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Detroit Tigers @ Washington Senators

1923-09-13 · Day game · Griffith Stadium · 2:15

Washington Senators defeated Detroit Tigers 7–3. Washington Senators put up 3 in the 1st. Walter Johnson earned the win and Allen Russell picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	12
WS1	3	0	1	1	0	2	0	0		7	13

W: Walter Johnson L: Syl Johnson SV: Allen Russell

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

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lu Blue	5	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Jones	5	1	3	0	0	0
Ty Cobb	5	0	2	0	0	0
Heinie Manush	3	0	0	0	1	0
Harry Heilmann	5	2	2	0	0	1
Topper Rigney	4	0	1	1	1	0
Fred Haney	4	0	1	0	0	1
Johnny Bassler	4	0	2	0	0	0
Syl Johnson	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Fothergill	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Veach	1	0	1	1	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Nemo Leibold	4	1	2	1	1
Roger Peckinpaugh	5	0	1	0	0
Goose Goslin	5	1	2	1	0
Sam Rice	4	2	3	0	0
Joe Judge	2	1	2	2	1
Muddy Ruel	4	0	1	2	0
Joe Evans	4	0	0	0	0
Ossie Bluege	0	0	0	0	0
Walter Johnson	3	2	2	0	1
Donie Bush	3	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB
Syl Johnson	5.0	9	1
Herman Pillette	1.0	4	1
Ole Olsen	2.0	0	1

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Walter Johnson	7.0	12	2	4
Allen Russell	2.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lu Blue: 7
Bob Jones: S5
Ty Cobb: S8.1-3
Heinie Manush: W.1-2
Harry Heilmann: K
Topper Rigney: S4.3-H;2-3;1-2
Fred Haney: 43

Bot 1

Nemo Leibold: 7
Roger Peckinpaugh: 3/P
Goose Goslin: S6
Sam Rice: S9.1-2
Joe Judge: T8.2-H;1-H
Muddy Ruel: S8.3-H
Joe Evans: CS2(24)

Top 2

Johnny Bassler: 8
Syl Johnson: K
Lu Blue: E5/TH/BG
Bob Jones: 63

Bot 2

Joe Evans: E4/G
Ossie Bluege: 34/SH.1-2
Walter Johnson: W
Nemo Leibold: 4(1)/FO.2-3
Roger Peckinpaugh: 3/P

Top 3

Ty Cobb: E3
Heinie Manush: HP.1-2
Harry Heilmann: 15(2)3(B)/GDP.1-2
Topper Rigney: W
Fred Haney: K/C

Bot 3

Goose Goslin: 6/P
Sam Rice: S4
Joe Judge: S9.1-3
Muddy Ruel: 43.3-H;1-2
Joe Evans: 9

Top 4

Johnny Bassler: S7
Syl Johnson: 8
Lu Blue: 9
Bob Jones: S4.1-2
Ty Cobb: 9

Bot 4

Donie Bush: 43
Walter Johnson: T/7
Nemo Leibold: S9.3-H
Roger Peckinpaugh: 63.1-2
Goose Goslin: 6/L

Top 5

Heinie Manush: 8
Harry Heilmann: T9
Topper Rigney: 8.3XH(8E2)(NR)(UR)
Fred Haney: S5/BG
Johnny Bassler: 3/G

Bot 5

Sam Rice: S8
Joe Judge: 13/SH.1-2
Muddy Ruel: 43.2-3
Joe Evans: 13

Top 6

Bob Fothergill: 99
Lu Blue: 99
Bob Jones: S
Ty Cobb: S.1-3
Heinie Manush: 99

Bot 6

Donie Bush: 99/G
Walter Johnson: S7
Nemo Leibold: S9.1-H(E8/TH3)(E9);B-3
Roger Peckinpaugh: S5.3-3
Goose Goslin: S9.3-H;1-2
Sam Rice: 99
Joe Judge: W.2-3;1-2
Muddy Ruel: 99

Top 7

Harry Heilmann: S7
Topper Rigney: 7
Fred Haney: 99/SH.1-2
Johnny Bassler: S.2-3
Bobby Veach: S7.3-H;1-2
Lu Blue: K

Bot 7

Joe Evans: 99
Donie Bush: 99
Walter Johnson: 99

Top 8

Bob Jones: 99
Ty Cobb: 99
Heinie Manush: 99

Bot 8

Nemo Leibold: W
Roger Peckinpaugh: 54(1)3/GDP
Goose Goslin: 99

Top 9

Harry Heilmann: 99
Topper Rigney: 99
Fred Haney: 99

Notes & reviews

2B Harris ejected by 1B umpire Ormsby for arguing Manush was out at 2nd
Bluege was hit in face by Jones groundball and left game
Ground-rule triple into new bleacher construction
Heilmann fumbled Leibold's single and then Cobb's throw attempting to nail Johnson at third went into the dugout

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