New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
May 9, 1945 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1945 at Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 1, Detroit Tigers 4

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Stirnweiss 2b 3 0 0 0
Martin lf 3 0 1 0
Derry rf 4 0 0 0
Lindell cf 4 0 0 0
Etten 1b 4 1 2 0
Crosetti ss 4 0 3 1
Savage 3b 2 0 0 0
  Metheny ph 1 0 0 0
Garbark c 3 0 0 0
  Crompton ph 1 0 1 0
Gettel p 2 0 0 0
  Buzas ph 1 0 0 0
  Zuber p 0 0 0 0
  Drescher ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Maier 3b 4 1 2 0
Mayo 2b 4 0 0 0
Cullenbine rf 4 1 1 0
York 1b 3 2 3 1
Cramer cf 3 0 1 2
Outlaw lf 3 0 0 1
Webb ss 3 0 0 0
Swift c 4 0 0 0
Trout p 3 0 1 0
Totals 31 4 8 4
New York 010 000 000171
Detroit 010 030 00x480
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Gettel  L(1-1) 6.0 7 4 4 2 3
  Zuber   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
3
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Trout  W(4-1) 9.0 7 1 1 3 6
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
3
6

  E–Etten (4).  DP–Detroit 1. Mayo-York.  2B–New York Martin (1); Crosetti (1), Detroit York 2 (5); Cramer (4); Trout (1).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Cramer (2).  Team–7.  SB–Stirnweiss (4); Webb (2).  CS–Outlaw (2).  U-HP–George Pipgras, 1B–Hal Weafer, 2B–Bill Grieve, 3B–Eddie Rommel.  T–1:44.  A–7,574.
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