Game Information

New York Yankees @ Detroit Tigers on Friday, June 21st, 1940

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Game Status: Final

Score: 12 - 7

Summary: The Yankees beat the Tigers, 12 - 7.

Decisions

Winner: Red Ruffing (W, 4-6)
Loser: Johnny Gorsica (L, 2-1)
Save: Steve Sundra (S, 1)

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Box Score

New York Yankees

Batters

Batters - NYY	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OPS
Crosetti SS	5	1	1	1	0	1	.172	.541
Rolfe 3B	6	2	5	2	0	0	.233	.631
Keller RF	6	2	4	3	0	1	.302	1.016
DiMaggio CF	5	1	2	1	1	1	.293	.963
Selkirk LF	4	2	1	1	2	0	.321	.980
Dickey C	4	1	1	1	1	0	.232	.679
Gordon 2B	5	1	2	2	0	0	.245	.676
Dahlgren 1B	4	1	1	0	1	0	.257	.646
Ruffing P	3	1	0	0	0	0	.091	.270
Sundra P	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.222
Ruffing P	3	1	0	0	0	0	.091	.270
Totals	44	12	17	11	5	5

Batting
2B Rolfe (8).
HR Crosetti (2); Keller (11).
TB Crosetti 4; Dahlgren; Dickey; DiMaggio 2; Gordon 2; Keller 7; Rolfe 6; Selkirk.
RBI Crosetti (12); Dickey (25); DiMaggio (32); Gordon 2 (31); Keller 3 (34); Rolfe 2 (13); Selkirk (30).
GIDP Dickey.
Team LOB 11.

Pitchers

Pitchers - NYY	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Ruffing (W, 4-6)	5.2	8	5	5	5	3	0	3.30
Sundra (S, 1)	3.1	4	2	2	0	1	1	6.84
Totals	9.0	12	7	0	5	4	1

Detroit Tigers

Batters

Batters - DET	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OPS
Bartell SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.697
Nelson P	1	1	1	2	0	0	.353	.706
McCosky CF	4	2	2	0	1	1	.358	.982
Gehringer 2B	3	1	1	1	2	0	.289	.834
Greenberg LF	5	0	1	2	0	1	.328	1.052
York 1B	4	0	1	0	1	1	.304	.962
Campbell RF	4	0	1	0	1	1	.259	.765
Higgins 3B	5	1	2	0	0	0	.293	.887
Tebbetts C	5	1	2	1	0	0	.316	.788
Gorsica P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.267
Seats P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Averill	1	0	0	0	0	0	.299	.758
Trout P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.522
Sullivan	1	1	1	0	0	0	.238	.707
Croucher SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.558
Gorsica P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.267
Seats P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Trout P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.522
Totals	39	7	12	6	5	4

Batting
2B Campbell (10); Greenberg (22); McCosky (9).
3B Tebbetts (0).
HR Nelson (0).
TB Campbell 2; Gehringer; Greenberg 2; Higgins 2; McCosky 3; Nelson 4; Sullivan; Tebbetts 4; York.
RBI Gehringer (37); Greenberg 2 (43); Nelson 2 (1); Tebbetts (17).
Team LOB 10.

Fielding
E Gehringer (5); Tebbetts (3).

Pitchers

Pitchers - DET	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Gorsica (L, 2-1)	2.0	6	6	6	4	1	0	1.83
Seats	4.0	6	3	1	1	1	0	2.45
Trout	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	8.04
Nelson	1.0	4	3	3	0	1	2	7.27
Totals	9.0	17	12	0	5	5	2

Game Info

Wp: Ruffing; Gorsica.
Batters faced: Ruffing 30; Sundra 14; Gorsica 16; Nelson 7; Seats 19; Trout 8.
Umpires:
Att: 11,717.
Venue: Briggs Stadium (Detroit, Michigan)

Notable Events

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Scorecard

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Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
Yankees	1 1	1 1	5 5	0 0	0 0	2 2	0 0	0 0	3 3	12	17	0	11
Tigers	0 0	0 0	2 2	0 0	1 1	2 2	0 0	2 2	0 0	7	12	2	10

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