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Cleveland Guardians @ Detroit Tigers

1929-09-04 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 1000 · 1:58

Cleveland Indians defeated Detroit Tigers 7–2. Cleveland Indians put up 3 in the 9th. Wes Ferrell earned the win. Johnny Hodapp went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	11
DET	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	11

W: Wes Ferrell L: Earl Whitehill SV: (none)

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Charlie Jamieson	5	0	2	2	0	1
Jackie Tavener	4	0	0	1	0	0
Earl Averill	4	0	0	0	0	1
Lew Fonseca	3	1	1	0	0	0
Ed Morgan	4	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Sewell	4	2	3	1	0	0
Johnny Hodapp	3	1	1	2	0	1
Luke Sewell	3	1	1	0	1	0
Wes Ferrell	4	2	2	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roy Johnson	4	0	1	0	1	0
Harry Rice	4	1	1	0	1	0
Charlie Gehringer	4	1	2	0	0	0
Harry Heilmann	4	0	1	1	0	1
Dale Alexander	4	0	3	1	0	0
Marty McManus	4	0	1	0	0	0
Eddie Phillips	3	0	1	0	0	0
Yats Wuestling	3	0	0	0	0	2
Earl Whitehill	3	0	0	0	0	0
Pinky Hargrave	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Fothergill	1	0	0	0	0	0
Emil Yde	1	0	1	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wes Ferrell	9.0	11	2	3

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Earl Whitehill	9.0	11	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Charlie Jamieson: 8
Jackie Tavener: 8
Earl Averill: 7

Bot 1

Roy Johnson: 6/P
Harry Rice: 43
Charlie Gehringer: 8/F8S

Top 2

Lew Fonseca: 8
Ed Morgan: 63
Joe Sewell: S/6
Johnny Hodapp: HR/L7D.1-H
Luke Sewell: 53

Bot 2

Harry Heilmann: K/C
Dale Alexander: 9
Marty McManus: S/G5
Eddie Phillips: 13

Top 3

Wes Ferrell: D7/7DW
Charlie Jamieson: S8.2-H
Jackie Tavener: 54/SH.1-2
Earl Averill: 53
Lew Fonseca: 43

Bot 3

Yats Wuestling: K23
Earl Whitehill: 143
Roy Johnson: W
Harry Rice: PB.1-2
Harry Rice: W
Charlie Gehringer: 43

Top 4

Ed Morgan: 3/P3D
Joe Sewell: 13
Johnny Hodapp: 9/L

Bot 4

Harry Heilmann: 63
Dale Alexander: S9
Marty McManus: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Luke Sewell: E6/TH
Wes Ferrell: POCS2(136)
Wes Ferrell: 53
Charlie Jamieson: 43

Bot 5

Eddie Phillips: D8
Yats Wuestling: 63
Earl Whitehill: 43.2-3
Roy Johnson: 5/P

Top 6

Jackie Tavener: 43
Earl Averill: K
Lew Fonseca: S8
Ed Morgan: D9.1-3
Joe Sewell: S7.3-H;2XH(7252)

Bot 6

Harry Rice: S/BG34S
Charlie Gehringer: D9/L9D.1-3
Harry Heilmann: S/G4S.3-H;2-3
Dale Alexander: S9.3-H;1-3
Marty McManus: 2/FL
Eddie Phillips: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Johnny Hodapp: K
Luke Sewell: S7.BX2(743)
Wes Ferrell: S8
Charlie Jamieson: K

Bot 7

Yats Wuestling: K
Earl Whitehill: 43
Roy Johnson: S9
Harry Rice: 8

Top 8

Jackie Tavener: 8
Earl Averill: 7
Lew Fonseca: HP
Ed Morgan: 23/G

Bot 8

Charlie Gehringer: S8
Harry Heilmann: 9
Dale Alexander: S8/8S.1-2
Marty McManus: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Pinky Hargrave: 3/G

Top 9

Joe Sewell: S8
Johnny Hodapp: 34/SH.1-2
Luke Sewell: W
Wes Ferrell: E7/L.2-H(NR)(UR);1-3;B-2
Charlie Jamieson: S7.3-H(UR);2-3
Jackie Tavener: 46(1)/FO.3-H(UR)
Earl Averill: CS2(26)

Bot 9

Bob Fothergill: 53
Emil Yde: S7
Roy Johnson: 7
Harry Rice: 2/FL

Notes & reviews

Running catch
Scratch hit off Wuestling's glove
Over LF wall
Past J.Sewell
Off top of LF wall
Ferrell deflected it
Drag bunt past Ferrell
Morgan got both hands on it but couldn't hold on
Scratch hit off Ferrell's glove; Hodapp's bad knee buckled under him just when he was about to field it.
Sewell overran 1B

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