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May 5, 1940

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Tigers 5 11 0
Yankees 3 6 0
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Tigers 5 11 0
Yankees 3 6 0

Earl Averill Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .875
OBP .750 .875
At Bats 4 8
Hits 3 7
• Singles 3 5
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 0 1

Johnny Murphy Season Stats

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Yankee Stadium - May 5, 1940
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Out
Johnny Murphy
Bill Dickey
Babe Dahlgren
Joe Gordon
Red Rolfe
Frankie Crosetti
George Selkirk
Tommy Henrich
Charlie Keller
Earl Averill
Charlie Gehringer
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Averill bunts towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out. Gehringer moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Johnny Murphy now pitching. Gehringer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Crosetti strikes out.
Bottom 8 Buster Mills pinch hits for Marius Russo. Mills hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gordon scores.
Bottom 8 Dahlgren hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gordon moves to third.
Bottom 8 Henrich is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Gordon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 McCosky hits a popup towards first. Dahlgren settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bartell hits a fly ball into left field. Selkirk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 McKain strikes out.
Bottom 7 Dickey hits a popup towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Keller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McKain fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Selkirk hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Higgins takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 There goes York. The throw from Dickey and he is out, Gordon applying the tag.
Top 7 York hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Rolfe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Crosetti hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Russo hits a line drive towards third. Higgins reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Greenberg is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Averill hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Gehringer 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 6 McCosky hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Gordon reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Dahlgren hits a popup towards short. Bartell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Henrich hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Gordon strikes out.
Bottom 5 Dickey takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Bartell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Dahlgren settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 McKain hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to home to get Higgins. Tebbetts moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 5 Tebbetts hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Higgins moves to third.
Top 5 Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Marius Russo now pitching. York takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Archie McKain now pitching. Keller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McKain fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Selkirk takes first base on ball four. Dahlgren scores. Crosetti moves to third. Rolfe moves to second.
Bottom 4 Rolfe takes first base on ball four. Dahlgren moves to third. Crosetti moves to second.
Bottom 4 Crosetti hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Henrich scores. Dahlgren moves to second.
Bottom 4 Buddy Rosar pinch hits for Spud Chandler. Rosar hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Dahlgren takes first base on ball four. Henrich moves to second.
Bottom 4 Henrich takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Gordon strikes out.
Top 4 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Chandler fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Averill hits a popup towards short. Crosetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Gehringer takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dahlgren scoops it up and throws to first, with Chandler covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Dickey hits a line drive into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Keller hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Selkirk hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Rolfe hits a popup towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 3 Newsom hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Averill scores. York scores. Higgins moves to third. Newsom moves to second.
Top 3 Tebbetts hits a popup, foul, towards first. Dahlgren settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Higgins hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Averill moves to third. York moves to second.
Top 3 York is hit by the pitch. Averill moves to second.
Top 3 Greenberg hits a line drive into center field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Averill hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Crosetti hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Chandler strikes out.
Bottom 2 Dahlgren hits a popup towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Henrich hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Gehringer hits a line drive into right field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
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.