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Cleveland Guardians @ Detroit Tigers

1927-10-02 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · 1:37

Detroit Tigers defeated Cleveland Indians 11–5. Detroit Tigers put up 5 in the 6th. Josh Billings earned the win. Harry Heilmann went 4-for-5 with 1 HR and 6 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	11
DET	1	0	3	0	0	5	0	2		11	14

W: Josh Billings L: George Grant SV: (none)

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Gill	3	0	1	0	1	0
Dutch Ussat	5	2	1	0	0	0
Homer Summa	4	1	2	1	1	0
Johnny Hodapp	4	1	1	1	1	0
Joe Sewell	5	0	3	1	0	0
Glenn Myatt	3	1	2	1	0	0
Sam Langford	4	0	1	0	0	0
Carl Lind	4	0	0	0	0	2
George Grant	3	0	0	1	0	2

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lu Blue	2	2	1	0	2	0
Charlie Gehringer	5	0	1	2	0	2
Art Ruble	5	2	2	0	0	0
Harry Heilmann	5	1	4	6	0	0
Bob Fothergill	5	1	1	0	0	0
Jack Warner	3	1	1	0	1	0
Jackie Tavener	4	1	2	0	0	0
Larry Woodall	2	2	1	2	1	0
Josh Billings	4	1	1	1	0	2

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Grant	8.0	14	4	4

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Josh Billings	9.0	11	3	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Gill: 43
Dutch Ussat: T9
Homer Summa: D7.3-H
Johnny Hodapp: WP.2-3
Johnny Hodapp: 5/P
Joe Sewell: 43

Bot 1

Lu Blue: S/5
Charlie Gehringer: 13.1-2
Art Ruble: 6/P
Harry Heilmann: D7.2-H
Bob Fothergill: OA.2X3(25)

Top 2

Glenn Myatt: D8
Sam Langford: D8.2-3
Carl Lind: K
George Grant: 8(B)5(2)/DP/SF.3-H(RBI)

Bot 2

Bob Fothergill: 3/G
Jack Warner: 43
Jackie Tavener: 63

Top 3

Johnny Gill: S9
Dutch Ussat: 16(1)/FO
Homer Summa: W.1-2
Johnny Hodapp: S7.2-H;1-2
Joe Sewell: S9.2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Glenn Myatt: 8/SF.3-H
Sam Langford: 13

Bot 3

Larry Woodall: W
Josh Billings: K/C
Lu Blue: W.1-2
Charlie Gehringer: K
Art Ruble: E4/G.2-3;1-2
Harry Heilmann: D8/8XD.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-H(UR)
Bob Fothergill: 8

Top 4

Carl Lind: K
George Grant: K
Johnny Gill: W
Dutch Ussat: 46(1)/FO

Bot 4

Jack Warner: S8
Jackie Tavener: 3/G.1-2
Larry Woodall: 9/SF.2-3
Josh Billings: K

Top 5

Homer Summa: 23/G
Johnny Hodapp: 5/FL
Joe Sewell: T9
Glenn Myatt: 8

Bot 5

Lu Blue: 43
Charlie Gehringer: 43
Art Ruble: S7
Harry Heilmann: 53

Top 6

Sam Langford: 2/FL
Carl Lind: 63
George Grant: K

Bot 6

Bob Fothergill: D/78D
Jack Warner: W
Jackie Tavener: S/BG2.2-3;1-2
Larry Woodall: S7.3-H;2-H;1-2
Josh Billings: S/89.2-H;1-2
Lu Blue: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Charlie Gehringer: S7.3-H;2-H;B-2(THH)
Art Ruble: 31.2-3
Harry Heilmann: S/BG.3-3
Bob Fothergill: 63

Top 7

Johnny Gill: 3/G
Dutch Ussat: 7
Homer Summa: D9
Johnny Hodapp: 5/L

Bot 7

Jack Warner: 7
Jackie Tavener: S/BG
Larry Woodall: 53.1-2
Josh Billings: 63

Top 8

Joe Sewell: S9
Glenn Myatt: S9.1-2
Sam Langford: 9
Carl Lind: 54(1)/FO.2-3
George Grant: 53

Bot 8

Lu Blue: W
Charlie Gehringer: K+PO1(23)/DP/C
Art Ruble: S7
Harry Heilmann: HR/F7D.1-H
Bob Fothergill: 63

Top 9

Johnny Gill: HP
Dutch Ussat: 9
Homer Summa: 3/G.1-2
Johnny Hodapp: W
Joe Sewell: 13