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Detroit Tigers @ Chicago White Sox

1949-09-11 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 5871 · 1:49

Detroit Tigers defeated Chicago White Sox 1–0. 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	0	0	0	1	1	8
CHA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3

W: Virgil Trucks L: Bill Wight SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jim Honochick · 1B: Bill McKinley · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Grieve · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Lake	3	0	1	0	1	0
Don Kolloway	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Mullin	4	0	1	0	0	0
Vic Wertz	4	0	0	0	0	1
George Kell	3	0	1	0	1	1
Hoot Evers	4	1	2	0	0	1
Neil Berry	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Swift	4	0	2	1	0	0
Virgil Trucks	4	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Dave Philley	4	0	0	0
Luke Appling	4	0	0	0
Cass Michaels	4	0	0	0
George Metkovich	4	0	0	0
Johnny Ostrowski	3	1	1	1
Chuck Kress	3	1	0	0
Don Wheeler	3	0	0	1
Floyd Baker	2	1	1	1
Bill Wight	3	0	0	2
Gus Zernial	1	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Virgil Trucks	9.0	3	2	5

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Wight	9.0	8	2	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Lake: 9
Don Kolloway: 7
Pat Mullin: S
Vic Wertz: 31

Bot 1

Dave Philley: 53
Luke Appling: 43
Cass Michaels: 13

Top 2

George Kell: 63
Hoot Evers: K
Neil Berry: 53

Bot 2

George Metkovich: E3/G
Johnny Ostrowski: W.1-2
Chuck Kress: S/BG.2-3;1-2
Don Wheeler: 9
Floyd Baker: K
Bill Wight: K

Top 3

Bob Swift: 43
Virgil Trucks: 53
Eddie Lake: W
Don Kolloway: 53

Bot 3

Dave Philley: 63
Luke Appling: 4
Cass Michaels: 4

Top 4

Pat Mullin: 3
Vic Wertz: 53
George Kell: W
Hoot Evers: S.1-3
Neil Berry: 3

Bot 4

George Metkovich: 7
Johnny Ostrowski: 3
Chuck Kress: 43

Top 5

Bob Swift: S
Virgil Trucks: K
Eddie Lake: S.1-3
Don Kolloway: 2
Pat Mullin: 13

Bot 5

Don Wheeler: K
Floyd Baker: S
Bill Wight: 2/FL
Dave Philley: 8

Top 6

Vic Wertz: 8
George Kell: D
Hoot Evers: 7
Neil Berry: 63

Bot 6

Luke Appling: 8
Cass Michaels: 53
George Metkovich: 9

Top 7

Bob Swift: 53
Virgil Trucks: 63
Eddie Lake: 63

Bot 7

Johnny Ostrowski: S
Chuck Kress: 14/SH.1-2
Don Wheeler: 8
Floyd Baker: IW
Bill Wight: K

Top 8

Don Kolloway: 6
Pat Mullin: 8
Vic Wertz: K

Bot 8

Dave Philley: 43
Luke Appling: 43
Cass Michaels: 8

Top 9

George Kell: K
Hoot Evers: S8
Neil Berry: S9.1-3
Bob Swift: S.3-H;1-2
Virgil Trucks: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 9

George Metkovich: 3/L
Johnny Ostrowski: K
Chuck Kress: E4/TH
Gus Zernial: 4/P