Big 1st, Tiger Power Tops Athletics

At home at Navin Field, the Detroit Tigers took back the series lead against the Philadelphia Athletics, scoring 4 runs in the bottom of the 1st before recording their 1st out. Pete Fox and Mickey Cochrane led off with singles against George Earnshaw. Charlie Gehringer followed with an RBI double. That brought up Hank Greenberg, who hit his 1st home run of the Tournament, a 3-run shot that gave Detroit a 4-0 lead. Gee Walker hit a 2-run homer in the 4th, his 2nd of the Tourney. Gehringer added a solo jack in the 5th. Tiger starter General Crowder ran into trouble in the 5th himself, loading the bases and walking in a run before retiring Dib Williams and Eric McNair. The Athletics put two runners on in the 9th against Firpo Marberry, but couldn’t score as Detroit took the game 7-3. The Athletics will need to win tomorrow in Detroit to force a Game 5 back in Philadelphia.

’31 Athletics @ ’35 Tigers – 9/11/23