Saturday, September 12, 2015

Thursday, September 8, 1938

Tigers storm to 11-0 lead, clobber Tribe

TIGERS 12, Cleveland 5
at Cleveland, OH

DET    300 044 001 = 12-17-0
CLE    000 000 032 = 5-11-0
WP- Benton (8-1); LP- Whitehill
HR- Gehringer, DET (24; 1st inning; 1 on, 1 out); Greenberg, DET (48; 6th inning; 3 on, 0 out)

The Tigers had an 11-0 lead by the sixth inning, the Cleveland Indians only had two hits, and it was a coast the rest of the way to a 12-5 win for Detroit. Charlie Gehringer kicked things off with a two-run homer in the first inning. Hank Greenberg added a grand slam in the sixth inning, his 48th homer of the year. Tigers starter Al Benton pitched eight innings before tiring, and moved his record to 8-1. The Tigers banged out 17 hits off three Indians pitchers. Dixie Walker had four hits and scored four runs.

TIGERS: 70-60; Home: 31-30; Away: 39-30




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