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Detroit Tigers @ St. Louis Browns

1927-07-06 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 1000 · 2:23

Detroit Tigers defeated St. Louis Browns 9–8. Detroit Tigers put up 3 in the 8th. Don Hankins earned the win and Lil Stoner picked up the save. Jackie Tavener went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	3	0	9	14
SLA	0	3	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	8	10

W: Don Hankins L: Ernie Nevers SV: Lil Stoner

Umpires — HP: Red Ormsby · 1B: Bill McGowan · 2B: (none) · 3B: Brick Owens · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jack Warner	6	1	2	0	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	5	2	2	0	1	1
Heinie Manush	4	2	1	0	1	0
Bob Fothergill	4	1	2	1	0	1
Harry Heilmann	4	0	2	2	1	1
Johnny Neun	3	0	0	3	2	0
Jackie Tavener	5	1	2	2	0	0
Larry Woodall	5	0	2	0	0	0
Sam Gibson	3	1	1	0	0	0
Al Wingo	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lil Stoner	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ski Melillo	5	1	1	1	0	1
Herschel Bennett	4	1	2	1	0	1
George Sisler	5	0	0	1	0	0
Bing Miller	5	2	3	1	0	0
Harry Rice	4	1	1	0	0	0
Fred Schulte	2	1	0	1	1	0
Wally Schang	3	1	1	1	1	1
Wally Gerber	3	1	2	1	1	0
Elam Vangilder	0	0	0	1	0	0
Ken Williams	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ernie Nevers	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spencer Adams	1	0	0	0	0	0
Steve O'Neill	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sam Gibson	6.0	5	3	2
Don Hankins	1.2	4	1	0
Lil Stoner	1.1	1	0	1

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Elam Vangilder	5.0	9	3	2
Ernie Nevers	3.0	4	2	1
Lefty Stewart	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jack Warner: 8
Charlie Gehringer: W
Heinie Manush: E4/G.1-2
Bob Fothergill: HP.2-3;1-2
Harry Heilmann: K/C
Johnny Neun: W.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Jackie Tavener: 13

Bot 1

Ski Melillo: 3/FL
Herschel Bennett: K/C
George Sisler: 63

Top 2

Larry Woodall: S9
Sam Gibson: 8/F8D
Jack Warner: S7.1-2
Charlie Gehringer: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Bing Miller: S8
Harry Rice: S8.1-3
Fred Schulte: W.1-2
Wally Schang: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Wally Gerber: 64(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Elam Vangilder: 8/SF.3-H
Ski Melillo: CS2(26)

Top 3

Heinie Manush: T9/9L
Bob Fothergill: S8.3-H
Harry Heilmann: D/89.1-3
Johnny Neun: 163.3-H;2-3
Jackie Tavener: 2/P
Larry Woodall: 3/FL

Bot 3

Ski Melillo: 43
Herschel Bennett: 53/BG
George Sisler: 63

Top 4

Sam Gibson: D9/G3
Jack Warner: 2/FL
Charlie Gehringer: S3/G.2-3
Heinie Manush: W.1-2
Bob Fothergill: K
Harry Heilmann: S8.3-H;2-H;1-2
Johnny Neun: 7

Bot 4

Bing Miller: 13/BG
Harry Rice: 31
Fred Schulte: 53

Top 5

Jackie Tavener: HR/F9D
Larry Woodall: 53
Sam Gibson: 9
Jack Warner: 53

Bot 5

Wally Schang: S9
Wally Gerber: S9.1-2
Ken Williams: W.2-3;1-2
Ski Melillo: 3/FL
Herschel Bennett: 9/SF.3-H;2-3;1-2
George Sisler: 7

Top 6

Charlie Gehringer: K/C
Heinie Manush: 43
Bob Fothergill: 9

Bot 6

Bing Miller: D/F78S
Harry Rice: 43.2-3
Fred Schulte: 13.3-H
Wally Schang: K

Top 7

Harry Heilmann: 3/FL
Johnny Neun: 7
Jackie Tavener: S9
Larry Woodall: S7.1-3
Al Wingo: 4/P

Bot 7

Wally Gerber: W
Ernie Nevers: 13/SH.1-2
Ski Melillo: S7.2-H
Herschel Bennett: D9.1-3
George Sisler: 43.3-H;2-3
Bing Miller: S6/G56.3-H
Harry Rice: 43

Top 8

Jack Warner: D7/F78D
Charlie Gehringer: 8
Heinie Manush: E3/G.2-H(NR)
Bob Fothergill: S9/F9S.1-3;B-2(E9)
Harry Heilmann: IW
Johnny Neun: W.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Jackie Tavener: 46(1)/FO.3-H(UR);2-3
Larry Woodall: SB2
Larry Woodall: 53

Bot 8

Spencer Adams: 43
Wally Schang: 31
Wally Gerber: T8
Steve O'Neill: 4/P

Top 9

Lil Stoner: 53
Jack Warner: 53
Charlie Gehringer: S/G46
Heinie Manush: CS2(26)

Bot 9

Ski Melillo: K/C
Herschel Bennett: D7/7L
George Sisler: 43.2-3
Bing Miller: 53

Notes & reviews

Fred Schulte ran into the concrete bleacher wall and fell heavily to the ground; he was carried off the field and taken to the hospital, suffering a badly bruised wrist and a possible skull fracture

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