Philadelphia Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
May 21, 1938 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1938 at Briggs Stadium. 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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Philadelphia Athletics 5, Detroit Tigers 7
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Moses rf 4 1 1 1
Ambler ss 3 0 1 0
Werber 3b 3 0 1 1
Siebert 1b 4 0 0 1
Johnson lf 4 0 0 0
Chapman cf 4 1 1 0
Brucker c 4 1 2 2
Lodigiani 2b 4 1 0 0
Caster p 1 0 0 0
  Finney ph 1 0 1 0
  Smith p 1 1 1 0
Totals 33 5 8 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Rogell ss 5 0 1 0
Walker cf,lf 5 0 0 0
Fox rf 4 2 2 0
Gehringer 2b 4 2 3 1
York lf 3 0 0 0
  White cf 1 0 1 1
Greenberg 1b 3 2 1 0
Tebbetts c 4 1 2 1
Ross 3b 3 0 2 3
Kennedy p 2 0 0 0
  Bridges p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 12 6
Philadelphia 010 000 040–582
Detroit 000 302 20x–7120
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Caster  L(2-5) 5.0 6 3 1 1 2
  Smith   3.0 6 4 4 1 2
Totals
8.0
12
7
5
2
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Kennedy  W(6-0) 7.1 8 5 5 2 2
  Bridges  SV(1) 1.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
2
4
  E–Ambler (7), Werber (4).  DP–Philadelphia 1. Ambler-Lodigiani-Siebert, Detroit 2. Gehringer-Rogell-Greenberg, Kennedy-Rogell-Greenberg.  2B–Philadelphia Moses (1), Detroit Fox (7).  3B–Philadelphia Chapman (1).  HR–Philadelphia Brucker (1,2nd inning off Kennedy 0 on).  Team LOB–3.  SH–Kennedy (3).  Team–7.  U–Harry Geisel, Bill Grieve, Steve Basil.  T–1:35.  A–7,400.
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