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New York Yankees @ Detroit Tigers

1922-08-07 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · 2:00

New York Yankees defeated Detroit Tigers 4–3. New York Yankees put up 3 in the 4th. Sad Sam Jones earned the win. Bob Jones went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	4	11
DET	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5

W: Sad Sam Jones L: Herman Pillette SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whitey Witt	5	1	2	0	0	0
Joe Dugan	4	0	1	1	1	0
Babe Ruth	5	1	4	1	0	0
Wally Pipp	4	0	0	0	1	0
Wally Schang	3	0	1	1	2	0
Bob Meusel	5	0	0	0	0	1
Aaron Ward	4	1	2	0	0	1
Everett Scott	4	0	0	0	0	1
Sad Sam Jones	3	1	1	1	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lu Blue	4	1	1	0	0	0
George Cutshaw	3	1	0	0	0	0
Ty Cobb	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Veach	4	0	1	0	0	0
Harry Heilmann	2	1	0	0	2	0
Bob Jones	4	0	2	3	0	0
Topper Rigney	3	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Bassler	3	0	0	0	0	1
Herman Pillette	3	0	1	0	0	1
Danny Clark	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sad Sam Jones	9.0	5	2	3

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Herman Pillette	9.0	11	4	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Whitey Witt: 63/G56
Joe Dugan: 63
Babe Ruth: S9.B-3(E9)
Wally Pipp: 8/F89XD

Bot 1

Lu Blue: S5/G5L
George Cutshaw: FC1/BG.1-2(E1/TH2);B-1
Ty Cobb: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Bobby Veach: 5/FL
Harry Heilmann: IW
Bob Jones: T9/9L.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-H(UR)
Topper Rigney: 53

Top 2

Wally Schang: W
Bob Meusel: K
Aaron Ward: 53.1-2
Everett Scott: E6/G.2-3
Sad Sam Jones: HP.1-2
Whitey Witt: 13

Bot 2

Johnny Bassler: 7
Herman Pillette: 4/L
Lu Blue: 13

Top 3

Joe Dugan: E1/TH
Babe Ruth: D9.1-3
Wally Pipp: 6/L
Wally Schang: W
Bob Meusel: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

George Cutshaw: 9
Ty Cobb: 63
Bobby Veach: 3/G

Top 4

Aaron Ward: D/78D
Everett Scott: K
Sad Sam Jones: D7/7L.2-H
Whitey Witt: S1/BG25.2-3
Joe Dugan: S7/G5.3-H;1-2
Babe Ruth: S7.2-H;1-3
Wally Pipp: W.1-2
Wally Schang: 32(3)3/GDP

Bot 4

Harry Heilmann: 8
Bob Jones: S8
Topper Rigney: CS2(24)
Topper Rigney: K

Top 5

Bob Meusel: 5/P
Aaron Ward: S8
Everett Scott: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Johnny Bassler: K/C
Herman Pillette: S9
Lu Blue: 36(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Sad Sam Jones: 8/F8XD
Whitey Witt: S8
Joe Dugan: W.1-2
Babe Ruth: 46(1)/FO
Wally Pipp: 6/P

Bot 6

George Cutshaw: 43
Ty Cobb: 9
Bobby Veach: 8

Top 7

Wally Schang: 3/P
Bob Meusel: 43
Aaron Ward: K

Bot 7

Harry Heilmann: 53
Bob Jones: 4/P
Topper Rigney: 9

Top 8

Everett Scott: 63
Sad Sam Jones: 6/P
Whitey Witt: 3/G

Bot 8

Johnny Bassler: 43
Herman Pillette: K
Lu Blue: 7

Top 9

Joe Dugan: 6/L
Babe Ruth: D9/G34
Wally Pipp: 2/FL
Wally Schang: S9.2-H
Bob Meusel: 6(1)/FO

Bot 9

Danny Clark: 5/P
Ty Cobb: 8
Bobby Veach: S7
Harry Heilmann: W.1-2
Bob Jones: 8/F8

Notes & reviews

30-minute rain delay during Witt's at-bat

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