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St. Louis Browns @ Detroit Tigers

1948-07-08 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 8455 · 2:16

Detroit Tigers defeated St. Louis Browns 12–2. Detroit Tigers put up 5 in the 7th. Virgil Trucks earned the win. Vic Wertz went 3-for-5 with 5 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLA	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
DET	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	4		12	15

W: Virgil Trucks L: Frank Biscan SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Joe Paparella · 1B: Charlie Berry · 2B: (none) · 3B: Cal Hubbard · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bob Dillinger	4	0	0	0	0	1
Chuck Stevens	4	0	0	0	1	0
Jerry Priddy	4	1	3	0	0	0
Whitey Platt	2	1	0	0	1	0
Al Zarilla	3	0	1	1	1	0
Dick Kokos	4	0	1	0	0	2
Roy Partee	4	0	0	0	0	2
Eddie Pellagrini	2	0	0	0	1	0
Frank Biscan	2	0	0	1	1	0
Paul Lehner	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Schultz	0	0	0	0	1	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Neil Berry	4	1	1	0	1	0
Eddie Lake	3	2	0	0	1	0
George Kell	2	2	1	0	1	0
Dick Wakefield	3	2	1	1	2	0
Hoot Evers	5	3	3	2	0	0
Vic Wertz	5	1	3	5	0	1
Paul Campbell	5	0	2	2	0	0
Hank Riebe	5	0	3	2	0	0
Virgil Trucks	5	0	0	0	0	2
Jimmy Outlaw	1	1	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Frank Biscan	6.1	9	3	3
Joe Ostrowski	1.0	5	2	0
Al Widmar	0.2	1	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Virgil Trucks	9.0	5	6	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bob Dillinger: K23
Chuck Stevens: 7
Jerry Priddy: S8
Whitey Platt: SB2
Whitey Platt: 8

Bot 1

Neil Berry: D8
Eddie Lake: E1/SH.2-3
George Kell: 8
Dick Wakefield: 5/FL
Hoot Evers: 9

Top 2

Al Zarilla: 3/G
Dick Kokos: S9
Roy Partee: 9
Eddie Pellagrini: 63

Bot 2

Vic Wertz: K/C
Paul Campbell: 9
Hank Riebe: S7
Virgil Trucks: 64(1)/FO

Top 3

Frank Biscan: 13
Bob Dillinger: 9
Chuck Stevens: 2/P

Bot 3

Neil Berry: 4/L
Eddie Lake: W
George Kell: HP.1-2
Dick Wakefield: S9.2-H;1-2
Hoot Evers: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Jerry Priddy: T7
Whitey Platt: W
Al Zarilla: S7.3-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Dick Kokos: K
Roy Partee: K
Eddie Pellagrini: W
Frank Biscan: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Bob Dillinger: 43

Bot 4

Vic Wertz: 43
Paul Campbell: 7
Hank Riebe: 63

Top 5

Chuck Stevens: W
Jerry Priddy: S9.1-2
Whitey Platt: 54/SH.2-3;1-2
Al Zarilla: IW
Dick Kokos: K/C
Roy Partee: 8

Bot 5

Virgil Trucks: K/C
Neil Berry: 8
Eddie Lake: 43

Top 6

Eddie Pellagrini: 3/G
Frank Biscan: 5/P
Bob Dillinger: 13

Bot 6

George Kell: S7
Dick Wakefield: 9/L
Hoot Evers: S9.1-3
Vic Wertz: S9.3-H;1-3
Paul Campbell: S6.3-H;1-2
Hank Riebe: 8
Virgil Trucks: K

Top 7

Chuck Stevens: 7
Jerry Priddy: 53
Whitey Platt: 8

Bot 7

Neil Berry: E6/G
Eddie Lake: 46(1)/FO
George Kell: SB2
George Kell: IW
Dick Wakefield: W.2-3;1-2
Hoot Evers: S5.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Vic Wertz: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3
Paul Campbell: S9.3-H;1-2
Hank Riebe: S8.2-H;1-3
Virgil Trucks: 6
Neil Berry: CSH(262)

Top 8

Al Zarilla: 3/G
Dick Kokos: 5/P
Roy Partee: K

Bot 8

Neil Berry: W
Eddie Lake: 9
Jimmy Outlaw: S.1-2
Dick Wakefield: W.2-3;1-2
Hoot Evers: S.3-H;2-3;1-2
Vic Wertz: S.3-H;2-H;1-2
Paul Campbell: WP.2-3;1-2
Paul Campbell: 63
Hank Riebe: S.3-H;2-3
Virgil Trucks: 9

Top 9

Paul Lehner: 9
Joe Schultz: W
Bob Dillinger: 53/SH.1-2
Chuck Stevens: 43

Notes & reviews

Browns Sanford, not in game, ejected by HP umpire Paparella for arguing Kell had interfered with catcher on steal
Browns Priddy ejected by HP umpire Paparella for continuing to argue interference non-call
Catcher Partee ejected by HP umpire Paparella for arguing ball call

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