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Scores
Standings
PHA
@CHW		3
2		 
(13)
WSH
@CLE		8
5
NYY
@DET		3
6
BOS
@SLB		7
8		 
(12)
BOS
@SLB		1
6
STL
@BSN		1
3
Wednesday, August 22, 1923,
, Navin Field
Attendance: 12,000, Time of Game: 0:00
Yankees
3
74-39
⇐ Lost 1 ⇒
 at Tigers
6
56-53
⇐ Won 1 ⇒
W: Syl Johnson (9-4)
L: Bullet Joe Bush (16-11)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Yankees         1  0  0   0  0  0   1  1  0    3  8  0
Tigers          0  0  0   0  1  5   0  0  X    6  8  0

New York Yankees

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Whitey Witt CF 4 1 1 1 0 0 .336 .843 1 0 HR
Joe Dugan 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .282 .693 0 2
Babe Ruth LF 3 1 2 0 1 0 .404 1.343 4 0 2B,CS
Wally Pipp 1B 4 1 3 1 0 0 .308 .763 8 2
Bob Meusel RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .301 .809 2 0
Aaron Ward 2B 3 0 1 1 1 0 .284 .774 4 2 2B
Wally Schang C 3 0 0 0 1 0 .260 .651 3 1
Everett Scott SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 .254 .599 2 2
   Elmer Smith PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .309 .880
   Ernie Johnson SS 1 0 0 0 0 1 .279 .711 0 1
Bullet Joe Bush P 3 0 0 0 0 1 .267 .735 0 0
   Harvey Hendrick PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .220 .512
Team Totals 33 3 8 3 3 6 .242 .699 24 10
2B: B Ruth (31); A Ward (18).
HR: W Witt (4).
TB: W Witt 4; W Pipp 3; B Ruth 3; A Ward 2; J Dugan.
RBI: A Ward (61); W Pipp (88); W Witt (39).
Team LOB: 6.
Fielding
DP: 1. E Scott-A Ward-W Pipp.
Baserunning
CS: B Ruth (17, -1st base by  POCS).

Detroit Tigers

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Lu Blue 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 .285 .753 8 0 HBP
Bob Jones 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .233 .611 2 1 SH
Ty Cobb CF 3 1 0 0 1 0 .332 .847 4 0
Heinie Manush LF 3 1 1 0 1 0 .337 .881 0 0
Harry Heilmann RF 3 1 0 0 1 0 .388 1.090 3 1
Topper Rigney SS 3 2 2 3 0 0 .311 .802 1 3 2B,SH
Fred Haney 2B 3 1 0 0 1 0 .298 .741 0 4
Johnny Bassler C 4 0 3 2 0 0 .287 .769 8 1 CS
Syl Johnson P 3 0 1 1 0 2 .178 .444 1 1
Team Totals 28 6 8 6 4 2 .286 .715 27 11
2B: T Rigney (18).
SH: B Jones (15); T Rigney (17).
HBP: L Blue (2).
TB: T Rigney 3; J Bassler 3; S Johnson; H Manush; L Blue.
RBI: T Rigney 3 (45); J Bassler 2 (27); S Johnson (3).
Team LOB: 5.
Baserunning
CS: J Bassler (2, -1st base by  POCS).

New York Yankees

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Bullet Joe Bush, L (16-11) 8 8 6 6 4 2 0 3.18 35 40
Team Totals 8 8 6 6 4 2 0 6.75 35 40

Detroit Tigers

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Syl Johnson, W (9-4) 9 8 3 2 3 6 1 3.98 36 64
Team Totals 9 8 3 2 3 6 1 2.00 36 64
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: B Bush (4).
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Bill Dinneen, 1B - George Moriarty, 2B - (none), 3B - (none).
Time of Game: 0:00.
Attendance: 12,000.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

New York Yankees         Detroit Tigers
1 Whitey Witt CF 1 Lu Blue 1B
2 Joe Dugan 3B 2 Bob Jones 3B
3 Babe Ruth LF 3 Ty Cobb CF
4 Wally Pipp 1B 4 Heinie Manush LF
5 Bob Meusel RF 5 Harry Heilmann RF
6 Aaron Ward 2B 6 Topper Rigney SS
7 Wally Schang C 7 Fred Haney 2B
8 Everett Scott SS 8 Johnny Bassler C
9 Bullet Joe Bush P 9 Syl Johnson P

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