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Cleveland Guardians @ Detroit Tigers

1929-06-28 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 6000 · 1:47

Cleveland Indians defeated Detroit Tigers 5–4. Cleveland Indians put up 3 in the 5th. Johnny Miljus earned the win. Dale Alexander went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	5	9
DET	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	15

W: Johnny Miljus L: George Uhle SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Dinneen · 1B: Dick Nallin · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Charlie Jamieson	4	1	3	1	0	0
Joe Sewell	3	1	1	1	0	0
Earl Averill	4	0	1	0	0	0
Lew Fonseca	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bibb Falk	4	0	0	0	0	0
Glenn Myatt	3	0	0	0	1	1
Dick Porter	4	1	2	0	0	1
Johnny Burnett	4	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Miljus	3	2	2	1	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roy Johnson	5	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Fothergill	5	0	3	0	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	5	0	1	0	0	0
Harry Heilmann	4	0	1	0	1	0
Marty McManus	5	0	0	0	0	1
Dale Alexander	5	2	3	1	0	0
Merv Shea	4	0	3	1	0	0
Yats Wuestling	4	1	1	0	0	0
George Uhle	4	1	2	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Miljus	9.0	15	1	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Uhle	9.0	9	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Charlie Jamieson: S8
Joe Sewell: 7
Earl Averill: D7.1-3
Lew Fonseca: FC5.3XH(52);2-3
Bibb Falk: POCS2(136)

Bot 1

Roy Johnson: 53
Bob Fothergill: S8
Charlie Gehringer: 6/P
Harry Heilmann: S8.1-3
Marty McManus: 53

Top 2

Bibb Falk: 8
Glenn Myatt: W
Dick Porter: K
Johnny Burnett: CS2(26)

Bot 2

Dale Alexander: S9/G4
Merv Shea: PB.1-2
Merv Shea: 63.2-3
Yats Wuestling: FC5.3XH(52)
George Uhle: S9.1-H(E9)(NR);B-3
Roy Johnson: S7.3-H(UR)
Bob Fothergill: S/5.1-2
Charlie Gehringer: 46(1)/FO

Top 3

Johnny Burnett: 7
Johnny Miljus: T8/8XD
Charlie Jamieson: S8/8S.3-H
Joe Sewell: 7
Earl Averill: 6/L

Bot 3

Harry Heilmann: 43
Marty McManus: 7
Dale Alexander: T9/9D
Merv Shea: S/5.3-H
Yats Wuestling: 43

Top 4

Lew Fonseca: 53
Bibb Falk: 7
Glenn Myatt: 43

Bot 4

George Uhle: S5
Roy Johnson: 9/F9DW
Bob Fothergill: 54(1)/FO
Charlie Gehringer: S7.1-2
Harry Heilmann: 5(2)/FO

Top 5

Dick Porter: D7
Johnny Burnett: 63.2-3
Johnny Miljus: S7.3-H
Charlie Jamieson: S8.1-3;B-2(TH3)
Joe Sewell: 8/SF.3-H;2-H(E8/TH3)(UR)
Earl Averill: 5/FL

Bot 5

Marty McManus: K
Dale Alexander: 63
Merv Shea: S7
Yats Wuestling: S7.1-3
George Uhle: 4/L

Top 6

Lew Fonseca: 63
Bibb Falk: 5/P
Glenn Myatt: 63

Bot 6

Roy Johnson: 13
Bob Fothergill: S/4
Charlie Gehringer: 64(1)/FO
Harry Heilmann: SB2
Harry Heilmann: W
Marty McManus: 5(2)/FO

Top 7

Dick Porter: 43
Johnny Burnett: 63/G6M
Johnny Miljus: 63

Bot 7

Dale Alexander: HR/F9D
Merv Shea: S5
Yats Wuestling: 16(1)/FO/BG
George Uhle: 8
Roy Johnson: CS2(26)

Top 8

Charlie Jamieson: 63
Joe Sewell: D9/9L
Earl Averill: PO2(E2).2-H(UR)
Earl Averill: 9/F9D
Lew Fonseca: W
Bibb Falk: SB2
Bibb Falk: 7

Bot 8

Roy Johnson: 8/F8S
Bob Fothergill: 8
Charlie Gehringer: 43

Top 9

Glenn Myatt: K
Dick Porter: S9
Johnny Burnett: 7
Johnny Miljus: CS2(24)

Bot 9

Harry Heilmann: 7
Marty McManus: 8/L
Dale Alexander: 43

Notes & reviews

Falk let it get away from him
Past Johnson to the flagpole
Fothergill: long running catch
To RF screen
Off Sewell's glove
Against RF screen
Threw it into Tiger dugout
Miljus knocked it down
Off Porter's glove
1-handed pickup back of 2B
Into RF bleachers
Leaping 1-hand catch

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