ALDS: '32 A's Sweep '61 Tigers in 3

[GAME 1 - Shibe Park - PHA 4, DET 3 - 10 inn] - A's up 1 game to 0
Lefty Grove and Jim Bunning were tasked with controlling two star studded lineups. Giving up 3 runs in regulation to either of these lineups is nothing to be ashamed of. Bunning tired and was replaced by Fox who yielded a walkoff homer to Al Simmons in the 10 with one out to put the A's up 1 game to 0 in this ALDS.

[GAME 2 - Shibe Park - PHA 5, DET 4] - A's up 2 games to 0
The second game was a bit more high scoring than the first, but again the results were the same. Philly was able to best Detroit by 1 run and go up 2 games to none in this best of 5 series. Both starters (Don Mossi - Det and Al Freitas - PHA) were barely pedestrian. Detroit tied the game at 4 apiece when Norm Cash singled home Jake Wood in the top of the 7th. Sadly for Motown, future HOF'er Al Kaline hit into a DP prior to Cash's at bat and took his squad out of the big inning. The Mackmen answered back with a run of their own in the bottom of the inning when their HOF'er, Jimmie Foxx, blasted one deep into the night. Detroit threatened in the 9th and ace Lefty Grove was called on to get 1 out and save the game. The loss put the Tigers on the brink of elimination.


GAME 3 - Tiger Stadium - PHA 2, DET 1] - A's win series 3 games to 0
For 5 innings Walberg (PHA) and Foytack (DET) dueled in the sun and did not allow a run. The 6th inning saw all the scoring on the day, when Rube Walberg led off the inning with a single. After McNair flew out to Bruton in center, Mule Haas walked to put runners on 1st and 2nd with oue out. Jimmie Foxx lined out to Boros at third and the Tigers looked to be out of it until Al Simmons struck again. Instead of a homer, Simmons doubled into the gap in left center to score both Walberg and Haas. Walberg was able to make both of those runs stand up as he led the A's to a victory and series sweep. Detroit scored their lone run in the bottom of the 6th, when Jake Wood led off the home half of the inning with a solo home run. Bill Bruton followed Wood's homer with a single, but never came around to score. Detroit threatened again in the 8th when pinch hitter Morton led off with a double, but the next two batters (Wood and Bruton) failed to advance him. Kaline walked in an obvious attempt to pitch around him, but Norm Cash...who had been oh, so clutch all season, fanned to end the inning. Walberg had little trouble with the Tigers in the 9th as he went the distance.