1937 All-Star Game Play by Play

1937 All-Star Game Play by Play

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"I can pitch against American Leaguers with a case of paralysis." - Van Mungo

NL STARS 1ST: Waner grounded out (Rolfe to Gehrig); Herman popped to Dickey in foul territory; Vaughan singled to Averill; Medwick forced Vaughan (Cronin to Gehringer); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. NL Stars 0, AL Stars 0.

AL STARS 1ST: Rolfe grounded out (Mize unassisted); Gehringer lined to Bartell; DiMaggio walked; Gehrig struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. NL Stars 0, AL Stars 0.

NL STARS 2ND: Demaree flied to Averill; Mize flied to West; Hartnett grounded out (Gehringer to Gehrig); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. NL Stars 0, AL Stars 0.

AL STARS 2ND: Averill singled to Waner; Cronin flied to Waner; Dickey singled [Averill to second]; West flied to Demaree; Gomez struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. NL Stars 0, AL Stars 0.

NL STARS 3RD: Bartell grounded out (Cronin to Gehrig); Dean flied to DiMaggio; Waner flied to West; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. NL Stars 0, AL Stars 0.

AL STARS 3RD: Rolfe grounded out (Bartell to Mize); Gehringer grounded out (Herman to Mize); DiMaggio singled to Demaree; Gehrig homered [DiMaggio scored]; Averill grounded out (Dean to Herman to Mize); Dean suffered broken toe on line drive; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. NL Stars 0, AL Stars 2.

NL STARS 4TH: BRIDGES REPLACED GOMEZ (PITCHING); Herman singled to West; Vaughan grounded out (Bridges to Gehrig) [Herman to second]; Medwick doubled [Herman scored]; Demaree popped to Gehringer; Mize grounded out (Cronin to Gehrig); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. NL Stars 1, AL Stars 2.

AL STARS 4TH: HUBBELL REPLACED DEAN (PITCHING); Cronin flied to Medwick; Dickey walked; West singled [Dickey to third]; Bridges struck out; Rolfe tripled to Waner [Dickey scored, West scored]; Gehringer singled [Rolfe scored]; BLANTON REPLACED HUBBELL (PITCHING); DiMaggio struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. NL Stars 1, AL Stars 5.

NL STARS 5TH: Hartnett singled to Averill; Bartell flied to West; OTT BATTED FOR BLANTON; Ott doubled to DiMaggio [Hartnett to third]; Waner made an out to West [Hartnett scored]; Herman reached on an error by Rolfe [Ott to third]; Vaughan popped to Gehrig in foul territory; Umpires moved: Barr (hp), Quinn (1b), Pinelli (2b), McGowan (3b); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. NL Stars 2, AL Stars 5.

AL STARS 5TH: GRISSOM REPLACED OTT (PITCHING); Gehrig struck out; Averill struck out; Cronin doubled to Waner; Dickey doubled to Demaree [Cronin scored]; West popped to Vaughan; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. NL Stars 2, AL Stars 6.

NL STARS 6TH: Medwick singled to DiMaggio; Demaree singled to West [Medwick to third]; Mize made an out to Averill [Medwick scored]; Hartnett forced Demaree (Gehringer to Cronin); WHITEHEAD RAN FOR HARTNETT; Bartell reached on an error by Rolfe [Whitehead to second]; COLLINS BATTED FOR GRISSOM; Collins singled to DiMaggio [Whitehead out at home (DiMaggio to Dickey), Bartell to third (on throw to home)]; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. NL Stars 3, AL Stars 6.

AL STARS 6TH: MANCUSO REPLACED WHITEHEAD (PLAYING C ); MUNGO REPLACED COLLINS (PITCHING); FOXX BATTED FOR BRIDGES; Foxx grounded out (Mungo to Mize); Rolfe walked; Gehringer singled [Rolfe to second]; DiMaggio struck out; Gehrig doubled to Demaree [Rolfe scored, Gehringer scored, Gehrig out at third (Demaree to Bartell to Vaughan)]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. NL Stars 3, AL Stars 8.

NL STARS 7TH: HARDER REPLACED FOXX (PITCHING); Waner grounded out (Gehringer to Gehrig); Herman singled to West; Vaughan forced Herman (Gehringer to Cronin); Medwick doubled [Vaughan to third]; Demaree grounded out (Cronin to Gehrig); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. NL Stars 3, AL Stars 8.

AL STARS 7TH: Averill walked; Cronin lined into a double play (Bartell to Mize) [Averill out at second]; Dickey flied to Demaree; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. NL Stars 3, AL Stars 8.

NL STARS 8TH: Mize flied to West; Mancuso grounded out (Rolfe to Gehrig); Bartell singled; MOORE BATTED FOR MUNGO; Moore popped to Cronin [Bartell out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. NL Stars 3, AL Stars 8.

AL STARS 8TH: WALTERS REPLACED MOORE (PITCHING); West popped to Herman; Harder grounded out (Herman to Mize); Rolfe singled; Gehringer singled [Rolfe to third]; DiMaggio popped to Vaughan in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. NL Stars 3, AL Stars 8.

NL STARS 9TH: Waner grounded out (Harder to Gehrig); Herman grounded out (Gehrig to Harder); Vaughan singled; Medwick singled [Vaughan to third]; Demaree grounded out (Gehringer to Gehrig); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. NL Stars 3, AL Stars 8.

End of 1937 All-Star Game Play-by-Play

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