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Scores
Standings
CLE
@CHW		3
4		 
(10)
SLB
@DET		8
3
BOS
@NYY		1
2
WSH
@PHA		2
4
NYG
@BRO		3
4
NYG
@BRO		4
0
PIT
@CIN		3
4		 
(10)
Wednesday, May 23, 1928,
, Navin Field
Attendance: Not Given, Time of Game: 2:09
Browns
8
15-20
⇐ Won 1 ⇒
 at Tigers
3
14-24
⇐ Lost 1 ⇒
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Browns          0  0  0   0  1  0   3  0  4    8  8  1
Tigers          0  0  0   2  0  1   0  0  0    3  4  2

St.Louis Browns

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Earl McNeely RF 4 1 2 1 2 0 .262 .708 3 0 2B,CS
Otis Brannan 2B 4 1 2 1 1 0 .236 .637 2 2
Lu Blue 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .280 .808 12 0 HBP
Heinie Manush LF 4 1 1 1 1 0 .311 .819 3 0
Red Kress SS 3 1 0 0 2 0 .383 .964 1 3
Fred Schulte CF 3 1 0 0 2 1 .302 .804 4 1
Ski Melillo 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .282 0 3
   Billy Mullen 3B 1 1 1 2 0 0 .438 1.026 0 0
Wally Schang C 3 1 1 0 2 0 .223 .637 2 3
George Blaeholder P 1 1 1 0 1 0 .111 .269 0 0
   Guy Sturdy PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .889
   General Crowder P 1 0 0 1 0 0 .222 .444 0 3 SH
Team Totals 33 8 8 6 11 3 .242 .717 27 15
2B: E McNeely (12).
SH: G Crowder (2).
HBP: L Blue (1).
TB: E McNeely 3; O Brannan 2; W Schang; B Mullen; H Manush; G Blaeholder.
RBI: B Mullen 2 (2); G Crowder (1); O Brannan (15); E McNeely (15); H Manush (18).
Team LOB: 11.
Fielding
E: R Kress (16).
Baserunning
CS: E McNeely (1, -1st base by  POCS).

Detroit Tigers

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Bill Sweeney 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .669 7 2
   Pinky Hargrave PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .241 .723
   Johnny Neun 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190 .461 1 0
Charlie Gehringer 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 .285 .772 2 1
Harry Rice CF 2 2 1 0 2 0 .318 .878 3 0 3B,CS
Harry Heilmann RF 4 0 1 1 0 0 .295 .833 3 1 2B
Bob Fothergill LF 3 0 0 1 1 1 .333 .908 1 0
Chick Galloway 3B 3 0 1 1 0 0 .324 .864 1 4 SH
Jackie Tavener SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 .255 .702 4 1
   Marty McManus PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .287 .763
Larry Woodall C 3 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .545 5 1
Josh Billings P 1 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .878 0 1
   George Smith P 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .400 0 0
   Lil Stoner P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .500 0 0
Team Totals 29 3 4 3 4 2 .138 .484 27 11
2B: H Heilmann (11).
3B: H Rice (5).
SH: C Galloway (4).
TB: H Rice 3; H Heilmann 2; C Galloway; C Gehringer.
RBI: B Fothergill (18); C Galloway (2); H Heilmann (30).
Team LOB: 4.
Fielding
E: B Fothergill (3); J Tavener (14).
Baserunning
CS: H Rice (4, -1st base by  POCS).

St.Louis Browns

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
George Blaeholder, W (2-4) 6 4 3 1 3 0 0 3.49 24 53
General Crowder, S (1) 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 5.10 10
Team Totals 9 4 3 1 4 2 0 1.00 34 53

Detroit Tigers

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Josh Billings, L (3-6) 6.1 5 4 3 6 2 0 4.02 30 45
George Smith 2 1 3 3 5 1 0 5.65 12
Lil Stoner 0.2 2 1 0 0 0 0 4.13 4
Team Totals 9 8 8 6 11 3 0 6.00 46 45
Balks: None.
WP: J Billings (1).
HBP: J Billings (2).
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Bill Dinneen, 1B - Dick Nallin, 2B - (none), 3B - Dan Barry.
Time of Game: 2:09.
Attendance: 0.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

St.Louis Browns         Detroit Tigers
1 Earl McNeely RF 1 Bill Sweeney 1B
2 Otis Brannan 2B 2 Charlie Gehringer 2B
3 Lu Blue 1B 3 Harry Rice CF
4 Heinie Manush LF 4 Harry Heilmann RF
5 Red Kress SS 5 Bob Fothergill LF
6 Fred Schulte CF 6 Chick Galloway 3B
7 Ski Melillo 3B 7 Jackie Tavener SS
8 Wally Schang C 8 Larry Woodall C
9 George Blaeholder P 9 Josh Billings P

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