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Philadelphia Athletics @ Detroit Tigers

1931-06-27 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 12000 · 2:14

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Detroit Tigers 9–5. Philadelphia Athletics put up 3 in the 1st. Lefty Grove earned the win. Marty McManus went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHA	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	9	13
DET	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	12

W: Lefty Grove L: Art Herring SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Dinneen · 1B: George Moriarty · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bick Campbell · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Max Bishop	4	0	1	0	2	0
Mule Haas	6	1	1	0	0	2
Mickey Cochrane	4	1	1	0	1	0
Al Simmons	5	3	3	2	0	0
Jimmie Foxx	2	0	1	1	2	0
Bing Miller	4	1	1	1	0	0
Jimmy Dykes	4	1	2	1	1	1
Dib Williams	5	2	1	1	0	0
Lefty Grove	5	0	2	2	0	1

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roy Johnson	4	2	2	0	1	1
Hub Walker	4	1	3	0	1	0
Marv Owen	5	0	2	2	0	0
Dale Alexander	4	1	2	1	1	0
John Stone	5	0	1	0	0	0
Marty McManus	3	1	2	1	1	0
Louis Brower	3	0	0	1	1	0
Ray Hayworth	4	0	0	0	0	1
Art Herring	3	0	0	0	0	1
George Uhle	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Grove	9.0	12	5	3

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Art Herring	8.0	9	5	4
Charlie Sullivan	0.1	2	1	0
Waite Hoyt	0.2	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Max Bishop: 8
Mule Haas: D7
Mickey Cochrane: E6.2-3
Al Simmons: T9.3-H;1-H(UR)
Jimmie Foxx: S8.3-H
Bing Miller: 4
Jimmy Dykes: S8.1-2
Dib Williams: E4.2-3;1-2
Lefty Grove: 43

Bot 1

Roy Johnson: W
Hub Walker: 5/FL
Marv Owen: S8.1-2
Dale Alexander: S9.2-H;1X3(95)
John Stone: S7.1-2
Marty McManus: S5.2-3;1-2
Louis Brower: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Ray Hayworth: K

Top 2

Max Bishop: 3/L
Mule Haas: K
Mickey Cochrane: 8

Bot 2

Art Herring: K
Roy Johnson: S6
Hub Walker: S7.1-2
Marv Owen: SB3;SB2
Marv Owen: S8.3-H;2-H
Dale Alexander: D7.1-3
John Stone: FC.3XH(52);2-3
Marty McManus: W.1-2
Louis Brower: 43

Top 3

Al Simmons: S9
Jimmie Foxx: W.1-2
Bing Miller: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Jimmy Dykes: 8/L.3-H
Dib Williams: 3/FL

Bot 3

Ray Hayworth: 8
Art Herring: 3
Roy Johnson: S9
Hub Walker: PO1(234)

Top 4

Lefty Grove: K
Max Bishop: W
Mule Haas: K
Mickey Cochrane: W.1-2
Al Simmons: 3/FL

Bot 4

Hub Walker: S8
Marv Owen: 46(1)3/GDP
Dale Alexander: W
John Stone: 4

Top 5

Jimmie Foxx: 63
Bing Miller: 7/L
Jimmy Dykes: D8
Dib Williams: S8.2-H
Lefty Grove: D8.1-H
Max Bishop: 43

Bot 5

Marty McManus: HR/7
Louis Brower: 4/L
Ray Hayworth: 4
Art Herring: 8

Top 6

Mule Haas: 9
Mickey Cochrane: S9
Al Simmons: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Roy Johnson: 4
Hub Walker: S6
Marv Owen: 3/L
Dale Alexander: 43

Top 7

Jimmie Foxx: W
Bing Miller: 9
Jimmy Dykes: K
Dib Williams: 4

Bot 7

John Stone: 2/FL
Marty McManus: 4
Louis Brower: 3/FL

Top 8

Lefty Grove: 8
Max Bishop: W
Mule Haas: 5
Mickey Cochrane: 43

Bot 8

Ray Hayworth: 63
George Uhle: 4/L
Roy Johnson: K

Top 9

Al Simmons: S8
Jimmie Foxx: 23/SH.1-2
Bing Miller: S8.2-H
Jimmy Dykes: W.1-2
Dib Williams: 16(1)/FO.2-H(E6/TH)(NR);B-2
Lefty Grove: S9.2-H
Max Bishop: S8.1-2
Mule Haas: 4

Bot 9

Hub Walker: W
Marv Owen: E6.1-2
Dale Alexander: 14(1)3/GDP.2-3
John Stone: 43