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Scores
Standings
NYY
@CHW		7
1
BOS
@CLE		8
6
PHA
@DET		5
6		 
(11)
WSH
@SLB		7
6		 
(12)
STL
@BRO		2
1
PIT
@BSN		1
4
PIT
@BSN		2
2		 
(11)
CIN
@PHI		4
1
Saturday, September 12, 1942,
, Briggs Stadium
Attendance: 1,916, Time of Game: 2:15
Athletics
5
52-93
⇐ Lost 1 ⇒
 at Tigers
6
69-74
⇐ Won 1 ⇒
W: Virgil Trucks (13-8)
L: Bob Harris (2-10)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9  10 11    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -    -  -  -
Athletics       0  0  0   0  0  3   2  0  0   0  0    5  8  1
Tigers          0  0  0   1  0  1   3  0  0   0  1    6 13  2

Philadelphia Athletics

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Dee Miles CF 5 2 3 0 0 1 .273 .645 3 0
Crash Davis 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 .221 .564 4 4 SH
Elmer Valo RF 2 1 0 0 3 0 .259 .710 3 0
Bob Johnson LF 5 1 3 5 0 0 .287 .828 5 0 HR
Dick Siebert 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0 .260 .626 8 0
Buddy Blair 3B 5 0 1 0 0 0 .278 .723 2 2
Pete Suder SS 5 0 0 0 0 0 .261 .638 2 4
Bob Swift C 5 0 0 0 0 1 .216 .514 2 0 GDP
Bob Savage P 2 0 0 0 1 1 .125 .425 3 0
   Bob Harris P 2 0 0 0 0 1 .176 .406 0 0
Team Totals 40 5 8 5 4 4 .200 .548 32 10
HR: B Johnson (13).
SH: C Davis (7).
TB: B Johnson 6; D Miles 3; C Davis; B Blair.
GIDP: B Swift (5).
RBI: B Johnson 5 (77).
Team LOB: 7.
Fielding
DP: 1. P Suder-C Davis-D Siebert.
E: B Johnson (13).

Detroit Tigers

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Johnny Lipon SS 6 0 1 1 0 1 .225 .486 4 1
Doc Cramer CF 6 0 0 0 0 0 .257 .615 5 1
Don Ross RF 4 1 2 0 2 0 .278 .750 4 0 2B
Rudy York 1B 5 1 0 0 1 0 .263 .776 7 0 GDP
Barney McCosky LF 6 1 2 1 0 0 .299 .791 2 0
Pinky Higgins 3B 3 2 2 0 2 0 .266 .773 0 1
Dutch Meyer 2B 5 1 3 2 0 0 .417 1.083 5 3
Dixie Parsons C 3 0 1 0 0 0 .185 .461 3 1
   Charlie Gehringer 1 0 1 1 0 0 .231 .641
   Hank Riebe C 1 0 0 0 0 0 .314 .686 3 0
Al Benton P 2 0 0 0 0 1 .081 .177 0 1
   Rip Radcliff 0 0 0 0 1 0 .261 .620
   Johnny Gorsica P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 .400 0 0
   Ned Harris 1 0 1 1 0 0 .274 .788
   Virgil Trucks P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .113 .242 0 0
Team Totals 44 6 13 6 6 2 .295 .698 33 8
2B: D Ross (7).
TB: D Ross 3; D Meyer 3; P Higgins 2; B McCosky 2; J Lipon; C Gehringer; N Harris; D Parsons.
GIDP: R York (14).
RBI: D Meyer 2 (5); C Gehringer (6); N Harris (45); B McCosky (45); J Lipon (8).
Team LOB: 12.
Fielding
DP: 2. D Cramer-D Parsons; P Higgins-D Meyer-R York.
E: D Cramer (7); J Lipon (7).

Philadelphia Athletics

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Bob Savage 6.2 9 5 5 5 1 0 2.63 34 32
Bob Harris, L (2-10) 4 4 1 1 1 1 0 3.75 16
Team Totals 10.2 13 6 6 6 2 0 5.06 50 32

Detroit Tigers

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Al Benton 6 5 3 3 3 3 1 2.88 25 50
Johnny Gorsica 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 4.97 7
Virgil Trucks, W (13-8) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.53 13
Team Totals 11 8 5 5 4 4 1 4.09 45 50
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Eddie Rommel, 1B - Ernie Stewart, 2B - (none), 3B - Steve Basil.
Time of Game: 2:15.
Attendance: 1,916.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Philadelphia Athletics         Detroit Tigers
1 Dee Miles CF 1 Johnny Lipon SS
2 Crash Davis 2B 2 Doc Cramer CF
3 Elmer Valo RF 3 Don Ross RF
4 Bob Johnson LF 4 Rudy York 1B
5 Dick Siebert 1B 5 Barney McCosky LF
6 Buddy Blair 3B 6 Pinky Higgins 3B
7 Pete Suder SS 7 Dutch Meyer 2B
8 Bob Swift C 8 Dixie Parsons C
9 Bob Savage P 9 Al Benton P

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