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Detroit Tigers @ St. Louis Browns

1926-05-31 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · soaked · 2:46

Detroit Tigers defeated St. Louis Browns 10–7. Detroit Tigers put up 4 in the 9th. Earl Whitehill earned the win. Harry Heilmann went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	4	10	10
SLA	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	7	15

W: Earl Whitehill L: Dixie Davis SV: (none)

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

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Neun	5	1	1	0	0	3
Charlie Gehringer	4	3	2	2	1	0
Heinie Manush	4	1	1	1	0	0
Ty Cobb	5	2	1	3	0	0
Harry Heilmann	5	1	3	2	0	0
Jack Warner	5	0	0	0	0	0
Jackie Tavener	4	0	0	0	0	1
Clyde Manion	3	1	1	0	1	1
Earl Whitehill	4	1	1	0	0	3

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Harry Rice	5	3	3	0	0	0
Ski Melillo	5	3	4	2	0	0
George Sisler	5	0	2	1	0	0
Ken Williams	5	0	0	0	0	1
Pinky Hargrave	5	1	3	1	0	1
Marty McManus	3	0	0	1	1	0
Baby Doll Jacobson	5	0	1	1	0	1
Wally Gerber	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dixie Davis	3	0	1	0	0	0
Bobby LaMotte	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Earl Whitehill	9.0	15	1	3

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dixie Davis	8.0	6	2	7
Elam Vangilder	1.0	4	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Neun: K
Charlie Gehringer: 43
Heinie Manush: E3
Ty Cobb: 2/P

Bot 1

Harry Rice: 1/L
Ski Melillo: S7
George Sisler: FC4.1-2
Ken Williams: 3/L
Pinky Hargrave: S8.2-H;1-3
Marty McManus: W.1-2
Baby Doll Jacobson: 63

Top 2

Harry Heilmann: HR/7
Jack Warner: 13
Jackie Tavener: K/C
Clyde Manion: K/C

Bot 2

Wally Gerber: 2/FL
Dixie Davis: 7
Harry Rice: D9
Ski Melillo: S8.2-H
George Sisler: S7.1-3
Ken Williams: SBH;SB2
Ken Williams: K

Top 3

Earl Whitehill: K
Johnny Neun: D8
Charlie Gehringer: T8.2-H
Heinie Manush: 8/SF.3-H
Ty Cobb: 43

Bot 3

Pinky Hargrave: 2/FL
Marty McManus: 5/FL
Baby Doll Jacobson: K/C

Top 4

Harry Heilmann: 43
Jack Warner: 7
Jackie Tavener: 7

Bot 4

Wally Gerber: 6/P
Dixie Davis: D/89
Harry Rice: 63.2-3
Ski Melillo: 8

Top 5

Clyde Manion: W
Earl Whitehill: WP.1-2
Earl Whitehill: K
Johnny Neun: K
Charlie Gehringer: 99

Bot 5

George Sisler: 99
Ken Williams: 99
Pinky Hargrave: K

Top 6

Heinie Manush: 99
Ty Cobb: 99
Harry Heilmann: 99

Bot 6

Marty McManus: 99
Baby Doll Jacobson: 99
Wally Gerber: 99

Top 7

Jack Warner: 99
Jackie Tavener: 99
Clyde Manion: S
Earl Whitehill: K

Bot 7

Dixie Davis: 99
Harry Rice: D8
Ski Melillo: S7.2-H
George Sisler: 99(1)/FO
Ken Williams: CS2(26)

Top 8

Johnny Neun: 13
Charlie Gehringer: W
Heinie Manush: S9.1-3
Ty Cobb: FC4/TH2.3-H;1-H(E6/TH)(UR);B-3
Harry Heilmann: S8.3-H(UR)
Jack Warner: SB2
Jack Warner: 99/FL
Jackie Tavener: E4/L.2-3
Clyde Manion: CS2(24)

Bot 8

Ken Williams: 3/FL
Pinky Hargrave: D
Marty McManus: 99
Baby Doll Jacobson: S7.2-H
Wally Gerber: S7.1-3
Bobby LaMotte: 53

Top 9

Clyde Manion: E6/TH
Earl Whitehill: S/BG.1-3(E5/TH)
Johnny Neun: K
Charlie Gehringer: S.3-H(UR);1-3;B-2(TH)
Heinie Manush: 6/P
Ty Cobb: S/89.3-H(UR);2-H(UR)
Harry Heilmann: S8.1-3
Jack Warner: SBH(UR);SB2
Jack Warner: 99

Bot 9

Harry Rice: S
Ski Melillo: S.1-2
George Sisler: S.2-H;1-2
Ken Williams: 8
Pinky Hargrave: S.2-3;1-2
Marty McManus: 7/SF.3-H
Baby Doll Jacobson: 7

Notes & reviews

Wet field from heavy rain the night before
Hargrave's foul tip hits HP ump Geisel on head He collapses, is revived and recovers to complete the game
Throw to 2nd is late; Gerber's throw to 1st into foul ground
Rice and Jacobson let routine fly fall between them

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