Saturday, July 30, 1938

Eight-run explosion in 9th salvages DH split for A's

TIGERS 11-7, Philadelphia 9-15 (DH)

Game 1
PHI   200 220 210 = 9-15-2
DET  004 040 21x = 11-16-0
WP- Lawson (3-5); SV- Eisenstat (6); LP- Potter
HR- Greenberg, DET (28; 5th inning; 0 on, 0 out); Fox, DET (4; 5th inning; 0 on, 0 out)

In what would be a wild twinbill, the Tigers won Game 1, taking a see-saw affair, 11-9. The game was delayed for some 90 minutes by rain in the top of the third inning. Twice the Tigers scored four runs in an inning, and barely held on to stave off the pesky A's. Hank Greenberg and Pete Fox hit back-to-back homers in the fifth inning as Detroit won its seventh in eight games.

Game 2
PHI  110 101 308 = 15-16-1
DET 201 000 040 = 7-15-0
WP- Dean; LP- Coffman (3-4)
HR- Johnson, PHI (6th inning; 0 on, 0 out)

The fireworks continued in the nightcap. The Tigers scored four times in the eighth inning to tie the game, 7-7, but the A's erupted for eight runs in the top of the ninth---five runs unearned---off Slick Coffman. Torrid-hitting Birdie Tebbetts had six hits in the doubleheader, lifting his average to .447.


Tigers skipper Mickey Cochrane looks on during Saturday's doubleheader at Briggs Stadium