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Washington Senators @ Detroit Tigers

1958-09-09 · Night game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 3644 · 2:03

Detroit Tigers defeated Washington Senators 7–1. Detroit Tigers put up 4 in the 3rd. Jim Bunning earned the win. Herb Plews went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Jim Bunning L: Hal Griggs SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ed Runge · 1B: Bob Stewart · 2B: Joe Paparella · 3B: Frank Tabacchi · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Yost	4	0	0	0	0	0
Herb Plews	4	1	1	1	0	0
Albie Pearson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Roy Sievers	2	0	0	0	0	0
Clint Courtney	4	0	1	0	0	1
Norm Zauchin	3	0	0	0	0	2
Rocky Bridges	3	0	0	0	0	0
Faye Throneberry	1	0	0	0	2	0
Hal Griggs	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ken Aspromonte	1	0	0	0	0	0
Neil Chrisley	2	0	0	0	0	0
Julio Becquer	1	0	1	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Harvey Kuenn	5	1	1	0	0	0
Coot Veal	3	3	2	0	1	0
Al Kaline	4	1	4	2	0	0
Gail Harris	4	0	0	2	0	1
Charlie Maxwell	4	0	1	1	0	0
Frank Bolling	3	0	0	0	1	0
Billy Martin	4	1	1	0	0	1
Red Wilson	4	0	1	1	0	1
Jim Bunning	3	1	1	0	1	1

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hal Griggs	2.1	5	2	1
John Romonosky	2.2	2	0	2
Jim Constable	2.0	4	1	0
Joe Albanese	1.0	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Bunning	9.0	3	2	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Yost: 7
Herb Plews: 3/G
Albie Pearson: 63

Bot 1

Harvey Kuenn: 3/FL
Coot Veal: S1/BG
Al Kaline: S9/G.1-3
Gail Harris: WP.3-H;1-2
Gail Harris: K/C
Charlie Maxwell: 53

Top 2

Roy Sievers: 13
Clint Courtney: 5
Norm Zauchin: K

Bot 2

Frank Bolling: 53
Billy Martin: 7
Red Wilson: 43

Top 3

Rocky Bridges: 5/FL
Faye Throneberry: W
Hal Griggs: K
Eddie Yost: 53

Bot 3

Jim Bunning: W
Harvey Kuenn: S5/G.1-2
Coot Veal: W.2-3;1-2
Al Kaline: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3
Gail Harris: 43.3-H;1-2
Charlie Maxwell: S8.2-H
Frank Bolling: 4(B)3(1)/LDP

Top 4

Herb Plews: 7
Albie Pearson: 9
Roy Sievers: 3

Bot 4

Billy Martin: K
Red Wilson: K/C
Jim Bunning: S9
Harvey Kuenn: 53

Top 5

Clint Courtney: D9
Norm Zauchin: K/C
Rocky Bridges: 8/L
Faye Throneberry: 7

Bot 5

Coot Veal: 3/G
Al Kaline: S8
Gail Harris: 8
Charlie Maxwell: 9

Top 6

Ken Aspromonte: 5
Eddie Yost: 2/FL
Herb Plews: 8

Bot 6

Frank Bolling: 63
Billy Martin: S8
Red Wilson: WP.1-2
Red Wilson: D9.2-H
Jim Bunning: 3/G.2-3
Harvey Kuenn: 43

Top 7

Albie Pearson: 2/FL
Neil Chrisley: 6
Clint Courtney: K

Bot 7

Coot Veal: D7/7S
Al Kaline: S8.2-3
Gail Harris: 43.3-H(RBI);1-2
Charlie Maxwell: 6/L
Frank Bolling: W
Billy Martin: 3/FL

Top 8

Norm Zauchin: 63
Rocky Bridges: 43
Faye Throneberry: W
Julio Becquer: S7.1-2
Eddie Yost: WP.2-3;1-2
Eddie Yost: 8

Bot 8

Red Wilson: 8
Jim Bunning: K
Harvey Kuenn: 7

Top 9

Herb Plews: HR/9
Albie Pearson: 6
Neil Chrisley: 5/FL
Clint Courtney: 2