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Detroit Tigers @ Cleveland Guardians

1943-04-22 · Day game · League Park IV · Att: 2500 · 1:55

Detroit Tigers defeated Cleveland Indians 4–0. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 8th. Virgil Trucks earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Virgil Trucks L: Mel Harder SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ernie Stewart · 1B: Bill Summers · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Doc Cramer	5	2	5	0	0	0
Rip Radcliff	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dick Wakefield	5	1	2	2	0	0
Rudy York	5	1	1	1	0	2
Pinky Higgins	3	0	0	1	1	0
Jimmy Bloodworth	3	0	0	0	1	0
Joe Hoover	4	0	2	0	0	1
Paul Richards	4	0	0	0	0	0
Virgil Trucks	4	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Lou Boudreau	4	1	0	0
Hank Edwards	4	0	0	0
Ken Keltner	4	2	0	0
Jeff Heath	4	1	0	0
Roy Cullenbine	4	0	0	1
Otto Denning	3	0	0	0
Buddy Rosar	2	0	1	0
Ray Mack	3	0	0	1
Mel Harder	2	0	0	2
Oris Hockett	1	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Virgil Trucks	9.0	4	1	4

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mel Harder	8.0	9	2	3
Pete Center	1.0	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Doc Cramer: S9.BX2(96)
Rip Radcliff: 13
Dick Wakefield: S6
Rudy York: K/C

Bot 1

Lou Boudreau: S
Hank Edwards: 99(1)/FO
Ken Keltner: 99(1)/FO
Jeff Heath: 99/P

Top 2

Pinky Higgins: 99
Jimmy Bloodworth: 99
Joe Hoover: 99

Bot 2

Roy Cullenbine: K
Otto Denning: 99
Buddy Rosar: W
Ray Mack: K

Top 3

Paul Richards: 99
Virgil Trucks: 99
Doc Cramer: S
Rip Radcliff: 99

Bot 3

Mel Harder: K
Lou Boudreau: 99
Hank Edwards: 99

Top 4

Dick Wakefield: 99
Rudy York: 99
Pinky Higgins: 99

Bot 4

Ken Keltner: 99
Jeff Heath: S
Roy Cullenbine: 99
Otto Denning: 99

Top 5

Jimmy Bloodworth: 99
Joe Hoover: S
Paul Richards: 99
Virgil Trucks: 99

Bot 5

Buddy Rosar: 99
Ray Mack: 99
Mel Harder: K

Top 6

Doc Cramer: S5
Rip Radcliff: 99/SH.1-2
Dick Wakefield: S8/G.2-H
Rudy York: K
Pinky Higgins: W.1-2
Jimmy Bloodworth: W.2-3;1-2
Joe Hoover: K

Bot 6

Lou Boudreau: 99
Hank Edwards: 99
Ken Keltner: D
Jeff Heath: 31

Top 7

Paul Richards: 99
Virgil Trucks: 99
Doc Cramer: S
Rip Radcliff: 99

Bot 7

Roy Cullenbine: 99
Otto Denning: 99
Buddy Rosar: 99

Top 8

Dick Wakefield: 2E3
Rudy York: T8/89.1-H(UR)
Pinky Higgins: 7.3-H
Jimmy Bloodworth: 99
Joe Hoover: S
Paul Richards: 99

Bot 8

Ray Mack: 99
Oris Hockett: 99
Lou Boudreau: 99

Top 9

Virgil Trucks: 99
Doc Cramer: S4
Rip Radcliff: S8/L78.1-3
Dick Wakefield: 99/G.3-H;1-2
Rudy York: 99

Bot 9

Hank Edwards: 99
Ken Keltner: D
Jeff Heath: 31/G.2-3
Roy Cullenbine: 99