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September 8, 1938

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Red Sox 0 4 1

Lou Gehrig Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .303
OBP .333 .419
At Bats 3 465
Hits 1 141
• Singles 1 83
• Doubles 0 27
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 0 25
Walks 0 91
RBI’s 2 99

Lefty Grove Season Stats

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10 3 0
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Fenway Park - September 8, 1938
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Single
Lefty Grove
Gene Desautels
Jimmie Foxx
Bobby Doerr
Pinky Higgins
Joe Cronin
Joe Vosmik
Doc Cramer
Ben Chapman
Lou Gehrig
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Gehrig hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

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Top 8 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out. Henrich scores. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Lefty Grove now pitching. Henrich hits a fly ball towards right. Chapman settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Chapman. Henrich moves to third.
Bottom 7 Jim Tabor pinch hits for Bill Harris. Tabor strikes out.
Bottom 7 Desautels hits a line drive towards first. Gehrig catches it and steps on first to double up Doerr.
Bottom 7 Doerr hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Rolfe hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Vosmik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doerr fields it and throws to home to get Selkirk. Gordon moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 7 Gomez bunts for an out with unknown description. Selkirk moves to third. Gordon moves to second.
Top 7 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Selkirk moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 7 Selkirk hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Chapman hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Higgins hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 6 Cronin takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Foxx hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 6 Dickey hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cramer. Dickey reaches second base with a double. There goes Gehrig trying to get to home. Chapman throws the ball in to Doerr who relays the ball to Desautels, who tags Gehrig, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Top 6 Gehrig hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Henrich scores. DiMaggio scores.
Top 6 DiMaggio hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Chapman. DiMaggio reaches second base with a double. Henrich moves to third.
Top 6 Henrich takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Rolfe hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 6 Crosetti hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 5 Vosmik hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 5 Cramer hits a popup towards third. Rolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Harris bunts towards the mound. Gomez fields it and throws to third for the out. Desautels moves to second.
Bottom 5 Desautels hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Doerr moves to second.
Bottom 5 Doerr takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Gomez hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 5 Gordon hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 5 Selkirk takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Dickey hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 4 Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Higgins hits a fly ball into right field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cronin strikes out.
Top 4 Gehrig hits a fly ball into right field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 DiMaggio hits a fly ball into center field. Cramer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Henrich hits a line drive towards short. Cronin reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Foxx hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Vosmik takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Cramer moves to second.
Bottom 3 Cramer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Harris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gehrig scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Harris for the out.
Bottom 3 Desautels hits a fly ball into right field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There goes Crosetti. The throw from Desautels and he is out, Cronin applying the tag.
Top 3 Rolfe hits a line drive into right field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Crosetti is hit by the pitch.
Top 3 Gomez strikes out.
Top 3 Gordon hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Doerr strikes out.
Bottom 2 Chapman is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Higgins hits a line drive into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Selkirk hits a popup towards short. Cronin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Dickey hits a line drive into left field. Vosmik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Gehrig is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Cronin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Foxx hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Vosmik hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Selkirk. Vosmik reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Cramer hits a fly ball into right field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Henrich hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Rolfe hits a fly ball into right field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Crosetti strikes out.