Detroit Tigers vs New York Yankees
September 8, 1945 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1945 at Yankee Stadium I. 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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Detroit Tigers 11, New York Yankees 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hoover ss 5 3 3 3
Mayo 2b 4 0 1 0
Cramer cf 5 1 1 0
Greenberg lf 5 2 3 5
Cullenbine rf 4 1 2 0
York 1b 5 1 1 1
Outlaw 3b 3 1 2 0
Richards c 5 1 2 1
Trout p 3 0 0 0
  Overmire p 1 1 1 0
Totals 40 11 16 10
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Stirnweiss 2b 5 1 2 0
Metheny rf 5 0 2 0
Stainback cf 2 0 1 0
  Derry cf 2 0 1 0
Keller lf 5 1 1 1
Etten 1b 3 1 0 0
Drescher c 3 1 2 1
  Ruffing ph 1 0 0 0
  Crompton c 0 0 0 0
Grimes 3b 2 0 0 1
Crosetti ss 4 0 0 0
Page p 1 0 0 0
  Roser p 1 0 1 0
  Martin ph 1 0 0 0
  Holcombe p 0 0 0 0
  Savage ph 1 0 0 0
  Schreiber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 3
Detroit 104 000 04211162
New York 000 003 1004102
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Trout  W(15-13) 6.0 8 4 1 2 2
  Overmire  SV(4) 3.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
1
3
2
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Page  L(3-3) 2.2 6 5 3 2 0
  Roser   3.1 2 0 0 1 2
  Holcombe   2.0 4 4 3 2 0
  Schreiber   1.0 4 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
16
11
8
5
2

  E–Hoover (10), Mayo (14), Crosetti 2 (33).  DP–Detroit 2. Trout-Richards-York, Hoover-Mayo-York, New York 2. Stirnweiss-Etten, Schreiber-Crosetti-Etten.  2B–Detroit Hoover 2 (8); York (23), New York Stirnweiss (28); Drescher (3).  3B–Detroit Overmire (1).  HR–Detroit Greenberg (11,8th inning off Holcombe 2 on).  SH–Mayo 2 (12); Overmire (5); Grimes (9).  Team LOB–10.  Team–9.  U–Jim Boyer, Bill Summers, Bill Grieve.  T–2:40.  A–33,350.
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