The Archive · 1941

Nip-and-Tuck Affair

The game was nip and tuck throughout. with the Yanks three times overtaking the Detroit lead only to fail to produce after the game went into the extra innings. Detroit opened the scoring {n the second inning by collecting a lone run. In {he second half of the same frame the Yanks knotted the score. In the third inning both clubs again scored lone runs. The score remāined tied then until the ninth when the Baker club pushed over two counters. New York then came back in the last of the ninth to again even up the count.

Al Benton went the full 12 inrunes for the Tigers and held the American League champs to eight hits. Marius Russo was on the hill for the Yanks and yielded 11 safeties.

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