Yankees @ Tigers
July 30, 1940

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Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 8 10 0
Tigers 6 12 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 8 10 0
Tigers 6 12 2

Earl Averill Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .241
OBP .000 .255
At Bats 1 54
Hits 0 13
• Singles 0 9
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 1
RBI’s 0 9

Johnny Murphy Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 3 7
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Briggs Stadium - July 30, 1940
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Out
Johnny Murphy
Buddy Rosar
Babe Dahlgren
Joe Gordon
Red Rolfe
Frankie Crosetti
Charlie Keller
Joe DiMaggio
Tommy Henrich
Earl Averill

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 8 10 0 8
Detroit Tigers 6 12 2 5
Winning Pitcher Red Ruffing
Losing Pitcher Hal Newhouser
Save Johnny Murphy
Game Winning RBI Tommy Henrich
Attendance 14,845
Time of Game 2 hours 35 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Averill hits a fly ball into left field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Scat Metha pinch runs for Birdie Tebbetts. Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 9 Birdie Tebbetts pinch hits for Tom Seats. Tebbetts takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Gordon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Keller strikes out.
Top 9 Rosar hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sullivan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Johnny Murphy now pitching. Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Fox hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Higgins hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 York hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Greenberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Gehringer hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Averill hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Henrich is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Rolfe hits a popup, foul, towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Tom Seats now pitching. Earl Averill now playing center field. Crosetti takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Bartell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rosar settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bruce Campbell pinch hits for Clay Smith. Campbell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon fields it and throws to second for the out. Fox scores.
Bottom 7 Sullivan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fox moves to third.
Bottom 7 Fox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Higgins hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 York hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Ruffing hits a popup towards third. Higgins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Clay Smith now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Keller moves to third. Dahlgren moves to second.
Top 7 Dahlgren hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rosar scores. Keller moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. DiMaggio scores. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Keller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer misplays the ball. That's an error on Gehringer. DiMaggio moves to third. Rosar moves to second.
Top 7 Rosar hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Newhouser fields it and throws to third for the out. DiMaggio moves to second.
Top 7 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Henrich moves to second.
Top 7 Henrich hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards second. Gordon scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 6 Gehringer hits a fly ball into right field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 McCosky hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Rolfe hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Crosetti hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Ruffing hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 6 Dahlgren hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rosar scores. Gordon moves to second.
Top 6 Gordon is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Keller hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg catches it for the out, and throws it away. That's an error on Greenberg. Rosar moves to third.
Top 6 Rosar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Bartell hits a popup towards short. Crosetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Newhouser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Sullivan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Henrich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Rolfe hits a popup towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Gordon fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 4 Higgins hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 York hits a line drive into left field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Greenberg hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Crosetti hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Ruffing is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground towards second. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Keller scores. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 4 Gordon bunts towards the mound. Newhouser fields it and throws to first for the out. Keller moves to third.
Top 4 Keller hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McCosky. Keller reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Gehringer hits a line drive into left field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 McCosky hits a popup towards third. Rolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bartell hits a fly ball into left field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rosar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 DiMaggio strikes out.
Top 3 Henrich hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Fox. Henrich reaches second base with a double. Rolfe scores.
Top 3 The umpire calls a balk on Newhouser Rolfe moves to second.
Top 3 Rolfe takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Newhouser fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Newhouser hits a line drive towards short. Crosetti reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sullivan is walked intentionally.
Bottom 2 Fox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes York trying to get to third. Keller throws the ball in to Rolfe, who tags York for the out. Fox moves to second.
Bottom 2 Higgins strikes out.
Bottom 2 York hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Ruffing hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Newhouser fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Dahlgren strikes out.
Top 2 Gordon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Keller moves to second.
Top 2 Keller takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Rosar hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sullivan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Greenberg hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gehringer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 McCosky hits a fly ball towards left. Keller catches it and throws to first to double up Bartell.
Bottom 1 Bartell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 DiMaggio is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Henrich hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Rolfe hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Crosetti hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.