Detroit Tigers vs Philadelphia Athletics
May 4, 1942 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1942 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 6, Philadelphia Athletics 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bloodworth 2b 4 1 2 2
Cramer cf 4 0 0 0
McCosky lf 4 0 2 0
York 1b 5 0 1 0
Ross rf 5 2 2 0
Higgins 3b 5 2 3 1
Hitchcock ss 4 1 1 2
Tebbetts c 3 0 1 0
Fuchs p 3 0 0 0
  Newhouser p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 12 5
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Kreevich cf 4 0 1 0
Valo rf 5 0 1 0
Blair 3b 3 1 0 0
Johnson lf 3 1 2 2
Siebert 1b 4 0 0 0
Wagner c 4 1 1 0
Wallaesa ss 4 1 3 1
Suder 2b 4 0 0 0
  Collins pr 0 0 0 0
Besse p 2 0 0 0
  Caligiuri p 1 0 0 0
  Hayes ph 1 0 1 0
  Miles pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 3
Detroit 000 121 200–6120
Philadelphia 000 010 120–490
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Fuchs  W(3-1) 8.2 9 4 4 1 3
  Newhouser  SV(3) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
2
3
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Besse  L(0-3) 6.1 11 6 6 4 2
  Caligiuri   2.2 1 0 0 3 2
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
7
4
  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1. Tebbetts-Hitchcock.  2B–Detroit Higgins (10), Philadelphia Wagner (2); Hayes (4).  3B–Detroit McCosky (1); Ross (1).  HR–Detroit Bloodworth (3,6th inning off Besse 0 on), Philadelphia Johnson (3,8th inning off Fuchs 1 on); Wallaesa (1,7th inning off Fuchs 0 on).  Team LOB–11.  HBP–Blair (1).  Team–7.  CS–Hitchcock (1).  U–Art Passarella, Bill McGowan, Cal Hubbard.  T–2:10.  A–2,201.
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