Indians @ Tigers
July 4, 1940

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Bottom 11 R H E
Indians 2 6 1
Tigers 1 7 2
Bottom 11 R H E
Indians 2 6 1
Tigers 1 7 2

Earl Averill Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .261
OBP .000 .277
At Bats 0 46
Hits 0 12
• Singles 0 8
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 1
RBI’s 0 9

Johnny Allen Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 3 1
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Briggs Stadium - July 4, 1940
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Out
Johnny Allen
Frankie Pytlak
Hal Trosky
Ray Mack
Ken Keltner
Lou Boudreau
Ben Chapman
Roy Weatherly
Beau Bell
Earl Averill
Pete Fox

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cleveland Indians 2 6 1 8
Detroit Tigers 1 7 2 10
Winning Pitcher Johnny Allen
Losing Pitcher Al Benton
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Beau Bell
Attendance 57,633
Time of Game 2 hours 30 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Earl Averill pinch hits for Birdie Tebbetts. Averill hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 11 Scat Metha pinch runs for Red Kress. Fox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau throws to second for one, and Mack throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Fox moves to second.
Bottom 11 Kress takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 11 York is called out on strikes.
Top 11 Keltner hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Chapman strikes out.
Top 11 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Weatherly scores. Trosky moves to third.
Top 11 Trosky is walked intentionally.
Top 11 Mack bunts in front of the plate. Tebbetts fields it and throws to first for the out. Weatherly moves to second.
Top 11 Weatherly hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Johnny Allen now pitching. Greenberg hits a fly ball into left field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Gehringer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 10 McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards first. Trosky scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McCosky for the out. Bartell moves to second.
Bottom 10 Bartell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Benton is called out on strikes.
Top 10 Boudreau hits a line drive into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Milnar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Pytlak hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Tebbetts hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Fox hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. York moves to third.
Bottom 9 Kress hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau fields it and throws to third for the out. Gehringer scores. York moves to second.
Bottom 9 York bunts towards third. Keltner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gehringer moves to third. Greenberg moves to second.
Bottom 9 Greenberg takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Gehringer hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Weatherly. Gehringer reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Keltner strikes out.
Top 9 Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Al Benton now pitching. Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Bartell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Frank Croucher pinch hits for Hal Newhouser. Croucher hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Trosky strikes out.
Top 8 Mack strikes out.
Top 8 Weatherly bunts towards third. Kress fields it and throws to first for the out. Boudreau moves to second.
Top 8 Boudreau takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Fox hits a fly ball into left field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kress hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 York hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Milnar strikes out.
Top 7 Pytlak hits a popup towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Keltner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell misplays the ball. That's an error on Bartell.
Top 7 Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kress fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Greenberg hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Trosky fields it, tags the runner, and races towards first, beating Gehringer, for the double play.
Bottom 6 McCosky takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Trosky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Weatherly moves to third.
Top 6 Mack bunts towards third. Kress settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Weatherly hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Fox. Weatherly reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Bartell hits a popup towards short. Boudreau settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Newhouser hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Milnar strikes out.
Top 5 Pytlak hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Fox hits a line drive into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kress hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. Greenberg moves to third. York moves to second.
Bottom 4 York takes first base on ball four. Greenberg moves to second.
Bottom 4 Greenberg takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Keltner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kress fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Chapman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greenberg. Chapman reaches second base with a double. Trosky scores. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Newhouser fields it and throws to first for the out. Trosky moves to second.
Top 4 Trosky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer misplays the ball. That's an error on Gehringer.
Top 4 Mack hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 McCosky hits a fly ball into left field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bartell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Keltner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Newhouser hits a fly ball into left field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Weatherly 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 Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kress fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Milnar strikes out. Tebbetts drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Milnar out.
Bottom 2 Tebbetts hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Fox. The throw from Pytlak and he is out, Mack applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Fox hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Kress hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Pytlak hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Newhouser fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Keltner strikes out.
Top 2 Chapman takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Bell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Trosky hits a line drive off the glove of Kress, and into shallow left field. Trosky reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 York hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Greenberg is walked intentionally.
Bottom 1 Gehringer bunts towards the mound. Milnar fields it and throws to first for the out. Bartell moves to third. McCosky moves to second.
Bottom 1 McCosky hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bartell moves to second.
Bottom 1 Bartell takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Mack hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Newhouser scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mack for the out.
Top 1 Weatherly hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Boudreau hits a popup towards short. Bartell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.