RED HOT TIGERS TAKE YANKS TO WOODSHED
3rd Detroit 20-Hit Effort in 2 Weeks
NEW YORK, June 18 (AP) - The Detroit Tigers continued their lethal offensive
output, battering a trio of New York pitchers for 23 hits en route to a 20-8
victory at Yankee Stadium. It was the third time in the past 12 days that
the Tigers have amassed at least 20 hits in a game. The victory was
Detroit's 27th in the last 30 contests the club has played dating back to May
20. During that time the Tigers have outscored their opponents 251-104.
The contest was competitive for the first five innings, but Detroit scored 11
runs from the sixth inning on, aided by five Yankees miscues.
The Tigers took the lead in the top of the first inning when Goose Goslin drew a
one-out walk, advanced to third on Charlie Gehringer's double and scored on
Billy Rogell's base hit.
The Yankees evened the score in the bottom half of the opening frame on Ben
Chapman's ninth home run of the year, a solo shot with two outs.
But Detroit took the lead for good with three runs in the third. Pete Fox
led off the inning with a single and advanced to second on Russ Van Atta's
balk. Gee Walker's roller to first was booted by Lou Gehrig for an error,
putting runners on first and third, and Goslin followed with a base hit to
right, scoring Fox and moving Walker to third. Gehringer's potential
double play grounder was booted by shortstop Red Rolfe for the second New York
error of the inning, allowing Walker to score and moving Goslin to second.
One out later Hank Greenberg's base hit scored Gehringer to put the Tigers ahead
4-1.
The Yankees got two runs back in the home half of the third. Earl Combs
drew a lead-off walk from Firpo Marberry and moved to third on Rolfe's base
hit. Ben Chapman rolled into a double play, allowing Combs to score but
clearing the bases. Gehrig then followed with his major league leading
24th home run of the year, just inside the right field foul pole, to cut the
deficit to 4-3.
But the relentless Tigers extended their lead and knocked Van Atta from the game
in the fourth, aided by two more Yankees errors. Marberry reached second
leading off when Van Atta threw the ball away after fielding a roller back to
the box. Fox's base hit moved Marberry to third and Walker's fly ball
plated the runner from third and upped the advantage to 5-3. A single by
Goslin put runners on first and third and Gehringer's double scored Fox to make
it 6-3, advancing Goslin to third in the process. That was it for Van Atta.
He was replaced on the mound by Jimmy DeShong and it briefly appeared as though
further damage would be avoided when Rogell grounded to third and Frankie
Crosetti cut down Goslin at the plate for the second out. But Hank
Greenberg upset the apple cart by driving a DeShong offering deep into the lower
left field grandstand for a three-run homer and a 9-3 Detroit advantage.
Three more batters would come to the plate--and another error, this one on
Crosetti, would be committed--before the inning finally came to an end.
But the Yankees fought back, scoring twice in the bottom of the fourth on
Chapman's two-run single and three more times in the fifth on Crosetti's solo
home run and a two-run single off the bat of Combs.
With their lead down to 9-8, the Tigers finally seized control of the game once
and for all in the top of the sixth, courtesy of RBI singles delivered by Ray
Hayworth and Marv Owen. The lead increased to 12-8 in the seventh when
Goslin doubled with one out and was singled home by Gehringer.
But the decisive blow came in the eighth when Detroit scored eight runs.
Facing Johnny Broaca, Owen led off with a base hit and then Luke Hamlin and Fox
laid down consecutive bunt singles to fill the bases. Walker followed with
a grand slam, giving the Tigers a 16-8 lead. Goslin singled and Gehringer
drew a walk before Rogell finally delivered the first out with a fielder's
choice that forced Goslin at third. Greenberg dropped a single into center
field, scoring Gehringer, but Rogell became the third Detroit runner to be
thrown out on the bases in the contest when Combs got him trying to advance to
third. Owen picked up his second hit of the inning with a double to
right-center, scoring Greenberg and advancing to third on the throw to the
plate. Hayworth lined to left but Chapman boxed it for the fifth Yankees
error of the contest, and Owen scored on the play, accounting for the final
tally.
Hamlin was phenomenal in relief for the Tigers, firing four shutout innings and
allowing just one hit.
Walker drove in five runs for Detroit, despite accruing only one hit--the grand
slam. Greenberg also drove in five. Owen was 5-for-5 with a pair of
runs scored and driven in. All told six Tigers had multi-hit games.
6/18/1934, Det34-NYA34, Yankee Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1934 Tigers 1 0 3 5 0 2 1 8 0 20 23 1 11 3 1934 Yankees 1 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 8 13 5 7 0 Tigers AB R H BI AVG Yankees AB R H BI AVG Fox rf 7 3 3 0 .280 Combs cf 4 2 1 2 .279 Walker,G cf 7 2 1 5 .274 Rolfe ss 4 0 1 0 .265 Goslin lf 6 3 4 1 .338 Chapman,B lf 5 1 2 3 .326 Gehringer 2b 6 2 3 3 .425 Gehrig 1b 5 1 1 1 .398 Rogell ss 5 2 1 1 .283 Dickey c 5 0 2 0 .320 Greenberg 1b 4 3 3 5 .315 Hoag rf 5 0 2 0 .296 Hayworth c 6 1 2 1 .380 Crosetti 3b 3 1 1 1 .348 Owen 3b 5 2 5 2 .388 Heffner 2b 3 1 2 0 .358 Marberry p 3 1 0 0 .270 Van Atta p 1 0 0 0 .333 Wilson,I ph 1 0 0 0 .000 DeShong p 2 2 1 0 .500 Hamlin p 2 1 1 1 .200 Ruth ph 1 0 0 0 .248 52 20 23 19 Broaca p 0 0 0 0 .000 38 8 13 7 Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Marberry W 9-3 5.0 12 8 7 3 1 104 58 4.50 Hamlin S 1 4.0 1 0 0 1 2 52 34 1.42 9.0 13 8 7 4 3 156 92 Yankees INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Van Atta L 3-3 3.1 9 8 2 2 1 61 42 4.44 DeShong 3.2 6 4 4 3 1 71 42 3.00 Broaca 2.0 8 8 6 1 0 45 25 5.00 9.0 23 20 12 6 2 177 109 Det: Wilson,I batted for Marberry in the 6th NYA: Ruth batted for DeShong in the 7th E-Fox, Rolfe, Chapman,B, Gehrig, Crosetti, Van Atta. 2B-Goslin(16), Gehringer 2(21), Owen(19), Combs(12). HR-Walker,G(4), Greenberg(5), Chapman,B(3), Gehrig(24), Crosetti(8). RBI-Walker,G 5(41), Goslin(47), Gehringer 3(72), Rogell(38), Greenberg 5(59), Hayworth(10), Owen 2(38), Hamlin(1), Combs 2(16), Chapman,B 3(49), Gehrig(75), Crosetti(30). K-Hayworth 2, Chapman,B, Hoag 2. BB-Goslin, Gehringer, Rogell, Greenberg 2, Owen, Combs, Rolfe, Crosetti, Heffner. BALK-Van Atta. GWRBI: Goslin Temperature: 93, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 17 MPH. Attendance: 8,934 Game Time: 2:48