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St. Louis Browns @ Detroit Tigers

1929-09-25 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 1000 · 1:34

St. Louis Browns defeated Detroit Tigers 3–2. St. Louis Browns put up 2 in the 9th. George Blaeholder earned the win.

Line score

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

W: George Blaeholder L: Earl Whitehill SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lu Blue	4	1	0	0	0	0
Earl McNeely	4	0	0	0	0	0
Heinie Manush	4	0	1	1	0	0
Beauty McGowan	2	0	0	0	2	1
Red Kress	4	1	1	0	0	1
Frank O'Rourke	4	1	1	0	0	0
Ski Melillo	4	0	2	1	0	0
Wally Schang	1	0	0	0	3	0
George Blaeholder	3	0	1	1	0	1

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Roy Johnson	4	0	1	0	0
Harry Rice	4	1	1	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	4	0	2	0	0
Dale Alexander	4	0	0	1	0
John Stone	4	1	1	0	0
Marty McManus	3	0	0	0	0
Bill Akers	2	0	0	1	0
Pinky Hargrave	2	0	0	0	1
Earl Whitehill	3	0	1	0	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Blaeholder	9.0	6	1	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Earl Whitehill	9.0	6	5	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lu Blue: E6/TH1
Earl McNeely: 1/BG/SH.1-2
Heinie Manush: S9.2-H(UR)
Beauty McGowan: SB2
Beauty McGowan: K
Red Kress: 2/FL

Bot 1

Roy Johnson: 13
Harry Rice: 13
Charlie Gehringer: 9/F

Top 2

Frank O'Rourke: 2/FL
Ski Melillo: D9
Wally Schang: W
George Blaeholder: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Dale Alexander: 9/F
John Stone: 8/F
Marty McManus: 53

Top 3

Lu Blue: 7/L
Earl McNeely: 53
Heinie Manush: 9/F9D

Bot 3

Bill Akers: 6/L
Pinky Hargrave: 63
Earl Whitehill: S
Roy Johnson: 46(1)/FO

Top 4

Beauty McGowan: W
Red Kress: K
Frank O'Rourke: 54(1)/FO
Ski Melillo: 4(1)/FO

Bot 4

Harry Rice: 63
Charlie Gehringer: 31
Dale Alexander: 13

Top 5

Wally Schang: W
George Blaeholder: 3/BG/SH.1-2
Lu Blue: 8/F/SF.2-3
Earl McNeely: 63

Bot 5

John Stone: D9/G3L
Marty McManus: 23/SH.2-3
Bill Akers: 8/F/SF.3-H
Pinky Hargrave: 43

Top 6

Heinie Manush: 9/F
Beauty McGowan: W
Red Kress: 163.1-2#
Frank O'Rourke: 9/F9D

Bot 6

Earl Whitehill: 3/G
Roy Johnson: 3/P
Harry Rice: 53

Top 7

Ski Melillo: 2/FL
Wally Schang: 53
George Blaeholder: K

Bot 7

Charlie Gehringer: S9
Dale Alexander: 2/FL
John Stone: 6(1)/FO
Marty McManus: 43

Top 8

Lu Blue: 53
Earl McNeely: 43
Heinie Manush: E6/TH1
Beauty McGowan: 4/FL

Bot 8

Bill Akers: 7/L
Pinky Hargrave: W
Earl Whitehill: 9/F
Roy Johnson: S9.1-3
Harry Rice: CSH(242)

Top 9

Red Kress: D/F78XD
Frank O'Rourke: S/BG.2-3
Ski Melillo: S/6.3-H;1-3
Wally Schang: W.1-2
George Blaeholder: S/F78S.3-H;2-3;1-2
Lu Blue: 52(3)3/GDP.2-3;1-2
Earl McNeely: 7/F

Bot 9

Harry Rice: S5/G
Charlie Gehringer: D9/G3L.1-3
Dale Alexander: 13/DP.3-H(RBI);2X3(35)
John Stone: E4/TH1.B-2
Marty McManus: 63

Notes & reviews

High throw
Close play
Johnson: fine running catch
Wide throw
Gehringer: caught near pavilion
Attempted double steal
Off scoreboard
Past Akers
Texas Leaguer
Off O'Rourke's head
Wide throw

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