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Scores
Standings
SLB
@BOS		10
11
DET
@NYY		3
1
CHW
@PHA		6
7
CLE
@WSH		12
3
NYG
@CHC		1
0
PHI
@CIN		3
4
BRO
@PIT		5
10
BSN
@STL		1
0		 
(6)
Saturday, May 2, 1942,
, Yankee Stadium I
Attendance: Not Given, Time of Game: 0:00
Tigers
3
13-7
⇐ Won 2 ⇒
 at Yankees
1
10-7
⇐ Lost 2 ⇒
W: Tommy Bridges (2-1)
L: Marius Russo (0-1)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Tigers          0  1  0   0  0  0   0  0  2    3  6  0
Yankees         0  0  1   0  0  0   0  0  0    1  5  0

Detroit Tigers

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Jimmy Bloodworth 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .198 .559 2 6
Doc Cramer CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .220 .578 4 0
Barney McCosky LF 4 1 1 0 0 1 .333 .830 3 0
Rudy York 1B 4 2 2 3 0 0 .329 .959 11 2 2·HR
Don Ross RF 4 0 3 0 0 0 .727 1.860 1 0 2B
Pinky Higgins 3B 2 0 0 0 1 0 .264 .764 1 1 HBP
Billy Hitchcock SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 .267 .733 0 0 GDP
Birdie Tebbetts C 3 0 0 0 0 0 .322 .776 3 0
Tommy Bridges P 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .111 2 3
Team Totals 31 3 6 3 1 3 .194 .662 27 12
2B: D Ross (1).
HR: R York 2 (5).
HBP: P Higgins (2).
TB: R York 8; D Ross 4; B McCosky.
GIDP: B Hitchcock (3).
RBI: R York 3 (19).
Team LOB: 3.

New York Yankees

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Frankie Crosetti 3B 3 1 1 0 1 0 .350 .859 0 0
Buddy Hassett 1B 4 0 2 0 0 0 .294 .922 15 0
Tommy Henrich RF 3 0 1 0 1 0 .288 .883 1 0 2B
Joe DiMaggio CF 4 0 0 1 0 1 .290 .848 2 1
Charlie Keller LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .614 0 0
Bill Dickey C 4 0 0 0 0 0 .393 .925 4 0
Phil Rizzuto SS 2 0 0 0 2 0 .155 .462 3 6
Jerry Priddy 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .229 .593 2 9
Marius Russo P 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 0 2 SH
   George Selkirk PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .527
Team Totals 31 1 5 1 4 2 .161 .451 27 18
2B: T Henrich (3).
SH: M Russo (1).
TB: T Henrich 2; B Hassett 2; F Crosetti; J Priddy.
RBI: J DiMaggio (16).
Team LOB: 8.
Fielding
DP: 1. P Rizzuto-J Priddy-B Hassett.

Detroit Tigers

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Tommy Bridges, W (2-1) 9 5 1 1 4 2 0 2.00 36 71
Team Totals 9 5 1 1 4 2 0 1.00 36 71

New York Yankees

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Marius Russo, L (0-1) 9 6 3 3 1 3 2 3.00 33 65
Team Totals 9 6 3 3 1 3 2 3.00 33 65
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: M Russo (1).
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Joe Rue, 1B - Harry Geisel, 2B - (none), 3B - Bill Grieve.
Time of Game: 0:00.
Attendance: (null).
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Detroit Tigers         New York Yankees
1 Jimmy Bloodworth 2B 1 Frankie Crosetti 3B
2 Doc Cramer CF 2 Buddy Hassett 1B
3 Barney McCosky LF 3 Tommy Henrich RF
4 Rudy York 1B 4 Joe DiMaggio CF
5 Don Ross RF 5 Charlie Keller LF
6 Pinky Higgins 3B 6 Bill Dickey C
7 Billy Hitchcock SS 7 Phil Rizzuto SS
8 Birdie Tebbetts C 8 Jerry Priddy 2B
9 Tommy Bridges P 9 Marius Russo P

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