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Philadelphia Athletics @ Detroit Tigers

1922-09-15 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · 1:34

Detroit Tigers defeated Philadelphia Athletics 8–2. Detroit Tigers put up 4 in the 5th. Howard Ehmke earned the win. Bob Fothergill went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Howard Ehmke L: Slim Harriss SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jimmy Dykes	2	0	0	0	0	2
Joe Hauser	3	1	1	0	1	0
Bing Miller	4	0	2	0	0	0
Frank Welch	3	1	1	0	0	1
Cy Perkins	4	0	1	2	0	0
Chick Galloway	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tillie Walker	4	0	1	0	0	0
Heinie Scheer	4	0	1	0	0	0
Slim Harriss	2	0	0	0	0	1
Frank McCue	3	0	0	0	0	0
Harry O'Neill	1	0	0	0	0	0
Beauty McGowan	1	0	1	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lu Blue	4	1	1	0	1	0
Fred Haney	4	1	1	0	0	0
Ty Cobb	3	3	3	1	1	0
Bobby Veach	1	2	1	2	1	0
Bob Fothergill	4	1	2	3	0	1
George Cutshaw	4	0	1	1	0	0
Topper Rigney	4	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Bassler	4	0	1	0	0	0
Howard Ehmke	3	0	0	0	1	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Slim Harriss	5.0	8	3	2
Harry O'Neill	3.0	2	1	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Howard Ehmke	9.0	8	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jimmy Dykes: K
Joe Hauser: 99
Bing Miller: S
Frank Welch: S.1-3
Cy Perkins: 99

Bot 1

Lu Blue: 43
Fred Haney: 6/P
Ty Cobb: S4/BG
Bobby Veach: T9.1-H
Bob Fothergill: S7.3-H
George Cutshaw: CS2(99)

Top 2

Chick Galloway: 99
Tillie Walker: 99
Heinie Scheer: 99

Bot 2

George Cutshaw: 99
Topper Rigney: 99
Johnny Bassler: S
Howard Ehmke: W.1-2
Lu Blue: 99

Top 3

Slim Harriss: K
Jimmy Dykes: K
Joe Hauser: 99

Bot 3

Fred Haney: S9
Ty Cobb: S8.1-3
Bobby Veach: 9/SF.3-H
Bob Fothergill: K
George Cutshaw: OA.1X2(99)

Top 4

Bing Miller: S6.B-2(E6/TH)
Frank Welch: K
Cy Perkins: 99
Chick Galloway: 99

Bot 4

George Cutshaw: 99
Topper Rigney: 99
Johnny Bassler: 99

Top 5

Tillie Walker: 99
Heinie Scheer: 99
Slim Harriss: 99

Bot 5

Howard Ehmke: K
Lu Blue: W
Fred Haney: 9
Ty Cobb: D9.1-H
Bobby Veach: W
Bob Fothergill: T9.2-H;1-H
George Cutshaw: E5/TH.3-H(NR)(UR)
Topper Rigney: 99

Top 6

Frank McCue: 99
Joe Hauser: D
Bing Miller: 99/F
Frank Welch: HP
Cy Perkins: D9.2-H;1-H
Chick Galloway: 99

Bot 6

Johnny Bassler: 99
Howard Ehmke: 99
Lu Blue: S1/BG
Fred Haney: 99

Top 7

Tillie Walker: S
Heinie Scheer: S.1-2
Harry O'Neill: SB3;SB2
Harry O'Neill: 99
Frank McCue: 99
Joe Hauser: W
Bing Miller: 99

Bot 7

Ty Cobb: W
Bobby Veach: HP.1-2
Bob Fothergill: 6(1)3(B)/GDP.2-3
George Cutshaw: S7.3-H
Topper Rigney: 99

Top 8

Frank Welch: 99
Cy Perkins: 99
Chick Galloway: 99

Bot 8

Johnny Bassler: 99
Howard Ehmke: 99
Lu Blue: 99

Top 9

Tillie Walker: 99
Heinie Scheer: 99
Beauty McGowan: S9
Frank McCue: 99