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St. Louis Browns @ Detroit Tigers

1930-09-04 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 2500 · 2:06

Detroit Tigers defeated St. Louis Browns 8–4. Detroit Tigers put up 4 in the 5th. Vic Sorrell earned the win and Waite Hoyt picked up the save. Dale Alexander went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Vic Sorrell L: George Blaeholder SV: Waite Hoyt

Umpires — HP: Bill McGowan · 1B: Tommy Connolly · 2B: (none) · 3B: Roy Van Graflan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lu Blue	4	1	1	1	1	1
Alex Metzler	4	0	0	0	1	2
Goose Goslin	4	1	1	0	1	2
Red Kress	4	1	1	2	0	1
Rick Ferrell	4	0	2	1	0	0
Ski Melillo	3	0	1	0	1	0
Fred Schulte	3	0	0	0	1	1
Frank O'Rourke	4	1	3	0	0	0
George Blaeholder	2	0	0	0	0	1
Chad Kimsey	1	0	0	0	1	1

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Liz Funk	4	0	1	0	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	3	1	1	0	1	0
Marty McManus	3	2	1	2	1	0
Dale Alexander	4	2	2	2	0	0
John Stone	4	1	2	2	0	0
Bill Akers	4	0	1	2	0	1
Frank Doljack	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ray Hayworth	4	1	1	0	0	1
Vic Sorrell	2	1	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Blaeholder	4.2	7	0	3
Chad Kimsey	3.1	2	2	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vic Sorrell	8.1	9	6	9
Waite Hoyt	0.2	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lu Blue: W
Alex Metzler: W.1-2
Goose Goslin: K+SB3;SB2
Red Kress: 9/SF.3-H;2-3
Rick Ferrell: 63

Bot 1

Liz Funk: S5/BG
Charlie Gehringer: 8/L
Marty McManus: 43.1-2
Dale Alexander: 43

Top 2

Ski Melillo: D/7
Fred Schulte: W
Frank O'Rourke: 5/FL/P
George Blaeholder: 6(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

John Stone: 7/L
Bill Akers: K
Frank Doljack: K

Top 3

Lu Blue: 43
Alex Metzler: K
Goose Goslin: K/C

Bot 3

Ray Hayworth: 13
Vic Sorrell: K
Liz Funk: 43

Top 4

Red Kress: K
Rick Ferrell: 9/L
Ski Melillo: W
Fred Schulte: CS2(16)

Bot 4

Charlie Gehringer: S3
Marty McManus: 8
Dale Alexander: S/9.1-3
John Stone: S/9.3-H;1-3
Bill Akers: 64(1)/FO.3-H
Frank Doljack: 43

Top 5

Fred Schulte: 7/7D
Frank O'Rourke: D/8XD
George Blaeholder: K
Lu Blue: 63

Bot 5

Ray Hayworth: S6
Vic Sorrell: FC1/SH.1-2(E1/TH)
Liz Funk: 9
Charlie Gehringer: 3/G.2-3;1-2
Marty McManus: D/7.3-H(UR);2-H(UR)
Dale Alexander: HR/9D.2-H(UR);B-H(UR)
John Stone: 43

Top 6

Alex Metzler: K/C
Goose Goslin: D/9
Red Kress: 4/F/8S
Rick Ferrell: S/8.2-H
Ski Melillo: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Bill Akers: 63
Frank Doljack: 13
Ray Hayworth: 63

Top 7

Fred Schulte: E6/F
Frank O'Rourke: S/7.1-2
Chad Kimsey: K
Lu Blue: K/C
Alex Metzler: 7

Bot 7

Vic Sorrell: 43
Liz Funk: 7/L
Charlie Gehringer: W
Marty McManus: CS2(24)

Top 8

Goose Goslin: 13
Red Kress: HR/7D
Rick Ferrell: D/8XD
Ski Melillo: 3/P
Fred Schulte: K

Bot 8

Marty McManus: W
Dale Alexander: SB2
Dale Alexander: 43.2-3
John Stone: D/7.3-H
Bill Akers: S3.2-H
Frank Doljack: 7
Ray Hayworth: K

Top 9

Frank O'Rourke: S/7
Chad Kimsey: W.1-2
Lu Blue: S/7.2-H;1-2
Alex Metzler: 9/L
Goose Goslin: W.2-3;1-2
Red Kress: 6(B)4(2)/LDP