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Detroit Tigers @ Philadelphia Athletics

1915-09-21 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 600 · 2:05

Detroit Tigers defeated Philadelphia Athletics 7–5. Detroit Tigers put up 3 in the 1st. Red Oldham earned the win. Ty Cobb went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Red Oldham L: Rube Bressler SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Hildebrand · 1B: Silk O'Loughlin · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Donie Bush	2	2	0	1	2	1
Ossie Vitt	3	2	1	0	2	0
Ty Cobb	5	1	3	2	0	0
Bobby Veach	4	0	0	1	0	0
Sam Crawford	4	0	1	0	0	1
George Burns	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ralph Young	3	1	0	0	1	0
Oscar Stanage	3	0	1	0	1	1
George Moriarty	0	0	0	0	1	0
Red Oldham	3	1	0	0	0	2

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wally Schang	4	1	0	0	0	1
Amos Strunk	5	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Bankston	4	1	1	0	1	1
Harry Damrau	4	0	0	0	1	2
Stuffy McInnis	5	2	2	0	0	0
Sam Crane	4	1	0	0	0	1
Nap Lajoie	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jack Lapp	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tom Knowlson	1	0	0	0	0	1
Socks Seibold	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jack Nabors	1	0	1	0	0	0
Rube Oldring	1	0	1	2	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Grover Lowdermilk	1.0	0	1	1
Red Oldham	8.0	6	2	6

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bullet Joe Bush	1.0	2	1	0
Rube Bressler	0.1	1	2	0
Tom Knowlson	2.2	2	4	0
Jack Nabors	4.0	2	0	5
Bill Morrisette	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Donie Bush: W
Ossie Vitt: S8.1-3(E4)
Ty Cobb: OA.3-H(E2)(UR);1X3(2E5)
Ty Cobb: WP.3-H(UR)
Ty Cobb: S
Bobby Veach: SB2
Bobby Veach: SB3
Bobby Veach: 43.3-H(UR)
Sam Crawford: 6/L
George Burns: 6/F

Bot 1

Wally Schang: HP
Amos Strunk: 13.1-2
Bill Bankston: SB3
Bill Bankston: W
Harry Damrau: K
Stuffy McInnis: FC1.3-H(E1/TH)(NR)(UR);1-H(NR)(UR);B-3
Sam Crane: E1/G.3-H(NR)(UR)
Nap Lajoie: 14(1)/FO

Top 2

Ralph Young: W
Oscar Stanage: S8.1-3
George Moriarty: W.1-2
Donie Bush: 9/SF.3-H
Ossie Vitt: W.2-3;1-2
Ty Cobb: 8/F
Bobby Veach: 43

Bot 2

Jack Lapp: 7/F
Tom Knowlson: K
Wally Schang: K

Top 3

Sam Crawford: S9
George Burns: 64(1)3/GDP
Ralph Young: 6/F

Bot 3

Amos Strunk: 8/F
Bill Bankston: 4/F
Harry Damrau: 2/FL

Top 4

Oscar Stanage: W
Red Oldham: 16(1)/FO
Donie Bush: W.1-2
Ossie Vitt: W.2-3;1-2
Ty Cobb: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3
Bobby Veach: SBH.1X3(85)(E2/TH)
Bobby Veach: 43

Bot 4

Stuffy McInnis: D7
Sam Crane: K
Nap Lajoie: HP
Jack Lapp: PB.2-3;1-2
Jack Lapp: E1.3XH(12);2-3;B-2
Socks Seibold: W
Wally Schang: 13

Top 5

Sam Crawford: K
George Burns: S/G
Ralph Young: 23.1-2
Oscar Stanage: K

Bot 5

Amos Strunk: 13
Bill Bankston: S/F
Harry Damrau: SB2
Harry Damrau: K
Stuffy McInnis: 7/F

Top 6

Red Oldham: K
Donie Bush: K
Ossie Vitt: 53/BG

Bot 6

Sam Crane: 8/F
Nap Lajoie: 3/F
Jack Lapp: 43

Top 7

Ty Cobb: S8.B-2(E8)
Bobby Veach: 99
Sam Crawford: 99
George Burns: 99

Bot 7

Jack Nabors: S8.B-2(E8/TH)
Wally Schang: 99
Amos Strunk: 99
Bill Bankston: K

Top 8

Ralph Young: 99
Oscar Stanage: 99
Red Oldham: K

Bot 8

Harry Damrau: 99
Stuffy McInnis: S
Sam Crane: E1/TH2.1-2
Nap Lajoie: S8.2-3;1-2
Jack Lapp: K
Rube Oldring: S8.3-H;2-H(UR);1-3;B-2(TH)
Wally Schang: 3/FL

Top 9

Donie Bush: 99
Ossie Vitt: 13/BG
Ty Cobb: 13/BG

Bot 9

Amos Strunk: 99
Bill Bankston: 99
Harry Damrau: W
Stuffy McInnis: 99

Notes & reviews

Schang backed up Lapp's bad throw.
No one caught Bankston's infield fly.
Cobb tried to throw batter out at 1st, but 1bman did cover bag and ball went into dugout for error

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