Tigers @ Athletics
July 14, 1940

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Bottom 7 R H E
Tigers 2 6 2
Athletics 5 9 0
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Tigers 2 6 2
Athletics 5 9 0

Nels Potter Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .242
OBP .667 .286
At Bats 3 33
Hits 2 8
• Singles 1 7
• Doubles 1 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 2
RBI’s 1 3

Al Benton Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 4 6
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Shibe Park - July 14, 1940
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Al Benton
Billy Sullivan
Rudy York
Charlie Gehringer
Scat Metha
Frank Croucher
Hank Greenberg
Barney McCosky
Pete Fox
Nels Potter
Bill Lillard
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Potter hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sullivan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Lillard takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Rubeling hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hayes scores.
Bottom 7 Hayes hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Fox who is chasing the ball. Hayes reaches third base with a triple. Johnson goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Siebert hits a popup, foul, towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Scat Metha now playing third base. Al Benton now pitching. Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Croucher hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Earl Averill pinch hits for Johnny Gorsica. Averill hits a fly ball into right field. Miles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bruce Campbell pinch hits for Red Kress. Campbell takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Sullivan hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 There goes Fox. The throw from Hayes and he is safe. Fox steals second.
Top 7 Fox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Chapman strikes out.
Bottom 6 Miles hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gorsica fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Gantenbein bunts towards the mound. Gorsica fields it and throws to first for the out. Lillard moves to third. Potter moves to second.
Bottom 6 Potter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rubeling scores. Lillard moves to second.
Bottom 6 Lillard hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Hayes scores. Rubeling moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 6 Rubeling hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hayes moves to third.
Bottom 6 Hayes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 York hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Potter fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Greenberg hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McCosky scores.
Top 6 Gehringer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McCosky moves to third.
Top 6 McCosky hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Siebert hits a ball on the ground towards first. York scoops it up and throws to first, with Gorsica covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Johnson is hit by the pitch. Miles moves to third. Chapman moves to second.
Bottom 5 Chapman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Miles moves to second.
Bottom 5 Miles hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gorsica fields it and throws to home to get Potter. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 5 Gantenbein hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Potter moves to third.
Bottom 5 Potter hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Fox. Potter reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Croucher is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Gorsica hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gantenbein fields it and throws to first for the out. Sullivan moves to second.
Top 5 Kress hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Fox scores.
Top 5 Sullivan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fox moves to third.
Top 5 Fox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Lillard hits a popup towards short. Croucher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Rubeling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Croucher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Hayes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Croucher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 York hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gantenbein fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Gehringer hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Siebert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Chapman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Miles 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 Gantenbein hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gorsica fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rubeling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Croucher hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Gorsica strikes out.
Top 3 Kress strikes out.
Bottom 2 Potter hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lillard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Croucher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Rubeling. The throw from Sullivan and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 2 Rubeling hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Hayes 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 2 Sullivan hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Fox hits a fly ball into right field. Miles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 York hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Siebert hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Johnson takes first base on ball four. Miles moves to second.
Bottom 1 Chapman strikes out.
Bottom 1 Miles hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gorsica juggles the ball. That's an error on Gorsica.
Bottom 1 Gantenbein 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 1 Greenberg is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rubeling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. McCosky moves to second.
Top 1 McCosky takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Croucher hits a popup towards third. Gantenbein settles under it and makes the catch for the out.