Tigers @ Yankees
May 5, 1940

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Bottom 1	R	H	E
Tigers	3	4	0
Yankees	0	1	0

Bottom 1	R	H	E
Tigers	3	4	0
Yankees	0	1	0

Joe Gordon Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.146
OBP	.000	.196
At Bats	0	48
Hits	0	7
• Singles	0	3
• Doubles	0	1
• Triples	0	1
• Home Runs	0	2
Walks	0	3
RBI’s	0	9

Bobo Newsom Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
0	0	0

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Yankee Stadium - May 5, 1940

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Bobo Newsom

Birdie Tebbetts

Rudy York

Charlie Gehringer

Pinky Higgins

Dick Bartell

Hank Greenberg

Barney McCosky

Earl Averill

Joe Gordon

Bill Dickey

Charlie Keller

George Selkirk

Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 1 Dickey takes first base on ball four. Selkirk moves to third. Keller moves to second.

Bottom 1 Keller takes first base on ball four. Selkirk moves to second.

Bottom 1 Selkirk hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 1 Rolfe strikes out.

Bottom 1 Crosetti strikes out.

Top 1 Newsom hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Chandler fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Tebbetts takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out. Averill scores. Greenberg moves to third. York moves to second.

Top 1 York hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Averill moves to third. Greenberg moves to second.

Top 1 Greenberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gehringer scores. Averill moves to second.

Top 1 Averill hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gehringer moves to third.

Top 1 Gehringer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bartell scores.

Top 1 McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bartell moves to second.

Top 1 Bartell is hit by the pitch.

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