Boston Red. Sox gave his hirelings a demonstration of how to behave at the plate by propelling two home runs, but his boys would not take the cue and although they outsingged the Tigers, they wound up on the shorter end of an 8-5 score. Four errors did not help the Sox cause either.
On the other hand, Hank Greenberg, Detroit's slugging first baseman and Frank Higgens both caught up with the Cronin idea and each got four base clouts for the victors.
The game between the Philadelphia Athletics and the St. Louis Browns was postponed on account of rain.
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