LATEST GAME
- Athletic Come Back. Tigers Implode in the 8th.
The series-deciding Game 5 between the Detroit Tigers and the Philadelphia Athletics didn’t look like much of a game. Rube Walberg allowed Tiger runs in each of the 1st 3 innings, capped by a Goose Goslin 2-run homer. Meanwhile, Schoolboy Rowe was pitching well, holding Philadelphia to just 3 runs after 7 innings. When Hank Greenberg hit a leadoff solo shot in the 8th to chase Walberg, and the Tigers added 2 more runs on a Jo-Jo White single off reliever Eddie Rommel, Detroit seemed destined to take the series. Leading 8-3, Rowe retired the 1st two batters he faced in the 8th. That’s when things went wrong. Rowe walked the next 3 batters he faced before Detroit brought in Vic Sorrell. But Sorrell allowed an infield single for one run, walked in another run, uncorked a wild pitch to allow another to score, and allowed another RBI single. Roxie Lawson was brought in to save the inning, but Mule Haas hit an RBI double to tie things up before the inning ended with an 8-8 score. Mickey Cochrane, Charlie Gehringer, and Greenberg, the heart of the Tiger order, all flew out. Jimmie Foxx led off the Athletic 9th with a double in the gap. Lawson’s frustration came out as he hit Bing Miller with the next pitch. He was immediately ejected. Jimmy Dykes, already 3 for 3 on the day with two doubles and a walk, drilled a Chief Hogsett pitch into the gap for a walk-off single, as Philly came from behind to win it 9-8. They will advance to face the 1933 Washington Senators, as the Tigers drop to the Loser’s Bracket to face the 1939 New York Yankees.
