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Washington Senators @ Detroit Tigers

1921-07-23 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · 2:00

Detroit Tigers defeated Washington Senators 6–2. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 2nd. Howard Ehmke earned the win and Jim Middleton picked up the save. Joe Sargent went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WS1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	12
DET	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2		6	14

W: Howard Ehmke L: George Mogridge SV: Jim Middleton

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

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Judge	5	0	2	0	0	0
Clyde Milan	5	0	3	1	0	0
Sam Rice	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bing Miller	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bucky Harris	4	0	3	1	0	0
Howie Shanks	4	0	1	0	0	1
Frank O'Rourke	4	0	1	0	0	2
Ricardo Torres	3	1	1	0	0	1
George Mogridge	3	0	0	0	0	0
Earl Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Brower	0	0	0	0	1	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

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

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Mogridge	8.0	14	1	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Howard Ehmke	8.0	12	0	4
Jim Middleton	1.0	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Joe Judge: 9/F
Clyde Milan: D7
Sam Rice: 8/F.2-3
Bing Miller: 1/L

Bot 1

Lu Blue: 8/F
Donie Bush: S6
Harry Heilmann: S8.1-3
Bobby Veach: 4/P
Ira Flagstead: 5/L

Top 2

Bucky Harris: S8
Howie Shanks: CS2(243)
Howie Shanks: 3/G
Frank O'Rourke: S7
Ricardo Torres: CS2(24)

Bot 2

Chick Shorten: T8/89
Bob Jones: W
Johnny Bassler: S9.3-H;1-3
Howard Ehmke: S9.3-H;1-3(E9);B-2
Lu Blue: HP
Donie Bush: 9/F
Harry Heilmann: 9/F/DP.3XH(92)

Top 3

Ricardo Torres: 99
George Mogridge: 99
Joe Judge: S9
Clyde Milan: S9.1-3
Sam Rice: 7/F

Bot 3

Bobby Veach: 3/G
Ira Flagstead: 13
Chick Shorten: 9/F

Top 4

Bing Miller: E6
Bucky Harris: 99/F
Howie Shanks: 99/F
Frank O'Rourke: K

Bot 4

Bob Jones: S9/4/P
Johnny Bassler: 16(1)/FO/BG
Howard Ehmke: S7.1-2
Lu Blue: S8.2-H;1X3(856)
Donie Bush: 8/F

Top 5

Ricardo Torres: S4/G
George Mogridge: 8/F
Joe Judge: 3/G.1-2
Clyde Milan: T8.2-H
Sam Rice: 8/F

Bot 5

Harry Heilmann: 99
Bobby Veach: K
Ira Flagstead: S
Chick Shorten: 4(1)/FO

Top 6

Bing Miller: 99
Bucky Harris: S.BX2(76)
Howie Shanks: S5
Frank O'Rourke: 13

Bot 6

Joe Sargent: 99
Johnny Bassler: 99
Howard Ehmke: D7
Lu Blue: S6.2-H(E6/TH)(NR)(UR);B-2
Donie Bush: 2/P

Top 7

Ricardo Torres: K
George Mogridge: 99
Joe Judge: S9
Clyde Milan: 64(1)/FO

Bot 7

Harry Heilmann: 99
Bobby Veach: 99
Ira Flagstead: 99

Top 8

Sam Rice: 53
Bing Miller: D7
Bucky Harris: S7.2-H;B-2(E2)
Howie Shanks: K+SB3
Frank O'Rourke: K/C

Bot 8

Chick Shorten: 3/G
Joe Sargent: HR/7
Johnny Bassler: S7
Howard Ehmke: 6(1)/FO
Lu Blue: PB.1-2
Lu Blue: S8.2XH(8E2)(NR)(UR);B-3
Donie Bush: 53

Top 9

Earl Smith: 7/F
Frank Brower: W
Joe Judge: 7/F
Clyde Milan: 43

Notes & reviews

Delayed steal.
Ehmke hurt sliding into home and left game

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