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Detroit Tigers @ Boston Red Sox

1922-07-17 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 3000 · 2:03

Detroit Tigers defeated Boston Red Sox 16–7. Detroit Tigers put up 6 in the 2nd. Howard Ehmke earned the win and Syl Johnson picked up the save. Ty Cobb went 5-for-5 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	6	0	3	1	3	0	0	3	16	16
BOS	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	10

W: Howard Ehmke L: Bill Piercy SV: Syl Johnson

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

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Lu Blue	4	2	0	1	1
Fred Haney	4	2	2	1	0
Ty Cobb	5	3	5	4	1
Bobby Veach	5	0	1	2	0
Harry Heilmann	3	2	1	0	2
Danny Clark	4	2	3	2	0
Topper Rigney	5	1	2	0	0
Clyde Manion	4	1	0	1	0
Bob Jones	0	1	0	0	1
Howard Ehmke	4	2	2	0	0
Ira Flagstead	1	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Elmer Smith	5	1	2	1	0	0
Mike Menosky	3	1	0	1	1	0
George Burns	4	0	1	0	1	0
Del Pratt	4	1	2	1	1	1
Joe Dugan	5	1	1	1	0	1
Shano Collins	5	1	1	0	0	0
Frank O'Rourke	4	1	2	1	0	0
Muddy Ruel	2	0	0	0	1	0
Jack Quinn	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Piercy	1	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Harris	1	0	0	0	0	0
Walt Lynch	1	0	0	0	0	0
Curt Fullerton	0	1	0	0	1	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hooks Dauss	1.0	3	3	0
Howard Ehmke	7.0	7	2	1
Syl Johnson	1.0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB
Jack Quinn	1.0	4	0
Bill Piercy	5.0	10	2
Curt Fullerton	3.0	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lu Blue: 5/L
Fred Haney: 43
Ty Cobb: S
Bobby Veach: SB2
Bobby Veach: 9

Bot 1

Elmer Smith: T7
Mike Menosky: W
George Burns: W.1-2
Del Pratt: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Joe Dugan: S7.3-H;2-3;1-2
Shano Collins: 52(3)/FO.2-H(E2/TH1)(NR);1-H(NR)(UR);B-3
Frank O'Rourke: S7.3-H(UR)
Muddy Ruel: 99(1)/FO
Jack Quinn: E4.1-3
Elmer Smith: 8

Top 2

Harry Heilmann: S9
Danny Clark: S8.1-2
Topper Rigney: S8.2-3;1-2
Clyde Manion: FC6.3-H(RBI);2-H(NR);1-3(E6/TH2);B-2
Bob Jones: W
Lu Blue: E6/TH1.3-H(RBI)(UR);2-H(NR)(UR);1-H(NR)(UR);B-2
Fred Haney: 99/SH.2-3
Ty Cobb: D7.3-H(UR)
Bobby Veach: 3/G.2-3
Harry Heilmann: 4/P

Bot 2

Mike Menosky: 99
George Burns: 99
Del Pratt: S
Joe Dugan: 99

Top 3

Danny Clark: 99
Topper Rigney: 99
Clyde Manion: 99

Bot 3

Shano Collins: S
Frank O'Rourke: 99
Muddy Ruel: 14(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Howard Ehmke: D8
Lu Blue: 99/SH.2-3
Fred Haney: S8.3-H
Ty Cobb: S9.1-3;B-2(TH3)
Bobby Veach: S9.3-H;2-H
Harry Heilmann: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Bill Piercy: S
Elmer Smith: 99
Mike Menosky: 99
George Burns: 99

Top 5

Danny Clark: S8
Topper Rigney: S7.1-2
Clyde Manion: 99/SH.2-3;1-2
Howard Ehmke: 7.3-H(E7/TH3)(NR)(UR);2-3
Lu Blue: 7

Bot 5

Del Pratt: S
Joe Dugan: 99
Shano Collins: 99
Frank O'Rourke: 99

Top 6

Fred Haney: S9
Ty Cobb: S5/BG.1-2
Bobby Veach: 99/SH.2-3;1-2
Harry Heilmann: W
Danny Clark: S9.3-H;2-H;1-3
Topper Rigney: 4/P
Clyde Manion: E6.3-H(UR);1-2
Howard Ehmke: 7

Bot 6

Muddy Ruel: W
Joe Harris: 99
Elmer Smith: 99
Mike Menosky: 99

Top 7

Lu Blue: 99
Fred Haney: 99
Ty Cobb: W
Bobby Veach: 99

Bot 7

George Burns: S
Del Pratt: K
Joe Dugan: 99
Shano Collins: 99

Top 8

Harry Heilmann: W
Danny Clark: 99/SH.1-2
Topper Rigney: 99
Clyde Manion: 99

Bot 8

Frank O'Rourke: S8
Walt Lynch: 99/G.1-2
Curt Fullerton: W
Elmer Smith: D8.2-H;1-3
Mike Menosky: 9/SF.3-H
George Burns: 9

Top 9

Howard Ehmke: S
Lu Blue: W.1-2
Fred Haney: 99/SH.2-3;1-2
Ty Cobb: HR/9.3-H;2-H
Bobby Veach: 6/L
Ira Flagstead: 53

Bot 9

Del Pratt: 99
Joe Dugan: K
Shano Collins: 99

Notes & reviews

After getting force out at home, catcher threw wildly to 1B trying to complete DP
Shallow flyball to LF; Ehmke not tagging up at 3B; Menosky made running catch and threw errantly to 3B trying to double-off Ehmke, allowing Ehmke to score (no RBI)

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