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Washington Senators @ Detroit Tigers

1921-07-21 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · 1:45

Detroit Tigers defeated Washington Senators 7–2. Detroit Tigers put up 3 in the 3rd. Red Oldham earned the win. Bobby Veach went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WS1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	4
DET	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	1		7	16

W: Red Oldham L: Tom Zachary SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ollie Chill · 1B: Tommy Connolly · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Judge	4	0	0	0	0	0
Clyde Milan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Rice	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bing Miller	4	1	2	1	0	0
Bucky Harris	4	0	0	0	0	1
Howie Shanks	3	1	1	0	1	0
Frank O'Rourke	4	0	0	0	0	2
Val Picinich	3	0	0	0	0	1
Tom Zachary	2	0	1	1	0	1
Jose Acosta	0	0	0	0	1	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lu Blue	5	0	1	0	0	0
Donie Bush	3	3	3	0	2	0
Harry Heilmann	5	1	2	1	0	0
Bobby Veach	5	1	3	3	0	0
Ira Flagstead	5	0	2	1	0	0
Chick Shorten	4	1	0	0	1	0
Bob Jones	4	1	1	0	1	1
Johnny Bassler	3	0	2	0	1	0
Red Oldham	4	0	2	2	0	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Zachary	5.1	12	4	0
Jose Acosta	2.2	4	1	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Oldham	9.0	4	3	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Joe Judge: 99
Clyde Milan: 99
Sam Rice: W
Bing Miller: 54(1)/FO

Bot 1

Lu Blue: 99/F
Donie Bush: W
Harry Heilmann: 4/P
Bobby Veach: S8.1-3
Ira Flagstead: S9.3-H;1-3
Chick Shorten: SB2
Chick Shorten: 3/G

Top 2

Bucky Harris: K
Howie Shanks: 99
Frank O'Rourke: 99

Bot 2

Bob Jones: 63
Johnny Bassler: S7
Red Oldham: 9/F
Lu Blue: S9/P.1-2
Donie Bush: S1/BG.2-3;1-2
Harry Heilmann: 4/P

Top 3

Val Picinich: 99
Tom Zachary: K
Joe Judge: 99

Bot 3

Bobby Veach: HR/9
Ira Flagstead: D7
Chick Shorten: FC1/BG.2X3(15);B-1
Bob Jones: S9.1-3
Johnny Bassler: W.1-2
Red Oldham: S7.3-H;2-H;1-2
Lu Blue: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Clyde Milan: 99
Sam Rice: 99
Bing Miller: S5/L
Bucky Harris: 5/P

Bot 4

Donie Bush: W
Harry Heilmann: 99/F
Bobby Veach: 99/F
Ira Flagstead: 99/F

Top 5

Howie Shanks: W
Frank O'Rourke: K/C
Val Picinich: K/C
Tom Zachary: T7.1-H
Joe Judge: 2/FL

Bot 5

Chick Shorten: 43
Bob Jones: W
Johnny Bassler: 43.1-2
Red Oldham: 63

Top 6

Clyde Milan: 99
Sam Rice: 99
Bing Miller: HR/7
Bucky Harris: 63

Bot 6

Lu Blue: 9/F
Donie Bush: S7/L
Harry Heilmann: S8.1-3
Bobby Veach: T8.3-H;1-H
Ira Flagstead: FC5.3XH(52);B-1
Chick Shorten: 3/G

Top 7

Howie Shanks: 99
Frank O'Rourke: K
Val Picinich: 99

Bot 7

Bob Jones: K
Johnny Bassler: S9.BX2(94)
Red Oldham: S8
Lu Blue: 43

Top 8

Jose Acosta: W
Joe Judge: 99/FL
Clyde Milan: 99/FL
Sam Rice: 7/F

Bot 8

Donie Bush: T9
Harry Heilmann: D7.3-H
Bobby Veach: 6/P
Ira Flagstead: 43.2-3
Chick Shorten: W
Bob Jones: SB2
Bob Jones: 43

Top 9

Bing Miller: 99
Bucky Harris: 99
Howie Shanks: D7
Frank O'Rourke: 3/L