St. Louis Browns vs Detroit Tigers
April 26, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 1939 at Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the St. Louis Browns and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Browns 6, Detroit Tigers 7

St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Almada cf 6 2 3 2
Grace lf 5 0 0 0
McQuinn 1b 6 1 3 0
Kress ss 5 0 2 2
Clift 3b 4 0 0 0
Hoag rf 5 1 1 1
Berardino 2b 5 0 1 0
Sullivan c 4 2 3 1
Newsom p 4 0 2 0
  Hughes ph 0 0 0 0
  Walkup p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 6 15 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McCosky cf 5 1 3 0
Walker lf 4 0 0 0
Gehringer 2b 5 2 3 2
Greenberg 1b 5 3 2 3
Fox rf 5 0 1 0
Tebbetts c 3 0 0 0
  York c 1 0 0 0
Rogell ss 5 1 2 2
Christman 3b 4 0 1 0
Kennedy p 2 0 0 0
  Coffman p 0 0 0 0
  Fleming ph 1 0 0 0
  Harris p 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 7 12 7
St. Louis 110 011 110 06151
Detroit 000 300 030 17120
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Newsom   9.0 10 6 6 1 5
  Walkup  L(0-1) 0.2 2 1 0 1 0
Totals
9.2
12
7
6
2
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Kennedy   5.2 9 4 4 1 1
  Coffman   1.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Harris  W(1-0) 3.0 4 1 1 3 1
Totals
10.0
15
6
6
4
2

  E–Berardino (1).  DP–Detroit 1. Christman-Gehringer-Greenberg.  2B–St. Louis McQuinn (4); Sullivan (1), Detroit McCosky (5); Fox (1); Christman (1).  HR–St. Louis Almada (1,5th inning off Kennedy 0 on); Hoag (2,6th inning off Kennedy 0 on); Sullivan (1,2nd inning off Kennedy 0 on), Detroit Gehringer (1,8th inning off Newsom 1 on); Greenberg 2 (3,4th inning off Newsom 1 on,8th inning off Newsom 0 on); Rogell (1,4th inning off Newsom 0 on).  Team LOB–12.  Team–7.  U–Lou Kolls, Joe Rue, Harry Geisel.  T–2:45.  A–4,765.
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