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St. Louis Browns @ Detroit Tigers

1927-04-20 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 35000 · 50°F, sunny, dry · 1:58

Detroit Tigers defeated St. Louis Browns 7–0. Detroit Tigers put up 3 in the 5th. Earl Whitehill earned the win. Bob Fothergill went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
DET	0	0	0	1	3	2	1	0		7	13

W: Earl Whitehill L: Tom Zachary SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Frank O'Rourke	4	0	0	1
Ski Melillo	4	0	0	0
George Sisler	4	1	0	0
Bing Miller	3	1	1	0
Harry Rice	4	0	0	1
Fred Schulte	4	1	0	0
Wally Gerber	3	0	0	0
Wally Schang	2	0	1	0
Tom Zachary	2	0	0	0
Ernie Wingard	1	1	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jackie Tavener	5	2	3	0	0	1
Marty McManus	5	1	1	0	0	1
Heinie Manush	5	1	2	2	0	0
Bob Fothergill	4	1	1	3	1	0
Harry Heilmann	4	1	2	0	0	0
Lu Blue	4	1	2	0	0	1
Jack Warner	3	0	1	0	1	0
Johnny Bassler	1	0	0	2	1	0
Earl Whitehill	4	0	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Zachary	6.0	12	3	2
Ernie Wingard	2.0	1	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Earl Whitehill	9.0	4	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frank O'Rourke: K
Ski Melillo: 13
George Sisler: 6/P

Bot 1

Jackie Tavener: K/C
Marty McManus: 7/F
Heinie Manush: 3/G

Top 2

Bing Miller: 2/FL
Harry Rice: 8/F
Fred Schulte: S9
Wally Gerber: 43

Bot 2

Bob Fothergill: 3/G
Harry Heilmann: 3/G
Lu Blue: 99

Top 3

Wally Schang: 53
Tom Zachary: 99
Frank O'Rourke: 99

Bot 3

Jack Warner: S8
Johnny Bassler: 13/SH.1-2
Earl Whitehill: S8/G.2-3;B-2(E8/TH)
Jackie Tavener: FC6.3XH(625);2-3;B-1
Marty McManus: 9/F

Top 4

Ski Melillo: 99
George Sisler: 99
Bing Miller: S7
Harry Rice: K

Bot 4

Heinie Manush: 4/F8S
Bob Fothergill: 4/F8S
Harry Heilmann: S7
Lu Blue: DGR/7.1-3
Jack Warner: W
Johnny Bassler: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Earl Whitehill: 64(1)/FO

Top 5

Fred Schulte: 99
Wally Gerber: 99
Wally Schang: W
Tom Zachary: 99

Bot 5

Jackie Tavener: DGR/7
Marty McManus: 5/BP
Heinie Manush: S7.2-3
Bob Fothergill: HR/L7.3-H;1-H
Harry Heilmann: D/F8D
Lu Blue: K
Jack Warner: 53

Top 6

Frank O'Rourke: 99
Ski Melillo: 99
George Sisler: 99

Bot 6

Johnny Bassler: 99
Earl Whitehill: 99
Jackie Tavener: S9
Marty McManus: DGR/7.1-3
Heinie Manush: S7.3-H;2-H
Bob Fothergill: W.1-2
Harry Heilmann: 99

Top 7

Bing Miller: 99
Harry Rice: 99
Fred Schulte: 99

Bot 7

Lu Blue: D7
Jack Warner: 53.2-3
Johnny Bassler: 8/8D/SF.3-H
Earl Whitehill: 99

Top 8

Wally Gerber: 99
Wally Schang: 53
Ernie Wingard: S
Frank O'Rourke: 7/F

Bot 8

Jackie Tavener: S
Marty McManus: K+SB2
Heinie Manush: 43.2-3
Bob Fothergill: 9/F

Top 9

Ski Melillo: 99
George Sisler: D
Bing Miller: W
Harry Rice: 43.2-3;1-2
Fred Schulte: 13

Notes & reviews

Opening day 1927 at Navin Field. $Special ground rules for over-flow crowd on outfield grass.

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