Tigers @ Athletics
May 4, 1942

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Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 6 12 0
Athletics 4 9 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 6 12 0
Athletics 4 9 0

Elmer Valo Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .275
OBP .250 .370
At Bats 4 40
Hits 1 11
• Singles 1 9
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 6
RBI’s 0 6

Hal Newhouser Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 2
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Shibe Park - May 4, 1942
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Out
Hal Newhouser
Birdie Tebbetts
Rudy York
Jimmy Bloodworth
Pinky Higgins
Billy Hitchcock
Barney McCosky
Doc Cramer
Don Ross
Elmer Valo
Mike Kreevich
Dee Miles
Eddie Collins

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Detroit Tigers 6 12 0 11
Philadelphia Athletics 4 9 0 7
Winning Pitcher Charlie Fuchs
Losing Pitcher Herman Besse
Save Hal Newhouser
Game Winning RBI Jimmy Bloodworth
Attendance 2,201
Time of Game 2 hours 10 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Dee Miles pinch runs for Frankie Hayes. Hal Newhouser now pitching. Kreevich takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Eddie Collins pinch runs for Pete Suder. Frankie Hayes pinch hits for Fred Caligiuri. Hayes hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cramer. Hayes reaches second base with a double. Collins moves to third.
Bottom 9 Suder hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Hitchcock fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 9 Wallaesa hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Wagner hits a fly ball into right field. Ross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Caligiuri fires to third and picks off Ross.
Top 9 Tebbetts takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Hitchcock hits a popup towards first. Siebert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Higgins hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Ross hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Kreevich who is chasing the ball. Ross reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 8 Siebert hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Fuchs, and towards Bloodworth, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Johnson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Blair is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 8 Valo strikes out.
Bottom 8 Kreevich hits a line drive into left field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 York strikes out.
Top 8 McCosky takes first base on ball four. Cramer moves to second.
Top 8 Cramer takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Bloodworth hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Caligiuri fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Fuchs strikes out.
Bottom 7 Caligiuri hits a fly ball into right field. Ross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Suder bunts in front of the plate. Tebbetts fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Wallaesa hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Wagner hits a fly ball into right field. Ross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wallaesa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Fred Caligiuri now pitching. There goes Hitchcock. The throw from Wagner and he is out, Suder applying the tag.
Top 7 Hitchcock hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Higgins scores.
Top 7 Higgins hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Kreevich. Higgins reaches second base with a double. Ross goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Ross hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 York hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Suder settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Siebert hits a line drive towards short. Hitchcock reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Johnson takes first base on ball four. Valo moves to second.
Bottom 6 Blair strikes out.
Bottom 6 Valo hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Kreevich hits a ball on the ground towards first. York scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kreevich for the out.
Top 6 McCosky hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Wagner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Cramer hits a popup towards first. Siebert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bloodworth hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Fuchs strikes out.
Bottom 5 Besse hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Suder strikes out. There goes Wallaesa. The throw from Tebbetts to Hitchcock, and Wallaesa is out. There goes Wagner. He's safe.
Bottom 5 Wallaesa hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wagner moves to third.
Bottom 5 Wagner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cramer. Wagner reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Tebbetts hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hitchcock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Besse fields it and throws to first for the out. Higgins scores.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Ross scores. Higgins moves to third.
Top 5 Higgins hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Ross moves to second.
Top 5 Ross hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blair fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 York hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Siebert hits a ball on the ground towards first. York scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Siebert for the out.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Valo moves to second.
Bottom 4 Blair hits a fly ball into right field. Ross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Valo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Kreevich hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 McCosky hits a popup, foul, towards third. Blair settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cramer hits a popup towards third. Blair settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bloodworth takes first base on ball four. Hitchcock scores. Tebbetts moves to third. Fuchs moves to second.
Top 4 Fuchs takes first base on ball four. Hitchcock moves to third. Tebbetts moves to second.
Top 4 Tebbetts takes first base on ball four. Hitchcock moves to second.
Top 4 Hitchcock takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Higgins hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Suder settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Besse hits a popup towards short. Hitchcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Suder hits a fly ball into right field. Ross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Wallaesa hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fuchs fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Ross hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 York hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Suder settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 McCosky hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bloodworth moves to second.
Top 3 Cramer hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bloodworth hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Wagner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hitchcock scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Siebert hits a ball on the ground towards first. York scoops it up and throws to first, with Fuchs covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hitchcock scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Fuchs hits a popup towards first. Siebert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Higgins moves to second.
Top 2 Hitchcock hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blair fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Ross is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Blair hits a ball on the ground towards first. York scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Blair for the out.
Bottom 1 Valo hits a fly ball into right field. Ross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kreevich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 York hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blair fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 McCosky hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Kreevich who is chasing the ball. McCosky reaches third base with a triple.
Top 1 Cramer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cramer for the out.
Top 1 Bloodworth hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.