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Scores
Standings
WSH
@BOS		3
2
SLB
@CHW		4
5		 
(11)
SLB
@CHW		2
6
DET
@CLE		9
6
NYY
@PHA		6
4
STL
@PIT		1
5
Thursday, August 8, 1929,
, League Park II
Attendance: Not Given, Time of Game: 0:00
Tigers
9
51-54
⇐ Won 2 ⇒
 at Indians
6
55-50
⇐ Lost 2 ⇒
L: Wes Ferrell (11-8)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Tigers          0  2  0   0  1  1   0  1  4    9 14  1
Indians         1  0  0   0  0  0   3  2  0    6 10  1

Detroit Tigers

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Roy Johnson LF 4 2 2 0 1 0 .322 .884 1 0
Bucky Harris 2B 2 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 1 4 SB,SH
   Eddie Phillips PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .238 .638
   Vic Sorrell P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .149 .326 0 0
Harry Rice CF 4 2 2 2 1 0 .324 .834 6 0 HR
Harry Heilmann RF 5 1 2 3 0 1 .361 1.029 4 0 2B
Dale Alexander 1B 5 1 5 2 0 0 .338 .975 10 1 HR
Marty McManus 3B 4 1 1 0 1 0 .302 .851 1 2 SB
Pinky Hargrave C 3 1 1 0 1 0 .277 .687 1 0
Yats Wuestling SS 2 0 0 1 0 0 .202 .475 2 0 SH
   Bob Fothergill PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 .359 .996
   Ownie Carroll PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 .218 .586
   Heinie Schuble SS 0 1 0 0 0 0 .236 .644 0 1
Skinny Graham P 3 0 0 0 0 0 .067 .133 0 3
   Earl Whitehill P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280 .773 0 1
   Charlie Gehringer 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .331 .925 1 0
Team Totals 35 9 14 8 5 1 .400 1.075 27 12
2B: H Heilmann (36).
HR: D Alexander (19); H Rice (3).
SH: B Harris (1); Y Wuestling (2).
TB: D Alexander 8; H Rice 5; H Heilmann 3; R Johnson 2; B Fothergill; M McManus; P Hargrave.
RBI: H Heilmann 3 (101); D Alexander 2 (99); H Rice 2 (43); Y Wuestling (7).
Team LOB: 6.
Fielding
DP: 1. S Graham-D Alexander-P Hargrave.
E: Y Wuestling (7).
Baserunning
SB: M McManus (10, -1st base off  POCS); B Harris (1, -1st base off  POCS).

Cleveland Indians

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Ed Morgan RF 4 1 0 0 1 0 .363 .983 1 1 SB
Joe Sewell 3B 5 1 1 1 0 0 .313 .810 2 4
Earl Averill CF 5 1 2 2 0 0 .322 .930 5 0 HR
Lew Fonseca 1B 4 0 1 0 1 0 .365 .961 12 1
Bibb Falk LF 4 1 1 1 1 0 .328 .938 4 0 HR
Johnny Hodapp 2B 3 1 2 1 1 0 .315 .777 1 4 3B
Ray Gardner SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 .272 .674 0 0
   Joe Hauser PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273 .879
   Jackie Tavener SS 1 0 1 1 0 0 .218 .592 1 1
Luke Sewell C 2 0 0 0 0 0 .212 .545 1 0
   Glenn Myatt C 1 0 1 0 0 0 .269 .653 0 0 2B,SH
Johnny Miljus P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .314 .800 0 0
   Charlie Jamieson PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 .291 .754
   Wes Ferrell P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .236 .730 0 1
Team Totals 36 6 10 6 4 0 .278 .878 27 12
2B: G Myatt (4).
3B: J Hodapp (2).
HR: B Falk (12); E Averill (13).
SH: G Myatt (3).
TB: E Averill 5; J Hodapp 4; B Falk 4; G Myatt 2; C Jamieson; L Fonseca; J Tavener; J Sewell.
RBI: E Averill 2 (70); B Falk (69); J Tavener (19); J Sewell (53); J Hodapp (17).
Team LOB: 8.
Fielding
DP: 3. J Sewell-L Fonseca; L Fonseca-J Sewell; J Hodapp-J Tavener-L Fonseca.
E: E Morgan (9).
Baserunning
SB: E Morgan (4, -1st base off  POCS).

Detroit Tigers

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Skinny Graham 7 8 6 6 4 0 2 5.73 33 33
Earl Whitehill, W (7-8) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.69 4
Vic Sorrell, S (1) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.54 4
Team Totals 9 10 6 6 4 0 2 6.00 41 33

Cleveland Indians

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Johnny Miljus 7 7 4 3 4 1 1 5.57 29 46
Wes Ferrell, L (11-8) 2 7 5 5 1 0 1 4.51 13
Team Totals 9 14 9 8 5 1 2 8.00 42 46
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - George Hildebrand, 1B - Bill Guthrie, 2B - (none), 3B - (none).
Time of Game: 0:00.
Attendance: 0.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Detroit Tigers         Cleveland Indians
1 Roy Johnson LF 1 Ed Morgan RF
2 Bucky Harris 2B 2 Joe Sewell 3B
3 Harry Rice CF 3 Earl Averill CF
4 Harry Heilmann RF 4 Lew Fonseca 1B
5 Dale Alexander 1B 5 Bibb Falk LF
6 Marty McManus 3B 6 Johnny Hodapp 2B
7 Pinky Hargrave C 7 Ray Gardner SS
8 Yats Wuestling SS 8 Luke Sewell C
9 Skinny Graham P 9 Johnny Miljus P

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