The 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers kept their spot near the top of the standings after winning three of four games from the 1934 Detroit Tigers. Two of those Dodger wins came in extra innings, and they nearly had a pair of shutouts.
Brooklyn’s Curt Davis became the second pitcher in the league to go 5-0 after five starts. Billy Herman was the top hitter for the Dodgers (12-8), as he batted .412 (7-for-17). Marv Owen hit .333 (5-for-15) with two doubles and two home runs for the Tigers (7-13). He drove in six of the nine Detroit runs in the series.
Game #1: Brooklyn 5, Detroit 3 (10 inn.)
The Tigers’ Marv Owen hit a pair of home runs to give Detroit a 3-2 lead after seven innings. The Dodgers tied it in the eighth on a two-out RBI single by Pee Wee Reese, sending it to extra innings. In the top of the 10th, Brooklyn’s Mickey Owen’s two-run single put the Dodgers ahead for good. Reliever Hugh Casey retired all six batters he faced for the win.
1941 BROOKLYN DODGER AB R H BI 1934 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI
Dixie Walker 5 0 1 0 Jo Jo White 3 0 0 0
Billy Herman 4 0 1 0 Charlie Gehringer 5 0 0 0
Pete Reiser 5 2 2 0 Hank Greenberg 5 0 0 0
Joe Medwick 5 0 2 2 Goose Goslin 4 0 0 0
Dolph Camilli 4 2 1 0 Billy Rogell 4 0 1 0
Cookie Lavagetto 3 1 2 0 Mickey Cochrane 4 1 1 0
Pee Wee Reese 4 0 1 1 Marv Owen 4 2 2 3
Mickey Owen 5 0 3 2 Pete Fox 3 0 1 0
Kirby Higbe BY 1 0 0 0 Vic Sorrell CZ 2 0 0 0
Jimmy Wasdell 1 0 0 0 Gee Walker 1 0 0 0
Hugh Casey CY 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 38 5 13 5 TOTALS 35 3 5 3
1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS 100 001 010 2 -- 5
1934 DETROIT TIGERS 020 000 100 0 -- 3
LOB--1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS 10, 1934 DETROIT TIGERS 6.
ERR--Dolph Camilli, Pee Wee Reese. 2B--Joe Medwick. 3B--Joe
Medwick. HR--Marv Owen (2). SACB--Kirby Higbe BY (2), Pee
Wee Reese, Vic Sorrell CZ.
1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Kirby Higbe BY 8.00 5 3 3 3 5 2
Hugh Casey CY [W] 2.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
1934 DETROIT TIGERS
Vic Sorrell CZ 9.00 11 3 3 3 4 0
Chief Hogsett CY [L] 1.00 2 2 2 1 0 0
Game #2: Brooklyn 3, Detroit 1
The Dodgers’ Curt Davis was one pitch away from his third shutout of the season. He didn’t get it, but he did improve to 5-0 while lowering his ERA to 1.26. It was scoreless through five innings, but back-to-back doubles by Billy Herman and Pete Reiser made it 1-0 in the sixth. The Dodgers scored two more in the ninth on Dixie Walker’s RBI double and Herman’s RBI single. It turned out that they needed the insurance run, as Goose Goslin hit a solo homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to end Davis’ shutout bid.
1941 BROOKLYN DODGER AB R H BI 1934 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI
Dixie Walker 4 1 1 1 Jo Jo White 4 0 0 0
Billy Herman 5 1 3 1 Charlie Gehringer 4 0 2 0
Pete Reiser 5 0 1 1 Hank Greenberg 4 0 0 0
Joe Medwick 4 0 1 0 Goose Goslin 4 1 1 1
Dolph Camilli 3 0 0 0 Billy Rogell 3 0 0 0
Cookie Lavagetto 2 0 0 0 Mickey Cochrane 3 0 0 0
Pee Wee Reese 4 1 2 0 Marv Owen 3 0 0 0
Mickey Owen 3 0 0 0 Pete Fox 3 0 1 0
Curt Davis BZ 3 0 0 0 Schoolboy Rowe BXYZ 1 0 0 0
Gee Walker 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 3 8 3 TOTALS 29 1 4 1
1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS 000 001 002 -- 3
1934 DETROIT TIGERS 000 000 001 -- 1
LOB--1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS 9, 1934 DETROIT TIGERS 4.
2B--Pete Reiser, Joe Medwick, Billy Herman, Dixie Walker,
Pee Wee Reese, Charlie Gehringer. HR--Goose Goslin.
