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Washington Senators @ Detroit Tigers

1937-09-01 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 8500 · 2:05

Washington Senators defeated Detroit Tigers 8–2. Washington Senators put up 3 in the 1st. Wes Ferrell earned the win. John Stone went 1-for-5 with 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WS1	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	8	15
DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	5

W: Wes Ferrell L: Pat McLaughlin SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Harry Geisel · 1B: Steve Basil · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Summers · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Mel Almada	4	2	1	0	1
Buddy Lewis	5	2	2	0	0
Cecil Travis	4	1	1	0	0
John Stone	5	2	1	4	0
Joe Kuhel	5	0	3	1	0
Buddy Myer	5	1	3	2	0
Fred Sington	5	0	3	0	0
Rick Ferrell	3	0	0	0	1
Wes Ferrell	4	0	1	1	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gee Walker	3	0	1	1	1	0
Pete Fox	4	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	4	0	1	0	0	0
Hank Greenberg	2	1	1	0	2	1
Rudy York	3	0	0	0	1	0
Jo-Jo White	4	0	0	0	0	0
Marv Owen	4	1	2	1	0	0
Charlie Gelbert	2	0	0	0	0	1
Pat McLaughlin	2	0	0	0	0	0
Cliff Bolton	1	0	0	0	0	0
Goose Goslin	0	0	0	0	1	0
Billy Rogell	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wes Ferrell	9.0	5	5	2

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB
Pat McLaughlin	6.0	10	1
Jake Wade	2.0	1	1
Jack Russell	1.0	4	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Mel Almada: W
Buddy Lewis: 8/F
Cecil Travis: D7.1-3
John Stone: S8.3-H;2-H
Joe Kuhel: S9.1-3
Buddy Myer: S9.3-H;1X3(95)
Fred Sington: S9.1-3
Rick Ferrell: 54(1)/FO

Bot 1

Gee Walker: 63
Pete Fox: 63
Charlie Gehringer: D9
Hank Greenberg: W
Rudy York: SB3;SB2
Rudy York: W
Jo-Jo White: 36(1)/FO

Top 2

Wes Ferrell: S7
Mel Almada: 9
Buddy Lewis: 46(1)/FO
Cecil Travis: 53

Bot 2

Marv Owen: 3/FL
Charlie Gelbert: 53
Pat McLaughlin: 13

Top 3

John Stone: 7
Joe Kuhel: 8
Buddy Myer: 13

Bot 3

Gee Walker: 7
Pete Fox: 5/L
Charlie Gehringer: 43

Top 4

Fred Sington: S5
Rick Ferrell: 2/P
Wes Ferrell: 43/P.1-1
Mel Almada: 3/P

Bot 4

Hank Greenberg: W
Rudy York: 64(1)3/GDP
Jo-Jo White: 43

Top 5

Buddy Lewis: 43
Cecil Travis: 7
John Stone: 7

Bot 5

Marv Owen: 63
Charlie Gelbert: K/C
Pat McLaughlin: 43

Top 6

Joe Kuhel: S7
Buddy Myer: S8.1-2
Fred Sington: S1/BG.2-3;1-2
Rick Ferrell: 52(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Wes Ferrell: 7/F.3-H
Mel Almada: 3/P

Bot 6

Gee Walker: W
Pete Fox: 9
Charlie Gehringer: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Buddy Lewis: D8
Cecil Travis: 53/SH.2-3
John Stone: 8/F.3-H
Joe Kuhel: 31

Bot 7

Hank Greenberg: K
Rudy York: 8
Jo-Jo White: 43

Top 8

Buddy Myer: 7
Fred Sington: 3/FL
Rick Ferrell: W
Wes Ferrell: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Marv Owen: S1/G
Cliff Bolton: 6/P
Goose Goslin: W.1-2
Gee Walker: S7.2-H;1-2
Pete Fox: 2/FL
Charlie Gehringer: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Mel Almada: S7
Buddy Lewis: S7.1-2
Cecil Travis: FC4/TH2.2-3;1-2
John Stone: 46(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Joe Kuhel: S9.3-H;1-2
Buddy Myer: S9.2-H;1-3
Fred Sington: CS2(243)
Fred Sington: 63

Bot 9

Hank Greenberg: D7
Rudy York: 53
Jo-Jo White: 63.2-3
Marv Owen: S9.3-H
Billy Rogell: 7

Notes & reviews

Gehringer purposely dropped popup and threw to 1st to try for DP; 1Bman touched 1st base before tagging Sington so force was removed and Sington was safe

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