Athletics @ Tigers
May 8, 1939

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Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 6 9 0
Tigers 5 9 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 6 9 0
Tigers 5 9 0

Barney McCosky Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .486
OBP .500 .524
At Bats 4 37
Hits 2 18
• Singles 2 12
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 4
RBI’s 0 1

Lynn Nelson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Briggs Stadium - May 8, 1939
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Out
Lynn Nelson
Earle Brucker
Nick Etten
Joe Gantenbein
Bill Nagel
Wayne Ambler
Bob Johnson
Sam Chapman
Dee Miles
Barney McCosky

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Philadelphia Athletics 6 9 0 4
Detroit Tigers 5 9 0 5
Winning Pitcher Lynn Nelson
Losing Pitcher Bob Harris
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Bill Nagel
Attendance 2,751
Time of Game 2 hours 16 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ambler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Schoolboy Rowe pinch hits for Harry Eisenstat. Rowe hits a fly ball into right field. Miles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Croucher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ambler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Harry Eisenstat now pitching. Miles hits a fly ball into right field. Fleming settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Nelson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Greenberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Ambler hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Fleming. Ambler reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Nagel hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Chapman strikes out. York drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Chapman out.
Bottom 8 Fleming hits a popup towards short. Ambler settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gantenbein fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 York hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Etten hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Brucker hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Johnson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Gantenbein hits a fly ball into left field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Greenberg hits a popup towards third. Nagel settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gehringer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gantenbein settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Wayne Ambler now playing shortstop. Lynn Nelson now pitching. Walker hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Miles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Wally Moses pinch hits for Buck Ross. Moses hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Nagel tags and scores.
Top 7 Dean strikes out.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Nagel moves to third.
Top 7 Chubby Dean pinch hits for Skeeter Newsome. The ball gets by York for a passed ball. Nagel moves to second.
Top 7 Nagel hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 McCosky hits a line drive into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Harris hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Croucher hits a popup towards third. Nagel settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Fleming strikes out.
Top 6 Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Etten hits a ball on the ground towards first. Greenberg fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 6 Brucker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Johnson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Higgins hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gantenbein settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 York hits a popup, foul, towards short. Newsome settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Walker tags and scores.
Bottom 5 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nagel fields it and throws to home to get McCosky. Walker moves to third. Gehringer moves to second.
Bottom 5 Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Etten fields the ball and throws to Ross covering. Safe. McCosky moves to third. Walker moves to second.
Bottom 5 Walker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McCosky moves to second.
Bottom 5 McCosky hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Gantenbein hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Miles hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Ross hits a popup towards third. Higgins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Harris hits a ball on the ground towards first. The ball bounces off Etten, and towards Gantenbein, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Croucher hits a fly ball into right field. Miles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Fleming hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Higgins takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Newsome hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Nagel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Chapman hits a fly ball into left field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 York hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nagel fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Gehringer hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 3 Walker bunts towards the mound. Ross fields it and throws to first for the out. Harris moves to third. McCosky moves to second.
Bottom 3 McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Harris moves to second.
Bottom 3 Harris hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Etten hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Brucker takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Johnson strikes out.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Gantenbein scores.
Top 3 Gantenbein hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Fleming who is chasing the ball. Gantenbein reaches third base with a triple. Miles scores.
Top 3 Miles hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Fleming. Miles reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Ross strikes out.
Bottom 2 Croucher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nagel fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Fleming hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gantenbein fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Higgins hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Greenberg scores.
Bottom 2 York hits a ball on the ground towards short. The ball bounces off Newsome, and towards Gantenbein, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Greenberg moves to second.
Bottom 2 Greenberg takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Newsome hits a ball on the ground towards second. Gehringer scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 2 Nagel hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Chapman moves to second.
Top 2 Chapman takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Etten hits a line drive into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gehringer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gantenbein settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gantenbein scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 McCosky hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Brucker strikes out.
Top 1 There goes Johnson. The throw from York and he is safe. Johnson steals second.
Top 1 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Gantenbein hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Miles hits a line drive into right field. Fleming settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.