TIGERS 8, New York 7
at Detroit, MI
NY 000 002 131 = 7-11-1
DET 520 000 001 = 8-12-0
None out when winning run scored.
WP- Rowe (8-7); LP- Andrews
HR- Crosetti, NY (6th inning; 1 on, 0 out); Greenberg, DET (53; 9th inning, 0 on, 0 out)
The Tigers didn't need Hank Greenberg in the early innings as they built a 7-0 lead over the New York Yankees. Good thing, too, as Hank struck out in his first three plate appearances. But the Tigers squandered the lead, just as they blew an 8-0 lead in New York on August 31. But unlike that game, which the Yankees won, Greenberg rode to the rescue and blasted his 53rd home run of the season leading off the ninth inning, lifting the Tigers to an 8-7 win over New York. Greenberg launched the second pitch he saw from Yanks reliever Ivy Andrews into the upper deck in left field. Greenberg needs seven homers in the Tigers' last 17 games to tie Babe Ruth's season record of 60, set in 1927.
The Yankees didn't even manage their first base hit until the sixth inning, but still scored seven runs by the ninth inning. The Tigers won their fourth straight game and the third straight in their last at-bat.
TIGERS: 75-62; Home: 35-32; Away: 40-30
Greenberg kept his pursuit of Ruth going, while also winning the game for the Tigers
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