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Boston Red Sox @ Detroit Tigers

1920-08-02 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · 1:45

Detroit Tigers defeated Boston Red Sox 5–2. Detroit Tigers put up 3 in the 1st. Red Oldham earned the win. Bobby Veach went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	7
DET	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		5	13

W: Red Oldham L: Bullet Joe Bush SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Moriarty · 1B: Ollie Chill · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Friel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gene Bailey	4	0	0	0	1	0
Eddie Foster	3	0	0	0	2	0
Mike Menosky	3	0	1	0	0	2
Harry Hooper	4	0	0	0	0	2
Ossie Vitt	3	2	2	0	1	0
Stuffy McInnis	3	0	1	1	0	0
Everett Scott	4	0	3	1	0	0
Roxy Walters	3	0	0	0	1	1
Bullet Joe Bush	2	0	0	0	0	1
Benn Karr	0	0	0	0	1	0
Wally Schang	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ralph Young	3	0	1	0	0	0
Donie Bush	4	1	1	0	0	0
Ty Cobb	4	2	2	0	0	0
Bobby Veach	4	2	3	2	0	0
Harry Heilmann	4	0	1	1	0	0
Chick Shorten	4	0	1	2	0	0
Bob Jones	3	0	2	0	1	0
Clyde Manion	3	0	1	0	0	1
Red Oldham	3	0	1	0	1	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bullet Joe Bush	3.0	8	1	1
Benn Karr	4.0	4	0	0
Gary Fortune	1.0	1	1	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Oldham	9.0	7	6	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Gene Bailey: 99
Eddie Foster: W
Mike Menosky: K
Harry Hooper: 99

Bot 1

Ralph Young: S
Donie Bush: 99(1)/FO
Ty Cobb: S9.1-3
Bobby Veach: T9.3-H;1-H
Harry Heilmann: S8.3-H
Chick Shorten: CS2(99)
Chick Shorten: 99

Top 2

Ossie Vitt: W
Stuffy McInnis: 99
Everett Scott: S.1-2
Roxy Walters: K
Bullet Joe Bush: K

Bot 2

Bob Jones: 99
Clyde Manion: S
Red Oldham: 99
Ralph Young: 99

Top 3

Gene Bailey: W
Eddie Foster: CS2(99)
Eddie Foster: 99
Mike Menosky: HP
Harry Hooper: PO1(99)

Bot 3

Donie Bush: 99
Ty Cobb: S7
Bobby Veach: S7.1-2
Harry Heilmann: PO2(E1).2-3;1-2
Harry Heilmann: 2/FL
Chick Shorten: S8/G.3-H(UR);2-H(UR)
Bob Jones: W.1-2
Clyde Manion: K

Top 4

Harry Hooper: K
Ossie Vitt: S/BG
Stuffy McInnis: S.1-2
Everett Scott: S.2-H;1-2
Roxy Walters: 99
Bullet Joe Bush: 99

Bot 4

Red Oldham: S
Ralph Young: 99/SH.1-2
Donie Bush: 99
Ty Cobb: 99

Top 5

Gene Bailey: 99
Eddie Foster: W
Mike Menosky: HP.1-2
Harry Hooper: K+CS3(25)/DP

Bot 5

Bobby Veach: 99
Harry Heilmann: 99
Chick Shorten: 99

Top 6

Ossie Vitt: T9
Stuffy McInnis: 7/SF.3-H
Everett Scott: 99
Roxy Walters: 99

Bot 6

Bob Jones: S
Clyde Manion: 99/SH.1-2
Red Oldham: 99
Ralph Young: 99

Top 7

Benn Karr: W
Gene Bailey: 99
Eddie Foster: 99
Mike Menosky: S.1-2
Harry Hooper: 99

Bot 7

Donie Bush: S
Ty Cobb: 4(1)3/GDP
Bobby Veach: D
Harry Heilmann: 99

Top 8

Ossie Vitt: 99
Stuffy McInnis: 99
Everett Scott: S
Roxy Walters: W.1-2
Wally Schang: 99

Bot 8

Chick Shorten: 99
Bob Jones: S
Clyde Manion: 99
Red Oldham: W.1-2
Ralph Young: OA.2X3(25)

Top 9

Gene Bailey: 99
Eddie Foster: 99
Mike Menosky: K