Yankees @ Tigers
May 22, 1940

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Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 8 16 2
Tigers 2 6 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 8 16 2
Tigers 2 6 0

Pinky Higgins Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .200
OBP .667 .310
At Bats 3 50
Hits 2 10
• Singles 2 7
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 6
RBI’s 0 7

Marv Breuer Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 2 0
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Briggs Stadium - May 22, 1940
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Out
Marv Breuer
Bill Dickey
Babe Dahlgren
Joe Gordon
Red Rolfe
Frankie Crosetti
George Selkirk
Joe DiMaggio
Charlie Keller
Pinky Higgins
Rudy York
Hank Greenberg

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 8 16 2 10
Detroit Tigers 2 6 0 5
Winning Pitcher Marv Breuer
Losing Pitcher Hal Newhouser
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Charlie Keller
Attendance 9,914
Time of Game 2 hours 6 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Higgins hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 York hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Greenberg moves to second.
Bottom 9 Greenberg hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Averill hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Gehringer hits a popup towards short. Crosetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Breuer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Dahlgren hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Schoolboy Rowe now pitching. Selkirk hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 McCosky hits a popup towards first. Dahlgren catches it and throws to home to double up Sullivan, who tagged and tried to score.
Bottom 8 Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti misplays the ball. That's an error on Crosetti. York scores. Higgins scores. Sullivan moves to third.
Bottom 8 Billy Sullivan pinch hits for Archie McKain. Sullivan takes first base on ball four. Higgins moves to second.
Bottom 8 Tebbetts hits a fly ball into left field. Selkirk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. York moves to third.
Bottom 8 Higgins hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. York moves to second.
Bottom 8 York hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Dickey hits a popup towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 DiMaggio hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Keller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Rolfe hits a ball on the ground towards first. York scoops it up and throws to first, with McKain covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Greenberg hits a popup towards first. Dahlgren settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Averill 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 7 Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Crosetti hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Breuer bunts in front of the plate. Tebbetts fields it and throws to first for the out. Gordon moves to third. Dahlgren moves to second.
Top 7 Dahlgren hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dickey scores. Gordon moves to second.
Top 7 Gordon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dickey moves to second.
Top 7 Selkirk is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Archie McKain now pitching. Dickey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 6 Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti misplays the ball. That's an error on Crosetti. Higgins moves to second.
Bottom 6 Bruce Campbell pinch hits for Al Benton. Campbell is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Tebbetts hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Higgins hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it, throws to first for one, and over to second, with Bartell covering. It's a double play.
Top 6 Keller takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Rolfe hits a popup towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 York hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Averill is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Breuer takes first base on ball four. Dahlgren moves to second.
Top 5 Dahlgren hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Gordon hits a fly ball into right field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Selkirk hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 Dickey hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McCosky. Dickey reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Gehringer is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 McCosky hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bartell hits a fly ball into left field. Selkirk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 DiMaggio hits a fly ball into right field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Keller hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Rolfe is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Al Benton now pitching. Crosetti hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lynn Nelson pinch hits for Hal Newhouser. Nelson hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Tebbetts hits a fly ball into right field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Breuer strikes out.
Top 3 Dahlgren hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gordon scores.
Top 3 Gordon hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McCosky who is chasing the ball. Gordon reaches third base with a triple. Selkirk scores.
Top 3 Selkirk hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Averill. Selkirk reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Dickey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Newhouser fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 DiMaggio hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 York hits a fly ball into right field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Averill strikes out.
Top 2 Keller is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Rolfe takes first base on ball four. Crosetti moves to second.
Top 2 Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Breuer takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Dahlgren hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 2 Gordon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Selkirk strikes out.
Bottom 1 Gehringer hits a line drive towards right. Keller catches it and throws to first to double up McCosky.
Bottom 1 McCosky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Bartell hits a fly ball into right field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Dickey hits a popup towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 DiMaggio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Keller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Crosetti scores.
Top 1 Rolfe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Crosetti moves to third.
Top 1 Crosetti hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Averill. Crosetti reaches second base with a double.