Tigers @ Indians
August 13, 1940

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Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 5 9 0
Indians 5 8 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 5 9 1
Indians 6 8 1

Ben Chapman Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .302
OBP .500 .393
At Bats 4 387
Hits 2 117
• Singles 2 80
• Doubles 0 30
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 57
RBI’s 0 36

Al Benton Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 6 8
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Al Benton
Birdie Tebbetts
Rudy York
Dutch Meyer
Pinky Higgins
Dick Bartell
Hank Greenberg
Barney McCosky
Bruce Campbell
Ben Chapman
Harry Eisenstat
Ray Mack

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Detroit Tigers 5 9 1 12
Cleveland Indians 6 8 1 6
Winning Pitcher Harry Eisenstat
Losing Pitcher Al Benton
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI (none)
Attendance 16,128
Time of Game 2 hours 39 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Meyer misplays the ball. That's an error on Meyer. Mack scores. Eisenstat moves to second. That run is unearned.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Eisenstat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 9 Pytlak bunts towards first. York scoops it up and throws to first, with Meyer covering, for the out. Mack moves to second.
Bottom 9 Birdie Tebbetts now catching. Mack hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Pete Fox pinch hits for Billy Sullivan. Harry Eisenstat now pitching. Fox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Meyer takes first base on ball four. Higgins moves to second.
Top 9 Higgins takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 York strikes out.
Top 9 Bill Zuber now pitching. Greenberg hits a popup, foul, towards short. Boudreau settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Keltner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Meyer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Campbell scores. Chapman scores. Trosky moves to second.
Bottom 8 Trosky takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Boudreau is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Weatherly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Meyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Campbell moves to third. Chapman moves to second.
Bottom 8 Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Meyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Campbell moves to second.
Bottom 8 Soup Campbell pinch hits for Joe Dobson. Campbell takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 McCosky hits a popup towards third. Keltner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Campbell scores.
Top 8 Campbell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Weatherly who is chasing the ball. Campbell reaches third base with a triple.
Top 8 Bartell hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Frankie Pytlak now catching. Benton is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Jeff Heath pinch hits for Rollie Hemsley. Al Benton now pitching. Heath hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Benton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Mack hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Trosky scores. Bell scores.
Bottom 7 Keltner hits a ball on the ground towards first. York scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Keltner for the out. Trosky moves to third. Bell moves to second.
Bottom 7 Bell takes first base on ball four. Trosky moves to second.
Bottom 7 Trosky hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Meyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Sullivan strikes out.
Top 7 Joe Dobson now pitching. Meyer strikes out.
Top 7 Higgins hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McCosky scores. Greenberg scores. York moves to second.
Top 7 York is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Greenberg hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bell. Greenberg reaches second base with a double. McCosky moves to third.
Top 7 McCosky is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. McCosky moves to second.
Top 7 McCosky takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Johnny Humphries now pitching. Campbell hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Weatherly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Meyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Chapman is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Odell Hale pinch hits for Mel Harder. Hale hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bartell is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Gorsica takes first base on ball four. Meyer moves to third. Sullivan moves to second.
Top 6 Sullivan is walked intentionally.
Top 6 There goes Meyer. The throw from Hemsley and he is safe. Meyer steals second.
Top 6 Meyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Higgins hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 York hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Hemsley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Mack hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Keltner is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Harder fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Campbell hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Bell strikes out.
Bottom 4 Trosky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Meyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Gorsica hits a ball on the ground towards first. Trosky scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gorsica for the out.
Top 4 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Trosky fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Meyer hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Higgins hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 There goes Weatherly. The throw from Sullivan and he is out, Bartell applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Weatherly is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 3 Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Harder hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 York hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Greenberg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards first. Trosky scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McCosky for the out.
Top 3 Campbell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Hemsley hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Mack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Keltner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Bartell is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Gorsica hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Harder fields it and throws to first for the out. Meyer scores. Sullivan moves to second.
Top 2 Sullivan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Meyer moves to third.
Top 2 Meyer is hit by the pitch.
Top 2 Higgins hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Meyer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Trosky hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Chapman scores.
Bottom 1 Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards first. York scoops it up and throws to first, with Gorsica covering, for the out. Chapman moves to third.
Bottom 1 Weatherly hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gorsica fields it and throws to first for the out. Chapman moves to second.
Bottom 1 Chapman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 York is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Greenberg takes first base on ball four. McCosky moves to second.
Top 1 McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Campbell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack scoops it up and throws to first for the out.