Detroit Tigers vs Philadelphia Athletics
August 24, 1938 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 24, 1938 at Shibe Park. The Philadelphia Athletics defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Detroit Tigers 5, Philadelphia Athletics 10
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Morgan cf 4 1 1 0
Walker lf 3 1 0 0
Gehringer 2b 4 1 2 1
Greenberg 1b 4 0 1 1
York c 5 1 1 2
Fox rf 5 0 0 0
Ross 3b 3 0 1 1
Christman ss 4 0 1 0
Auker p 2 1 1 0
  Wade p 0 0 0 0
  Kennedy p 2 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 8 5
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Moses rf 4 3 4 1
Finney lf 2 1 1 1
Sperry 2b 4 1 1 1
Siebert 1b 5 1 3 3
Johnson cf 4 1 2 2
Werber 3b 4 0 0 0
Hayes c 3 1 0 0
Ambler ss 4 1 1 1
Potter p 4 1 1 1
Totals 34 10 13 10
Detroit 013 000 001–581
Philadelphia 001 602 01x–10133
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Auker  L(9-10) 3.1 6 6 6 2 1
  Wade   0.0 1 1 1 2 0
  Kennedy   4.2 6 3 3 4 1
Totals
8.0
13
10
10
8
2
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Potter  W(2-10) 9.0 8 5 4 5 3
Totals
9.0
8
5
4
5
3
  E–Ross (14), Werber 2 (22), Ambler (30).  2B–Philadelphia Johnson (24); Ambler (16).  3B–Philadelphia Moses 2 (5); Sperry (2).  SH–Walker (4); Finney (6); Werber (5).  Team LOB–10.  Team–10.  CS–Hayes (3).  U–George Pipgras, John Quinn, Steve Basil.
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