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Washington Senators @ Detroit Tigers

1928-09-16 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 10000 · 2:03

Washington Senators defeated Detroit Tigers 11–7. Washington Senators put up 6 in the 5th. Sad Sam Jones earned the win. Goose Goslin went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WS1	1	0	0	2	6	2	0	0	0	11	15
DET	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	3	7	10

W: Sad Sam Jones L: Vic Sorrell SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Red Ormsby · 1B: Bick Campbell · 2B: (none) · 3B: George Hildebrand · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sam West	5	1	2	1	0	0
Sam Rice	4	4	3	0	1	0
Goose Goslin	4	2	1	3	1	0
Joe Judge	4	1	3	3	0	1
Ossie Bluege	4	1	2	1	1	0
Muddy Ruel	4	1	1	1	1	0
Bucky Harris	5	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Cronin	5	0	1	2	0	2
Sad Sam Jones	4	1	2	0	1	1
Harley Boss	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
John Stone	4	0	0	1	0
Charlie Gehringer	5	2	3	1	0
Harry Rice	5	1	1	0	0
Harry Heilmann	4	1	1	2	1
Marty McManus	4	0	1	1	0
Bob Fothergill	4	1	1	0	0
Pinky Hargrave	2	1	1	0	2
Jack Warner	4	0	1	0	0
Vic Sorrell	1	0	0	0	0
George Smith	2	0	1	0	0
Johnny Neun	1	1	0	0	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sad Sam Jones	9.0	10	3	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vic Sorrell	4.0	9	1	2
Lil Stoner	0.1	3	1	0
George Smith	4.2	3	3	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Sam West: 7
Sam Rice: T9
Goose Goslin: 63.3-H
Joe Judge: K

Bot 1

John Stone: 13
Charlie Gehringer: 43
Harry Rice: 43

Top 2

Ossie Bluege: S
Muddy Ruel: SB2
Muddy Ruel: 6(B)4(2)/LDP
Bucky Harris: K

Bot 2

Harry Heilmann: W
Marty McManus: 54(1)3/GDP
Bob Fothergill: 5/P

Top 3

Joe Cronin: 63
Sad Sam Jones: S
Sam West: 3(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 3

Pinky Hargrave: S
Jack Warner: 64(1)3/GDP
Vic Sorrell: 43

Top 4

Sam Rice: S8
Goose Goslin: SB2.1-2(PB)
Goose Goslin: W
Joe Judge: S.2-H;1-2
Ossie Bluege: S7/7L.2-H;1-2
Muddy Ruel: 63.2-3;1-2
Bucky Harris: 6/P
Joe Cronin: 8

Bot 4

John Stone: 7
Charlie Gehringer: S7
Harry Rice: FC6.1X2(6E4);B-1
Harry Heilmann: T9.2-H(UR);1-H(UR)
Marty McManus: S7.3-H(UR)
Bob Fothergill: CS2(24)
Bob Fothergill: 2/P

Top 5

Sad Sam Jones: D7
Sam West: S9.2-H
Sam Rice: S9/G3.1-2
Goose Goslin: 5/P
Joe Judge: T9.2-H;1-H
Ossie Bluege: W
Muddy Ruel: S7.3-H;1-2
Bucky Harris: FC1.2-3;1X2(1E4);B-1
Joe Cronin: D7/7L.3-H;2-H(UR);1-3
Sad Sam Jones: K
Sam West: 7

Bot 5

Pinky Hargrave: W
Jack Warner: 64(1)/FO
George Smith: S.1-2
John Stone: 53.2-3;1-2
Charlie Gehringer: 63

Top 6

Sam Rice: W
Goose Goslin: HR/9.1-H
Joe Judge: S
Ossie Bluege: 54(1)3/GDP
Muddy Ruel: W
Bucky Harris: 53

Bot 6

Harry Rice: 43
Harry Heilmann: 63
Marty McManus: 13

Top 7

Joe Cronin: K
Sad Sam Jones: W
Sam West: D.1-3
Sam Rice: 13
Goose Goslin: 9

Bot 7

Bob Fothergill: 8
Pinky Hargrave: 7
Jack Warner: S
George Smith: 54(1)/FO

Top 8

Harley Boss: 3
Ossie Bluege: 53
Muddy Ruel: 13

Bot 8

John Stone: 43
Charlie Gehringer: S3
Harry Rice: S.1-3
Harry Heilmann: 54(1)/FO.3-H(NR);B-1(E4/TH)
Marty McManus: 53

Top 9

Bucky Harris: 53
Joe Cronin: K
Sad Sam Jones: 8

Bot 9

Bob Fothergill: D
Pinky Hargrave: W
Jack Warner: 5/P
Johnny Neun: E3/TH.2-3;1-2
John Stone: 7/SF.3-H(UR)
Charlie Gehringer: S9.2-H(UR);1-3
Harry Rice: E4/G.3-H(NR)(UR);1-2
Harry Heilmann: 54(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

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