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Washington Senators @ Detroit Tigers

1931-06-25 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 5000 · 2:28

Washington Senators defeated Detroit Tigers 4–3. Washington Senators put up 2 in the 2nd. Carl Fischer earned the win and Bobby Burke picked up the save. John Stone went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WS1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	4
DET	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	7

W: Carl Fischer L: Vic Sorrell SV: Bobby Burke

Umpires — HP: George Hildebrand · 1B: Bill Guthrie · 2B: (none) · 3B: Roy Van Graflan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Buddy Myer	5	0	0	0	0	1
Sam Rice	3	0	0	0	1	0
Heinie Manush	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Cronin	3	1	0	0	1	0
Sam West	3	1	0	0	1	0
Ossie Bluege	2	2	1	0	2	1
Joe Kuhel	2	0	0	0	2	1
Roy Spencer	4	0	3	4	0	0
Carl Fischer	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Burke	1	0	0	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roy Johnson	5	0	0	0	0	0
Hub Walker	5	0	1	0	0	0
Marv Owen	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dale Alexander	4	0	0	0	0	0
John Stone	3	2	2	1	1	0
Marty McManus	4	1	1	0	0	1
Louis Brower	2	0	1	1	2	0
Ray Hayworth	4	0	1	1	0	0
Vic Sorrell	3	0	1	0	0	0
Frank Doljack	1	0	0	0	0	1

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Carl Fischer	5.2	6	2	1
Bobby Burke	3.1	1	1	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vic Sorrell	9.0	4	7	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Buddy Myer: K
Sam Rice: 99
Heinie Manush: 99

Bot 1

Roy Johnson: 99
Hub Walker: 99
Marv Owen: 99

Top 2

Joe Cronin: 53
Sam West: W
Ossie Bluege: S.1-2
Joe Kuhel: W.2-3;1-2
Roy Spencer: S8.3-H;2-H;1-2
Carl Fischer: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Dale Alexander: 53
John Stone: S6
Marty McManus: S7.1-2
Louis Brower: S9.2-H;1-3
Ray Hayworth: S5.3-H;1-2
Vic Sorrell: 99/F
Roy Johnson: 99(1)/FO

Top 3

Buddy Myer: 99
Sam Rice: W
Heinie Manush: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Hub Walker: 99
Marv Owen: 99
Dale Alexander: 99

Top 4

Joe Cronin: 99
Sam West: 99
Ossie Bluege: K

Bot 4

John Stone: 99
Marty McManus: 99
Louis Brower: W
Ray Hayworth: 99

Top 5

Joe Kuhel: W
Roy Spencer: S.1-3
Carl Fischer: FC/BG.3XH(99);1-2;B-1
Buddy Myer: 99/F
Sam Rice: E6/G.2-3;1-2
Heinie Manush: 43

Bot 5

Vic Sorrell: 99/F
Roy Johnson: 99
Hub Walker: S5.B-2(E5/TH)
Marv Owen: SB3
Marv Owen: 6/P

Top 6

Joe Cronin: W
Sam West: 43.1-1
Ossie Bluege: W.1-2
Joe Kuhel: 99/F
Roy Spencer: D7/7L.2-H;1-H
Carl Fischer: K

Bot 6

Dale Alexander: 13
John Stone: HR/7
Marty McManus: K
Louis Brower: W
Ray Hayworth: 64(1)/FO

Top 7

Buddy Myer: 99
Sam Rice: 99
Heinie Manush: 99

Bot 7

Vic Sorrell: S
Roy Johnson: 99
Hub Walker: 99
Marv Owen: 99

Top 8

Joe Cronin: 99
Sam West: 99
Ossie Bluege: W
Joe Kuhel: SB2
Joe Kuhel: K

Bot 8

Dale Alexander: 99
John Stone: W
Marty McManus: 99
Louis Brower: 99

Top 9

Roy Spencer: 5/FL
Bobby Burke: K
Buddy Myer: 99

Bot 9

Ray Hayworth: 99
Frank Doljack: K
Roy Johnson: E6/TH
Hub Walker: 13

Notes & reviews

After groundout, 1Bman threw to 2nd to try for double-play but Cronin safely returned to 1st

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