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Detroit Tigers @ St. Louis Browns

1930-08-28 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 500 · 1:47

St. Louis Browns defeated Detroit Tigers 9–1. St. Louis Browns put up 3 in the 4th. George Blaeholder earned the win and Chad Kimsey picked up the save. Dale Alexander went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: George Blaeholder L: Vic Sorrell SV: Chad Kimsey

Umpires — HP: Brick Owens · 1B: Harry Geisel · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

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

St. Louis Browns — batting

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

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vic Sorrell	7.0	9	3	4
Guy Cantrell	1.0	2	1	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Blaeholder	6.0	4	1	2
Chad Kimsey	3.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Roy Johnson: 13
Charlie Gehringer: 31
Marty McManus: 63

Bot 1

Lu Blue: W
Alex Metzler: 9/F
Goose Goslin: 46(1)/FO
Red Kress: SB2
Red Kress: S8.2-H
Rick Ferrell: CS2(24)

Top 2

Dale Alexander: 8/F
John Stone: 63
Liz Funk: W
Bill Akers: 8/F

Bot 2

Rick Ferrell: 43
Ski Melillo: K/C
Fred Schulte: 53

Top 3

Ray Hayworth: D7
Vic Sorrell: 3/FL
Roy Johnson: 13
Charlie Gehringer: 3/G

Bot 3

Frank O'Rourke: 8/F
George Blaeholder: D9
Lu Blue: K
Alex Metzler: 5/FL

Top 4

Marty McManus: K/C
Dale Alexander: 5/P
John Stone: S8
Liz Funk: 9/L

Bot 4

Goose Goslin: W
Red Kress: S8.1-H(E8)(NR);B-2
Rick Ferrell: 13/SH.2-3
Ski Melillo: S8.3-H
Fred Schulte: SB2
Fred Schulte: D/89.2-H
Frank O'Rourke: 8/F
George Blaeholder: K

Top 5

Bill Akers: S8
Ray Hayworth: 63.1-2
Vic Sorrell: K
Roy Johnson: 9/F

Bot 5

Lu Blue: K
Alex Metzler: W
Goose Goslin: 64(1)/FO
Red Kress: 54(1)/FO

Top 6

Charlie Gehringer: 13
Marty McManus: 7/L
Dale Alexander: HR/7
John Stone: 4/P

Bot 6

Rick Ferrell: 6/P#
Ski Melillo: 63
Fred Schulte: 8/L

Top 7

Liz Funk: 8/F
Bill Akers: K
Ray Hayworth: 63

Bot 7

Frank O'Rourke: 4/P
Chad Kimsey: HR/9
Lu Blue: 9/F
Alex Metzler: S9
Goose Goslin: D9.1-H;B-3(TH)
Red Kress: S7.3-H
Rick Ferrell: PO1(136)

Top 8

Pinky Hargrave: 6/P
Roy Johnson: E6/G
Charlie Gehringer: 46(1)/FO
Marty McManus: 13

Bot 8

Rick Ferrell: W
Ski Melillo: 8/F
Fred Schulte: S9.1-3;B-2(E9)
Frank O'Rourke: S9.3-H;2-H(UR);B-2(E9/TH)
Chad Kimsey: 13.2-3
Lu Blue: 8/F

Top 9

Dale Alexander: K
John Stone: 63
Liz Funk: 9/L

Notes & reviews

George Blaeholder hurt by Charlie Gehringer's liner off his foot

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