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Detroit Tigers @ Philadelphia Athletics

1929-07-30 · Day game · Shibe Park · 10 innings · Att: 11000 · 2:11

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Detroit Tigers 5–4. Philadelphia Athletics put up 3 in the 9th. George Earnshaw earned the win. Al Simmons went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	4	7
PHA	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	5	8

W: George Earnshaw L: Skinny Graham SV: (none)

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

Detroit Tigers — batting

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

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Max Bishop	4	1	0	0	1	1
Mule Haas	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey Cochrane	2	1	0	0	3	0
Al Simmons	5	1	2	3	0	0
Jimmie Foxx	4	2	3	1	0	0
Bing Miller	3	0	0	0	1	0
Jimmy Dykes	4	0	2	1	0	1
Joe Boley	4	0	0	0	0	0
Lefty Grove	3	0	1	0	0	2
Walt French	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Uhle	8.0	6	2	4
Augie Prudhomme	0.1	0	1	0
Skinny Graham	1.0	1	1	0
Earl Whitehill	0.0	1	1	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Grove	9.0	6	3	4
George Earnshaw	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Roy Johnson: K
Charlie Gehringer: 7
Harry Heilmann: K

Bot 1

Max Bishop: 3/G
Mule Haas: 3/G
Mickey Cochrane: 43/G4S

Top 2

Dale Alexander: K
Marty McManus: 53
Bob Fothergill: 63

Bot 2

Al Simmons: 53
Jimmie Foxx: S/6
Bing Miller: 7
Jimmy Dykes: S/G56.1-3
Joe Boley: 8/F8S

Top 3

Eddie Phillips: 43/G4M
Yats Wuestling: S8/8S
George Uhle: 9
Roy Johnson: 6(1)/FO

Bot 3

Lefty Grove: S9
Max Bishop: K
Mule Haas: 43.1-2
Mickey Cochrane: W
Al Simmons: 8

Top 4

Charlie Gehringer: 43
Harry Heilmann: 53
Dale Alexander: W
Marty McManus: 8

Bot 4

Jimmie Foxx: HR/F7D
Bing Miller: 53
Jimmy Dykes: K
Joe Boley: 13

Top 5

Bob Fothergill: 63
Eddie Phillips: 53
Yats Wuestling: 63

Bot 5

Lefty Grove: K
Max Bishop: 8/F8XD
Mule Haas: 43

Top 6

George Uhle: 9/L
Roy Johnson: K
Charlie Gehringer: 1/L

Bot 6

Mickey Cochrane: 43
Al Simmons: 8/F8XD
Jimmie Foxx: 9

Top 7

Harry Heilmann: S8
Dale Alexander: W.1-2
Marty McManus: S8.2-H;1-2
Bob Fothergill: 4/P
Eddie Phillips: 7
Yats Wuestling: E6/P.2-H(UR)(NR);1-3
George Uhle: 8

Bot 7

Bing Miller: 8/F8XD
Jimmy Dykes: 43
Joe Boley: 7/F7S

Top 8

Roy Johnson: 3/FL
Charlie Gehringer: 9
Harry Heilmann: 63

Bot 8

Lefty Grove: K
Max Bishop: 43
Mule Haas: 4/P

Top 9

Dale Alexander: D/89
Marty McManus: D9/9DW.2-H
Bob Fothergill: 9
Eddie Phillips: 8
Yats Wuestling: D7/7L.2-H
George Uhle: W
Roy Johnson: CS3(25)

Bot 9

Mickey Cochrane: W
Al Simmons: HR/F7D.1-H
Jimmie Foxx: S8
Bing Miller: W.1-2
Jimmy Dykes: PO1(234)
Jimmy Dykes: D7/7L.2-H
Joe Boley: 7/F7D
Walt French: 53

Top 10

Roy Johnson: 7
Charlie Gehringer: S8
Harry Heilmann: SB2
Harry Heilmann: 43.2-3
Dale Alexander: 4/P

Bot 10

Max Bishop: W
Mule Haas: 53/SH.1-2
Mickey Cochrane: W
Al Simmons: S8.2-H;1-2

Notes & reviews

Cochrane tagged him out
Slow roller
Through SS
Came in fast
Nice stop behind 2B
Over LF grandstand roof; 3rd time this had been done (twice in '29, once in '28).
Fine stop of fast grounder
Hot liner
Fine running 1-handed stop of hard grounder
Ran all the way to CF grandstand
Simmons stumbled twice but caught it while laying on ground
Into upper LF stands
Updated by Wayne Townsend, 2/4/03.

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