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Scores
Standings
CLE
@BOS		4
8
CHW
@NYY		2
6
DET
@PHA		3
4
SLB
@WSH		7
8
BSN
@CHC		1
5
BSN
@CHC		2
5
BRO
@CIN		6
1
PHI
@PIT		4
11
PHI
@PIT		1
4
NYG
@STL		2
7
NYG
@STL		5
7
Thursday, August 26, 1948,
, Shibe Park
Attendance: 4,208, Time of Game: 2:10
Tigers
3
56-58
⇐ Lost 1 ⇒
 at Athletics
4
69-51
⇐ Won 1 ⇒
W: Joe Coleman (12-10)
L: Hal Newhouser (15-10)
S: Bob Savage (5)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Tigers          0  1  1   0  0  1   0  0  0    3  8  1
Athletics       0  0  0   1  0  0   1  2  X    4 10  1

Detroit Tigers

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Johnny Lipon SS 5 1 3 0 0 1 .276 .750 1 5 2·2B
Eddie Mayo 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .254 .663 3 3 2·SH
George Kell 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 .298 .760 0 2
Pat Mullin RF 4 0 2 1 0 0 .291 .894 3 0
Hoot Evers CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .309 .817 2 0 SH
Vic Wertz LF 3 1 1 0 1 1 .264 .784 2 0 2B
Sam Vico 1B 4 0 0 1 0 1 .251 .700 9 0
Bob Swift C 2 0 1 1 1 0 .216 .607 4 1
   Fred Hutchinson 0 0 0 0 1 0 .205 .550
   Neil Berry 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245 .610
Hal Newhouser P 3 0 0 0 0 0 .203 .545 0 1
   Art Houtteman P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 .417 0 1
   Dick Wakefield 1 0 0 0 0 0 .283 .866
Team Totals 32 3 8 3 3 3 .250 .658 24 13
2B: J Lipon 2 (8); V Wertz (12).
SH: H Evers (11); E Mayo 2 (14).
TB: J Lipon 5; V Wertz 2; P Mullin 2; B Swift; G Kell.
RBI: S Vico (38); B Swift (25); P Mullin (51).
Team LOB: 8.
Fielding
DP: 3. H Newhouser-J Lipon-E Mayo-S Vico; J Lipon-E Mayo; A Houtteman-B Swift-S Vico.
E: V Wertz (7).

Philadelphia Athletics

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Skeeter Webb SS 5 0 0 0 0 1 .129 .258 0 3 GDP
Barney McCosky LF 2 0 1 1 2 0 .316 .788 1 0
Sam Chapman CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .261 .777 3 0 GDP
Hank Majeski 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .289 .773 3 4
Elmer Valo RF 3 2 2 0 1 0 .322 .837 2 0
Ferris Fain 1B 3 1 1 0 1 0 .256 .774 11 0
Buddy Rosar C 4 0 2 0 0 0 .220 .603 3 0
   Mike Guerra C 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240 .675 1 0
Pete Suder 2B 3 0 2 3 1 0 .231 .653 3 3 2B
Joe Coleman P 3 1 1 0 0 1 .145 .362 0 1 2B,GDP
   Don White 0 0 0 0 1 0 .240 .617
   Bob Savage P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 .298 0 0
Team Totals 31 4 10 4 6 3 .323 .820 27 11
2B: J Coleman (2); P Suder (18).
TB: P Suder 3; E Valo 2; B Rosar 2; J Coleman 2; F Fain; H Majeski; B McCosky.
GIDP: S Chapman (13); S Webb (1); J Coleman (2).
RBI: P Suder 3 (47); B McCosky (34).
Team LOB: 9.
Fielding
E: S Chapman (6).

Detroit Tigers

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Hal Newhouser, L (15-10) 7.1 9 4 4 5 3 0 3.42 34 42
Art Houtteman 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4.43 3
Team Totals 8 10 4 4 6 3 0 4.50 37 42

Philadelphia Athletics

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Joe Coleman, W (12-10) 8 7 3 3 2 3 0 3.86 33 57
Bob Savage, S (5) 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 6.44 5
Team Totals 9 8 3 3 3 3 0 3.00 38 57
Balks: None.
WP: H Newhouser (3).
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Johnny Stevens, 1B - Eddie Rommel, 2B - (none), 3B - Art Passarella.
Time of Game: 2:10.
Attendance: 4,208.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Detroit Tigers         Philadelphia Athletics
1 Johnny Lipon SS 1 Skeeter Webb SS
2 Eddie Mayo 2B 2 Barney McCosky LF
3 George Kell 3B 3 Sam Chapman CF
4 Pat Mullin RF 4 Hank Majeski 3B
5 Hoot Evers CF 5 Elmer Valo RF
6 Vic Wertz LF 6 Ferris Fain 1B
7 Sam Vico 1B 7 Buddy Rosar C
8 Bob Swift C 8 Pete Suder 2B
9 Hal Newhouser P 9 Joe Coleman P

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