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Detroit Tigers @ St. Louis Browns

1929-04-20 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 7000 · wet · 2:13

St. Louis Browns defeated Detroit Tigers 9–4. St. Louis Browns put up 5 in the 8th. Sam Gray earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	10
SLA	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	5		9	11

W: Sam Gray L: Elam Vangilder SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Red Ormsby · 1B: Bick Campbell · 2B: (none) · 3B: Brick Owens · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Harry Rice	4	1	1	0	1	0
Charlie Gehringer	4	2	2	0	0	1
Harry Heilmann	3	1	1	0	1	1
Dale Alexander	3	0	1	2	0	0
Marty McManus	4	0	2	2	0	0
Roy Johnson	4	0	1	0	0	2
Nolen Richardson	3	0	0	0	0	0
Merv Shea	4	0	1	0	0	0
Lil Stoner	3	0	1	0	0	1
Pinky Hargrave	1	0	0	0	0	0
Heinie Schuble	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lu Blue	3	2	1	0	1	0
Frank O'Rourke	3	0	0	1	1	0
Heinie Manush	4	2	2	2	1	0
Fred Schulte	4	0	1	1	1	0
Red Kress	5	2	2	1	0	0
Beauty McGowan	3	0	2	2	1	0
Ski Melillo	4	1	1	0	0	1
Wally Schang	1	1	0	0	3	0
Sam Gray	4	1	2	1	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lil Stoner	7.0	8	5	2
Elam Vangilder	1.0	3	3	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sam Gray	9.0	10	2	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Harry Rice: 7/F#
Charlie Gehringer: T9/3L
Harry Heilmann: W
Dale Alexander: 4/P
Marty McManus: S4/G.3-H;1-3;BX2(4563)

Bot 1

Lu Blue: 7/F
Frank O'Rourke: 53
Heinie Manush: 13

Top 2

Roy Johnson: D9/F89XDW
Nolen Richardson: 8/F
Merv Shea: 63.2-3
Lil Stoner: K

Bot 2

Fred Schulte: 53
Red Kress: S7
Beauty McGowan: 8/F8XD
Ski Melillo: S7/7S.1-H(E7)(NR)(UR);B-2
Wally Schang: W
Sam Gray: K

Top 3

Harry Rice: S/89
Charlie Gehringer: D/89D.1-3
Harry Heilmann: 2/FL
Dale Alexander: S8/G46.3-H;2-H
Marty McManus: 9/F
Roy Johnson: K

Bot 3

Lu Blue: S8
Frank O'Rourke: 7/F
Heinie Manush: D9/9L.1-3
Fred Schulte: W
Red Kress: 64(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Beauty McGowan: S8.3-H;1-3
Ski Melillo: 13

Top 4

Nolen Richardson: 3/G
Merv Shea: S7
Lil Stoner: S/BG23.1-2
Harry Rice: 4(1)/FO/DP.2XH(452)

Bot 4

Wally Schang: W
Sam Gray: 3/BP
Lu Blue: 9/F9LDF/FL/SF.1-2
Frank O'Rourke: FC5.2X3(5)

Top 5

Charlie Gehringer: K
Harry Heilmann: K
Dale Alexander: 43

Bot 5

Heinie Manush: W
Fred Schulte: 6(1)3/GDP
Red Kress: D7/F7DW
Beauty McGowan: S8.2-H
Ski Melillo: K/C

Top 6

Marty McManus: S7
Roy Johnson: K/C
Nolen Richardson: 9/F
Merv Shea: CS2(24)

Bot 6

Wally Schang: 2/P2
Sam Gray: S8/G46
Lu Blue: 8/LDP.1X1(83)

Top 7

Merv Shea: 7/L
Lil Stoner: 43
Harry Rice: W
Charlie Gehringer: 8/L

Bot 7

Frank O'Rourke: W
Heinie Manush: 46(1)/FO
Fred Schulte: 4/P
Red Kress: 7/L78D

Top 8

Harry Heilmann: D8
Dale Alexander: 8/F8XD/SF.2-3
Marty McManus: FC3/THH.3-H
Roy Johnson: 7/F
Pinky Hargrave: 2/FL

Bot 8

Beauty McGowan: W
Ski Melillo: 36(1)/FO
Wally Schang: W.1-2
Sam Gray: S7/78.2-H;1-3;B-2(E7)
Lu Blue: IW
Frank O'Rourke: 7/SF.3-H
Heinie Manush: S8.2-H;1-H;B-2(E6)
Fred Schulte: S7.2-H(UR)
Red Kress: 7/F

Top 9

Merv Shea: 5#
Heinie Schuble: K23
Harry Rice: 5#

Notes & reviews

Rain this morning kept the attendance down
56: 8/F
Hard smash off Melillo's glove
Johnson missed a peculiar hop
Melillo: smart play; he threw to 3B as Shea overran it
McGowan: sensational running catch
Johnson: long running catch
Caught near flagpole
Johnson fumbled
Deduced plays:

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