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Washington Senators @ Detroit Tigers

1948-08-08 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 29811 · 2:02

Detroit Tigers defeated Washington Senators 6–5. Detroit Tigers put up 4 in the 1st. Billy Pierce earned the win and Art Houtteman picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WS1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	5	11
DET	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		6	8

W: Billy Pierce L: Forrest Thompson SV: Art Houtteman

Umpires — HP: Bill Summers · 1B: Red Jones · 2B: (none) · 3B: Johnny Stevens · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
John Sullivan	4	1	1	0	0	1
Junior Wooten	5	1	2	1	0	0
Carden Gillenwater	2	0	1	0	1	1
Tom McBride	5	0	1	0	0	0
Mark Christman	4	1	2	2	1	0
Al Kozar	4	1	0	0	0	0
Mickey Vernon	4	0	2	1	0	0
Len Okrie	3	0	0	0	0	1
Forrest Thompson	3	1	1	0	0	2
Bud Stewart	2	0	0	0	0	0
Al Evans	1	0	0	0	0	1
Early Wynn	0	0	0	0	1	0
Gil Coan	1	0	1	1	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Lake	4	1	1	0	0	0
Paul Campbell	4	0	2	0	0	0
George Kell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Mullin	4	1	1	0	0	0
Hoot Evers	4	1	1	1	0	0
Dick Wakefield	4	1	1	1	0	0
Johnny Lipon	3	0	1	2	1	0
Bob Swift	2	1	0	0	2	2
Billy Pierce	3	1	1	1	0	0
Art Houtteman	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Forrest Thompson	7.0	8	2	1
Tom Ferrick	1.0	0	1	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Billy Pierce	7.2	10	3	6
Art Houtteman	1.1	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

John Sullivan: K
Junior Wooten: D7
Carden Gillenwater: W
Tom McBride: 63.1-2;2-3
Mark Christman: W
Al Kozar: 143

Bot 1

Eddie Lake: S4
Paul Campbell: 5
George Kell: 9
Pat Mullin: S8.1-2
Hoot Evers: S7.1-2;2-H
Dick Wakefield: S8.1-2;2-H
Johnny Lipon: T8.1-H;2-H
Bob Swift: K

Top 2

Mickey Vernon: 13
Len Okrie: K
Forrest Thompson: K23

Bot 2

Billy Pierce: 7
Eddie Lake: 8
Paul Campbell: S8
George Kell: 8

Top 3

John Sullivan: 3
Junior Wooten: 7
Carden Gillenwater: S7
Tom McBride: S8.1-3
Mark Christman: 9

Bot 3

Pat Mullin: 2/FL
Hoot Evers: 9
Dick Wakefield: 43

Top 4

Al Kozar: 9
Mickey Vernon: S8
Len Okrie: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Johnny Lipon: 3
Bob Swift: W
Billy Pierce: 4
Eddie Lake: 8

Top 5

Forrest Thompson: S7
John Sullivan: S9.1-2
Junior Wooten: D7.1-3;2-H
Carden Gillenwater: K/C
Tom McBride: 9/FL
Mark Christman: S7.2-H;3-H
Al Kozar: 8

Bot 5

Paul Campbell: S3
George Kell: 8
Pat Mullin: 46(1)/FO
Hoot Evers: 8

Top 6

Mickey Vernon: S8
Len Okrie: 64(1)3/GDP
Forrest Thompson: K

Bot 6

Dick Wakefield: 7
Johnny Lipon: 13
Bob Swift: W
Billy Pierce: T8.1-H
Eddie Lake: E5.3-H(UR)
Paul Campbell: 3

Top 7

John Sullivan: E3
Junior Wooten: 6
Bud Stewart: 6
Tom McBride: 64(1)/FO

Bot 7

George Kell: 43
Pat Mullin: 6
Hoot Evers: 5/L

Top 8

Mark Christman: S9
Al Kozar: E6.1-3
Mickey Vernon: 9.3-H(UR)
Al Evans: K/C
Early Wynn: W.1-2
Gil Coan: S8.1-2;2-H
Junior Wooten: 43

Bot 8

Dick Wakefield: 7
Johnny Lipon: W
Bob Swift: SB2
Bob Swift: K
Art Houtteman: 43

Top 9

Bud Stewart: 8
Tom McBride: 8
Mark Christman: 43

Notes & reviews

Carden Gillenwater ejected by HP umpire Bill Summers; Jake Early ejected by 1B umpire Red Jones; Senators Manager Joe Kuhel ejected by Jones; Jones then turned to the Senators bench and yelled that Ray Scarborough was ejected as well; however, Scarborough was in the bullpen in CF

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