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Detroit Tigers @ St. Louis Browns

1931-09-02 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 1000 · 1:42

St. Louis Browns defeated Detroit Tigers 5–4. St. Louis Browns put up 2 in the 4th. George Blaeholder earned the win. Red Kress went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: George Blaeholder L: Chief Hogsett SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Dick Nallin · 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	3	1	1	1
Mark Koenig	5	0	1	1	0	0
John Stone	4	0	2	0	0	0
Dale Alexander	3	0	0	0	1	0
Gee Walker	4	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Rogell	4	0	1	0	0	1
Nolen Richardson	4	2	2	0	0	0
Johnny Grabowski	3	1	1	1	0	0
Chief Hogsett	3	0	1	0	0	0
Hub Walker	1	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	1	1	1	1	0	0

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Fred Schulte	3	0	1	0	0
Jack Burns	4	0	0	0	3
Goose Goslin	4	2	2	0	0
Red Kress	4	2	3	2	0
Ski Melillo	4	0	1	2	0
Larry Bettencourt	4	0	2	1	0
Benny Bengough	4	0	0	0	0
Jim Levey	3	0	0	0	0
George Blaeholder	3	1	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chief Hogsett	8.0	9	0	4

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Blaeholder	9.0	12	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Roy Johnson: S9
Mark Koenig: CS2(26)
Mark Koenig: 43
John Stone: 8/F

Bot 1

Fred Schulte: 9/F
Jack Burns: 53/BG
Goose Goslin: 63

Top 2

Dale Alexander: 63
Gee Walker: 63
Billy Rogell: S7
Nolen Richardson: 5/P

Bot 2

Red Kress: 3/FL
Ski Melillo: 63
Larry Bettencourt: S1/G
Benny Bengough: 64(1)/FO

Top 3

Johnny Grabowski: 53
Chief Hogsett: 13
Roy Johnson: S9
Mark Koenig: 9/F

Bot 3

Jim Levey: 7/F
George Blaeholder: K
Fred Schulte: D7/G
Jack Burns: K/C

Top 4

John Stone: D9
Dale Alexander: 9/F.2-3
Gee Walker: FC.3XH(52)
Billy Rogell: PO1(13)

Bot 4

Goose Goslin: D8
Red Kress: D9/F.2-3
Ski Melillo: D89.3-H;2-H
Larry Bettencourt: 7/FL
Benny Bengough: 43
Jim Levey: 9/F

Top 5

Billy Rogell: K
Nolen Richardson: D7
Johnny Grabowski: S7.2-H
Chief Hogsett: S5.1-2
Roy Johnson: W.2-3;1-2
Mark Koenig: 7/L.3-H
John Stone: 4/P

Bot 5

George Blaeholder: E4
Fred Schulte: HP.1-2
Jack Burns: K
Goose Goslin: 99/F.2-3
Red Kress: D9/F.3-H(UR);1XH(92)

Top 6

Dale Alexander: W
Gee Walker: 99
Billy Rogell: 99
Nolen Richardson: 99

Bot 6

Ski Melillo: 99
Larry Bettencourt: 99
Benny Bengough: 99

Top 7

Johnny Grabowski: 99
Chief Hogsett: 99
Roy Johnson: K23#

Bot 7

Jim Levey: 99
George Blaeholder: 99
Fred Schulte: 99

Top 8

Mark Koenig: S
John Stone: CS2(99)
John Stone: S
Dale Alexander: 99
Gee Walker: 99

Bot 8

Jack Burns: K
Goose Goslin: S
Red Kress: D.1-H
Ski Melillo: 99/P
Larry Bettencourt: S1/G.2-H
Benny Bengough: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Benny Bengough: 99

Top 9

Billy Rogell: 99
Nolen Richardson: S
Hub Walker: 99
Charlie Gehringer: D.1-H
Roy Johnson: T9.2-H
Mark Koenig: 8/L