takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Trosky vs. Davis
Trosky hits a ball on the ground towards first. Greenberg scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Trosky for the out. Solters moves to third. Averill moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Keltner vs. Davis
Keltner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Pytlak vs. Davis
Pytlak hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rogell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 1 - Indians, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
York vs. Allen
York hits a fly ball into left field. Solters settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Laabs vs. Allen
Laabs hits a fly ball into right field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rogell vs. Allen
Rogell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Allen, and towards Lary, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 1 - Indians, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allen vs. Davis
Allen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lary vs. Davis
Lary hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rogell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Davis
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards first. Greenberg scoops it up and throws to first, with Davis covering, for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 1 - Indians, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Christman vs. Allen
Roy Weatherly now playing center field.
Christman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Davis vs. Allen
Davis strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fox vs. Allen
Fox hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Solters who is chasing the ball. Fox reaches third base with a triple. Christman goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cullenbine vs. Allen
Cullenbine hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fox scores. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gehringer vs. Allen
Gehringer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hale settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greenberg vs. Allen
Greenberg hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 3 - Indians, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Davis
Hale hits a ball on the ground towards third. Christman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Solters vs. Davis
Solters hits a popup in front of the plate. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. Davis
Weatherly hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 3 - Indians, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
York vs. Allen
York hits a fly ball into left field. Solters settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Laabs vs. Allen
Laabs hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rogell vs. Allen
Rogell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hale fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/2/1938 -- Detroit at Cleveland (D)
Detroit AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI
Fox P, rf 4 1 1 1 Lary L, ss 5 1 2 1
Walker D, lf 2 0 0 0 Heath J, rf 5 1 1 1
Cullenbine R, lf 2 0 1 1 Hale O, 2b 4 1 0 0
Gehringer C, 2b 4 0 0 0 Solters M, lf 5 2 2 2
Greenberg H, 1b 3 0 1 0 Averill E, cf 3 2 2 2
York R, c 4 0 0 0 Weatherly R, cf 1 0 0 0
Laabs C, cf 4 1 2 0 Trosky H, 1b 2 1 1 1
Rogell B, ss 4 0 1 0 Keltner K, 3b 3 1 2 2
Christman M, 3b 2 1 1 0 Pytlak F, c 4 1 1 1
Wade J, p 1 0 0 0 Allen J, p 4 1 2 1
Eisenstat H, p 0 0 0 0
Benton A, p 0 0 0 0
White J, ph 1 0 0 1
Davis W, p 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 3 7 3 36 11 13 11
Detroit 000 010 020 -- 3
Cleveland 010 (10)00 00x -- 11
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Wade J (L)* 3.0 6 5 5 2 3
Eisenstat H 0.1 4 5 5 1 0
Benton A 0.2 2 1 1 0 0
Davis W 4.0 1 0 0 2 1
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Allen J (W) 9.0 7 3 3 2 3
* Pitched to 4 batters in 4th
E -- Davis W
DP -- Detroit 2, Cleveland 1
LOB -- Detroit 4, Cleveland 6
2B -- Allen J, Heath J, Keltner K
3B -- Fox P
HR -- Averill E
WP -- Benton A
T -- 2:17
A -- 0
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