Yankees @ Tigers
July 20, 1941

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Yankees 6 13 2
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Tigers 6 14 3

Johnny Sturm Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .200 .247
OBP .429 .308
At Bats 5 263
Hits 1 65
• Singles 1 53
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 2 21
RBI’s 0 20

Al Benton Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 1 2
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Briggs Stadium - July 20, 1941
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Strikeout
Al Benton
Birdie Tebbetts
Rudy York
Charlie Gehringer
Pinky Higgins
Frank Croucher
Barney McCosky
Tuck Stainback
Bruce Campbell
Johnny Sturm
Phil Rizzuto
Joe Gordon
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Sturm strikes out. Tebbetts drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Sturm out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 15 Murphy bunts towards the mound. Benton fields it and throws to first for the out. Gordon moves to third. Rizzuto moves to second.
Top 15 Rizzuto hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gordon moves to second.
Top 15 Gordon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 15 Dickey hits a popup, foul, towards third. Higgins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 14 Croucher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Murphy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 14 Tebbetts strikes out.
Bottom 14 Gehringer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 14 York strikes out.
Top 14 Keller hits a fly ball into center field. Stainback settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 14 DiMaggio is walked intentionally.
Top 14 Henrich hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out. Rolfe moves to second.
Top 14 Rolfe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 14 Sturm hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Benton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 13 Campbell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sturm fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Bottom 13 Higgins takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 13 McCosky 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 13 Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Croucher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 13 Rizzuto hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Benton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 13 Gordon strikes out.
Bottom 12 Stainback hits a popup towards first. Sturm settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 12 Benton bunts towards first. Sturm fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Gordon covering. It's a double play.
Bottom 12 Croucher hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 12 Dickey hits a fly ball into center field. Stainback settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Keller strikes out.
Top 12 DiMaggio hits a popup towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Tebbetts hits a popup, foul, towards first. Sturm settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Gehringer is walked intentionally. McCosky moves to third. York moves to second.
Bottom 11 York is walked intentionally.
Bottom 11 Campbell strikes out.
Bottom 11 Higgins bunts towards first. Sturm scoops it up and throws to first, with Gordon covering, for the out. McCosky moves to second.
Bottom 11 McCosky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 11 Henrich hits a fly ball into center field. Stainback settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Rolfe hits a popup, foul, towards third. Higgins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Sturm hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 11 Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Croucher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Stainback hits a popup towards third. Rolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Benton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Croucher hits a fly ball into left field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Rizzuto hits a popup towards third. Higgins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Croucher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Dickey 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 9 Tebbetts hits a fly ball into left field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Gehringer hits a line drive into right field. Henrich picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Henrich. Higgins scores. Campbell moves to third. Gehringer moves to second.
Bottom 9 Johnny Murphy now pitching. York hits a fly ball into left field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McCosky scores.
Bottom 9 Campbell takes first base on ball four. McCosky moves to third. Higgins moves to second.
Bottom 9 Higgins hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McCosky moves to second.
Bottom 9 McCosky takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Stainback hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 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.
Top 9 DiMaggio hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Campbell. DiMaggio reaches second base with a double. Rolfe goes all the way around to score.
Top 9 Henrich hits a fly ball into center field. Stainback settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Sturm scores.
Top 9 Rolfe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sturm moves to third.
Top 9 Sturm takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Branch hits a popup towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Benton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Croucher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Tebbetts hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Rizzuto hits a ball on the ground towards short. Croucher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Gordon hits a popup, foul, towards short. Croucher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Dickey hits a fly ball into left field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gehringer hits a fly ball into right field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 York hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Campbell hits a popup towards first. Sturm settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Keller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Benton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 DiMaggio hits a fly ball into center field. Stainback settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Henrich hits a fly ball into center field. Stainback settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Benton fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Benton. Rolfe moves to second.
Top 7 Rolfe takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 McCosky takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Stainback strikes out.
Bottom 6 Benton bunts towards the mound. Branch fields it and throws to first for the out. Croucher moves to second.
Bottom 6 Croucher hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Sturm hits a fly ball into left field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Branch bunts towards the mound. Benton fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first, with Gehringer covering - double play.
Top 6 Al Benton now pitching. Rizzuto hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Tebbetts hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Gehringer takes first base on ball four. Campbell moves to third. York moves to second.
Bottom 5 Norm Branch now pitching. York is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 Campbell hits a line drive into left field. Keller picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Keller. Campbell moves to second.
Bottom 5 Higgins hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 5 McCosky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Radcliff moves to third.
Bottom 5 Stainback hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rip Radcliff pinch hits for Tommy Bridges. Radcliff hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sturm fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Croucher hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Gordon hits a fly ball towards left. McCosky catches it, throws to Croucher, who relays to second to get Keller, who can't get back to the bag on time. Double play.
Top 5 Dickey takes first base on ball four. Keller moves to second.
Top 5 Keller takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 DiMaggio hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Henrich hits a fly ball into left field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Tebbetts hits a popup towards short. Rizzuto settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gehringer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 York is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Campbell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Rolfe hits a ball on the ground towards first. York scoops it up and throws to first, with Bridges covering, for the out.
Top 4 Sturm hits a popup towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Breuer bunts towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out. Rizzuto moves to second.
Top 4 Rizzuto hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Higgins hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Keller settles under the ball 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.
Bottom 3 Stainback hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Bridges hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Breuer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Dickey hits a fly ball into left field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Keller scores. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Keller hits a line drive into center field. That will be extra bases. Stainback fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Stainback. DiMaggio scores. Keller moves to third.
Top 3 DiMaggio hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of McCosky. DiMaggio reaches second base with a double. Rolfe goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Henrich hits a popup, foul, towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rolfe hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Croucher hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Dickey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Tebbetts hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Keller. Tebbetts reaches second base with a double. Gehringer scores.
Bottom 2 Gehringer hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio. Gehringer reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 York hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Campbell hits a popup towards third. Rolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Sturm hits a popup towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Breuer is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Rizzuto is walked intentionally.
Top 2 Gordon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Dickey moves to third. Gordon moves to second.
Top 2 Dickey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bridges juggles the ball. That's an error on Bridges.
Top 2 Keller hits a popup towards short. Croucher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Higgins 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 1 McCosky hits a fly ball into left field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Stainback 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 1 DiMaggio hits a fly ball into right field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Henrich hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bridges fields it and throws to first for the out. Sturm moves to second.
Top 1 Rolfe hits a popup towards short. Croucher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Sturm takes first base on ball four.