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Scores
Standings
BOS
@CHW		2
9
PHA
@CLE		0
6
WSH
@DET		2
5
NYY
@SLB		11
0
NYY
@SLB		8
2
Friday, August 25, 1939,
, Briggs Stadium
Attendance: 5,693, Time of Game: 2:07
Senators
2
50-69
⇐ Lost 4 ⇒
 at Tigers
5
61-56
⇐ Won 2 ⇒
W: Bobo Newsom (15-10)
L: Joe Haynes (5-10)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Senators        0  1  0   0  0  0   0  0  1    2  4  2
Tigers          0  3  1   0  0  0   1  0  X    5 12  0

Washington Senators

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
George Case RF 4 0 1 1 0 0 .309 .759 4 0
Buddy Lewis 3B 3 0 0 0 1 0 .324 .900 0 2
Sam West CF 3 0 0 0 1 0 .284 .806 6 0
Taffy Wright LF 3 0 0 0 1 0 .307 .786 2 0
Cecil Travis SS 3 1 1 0 1 0 .281 .720 2 2
Jimmy Bloodworth 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 .290 .717 2 1
Mickey Vernon 1B 3 0 1 1 1 0 .232 .606 4 1
Rick Ferrell C 4 0 0 0 0 1 .292 .761 3 0
Joe Haynes P 3 0 0 0 0 2 .224 .514 1 2
Team Totals 30 2 4 2 5 3 .133 .390 24 8
TB: J Bloodworth; C Travis; G Case; M Vernon.
RBI: G Case (31); M Vernon (13).
Team LOB: 6.
Fielding
DP: 1. C Travis-J Bloodworth-M Vernon.
E: T Wright (9); C Travis (20).

Detroit Tigers

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Barney McCosky CF 5 0 0 0 0 0 .306 .811 4 0
Earl Averill LF 4 1 3 2 1 0 .285 .874 4 0 2·2B
Charlie Gehringer 2B 5 0 2 1 0 0 .346 1.007 1 4
Rudy York 1B 3 0 1 0 2 1 .333 .959 10 0
Pete Fox RF 4 1 1 0 1 0 .290 .745 2 1
Pinky Higgins 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .308 .807 1 3 2B
Billy Rogell SS 3 2 3 1 1 0 .228 .675 1 3
Birdie Tebbetts C 4 0 1 0 0 0 .281 .730 4 0
Bobo Newsom P 4 1 0 0 0 1 .191 .425 0 1 GDP
Team Totals 36 5 12 4 5 2 .333 .831 27 12
2B: P Higgins (16); E Averill 2 (21).
TB: E Averill 5; B Rogell 3; P Higgins 2; C Gehringer 2; P Fox; R York; B Tebbetts.
GIDP: B Newsom (4).
RBI: E Averill 2 (58); C Gehringer (64); B Rogell (21).
Team LOB: 12.
Fielding
DP: 1. P Fox-B Rogell-R York.

Washington Senators

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Joe Haynes, L (5-10) 8 12 5 1 5 2 0 5.64 41 43
Team Totals 8 12 5 1 5 2 0 1.12 41 43

Detroit Tigers

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Bobo Newsom, W (15-10) 9 4 2 2 5 3 0 3.81 35 69
Team Totals 9 4 2 2 5 3 0 2.00 35 69
Balks: None.
WP: J Haynes 2 (5).
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - John Quinn, 1B - Bill McGowan, 2B - (none), 3B - Bill Grieve.
Time of Game: 2:07.
Attendance: 5,693.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Washington Senators         Detroit Tigers
1 George Case RF 1 Barney McCosky CF
2 Buddy Lewis 3B 2 Earl Averill LF
3 Sam West CF 3 Charlie Gehringer 2B
4 Taffy Wright LF 4 Rudy York 1B
5 Cecil Travis SS 5 Pete Fox RF
6 Jimmy Bloodworth 2B 6 Pinky Higgins 3B
7 Mickey Vernon 1B 7 Billy Rogell SS
8 Rick Ferrell C 8 Birdie Tebbetts C
9 Joe Haynes P 9 Bobo Newsom P

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