Philadelphia Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
September 21, 1938 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 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 6, Detroit Tigers 8
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Moses rf 5 1 2 2
Werber 3b 1 1 0 0
  Lodigiani 3b 3 0 0 1
Chapman lf 4 0 0 0
Etten 1b 4 1 1 0
Johnson cf 4 1 2 2
Sperry 2b 3 0 1 1
Bartling ss 3 0 0 0
Wagner c 3 1 1 0
Gumpert p 0 0 0 0
  Buxton p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson ph,p 4 1 1 0
Totals 34 6 8 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Morgan cf 4 1 0 0
Walker lf 5 3 2 1
Gehringer 2b 5 2 1 0
Greenberg 1b 5 1 3 6
York c 5 0 1 0
Fox rf 5 0 0 0
Rogell ss 3 1 1 0
Christman 3b 1 0 0 0
Coffman p 2 0 1 1
  Lawson p 2 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 9 8
Philadelphia 300 030 000–685
Detroit 500 201 00x–890
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Gumpert  L(0-2) 0.0 2 4 2 1 0
  Buxton   1.0 1 1 0 2 1
  Nelson   7.0 6 3 2 2 0
Totals
8.0
9
8
4
5
1
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Coffman   4.0 6 6 6 2 0
  Lawson  W(7-9) 5.0 2 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
4
0
  E–Chapman (12), Etten (2), Johnson (18), Sperry (13), Bartling (4).  DP–Detroit 1. Rogell-Greenberg.  2B–Detroit Rogell (21).  3B–Philadelphia Moses (8).  HR–Detroit Greenberg (54,1st inning off Buxton 2 on).  Team LOB–5.  Team–10.  U–Bill Grieve, Joe Rue, George Moriarty.
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