Yankees @ Tigers
May 23, 1940

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Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 2 6 1
Tigers 2 7 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 2 6 1
Tigers 3 7 0

Billy Sullivan Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .167
OBP .000 .231
At Bats 3 12
Hits 0 2
• Singles 0 0
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 1
RBI’s 0 3

Red Ruffing Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 3 0
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Briggs Stadium - May 23, 1940
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Red Ruffing
Bill Dickey
Babe Dahlgren
Joe Gordon
Red Rolfe
Frankie Crosetti
George Selkirk
Joe DiMaggio
Charlie Keller
Billy Sullivan
Pinky Higgins
Bruce Campbell
Rudy York

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 2 6 1 6
Detroit Tigers 3 7 0 6
Winning Pitcher Bobo Newsom
Losing Pitcher Red Ruffing
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Billy Sullivan
Attendance 9,429
Time of Game 2 hours 2 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Sullivan hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. York scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Higgins is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Campbell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Selkirk. Campbell reaches second base with a double. York moves to third.
Bottom 9 York hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 9 Greenberg hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Selkirk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 McCosky hits a fly ball into right field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bartell hits a popup towards short. Crosetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Dickey hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball 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 left field, out of the reach of Greenberg. Keller reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Rolfe hits a popup towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Newsom strikes out.
Bottom 7 Sullivan hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Higgins hits a popup towards first. Dahlgren settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Crosetti strikes out.
Top 7 Ruffing hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Newsom fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Dahlgren is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Campbell hits a popup towards first. Dahlgren settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 York hits a popup towards third. Rolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Greenberg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gehringer moves to second.
Bottom 6 Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe juggles the ball. That's an error on Rolfe.
Bottom 6 There goes McCosky. The throw from Dickey and he is out, Gordon applying the tag.
Bottom 6 McCosky hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 6 Selkirk hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Dickey takes first base on ball four. DiMaggio moves to second.
Top 6 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Keller hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Bartell is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Newsom hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first, with Ruffing covering, for the out.
Top 5 Rolfe hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Crosetti hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sullivan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Ruffing is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Dahlgren takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Higgins hits a popup towards first. Dahlgren settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Campbell hits a ball on the ground towards second. Gordon scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 4 York takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Selkirk takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Dickey hits a popup in front of the plate. Sullivan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 DiMaggio hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Gehringer hits a popup towards first. Dahlgren settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 McCosky hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Newsom spins and fires to second, with Bartell covering, and Rolfe is picked off.
Top 3 Keller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rolfe moves to second.
Top 3 Rolfe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Crosetti hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Ruffing hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Bartell strikes out.
Bottom 2 Newsom hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sullivan hits a line drive into right field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Higgins hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Selkirk. Higgins reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Dahlgren strikes out.
Top 2 Gordon strikes out.
Top 2 Selkirk hits a popup, foul, towards third. Higgins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Campbell hits a fly ball into left field. Selkirk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 York hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Greenberg hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Gehringer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Bartell hits a popup towards short. Crosetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Dickey strikes out.
Top 1 DiMaggio hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Keller hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rolfe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Crosetti strikes out.