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Washington Senators @ Detroit Tigers

1921-08-23 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 5000 · 1:57

Detroit Tigers defeated Washington Senators 12–3. Detroit Tigers put up 4 in the 8th. Red Oldham earned the win. Patsy Gharrity went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WS1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	9
DET	0	0	3	0	0	3	2	4		12	17

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

Umpires — HP: George Hildebrand · 1B: Bill Dinneen · 2B: (none) · 3B: Billy Evans · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Earl Smith	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bucky Harris	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Judge	3	0	1	1	0	0
Bing Miller	4	1	1	0	0	0
Clyde Milan	4	0	1	1	0	0
Howie Shanks	4	0	2	0	0	0
Patsy Gharrity	3	1	1	1	1	0
Bobby LaMotte	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Zachary	2	1	1	0	0	1
Donie Bush	1	0	1	0	0	0
Sam Rice	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ralph Young	5	2	3	1	0	1
Bob Jones	5	1	2	0	0	0
Ty Cobb	5	2	3	2	0	0
Bobby Veach	4	0	2	2	1	0
Harry Heilmann	5	1	3	1	0	1
Lu Blue	5	1	0	0	0	0
Ira Flagstead	4	1	1	2	0	0
Johnny Bassler	1	2	1	1	3	0
Red Oldham	3	2	2	1	0	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Zachary	6.0	10	2	0
Harry Courtney	2.0	7	2	2

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Oldham	9.0	9	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Earl Smith: K23#
Bucky Harris: 99
Joe Judge: S8
Bing Miller: SB2
Bing Miller: 6/P

Bot 1

Ralph Young: S7
Bob Jones: 4/P/DP.1X1(43)
Ty Cobb: 63

Top 2

Clyde Milan: 99
Howie Shanks: 99
Patsy Gharrity: W
Bobby LaMotte: 54(1)/FO

Bot 2

Bobby Veach: 143
Harry Heilmann: 99
Lu Blue: 99

Top 3

Tom Zachary: S7
Earl Smith: S8.1-2
Bucky Harris: 13.2-3;1-2
Joe Judge: 9/SF.3-H;2-3
Bing Miller: 43

Bot 3

Ira Flagstead: 8
Johnny Bassler: W
Red Oldham: D/78.1-H;B-H(E2/TH3)(E4/THH)
Ralph Young: S9
Bob Jones: 4/P
Ty Cobb: D7.1-H
Bobby Veach: BK.2-3
Bobby Veach: PO3(25)

Top 4

Clyde Milan: 99
Howie Shanks: 99
Patsy Gharrity: HR/7
Bobby LaMotte: 63

Bot 4

Bobby Veach: 99
Harry Heilmann: D5/7
Lu Blue: FC1.2X3(15);B-1
Ira Flagstead: 53

Top 5

Tom Zachary: K
Earl Smith: 99
Bucky Harris: 99

Bot 5

Johnny Bassler: W
Red Oldham: 99/SH.1-2
Ralph Young: 7
Bob Jones: S9.2XH(92)

Top 6

Joe Judge: 99/F
Bing Miller: D7
Clyde Milan: D8.2-H
Howie Shanks: S4.2-3
Patsy Gharrity: FC5.3XH(5252);1-3;B-2
Bobby LaMotte: 43

Bot 6

Ty Cobb: 7
Bobby Veach: S8
Harry Heilmann: S5.1-2
Lu Blue: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Ira Flagstead: D7.2-H;1-H
Johnny Bassler: WP.2-3
Johnny Bassler: S8.3-H
Red Oldham: 99

Top 7

Donie Bush: S8
Earl Smith: HP.1-2
Bucky Harris: 64(1)3(B)/GDP.2-3
Joe Judge: 3/G

Bot 7

Ralph Young: K
Bob Jones: S8
Ty Cobb: S4.1-2
Bobby Veach: D/78.2-H;1-H
Harry Heilmann: K
Lu Blue: 53

Top 8

Bing Miller: 99
Clyde Milan: 99
Howie Shanks: S
Patsy Gharrity: 7

Bot 8

Ira Flagstead: 99/F
Johnny Bassler: W
Red Oldham: S8.1-2
Ralph Young: D/78.2-H;1-3
Bob Jones: 6/P
Ty Cobb: S7.3-H;2-H(E7)(NR);B-2
Bobby Veach: W
Harry Heilmann: SB3;SB2
Harry Heilmann: S5.3-H(UR);2-3;B-2(E5/TH1)
Lu Blue: 53

Top 9

Bobby LaMotte: 99
Sam Rice: 43
Earl Smith: 99