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Boston Red Sox @ Detroit Tigers

1931-05-13 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 4500 · 1:39

Detroit Tigers defeated Boston Red Sox 2–1. Earl Whitehill earned the win. Roy Johnson went 3-for-4 with 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Earl Whitehill L: Milt Gaston SV: (none)

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Hal Rhyne	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Rothrock	3	1	1	0	1	0
Bill Sweeney	4	0	1	0	0	0
Earl Webb	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Oliver	4	0	1	0	0	0
Al Van Camp	4	0	2	1	0	0
Urbane Pickering	3	0	1	0	1	1
Muddy Ruel	3	0	1	0	1	0
Milt Gaston	3	0	1	0	0	0
Otis Miller	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roy Johnson	4	0	3	1	0	0
Marv Owen	3	0	1	0	1	1
Charlie Gehringer	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dale Alexander	4	1	2	0	0	1
John Stone	3	0	1	0	0	1
Marty McManus	4	0	1	1	0	0
Frank Doljack	3	0	1	0	1	0
Ray Hayworth	4	1	1	0	0	0
Earl Whitehill	4	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Milt Gaston	8.0	11	2	3

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Earl Whitehill	9.0	8	3	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Hal Rhyne: 99
Jack Rothrock: W
Bill Sweeney: 3(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 1

Roy Johnson: 99/G
Marv Owen: S
Charlie Gehringer: 99
Dale Alexander: K

Top 2

Earl Webb: 99
Tom Oliver: 99
Al Van Camp: 99

Bot 2

John Stone: K
Marty McManus: 99
Frank Doljack: W
Ray Hayworth: S.1-3
Earl Whitehill: 99

Top 3

Urbane Pickering: W
Muddy Ruel: W.1-2
Milt Gaston: 15(2)4/BG/GDP.1-2
Hal Rhyne: 99

Bot 3

Roy Johnson: S
Marv Owen: CS2(26)
Marv Owen: K
Charlie Gehringer: S8
Dale Alexander: S7.1-3(E7)
John Stone: 99

Top 4

Jack Rothrock: S5
Bill Sweeney: 5/P
Earl Webb: 9/FL
Tom Oliver: S9.1-3
Al Van Camp: S5.3-H;1-2
Urbane Pickering: 8

Bot 4

Marty McManus: 99
Frank Doljack: 99
Ray Hayworth: 99

Top 5

Muddy Ruel: 99
Milt Gaston: S
Hal Rhyne: 99/SH.1-2
Jack Rothrock: E6.2-3
Bill Sweeney: 8

Bot 5

Earl Whitehill: 99
Roy Johnson: S
Marv Owen: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Earl Webb: 99
Tom Oliver: 99
Al Van Camp: S
Urbane Pickering: K

Bot 6

Charlie Gehringer: 99
Dale Alexander: 99
John Stone: S
Marty McManus: 99

Top 7

Muddy Ruel: S
Milt Gaston: 99
Hal Rhyne: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Frank Doljack: S
Ray Hayworth: FC1.1X2(1E6);B-1
Earl Whitehill: 2/FL
Roy Johnson: CS3(25)
Roy Johnson: D.1-H(UR)
Marv Owen: W
Charlie Gehringer: 99

Top 8

Jack Rothrock: 99
Bill Sweeney: S
Earl Webb: 99
Tom Oliver: 99

Bot 8

Dale Alexander: S8
John Stone: FC1/SH.1-3(E1/TH);B-1
Marty McManus: S7.3-H(UR);1-2
Frank Doljack: 99
Ray Hayworth: 99
Earl Whitehill: 99

Top 9

Al Van Camp: 4/L
Urbane Pickering: S9
Muddy Ruel: 9
Otis Miller: 3/FL

Notes & reviews

Berry injured in 1st inning, left here
Gaston walked off base, thinking he was already out, but was then tagged

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