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St. Louis Browns @ Detroit Tigers

1927-06-27 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 1000 · 1:40

Detroit Tigers defeated St. Louis Browns 4–2. Detroit Tigers put up 4 in the 6th. Sam Gibson earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Sam Gibson L: Ernie Nevers SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill McGowan · 1B: George Hildebrand · 2B: (none) · 3B: Billy Evans · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frank O'Rourke	2	0	1	1	2	0
Ski Melillo	4	1	0	0	0	1
George Sisler	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Williams	4	0	1	1	0	0
Harry Rice	3	0	0	0	1	0
Fred Schulte	4	0	2	0	0	1
Wally Schang	4	1	1	0	0	2
Wally Gerber	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ernie Nevers	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bing Miller	1	0	0	0	0	1
Herschel Bennett	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jack Warner	4	1	1	0	0	2
Charlie Gehringer	4	1	1	1	0	0
Heinie Manush	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Fothergill	3	1	0	1	0	0
Harry Heilmann	2	0	1	0	1	0
Lu Blue	3	0	1	1	0	0
Jackie Tavener	2	0	0	0	1	0
Larry Woodall	3	0	0	0	0	1
Sam Gibson	3	1	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ernie Nevers	6.0	6	2	2
Sad Sam Jones	2.0	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sam Gibson	9.0	5	3	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frank O'Rourke: W
Ski Melillo: 36(1)/FO
George Sisler: PO1(E2).1-2
George Sisler: 43.2-3
Ken Williams: S9.3-H(UR)
Harry Rice: 7

Bot 1

Jack Warner: K
Charlie Gehringer: E4/G
Heinie Manush: 16(1)/FO
Bob Fothergill: POCS2(14)

Top 2

Fred Schulte: 6/P
Wally Schang: K/C
Wally Gerber: 43

Bot 2

Bob Fothergill: 13
Harry Heilmann: S6/G56
Lu Blue: 7/FL
Jackie Tavener: W.1-2
Larry Woodall: K

Top 3

Ernie Nevers: 163
Frank O'Rourke: 8
Ski Melillo: 63

Bot 3

Sam Gibson: 43
Jack Warner: 53
Charlie Gehringer: 9

Top 4

George Sisler: 7
Ken Williams: 8
Harry Rice: W
Fred Schulte: S7.1-3
Wally Schang: CSH(262)

Bot 4

Heinie Manush: 13
Bob Fothergill: 9
Harry Heilmann: 53

Top 5

Wally Schang: D9/9DW
Wally Gerber: 7/F7D
Ernie Nevers: K/C
Frank O'Rourke: S/6.2-H
Ski Melillo: K

Bot 5

Lu Blue: 43
Jackie Tavener: 3/G
Larry Woodall: 63

Top 6

George Sisler: 43
Ken Williams: 3/G
Harry Rice: 43

Bot 6

Sam Gibson: D/78D
Jack Warner: S7.2-3
Charlie Gehringer: S8.3-H;1-2
Heinie Manush: SB3
Heinie Manush: S8.3-H;1-3
Bob Fothergill: 36(1)/FO.3-H
Harry Heilmann: W.1-2
Lu Blue: S9.2-H;1X3(95)
Jackie Tavener: POCS2(16)

Top 7

Fred Schulte: S8
Wally Schang: 46(1)/FO
Bing Miller: K
Herschel Bennett: 3/G

Bot 7

Jackie Tavener: 7
Larry Woodall: 63
Sam Gibson: 4/P

Top 8

Frank O'Rourke: W
Ski Melillo: 54(1)3/GDP
George Sisler: HP
Ken Williams: 2/FL

Bot 8

Jack Warner: K
Charlie Gehringer: 7/L
Heinie Manush: 5/L

Top 9

Harry Rice: 9/L
Fred Schulte: K
Wally Schang: K