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Detroit Tigers @ Washington Senators

1921-09-23 · Day game · Griffith Stadium · sunny, dry · 1:50

Washington Senators defeated Detroit Tigers 2–1. George Mogridge earned the win.

Line score

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

W: George Mogridge L: Dutch Leonard SV: (none)

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

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ralph Young	3	1	1	0	1	0
Bob Jones	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ty Cobb	2	0	0	0	2	0
Bobby Veach	4	0	1	1	0	1
Harry Heilmann	4	0	1	0	0	1
Lu Blue	2	0	1	0	1	1
Herm Merritt	4	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Bassler	2	0	1	0	2	0
Dutch Leonard	4	0	0	0	0	2

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Judge	5	0	2	1	0	1
Bucky Harris	4	0	1	0	0	0
Clyde Milan	4	0	1	0	0	2
Sam Rice	3	0	1	0	1	0
Goose Goslin	4	2	1	0	0	0
Howie Shanks	3	0	0	0	0	0
Patsy Gharrity	2	0	1	0	2	0
Frank O'Rourke	4	0	2	1	0	1
George Mogridge	3	0	0	0	1	3

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dutch Leonard	8.2	9	4	7

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Mogridge	9.0	5	6	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ralph Young: T7/G
Bob Jones: K
Ty Cobb: W
Bobby Veach: 31/G3.3-H;1-2
Harry Heilmann: K/C

Bot 1

Joe Judge: 99
Bucky Harris: 99
Clyde Milan: S6/G
Sam Rice: 99

Top 2

Lu Blue: HP
Herm Merritt: K
Johnny Bassler: 99/G.1-2
Dutch Leonard: K

Bot 2

Goose Goslin: 99
Howie Shanks: 99
Patsy Gharrity: S5/BG
Frank O'Rourke: 99

Top 3

Ralph Young: 99
Bob Jones: 99
Ty Cobb: 99

Bot 3

George Mogridge: K
Joe Judge: S3/G3D
Bucky Harris: CS2(24)
Bucky Harris: D
Clyde Milan: K

Top 4

Bobby Veach: D8
Harry Heilmann: S5/G.2-3
Lu Blue: K
Herm Merritt: 53.3-3;1-2
Johnny Bassler: IW
Dutch Leonard: 4/P

Bot 4

Sam Rice: S8
Goose Goslin: 99(1)/FO
Howie Shanks: 2/FL
Patsy Gharrity: W.1-2
Frank O'Rourke: S7/F7S.2-H;1-2
George Mogridge: K

Top 5

Ralph Young: 99
Bob Jones: 99
Ty Cobb: W
Bobby Veach: CS2(26)

Bot 5

Joe Judge: K
Bucky Harris: 99
Clyde Milan: 99

Top 6

Bobby Veach: 99
Harry Heilmann: 99
Lu Blue: W
Herm Merritt: CS2(24)

Bot 6

Sam Rice: W
Goose Goslin: 26(1)3/BG/GDP
Howie Shanks: 7/F78D

Top 7

Herm Merritt: 99
Johnny Bassler: S7
Dutch Leonard: PO1(23)
Dutch Leonard: 99

Bot 7

Patsy Gharrity: 99
Frank O'Rourke: D7
George Mogridge: K
Joe Judge: 5/FL

Top 8

Ralph Young: W
Bob Jones: 99(1)/FO
Ty Cobb: 3/FL
Bobby Veach: K

Bot 8

Bucky Harris: 99
Clyde Milan: K
Sam Rice: 53/BG

Top 9

Harry Heilmann: 99
Lu Blue: D/78
Herm Merritt: 43.2-3
Johnny Bassler: IW
Dutch Leonard: K

Bot 9

Goose Goslin: S8
Howie Shanks: 99/SH.1-2
Patsy Gharrity: IW
Frank O'Rourke: K
George Mogridge: W.2-3;1-2
Joe Judge: S8.3-H;2-3;1-2

Notes & reviews

Veach had to hold at third base.
Veach had trouble seeing fly ball due to sun.

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