Tigers @ Yankees
September 8, 1945

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Hank Greenberg Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .306
OBP .500 .382
At Bats 4 147
Hits 2 45
• Singles 2 28
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 18
RBI’s 2 31

Ken Holcombe Season Stats

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2 1 0
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Yankee Stadium - September 8, 1945
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Home Run
Ken Holcombe
Herb Crompton
Nick Etten
Snuffy Stirnweiss
Oscar Grimes
Frankie Crosetti
Charlie Keller
Tuck Stainback
Bud Metheny
Hank Greenberg
Doc Cramer
Joe Hoover
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Greenberg hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Cramer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti misplays the ball. That's an error on Crosetti. Hoover moves to third.
Top 8 Mayo hits a fly ball into center field. Stainback settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Hoover hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Metheny. Hoover reaches second base with a double. Overmire scores.
Top 8 Tuck Stainback now playing center field. Herb Crompton now catching. Overmire hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Metheny who is chasing the ball. Overmire reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 7 Red Ruffing pinch hits for Bill Drescher. Ruffing hits a ball on the ground towards third. Outlaw fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Etten hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mayo fields it and throws to second for the out. Stainback moves to third.
Bottom 7 Keller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stirnweiss scores. Stainback moves to second.
Bottom 7 Tuck Stainback pinch hits for Russ Derry. Stainback hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stirnweiss moves to third.
Bottom 7 Stubby Overmire now pitching. Metheny hits a fly ball into right field. Cullenbine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Stirnweiss hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cullenbine. Stirnweiss reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Richards hits a fly ball into left field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Outlaw takes first base on ball four. Cullenbine moves to second.
Top 7 York hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Cullenbine hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Ken Holcombe now pitching. Greenberg hits a fly ball into right field. Metheny settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hersh Martin pinch hits for Steve Roser. Martin hits a fly ball into center field. Cramer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hoover misplays the ball. That's an error on Hoover. Drescher scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Grimes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hoover scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Etten scores. Drescher moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Drescher hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greenberg. Drescher reaches second base with a double. Keller scores. Etten moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Etten takes first base on ball four. Keller moves to second.
Bottom 6 Keller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mayo misplays the ball. That's an error on Mayo.
Bottom 6 Derry strikes out.
Top 6 Cramer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Mayo hits a fly ball into left field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hoover hits a fly ball into center field. Derry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Metheny hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mayo fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Stirnweiss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mayo fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Roser hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Crosetti strikes out.
Top 5 Trout hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Richards strikes out.
Top 5 Outlaw hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 York hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Grimes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Outlaw fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Drescher hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Etten hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mayo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Cullenbine strikes out.
Top 4 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cramer moves to second.
Top 4 Cramer takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Mayo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Etten scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mayo for the out.
Top 4 Hoover hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Keller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hoover fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Derry takes first base on ball four. Metheny moves to second.
Bottom 3 Metheny hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Stirnweiss hits a fly ball into right field. Cullenbine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Steve Roser now pitching. Trout hits a ball on the ground towards third. Grimes fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 3 Richards hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. York scores. Outlaw moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Outlaw hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti misplays the ball. That's an error on Crosetti. Cullenbine scores. York moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 3 York hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Metheny. York reaches second base with a double. Greenberg scores. Cullenbine moves to third.
Top 3 Cullenbine hits a ball on the ground towards third. Grimes fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Greenberg moves to second.
Top 3 Greenberg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hoover scores.
Top 3 Cramer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Mayo bunts towards the mound. Page fields it and throws to first for the out. Hoover moves to third.
Top 3 Hoover hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Metheny. Hoover reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Page hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hoover scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hoover scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Drescher moves to third.
Bottom 2 Grimes bunts towards the mound. Trout fields it and throws to first for the out. Drescher moves to second.
Bottom 2 Drescher hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Trout hits a fly ball into right field. Metheny settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Richards hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Outlaw moves to second.
Top 2 Outlaw takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 York hits a fly ball into center field. Derry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Etten hits a fly ball into center field. Cramer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Keller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trout fields it, throws to the plate for one, and over to first for the double play. Metheny moves to third. Derry moves to second.
Bottom 1 Derry bunts towards the mound. Trout fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Stirnweiss moves to third. Metheny moves to second.
Bottom 1 Metheny hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Stirnweiss moves to second.
Bottom 1 Stirnweiss hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Cullenbine hits a fly ball into center field. Derry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Greenberg hits a fly ball into right field. Metheny settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hoover scores.
Top 1 Cramer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hoover moves to third.
Top 1 Mayo bunts towards the mound. Page fields it and throws to first for the out. Hoover moves to second.
Top 1 Hoover takes first base on ball four.