Detroit Tigers vs Philadelphia Athletics
May 2, 1936 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1936 at Shibe Park. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Philadelphia Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Detroit Tigers 8, Philadelphia Athletics 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Rogell ss 5 0 2 1
Burns 1b 4 2 2 0
Gehringer 2b 5 2 3 3
Simmons cf 5 0 1 0
Goslin lf 4 2 2 1
Walker rf 4 1 1 3
Owen 3b 4 0 1 0
Hayworth c 5 0 0 0
Rowe p 1 1 1 0
  Sorrell p 2 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 13 8
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Finney 1b 5 2 3 1
Moses cf 4 1 1 0
Johnson lf 4 0 2 1
Puccinelli rf 5 2 3 4
Peters 3b 5 0 0 0
Warstler 2b 4 0 0 0
Newsome ss 4 1 2 1
Hayes c 4 1 1 0
Kelley p 0 0 0 0
  Matuzak p 1 0 0 0
  Dietrich p 3 0 1 0
Totals 39 7 13 7
Detroit 410 300 000–8130
Philadelphia 240 010 000–7131
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Rowe   1.2 6 6 6 2 1
  Sorrell  W(2-0) 7.1 7 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
3
4
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Kelley   1.0 6 5 5 1 0
  Matuzak  L(0-1) 2.1 3 3 2 3 1
  Dietrich   5.2 4 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
13
8
7
5
4
  E–Moses (4).  DP–Philadelphia 1. Peters-Warstler-Finney.  2B–Detroit Burns (2); Goslin (5); Owen (1), Philadelphia Newsome (2).  3B–Detroit Gehringer (4); Rowe (1), Philadelphia Puccinelli (1).  HR–Detroit Gehringer (1,1st inning off Kelley 1 on); Walker (1,1st inning off Kelley 1 on), Philadelphia Puccinelli (3,1st inning off Rowe 1 on).  Team LOB–9.  Team–8.  U–Red Ormsby, Bill McGowan, John Quinn.
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