Athletics @ Tigers
June 20, 1940

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Athletics 4 8 0
Tigers 1 2 1
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Athletics 5 9 0
Tigers 1 2 1

Al Brancato Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .266
OBP .333 .309
At Bats 3 64
Hits 1 17
• Singles 1 12
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 4
RBI’s 2 10

Hal Newhouser Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 2 0
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Briggs Stadium - June 20, 1940
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Home Run
Hal Newhouser
Birdie Tebbetts
Rudy York
Charlie Gehringer
Pinky Higgins
Dick Bartell
Hank Greenberg
Barney McCosky
Bruce Campbell
Al Brancato
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Brancato hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 5 Bartell hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Newhouser takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Tebbetts hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Dean hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lillard hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greenberg. Lillard reaches second base with a double. Siebert scores. Hayes goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Chapman strikes out.
Top 5 Hayes hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Newhouser fields it and throws to third for the out. Siebert moves to second.
Top 5 Siebert hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Newhouser fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Johnson moves to second.
Top 5 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Campbell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hayes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 York hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Greenberg hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Gehringer hits a line drive towards short. Lillard reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 McCoy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Newhouser fields it and throws to home to get Dean.
Top 4 Moses takes first base on ball four. Dean moves to third. Brancato moves to second.
Top 4 Brancato hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hayes scores. Chapman scores. Dean moves to second.
Top 4 Dean takes first base on ball four. Hayes moves to third. Chapman moves to second.
Top 4 Lillard strikes out.
Top 4 Chapman is hit by the pitch. Hayes moves to second.
Top 4 Hayes takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Siebert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 McCosky hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Newhouser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brancato fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 McCoy strikes out.
Top 3 Moses hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Tebbetts hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brancato fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Campbell hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Brancato hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Newhouser fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Dean hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 That's a pickoff.
Top 2 Lillard bunts towards first. York scoops it up and throws to first, with Gehringer covering, for the out. Chapman moves to second.
Top 2 Chapman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 York strikes out.
Bottom 1 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McCoy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gehringer moves to second.
Bottom 1 Gehringer takes first base on ball four.
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 ball on the ground towards third. Brancato fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Hayes hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Siebert hits a ball on the ground towards first. York fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering. Newhouser drops the ball. Moses moves to third. Johnson moves to second.
Top 1 Johnson takes first base on ball four. Moses moves to second.
Top 1 McCoy hits a popup towards short. Bartell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Moses hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Brancato hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.