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Scores
Standings
CHW
@CLE		5
1
SLB
@DET		6
7		 
(10)
PIT
@CHC		1
3
CIN
@STL		0
1
Wednesday, April 26, 1939,
, Briggs Stadium
Attendance: 4,765, Time of Game: 2:45
Browns
6
2-3
⇐ Lost 1 ⇒
 at Tigers
7
5-3
⇐ Won 1 ⇒
W: Bob Harris (1-0)
L: Jim Walkup (0-1)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9  10    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -   -    -  -  -
Browns          1  1  0   0  1  1   1  1  0   0    6 15  1
Tigers          0  0  0   3  0  0   0  3  0   1    7 12  0

St.Louis Browns

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Mel Almada CF 6 2 3 2 0 0 .217 .628 1 0 HR
Joe Grace LF 5 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .801 0 0
George McQuinn 1B 6 1 3 0 0 0 .348 .897 16 1 2B
Red Kress SS 5 0 2 2 0 0 .364 .727 0 2
Harlond Clift 3B 4 0 0 0 1 1 .278 .760 1 3 GDP
Myril Hoag RF 5 1 1 1 0 0 .389 1.283 4 0 HR
Johnny Berardino 2B 5 0 1 0 0 1 .263 .649 2 5
Billy Sullivan C 4 2 3 1 1 0 .417 1.212 4 0 HR,2B
Bobo Newsom P 4 0 2 0 0 0 .250 .500 1 3
   Roy Hughes 0 0 0 0 1 0
   Jim Walkup P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 44 6 15 6 4 2 .341 .987 29 14
2B: G McQuinn (4); B Sullivan (1).
HR: M Hoag (2); B Sullivan (1); M Almada (1).
TB: B Sullivan 7; M Almada 6; G McQuinn 4; M Hoag 4; B Newsom 2; R Kress 2; J Berardino.
GIDP: H Clift (1).
RBI: R Kress 2 (4); M Almada 2 (2); M Hoag (6); B Sullivan (1).
Team LOB: 12.
Fielding
E: J Berardino (1).

Detroit Tigers

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Barney McCosky CF 5 1 3 0 0 1 .515 1.337 5 0 2B
Dixie Walker LF 4 0 0 0 1 0 .294 .775 3 0
Charlie Gehringer 2B 5 2 3 2 0 0 .258 .798 4 3 HR
Hank Greenberg 1B 5 3 2 3 0 1 .400 1.326 10 0 2·HR
Pete Fox RF 5 0 1 0 0 2 .361 .767 3 0 2B
Birdie Tebbetts C 3 0 0 0 0 0 .313 .625 3 0
   Rudy York C 1 0 0 0 1 0 .211 .496 2 0
Billy Rogell SS 5 1 2 2 0 0 .200 .627 0 3 HR
Mark Christman 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .143 .429 0 2 2B
Vern Kennedy P 2 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .500 0 1
   Slick Coffman P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   Les Fleming 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
   Bob Harris P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 2
Team Totals 41 7 12 7 2 5 .293 .984 30 11
2B: M Christman (1); P Fox (1); B McCosky (5).
HR: B Rogell (1); H Greenberg 2 (3); C Gehringer (1).
TB: H Greenberg 8; C Gehringer 6; B Rogell 5; B McCosky 4; P Fox 2; M Christman 2.
RBI: H Greenberg 3 (7); C Gehringer 2 (5); B Rogell 2 (6).
Team LOB: 7.
Fielding
DP: 1. M Christman-C Gehringer-H Greenberg.

St.Louis Browns

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Bobo Newsom 9 10 6 6 1 5 4 3.50 38 47
Jim Walkup, L (0-1) 0.2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0.00 5
Team Totals 9.2 12 7 6 2 5 4 5.59 43 47

Detroit Tigers

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Vern Kennedy 5.2 9 4 4 1 1 3 4.26 26 35
Slick Coffman 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 6.75 6
Bob Harris, W (1-0) 3 4 1 1 3 1 0 2.45 16
Team Totals 10 15 6 6 4 2 3 5.40 48 35
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Lou Kolls, 1B - Joe Rue, 2B - (none), 3B - Harry Geisel.
Time of Game: 2:45.
Attendance: 4,765.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

St.Louis Browns         Detroit Tigers
1 Mel Almada CF 1 Barney McCosky CF
2 Joe Grace LF 2 Dixie Walker LF
3 George McQuinn 1B 3 Charlie Gehringer 2B
4 Red Kress SS 4 Hank Greenberg 1B
5 Harlond Clift 3B 5 Pete Fox RF
6 Myril Hoag RF 6 Birdie Tebbetts C
7 Johnny Berardino 2B 7 Billy Rogell SS
8 Billy Sullivan C 8 Mark Christman 3B
9 Bobo Newsom P 9 Vern Kennedy P

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