SACB--Curt Davis BZ, Schoolboy Rowe BXYZ.
1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Curt Davis BZ [W] 9.00 4 1 1 2 3 1
1934 DETROIT TIGERS
Schoolboy Rowe BXYZ [L] 8.00 5 1 1 5 4 0
Firpo Marberry CYZ 1.00 3 2 2 0 0 0
Game #3: Brooklyn 1, Detroit 0 (10 inn.)
This was a fantastic pitchers’ duel between the Dodgers’ Whit Wyatt and the Tigers’ Elden Auker. The game stayed scoreless through nine innings, though both teams had runners in scoring position many times but couldn’t come up with a clutch hit. With two outs in the bottom of the 10th, Dixie Walker hit his third double of the day, and Billy Herman followed with a walk-off RBI single. Wyatt improved to 4-1 after five starts and tossed his second shutout of the season.
1934 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1941 BROOKLYN DODGER AB R H BI
Jo Jo White 5 0 1 0 Dixie Walker 5 1 3 0
Charlie Gehringer 2 0 1 0 Billy Herman 4 0 2 1
Hank Greenberg 5 0 1 0 Pete Reiser 4 0 0 0
Goose Goslin 5 0 3 0 Joe Medwick 4 0 0 0
Billy Rogell 5 0 1 0 Dolph Camilli 4 0 1 0
Mickey Cochrane 3 0 2 0 Cookie Lavagetto 3 0 0 0
Marv Owen 4 0 0 0 Pee Wee Reese 3 0 0 0
Pete Fox 4 0 1 0 Mickey Owen 4 0 0 0
Elden Auker BYZ 4 0 0 0 Whit Wyatt BKZ 3 0 0 0
Jimmy Wasdell 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 37 0 10 0 TOTALS 35 1 6 1
1934 DETROIT TIGERS 000 000 000 0 -- 0
1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS 000 000 000 1 -- 1
LOB--1934 DETROIT TIGERS 11, 1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS 8.
ERR--Charlie Gehringer. 2B--Dolph Camilli, Billy Herman,
Dixie Walker (3). SB--Pete Fox, Jo Jo White.
1934 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Elden Auker BYZ [L] 9.67 6 1 1 3 5 0
1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS
Whit Wyatt BKZ [W] 10.00 10 0 0 4 9 0
Game #4: Detroit 5, Brooklyn 1
This one stayed scoreless until the fifth inning, when the Dodgers’ Dolph Camilli hit a solo home run. That would be it for Brooklyn, however. The Tigers ended a 16-inning scoreless streak in the seventh inning with three runs, which included a two-run double from Marv Owen and a sacrifice fly from winning pitcher Tommy Bridges. The Tigers added two more in the eighth on a Billy Rogell sacrifice fly and a run-scoring single by Owen.
1934 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1941 BROOKLYN DODGER AB R H BI
Jo Jo White 5 0 1 0 Dixie Walker 4 0 0 0
Charlie Gehringer 4 0 1 0 Billy Herman 4 0 1 0
Hank Greenberg 3 1 0 0 Pete Reiser 4 0 0 0
Goose Goslin 4 1 1 0 Joe Medwick 4 0 0 0
Billy Rogell 3 1 1 1 Dolph Camilli 3 1 1 1
Mickey Cochrane 3 1 1 0 Cookie Lavagetto 3 0 0 0
Marv Owen 4 1 3 3 Pee Wee Reese 1 0 0 0
Pete Fox 4 0 1 0 Mickey Owen 3 0 1 0
Tommy Bridges BXY 2 0 0 1 Luke Hamlin CYZ 2 0 0 0
Lew Riggs 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 5 9 5 TOTALS 29 1 3 1
1934 DETROIT TIGERS 000 000 320 -- 5
1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS 000 010 000 -- 1
LOB--1934 DETROIT TIGERS 6, 1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS 3.
ERR--Cookie Lavagetto. 2B--Charlie Gehringer, Marv Owen (2).
HR--Dolph Camilli. SACF--Billy Rogell, Tommy Bridges BXY.
SACB--Tommy Bridges BXY. SB--Billy Rogell, Goose Goslin.
1934 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tommy Bridges BXY [W] 9.00 3 1 1 2 5 1
1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS
Luke Hamlin CYZ [L] 6.00 5 2 2 1 4 0
Freddie Fitzsimmons 2.00 4 3 3 2 0 0
Hugh Casey CY 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
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