Wednesday, August 24, 1938

A's rally in nightcap to split DH with Tigers

TIGERS 5-4, Philadelphia 2-5 (DH)
at Philadelphia, PA

Game 1
DET    200 000 102 = 5-10-0
PHI     000 101 000 = 2-9-0
WP- Auker (7-7); LP- Potter
HR- Johnson, PHI (6th inning; 0 on, 0 out); Greenberg, DET (40; 7th inning; 0 on, 1 out); York, DET (26; 9th inning, 1 on, 2 out)

Hank Greenberg's 40th home run broke a 2-2 tie in the seventh inning, and Rudy York added a two-run shot in the ninth for insurance as the Tigers took their third straight from the A's in about 24 hours. Elden Auker became the third straight starting pitcher for the Tigers to go the distance in this midweek series. Auker scattered nine A's hits, walked three and had one strikeout. Bob Johnson's solo homer for the A's in the sixth inning temporarily tied the game,

Game 2
DET    100 300 000 = 4-7-1
PHI     101 020 001 = 5-12-0
Two out when winning run scored.
WP- Williams; LP- Lawson (3-7)
HR- York, DET (27; 4th inning; 0 on, 1 out)

Bill Werber's double scored Sam Chapman from second base with two outs in the bottom of the ninth as the A's salvaged one game of the four-game series that was played within consecutive doubleheaders. The A's rally began with two outs and nobody on base. Chapman doubled to deep right and Bob Johnson was intentionally walked. Werber then stroked a drive into the left-center gap to seal the win for Philadelphia. The A's were down, 4-2 in the fifth inning before tying the game on a triple, a single, an error and a ground out. The Tigers didn't use one relief pitcher in the series.

TIGERS 62-54; Home: 30-29; Away: 32-25


Philadelphia's Chapman had two hits and scored two runs, including the game-winner, in the second game of the twinbill