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May 18, 1940

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Athletics 6 7 5
Tigers 8 9 0
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Athletics 6 7 5
Tigers 8 9 0

Earl Averill Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .387
OBP .000 .387
At Bats 4 31
Hits 0 12
• Singles 0 8
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 0 8

George Caster Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 4 0
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Briggs Stadium - May 18, 1940
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Out
George Caster
Earle Brucker
Dick Siebert
Benny McCoy
Al Brancato
Bill Lillard
Bob Johnson
Sam Chapman
Wally Moses
Earl Averill
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Averill hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McCoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Gehringer hits a popup towards first. Siebert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Al Brancato now playing third base. McCosky hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Chubby Dean pinch hits for Al Rubeling. Dean hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Chapman takes first base on ball four. McCoy moves to third. Siebert moves to second.
Top 8 Brucker hits a fly ball into right field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Siebert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. McCoy moves to second.
Top 8 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Moses scores.
Top 8 McCoy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moses moves to third.
Top 8 Moses hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Bartell hits a popup in front of the plate. Brucker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Newsom hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillard misplays the ball. That's an error on Lillard. York scores. Higgins moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebert scoops it up and throws to first, with Caster covering, for the out. Campbell scores. York moves to third. Higgins moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 George Caster now pitching. Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McCoy misplays the ball. That's an error on McCoy. Gehringer scores. Campbell moves to third. York moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 York takes first base on ball four. McCosky scores. Gehringer moves to third. Campbell moves to second.
Bottom 7 Campbell takes first base on ball four. McCosky moves to third. Gehringer moves to second.
Bottom 7 Averill hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McCoy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gehringer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McCosky moves to second.
Bottom 7 Earle Brucker now catching. McCosky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Lillard hits a fly ball into right field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Babich strikes out.
Top 7 Rubeling hits a popup, foul, towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bartell strikes out.
Bottom 6 Newsom hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Sullivan hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Chapman hits a popup, foul, towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hayes hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Siebert hits a popup, foul, towards third. Higgins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 5 Higgins hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 York hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Campbell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McCoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 McCoy hits a line drive towards first. York reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Moses hits a ball on the ground towards first. York scoops it up and throws to first, with Newsom covering, for the out.
Top 5 Lillard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Averill hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hayes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebert juggles the ball. That's an error on Siebert. Newsom scores. Bartell moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebert scoops it up and throws to first, with Babich covering, for the out. Sullivan scores. Newsom moves to third. Bartell moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Bartell takes first base on ball four. Newsom moves to second.
Bottom 4 Newsom hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillard fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Lillard. Sullivan moves to third.
Bottom 4 Sullivan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Sullivan reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Higgins hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 York hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Chapman. York reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Babich hits a popup towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rubeling strikes out.
Top 4 Chapman strikes out.
Bottom 3 Campbell hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Averill strikes out.
Bottom 3 Gehringer hits a popup towards short. Lillard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 McCosky hits a fly ball towards center. Chapman settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Chapman. Newsom moves to third. Bartell moves to second.
Bottom 3 Bartell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Newsom moves to second.
Bottom 3 Newsom hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillard fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Hayes hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sullivan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Siebert 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 3 Johnson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 McCoy hits a fly ball into right field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Moses takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Sullivan hits a line drive towards third. Rubeling reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Babich fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 York hits a line drive into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Lillard hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Babich strikes out.
Top 2 Rubeling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Campbell hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Averill strikes out.
Bottom 1 Gehringer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bartell moves to second.
Bottom 1 McCosky hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bartell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Chapman hits a popup, foul, towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hayes hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moses scores. Siebert moves to second.
Top 1 Siebert hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lillard scores. Moses moves to second.
Top 1 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 McCoy strikes out.
Top 1 Moses takes first base on ball four. Lillard moves to second.
Top 1 Lillard takes first base on ball four.