Friday, July 8, 1938

Chicago 4-0, TIGERS 1-1 (Doubleheader)
at Detroit, MI

Game 1
CHI   013 000 000 = 4-7-1
DET 000 000 100 = 1-5-1
WP- Stratton; LP- Kennedy (6-5)
HR- None.

Monty Stratton stymied the Tigers on five hits and the White Sox mustered just enough offense to win Game 1 of a Friday afternoon twinbill. Joe Kuhel's two-run single was the big hit in a three-run third inning.

Game 2
CHI   000 000 000 = 0-7-1
DET  000 010 00x = 1-4-0
WP- Poffenberger (4-4); LP- Lee
HR- None.

Boots Poffenberger, after spinning two innings in the first game as a tune up, pitched a complete game shutout in the nightcap. Five times the White Sox got the leadoff runner on base but couldn't cash in. The lone run was scored on a weird play in the fifth inning. Pete Fox singled and, with two out, Poffenberger hit a towering pop fly in the infield. No White Sox player called for the ball and it fell to the turf, untouched. Fox, running on contact, scooted home all the way from first base.


Poffenberger warms up prior to Friday's second game. He would go on to pitch a complete game shutout after tossing two innings in Game 1.