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Detroit Tigers @ Washington Senators

1945-07-18 · Night game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 12337 · 1:39

Detroit Tigers defeated Washington Senators 5–0. Detroit Tigers put up 3 in the 1st. Al Benton earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Al Benton L: Marino Pieretti SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Art Passarella · 1B: Hal Weafer · 2B: (none) · 3B: Ernie Stewart · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Skeeter Webb	5	1	0	0	0	0
Eddie Mayo	3	2	1	0	1	0
Roy Cullenbine	4	2	2	1	0	1
Rudy York	4	0	2	1	0	2
Doc Cramer	3	0	2	0	1	0
Jimmy Outlaw	3	0	1	2	1	0
Bob Maier	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Swift	4	0	0	0	0	1
Al Benton	4	0	0	0	0	2

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
George Case	4	0	0	1
George Myatt	3	2	1	0
Gil Torres	4	1	0	0
Harlond Clift	4	1	0	0
George Binks	4	2	0	0
Joe Kuhel	3	1	1	0
Mike Guerra	4	0	0	1
Jose Zardon	3	0	0	0
Marino Pieretti	2	0	0	0
Hillis Layne	0	0	1	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Benton	9.0	7	3	2

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Marino Pieretti	8.0	8	3	5
Alex Carrasquel	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Skeeter Webb: E6
Eddie Mayo: WP.1-2
Eddie Mayo: S7.2-3
Roy Cullenbine: D9.3-H(UR);1-3
Rudy York: K
Doc Cramer: W
Jimmy Outlaw: S9.3-H;2-H;1-2
Bob Maier: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

George Case: 7
George Myatt: 8
Gil Torres: 63

Top 2

Bob Swift: 53
Al Benton: 4/FL
Skeeter Webb: 43

Bot 2

Harlond Clift: 5/FL
George Binks: S9
Joe Kuhel: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Eddie Mayo: 3
Roy Cullenbine: K
Rudy York: K

Bot 3

Mike Guerra: K
Jose Zardon: 13
Marino Pieretti: 3

Top 4

Doc Cramer: S7
Jimmy Outlaw: W.1-2
Bob Maier: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Bob Swift: K
Al Benton: 53

Bot 4

George Case: 63
George Myatt: S7
Gil Torres: 9
Harlond Clift: S9.1-3
George Binks: 4

Top 5

Skeeter Webb: 43
Eddie Mayo: 63
Roy Cullenbine: 5

Bot 5

Joe Kuhel: W
Mike Guerra: 7
Jose Zardon: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Rudy York: S6
Doc Cramer: 6
Jimmy Outlaw: 9
Bob Maier: 7

Bot 6

Marino Pieretti: 13
George Case: K
George Myatt: W
Gil Torres: S7.1-2
Harlond Clift: 13

Top 7

Bob Swift: 53
Al Benton: K
Skeeter Webb: 9

Bot 7

George Binks: 9
Joe Kuhel: S8
Mike Guerra: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Eddie Mayo: W
Roy Cullenbine: S7.1-2
Rudy York: S8.2-H;1-2
Doc Cramer: S5/BG.2-3;1-2
Jimmy Outlaw: 64(1)3/GDP.3-H;2-3
Bob Maier: 9

Bot 8

Jose Zardon: 63
Hillis Layne: W
George Case: 7
George Myatt: S9.1-2
Gil Torres: 43

Top 9

Bob Swift: 4
Al Benton: K/C
Skeeter Webb: 43

Bot 9

Harlond Clift: 13
George Binks: S9
Joe Kuhel: 3.1-2
Mike Guerra: 63