TIGERS 8, Cleveland 3
at Detroit, MI
CLE 030 000 000 = 3-5-1
DET 010 501 10x = 8-11-0
WP- Poffenberger (6-7); LP- Galehouse
HR- Trosky, CLE (2nd inning; 1 on, 0 out); Keltner, CLE (2nd inning; 0 on, 1 out); Greenberg, DET 2 (55; 2nd inning; 0 on, 0 out); (56; 7th inning; 0 on, 0 out); Christman, DET (2; 4th inning; 2 on, 2 out)
Hank Greenberg hit his 55th and 56th home runs of the season, and Boots Poffenberger pitched a complete game as the Tigers beat the Cleveland Indians, 8-3, to take three games of a four-game weekend series at Briggs Stadium. Both of Greenberg's homers led off innings. He has 160 RBI and his slugging percentage is an astounding .684. He needs four home runs in his last seven games to tie Babe Ruth's single season record of 60. Mark Christman added a three-run homer for the fourth-place Tigers, who are 27-14 in their past 41 games.Poffenberger scattered five hits and only had one bad inning---the second, in which he surrendered two home runs. In all three wins over the Tribe, Detroit erased deficits.
Greenberg watch: 56 home runs, seven games to play
TIGERS: 81-66; Home: 41-36; Away: 40-30
Greenberg is closing in on the Bambino
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