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Detroit Tigers @ Cleveland Guardians

1931-04-21 · Day game · League Park IV · Att: 5000 · 1:50

Cleveland Indians defeated Detroit Tigers 5–4. Cleveland Indians put up 2 in the 1st. Wes Ferrell earned the win. John Stone went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Wes Ferrell L: Vic Sorrell SV: (none)

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

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Hub Walker	4	0	0	0	0	0
Roy Johnson	3	1	0	0	1	0
Charlie Gehringer	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dale Alexander	3	0	2	1	1	0
Marty McManus	3	1	0	0	1	0
John Stone	4	1	1	3	0	0
Marv Owen	4	0	1	0	0	0
Wally Schang	2	0	0	0	0	0
Vic Sorrell	3	0	1	0	0	1
Mark Koenig	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Hayworth	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Burnett	3	1	1	0	2	0
Lew Fonseca	3	1	2	1	1	0
Earl Averill	3	2	1	1	1	0
Johnny Hodapp	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bibb Falk	4	0	2	2	0	0
Joe Vosmik	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Hunnefield	3	1	1	0	1	0
Luke Sewell	2	0	0	0	0	0
Clint Brown	3	0	0	0	0	0
Wes Ferrell	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vic Sorrell	8.0	7	4	1
Art Herring	0.2	1	1	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Clint Brown	8.1	5	3	1
Wes Ferrell	0.2	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Hub Walker: 9
Roy Johnson: E4
Charlie Gehringer: 7
Dale Alexander: CS2(26)

Bot 1

Johnny Burnett: S9
Lew Fonseca: 13/SH.1-2
Earl Averill: W
Johnny Hodapp: D7/7L.2-H;1-3
Bibb Falk: FC1.3-H;2-3
Joe Vosmik: FC1.3XH(12);1-2
Bill Hunnefield: 4

Top 2

Dale Alexander: W
Marty McManus: 5
John Stone: 4/FL
Marv Owen: S6.1-2
Wally Schang: 43

Bot 2

Luke Sewell: 5
Clint Brown: 53
Johnny Burnett: E6/G
Lew Fonseca: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Lew Fonseca: 4/L

Top 3

Vic Sorrell: K/C
Hub Walker: 53
Roy Johnson: 43

Bot 3

Earl Averill: 7/L
Johnny Hodapp: 8/L
Bibb Falk: S9
Joe Vosmik: 2/FL

Top 4

Charlie Gehringer: 8/L
Dale Alexander: S/7D
Marty McManus: 3/G.1-2
John Stone: 8

Bot 4

Bill Hunnefield: S9
Luke Sewell: 53/SH.1-2
Clint Brown: 43.2-3
Johnny Burnett: 43

Top 5

Marv Owen: 53
Wally Schang: 31
Vic Sorrell: S9
Hub Walker: 46(1)/FO

Bot 5

Lew Fonseca: W
Earl Averill: 64(1)/FO
Johnny Hodapp: 14(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Roy Johnson: 9
Charlie Gehringer: 4
Dale Alexander: 3

Bot 6

Bibb Falk: S/56
Joe Vosmik: K/C
Bill Hunnefield: 4(1)3(B)/GDP

Top 7

Marty McManus: 3/FL
John Stone: 9
Marv Owen: 31

Bot 7

Luke Sewell: 53
Clint Brown: 63
Johnny Burnett: W
Lew Fonseca: CS2(24)

Top 8

Mark Koenig: 7
Vic Sorrell: 7
Hub Walker: 53

Bot 8

Lew Fonseca: D9/9D
Earl Averill: T8.2-H
Johnny Hodapp: 6
Bibb Falk: 7/F.3-H
Joe Vosmik: 9

Top 9

Roy Johnson: W
Charlie Gehringer: 8/L
Dale Alexander: SB2
Dale Alexander: S8.2-H
Marty McManus: SB2
Marty McManus: W
John Stone: HR/89XD.2-H;1-H
Marv Owen: 13
Ray Hayworth: 43

Bot 9

Bill Hunnefield: W
Luke Sewell: 13/SH.1-2
Wes Ferrell: 163.2-3
Johnny Burnett: W
Lew Fonseca: DI.1-2
Lew Fonseca: S8.3-H;2-3