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Detroit Tigers @ Chicago White Sox

1947-07-01 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 13988 · 1:45

Detroit Tigers defeated Chicago White Sox 2–1. Al Benton earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Al Benton L: Eddie Lopat SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Art Passarella · 1B: Cal Hubbard · 2B: Jim Boyer · 3B: Eddie Hurley · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Lake	5	0	0	0	0	0
Roy Cullenbine	4	1	2	0	0	0
Jimmy Outlaw	2	1	2	0	2	0
Pat Mullin	4	0	0	1	0	1
Ed Mierkowicz	4	0	2	0	0	0
George Kell	2	0	1	0	2	1
Skeeter Webb	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Swift	3	0	0	0	1	1
Al Benton	4	0	0	0	0	2

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Floyd Baker	2	1	0	0	2	0
Dave Philley	4	0	1	1	0	0
Luke Appling	4	0	2	0	0	0
Rudy York	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Kennedy	4	0	0	0	0	0
Thurman Tucker	4	0	0	0	0	0
George Dickey	3	0	0	0	0	1
Cass Michaels	3	0	0	0	0	1
Eddie Lopat	3	0	0	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Benton	9.0	3	3	3

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Eddie Lopat	9.0	7	5	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Lake: 8
Roy Cullenbine: 53
Jimmy Outlaw: W
Pat Mullin: CS2(26)

Bot 1

Floyd Baker: 43
Dave Philley: 4/P
Luke Appling: S8
Rudy York: 8/L

Top 2

Pat Mullin: 43
Ed Mierkowicz: 63
George Kell: W
Skeeter Webb: 43

Bot 2

Bob Kennedy: 6/L
Thurman Tucker: 3/G
George Dickey: K/C

Top 3

Bob Swift: K
Al Benton: 6/P
Eddie Lake: 63

Bot 3

Cass Michaels: 53
Eddie Lopat: K
Floyd Baker: W
Dave Philley: T9.1-H
Luke Appling: 63

Top 4

Roy Cullenbine: S9
Jimmy Outlaw: S8.1-3
Pat Mullin: 46(1)/FO.3-H
Ed Mierkowicz: 8
George Kell: K

Bot 4

Rudy York: W
Bob Kennedy: 5/P
Thurman Tucker: 64(1)/FO
George Dickey: 6/P

Top 5

Skeeter Webb: 6/P
Bob Swift: 9
Al Benton: 6/P

Bot 5

Cass Michaels: 9
Eddie Lopat: 43
Floyd Baker: 8

Top 6

Eddie Lake: 53
Roy Cullenbine: S1
Jimmy Outlaw: PO1(134)
Jimmy Outlaw: S8
Pat Mullin: 43

Bot 6

Dave Philley: 7/L
Luke Appling: S8
Rudy York: 54(1)/FO
Bob Kennedy: 7/7D

Top 7

Ed Mierkowicz: S5
George Kell: S7.1-2
Skeeter Webb: 34/SH.1-2;2-3
Bob Swift: IW
Al Benton: K
Eddie Lake: 64(1)/FO

Bot 7

Thurman Tucker: 5/L
George Dickey: 13
Cass Michaels: K

Top 8

Roy Cullenbine: 63
Jimmy Outlaw: W
Pat Mullin: K
Ed Mierkowicz: S4/P.1-3
George Kell: SB2.3-H(E2/TH3)(UR)
George Kell: W
Skeeter Webb: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Eddie Lopat: 9
Floyd Baker: W
Dave Philley: 43.1-2
Luke Appling: 9/FL

Top 9

Bob Swift: 6/L
Al Benton: K
Eddie Lake: 7

Bot 9

Rudy York: 63
Bob Kennedy: 13
Thurman Tucker: 7

Notes & reviews

Hit the third base bag.
Michaels lost popup in the sun.

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