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Detroit Tigers @ St. Louis Browns

1919-08-30 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 12000 · 2:00

Detroit Tigers defeated St. Louis Browns 8–7. Detroit Tigers put up 4 in the 8th. Howard Ehmke earned the win and Slim Love picked up the save. George Sisler went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Howard Ehmke L: Ernie Koob SV: Slim Love

Umpires — HP: George Moriarty · 1B: Ollie Chill · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Donie Bush	5	0	1	0	0	0
Ralph Young	5	2	1	1	0	0
Ty Cobb	5	2	3	3	0	0
Bobby Veach	5	2	2	2	0	1
Harry Heilmann	4	0	2	1	1	1
Chick Shorten	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Jones	3	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Ainsmith	4	0	1	0	1	0
Howard Ehmke	4	1	4	0	0	0
Ira Flagstead	1	0	1	0	1	0
Ben Dyer	2	0	0	1	0	1

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jimmy Austin	3	2	1	2	2	0
Joe Gedeon	3	1	0	0	2	1
Baby Doll Jacobson	3	1	1	0	0	0
George Sisler	4	1	2	4	0	0
Jack Tobin	4	0	2	1	0	0
Ray Demmitt	4	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Gerber	4	0	2	0	0	1
Josh Billings	4	1	1	0	0	0
Dave Davenport	1	1	0	0	1	1
Herman Bronkie	1	0	0	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Howard Ehmke	8.0	9	5	2
Slim Love	1.0	0	0	2

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Davenport	7.1	8	2	2
Ernie Koob	1.0	4	1	0
Bert Gallia	0.2	3	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Donie Bush: 99
Ralph Young: 99
Ty Cobb: S
Bobby Veach: 99

Bot 1

Jimmy Austin: W
Joe Gedeon: W.1-2
Baby Doll Jacobson: 99/SH.2-3;1-2
George Sisler: 31.3-H;2-3
Jack Tobin: 99

Top 2

Harry Heilmann: W
Chick Shorten: FC1/TH2.1-2
Bob Jones: 6(1)3/GDP.2-3
Eddie Ainsmith: 3/G

Bot 2

Ray Demmitt: 3/G
Wally Gerber: K
Josh Billings: S7
Dave Davenport: WP.1-2
Dave Davenport: W
Jimmy Austin: D9/F9D.2-H;1-H;B-3(E9/TH2)
Joe Gedeon: CSH(125)

Top 3

Howard Ehmke: S8
Donie Bush: 99
Ralph Young: 99
Ty Cobb: 99

Bot 3

Joe Gedeon: 6/P
Baby Doll Jacobson: S8
George Sisler: HR/F9D.1-H
Jack Tobin: 9/F9DW
Ray Demmitt: 9/F

Top 4

Bobby Veach: 99
Harry Heilmann: 99
Chick Shorten: 99

Bot 4

Wally Gerber: D
Josh Billings: OA.2X3(25)
Josh Billings: 99
Dave Davenport: K

Top 5

Bob Jones: 99
Eddie Ainsmith: W
Howard Ehmke: S.1-2
Donie Bush: 99
Ralph Young: 99

Bot 5

Jimmy Austin: W
Joe Gedeon: W.1-2
Baby Doll Jacobson: 1/BP
George Sisler: S9.2-H;1-3;B-2(THH)
Jack Tobin: S5/BG/R31.3-H;2-3;B-2(TH3)
Ray Demmitt: OA.2X3(252)
Ray Demmitt: 99

Top 6

Ty Cobb: 7/F
Bobby Veach: K
Harry Heilmann: K

Bot 6

Wally Gerber: S
Josh Billings: 99(1)/FO
Dave Davenport: 99/SH.1-2
Jimmy Austin: 99

Top 7

Chick Shorten: 99
Bob Jones: 99
Eddie Ainsmith: 99

Bot 7

Joe Gedeon: 99
Baby Doll Jacobson: 99
George Sisler: 99

Top 8

Howard Ehmke: D7
Donie Bush: S.2-3
Ralph Young: 99(1)/FO.3-H
Ty Cobb: HR/L9D.1-H
Bobby Veach: S
Harry Heilmann: S.1-2
Chick Shorten: WP.2-3;1-2
Ira Flagstead: W
Ben Dyer: 5(2)/FO.3-H;1-2
Eddie Ainsmith: 13

Bot 8

Jack Tobin: S
Ray Demmitt: 99
Wally Gerber: 99
Josh Billings: 99

Top 9

Howard Ehmke: S/G
Donie Bush: 8/F8XD
Ralph Young: S7.1-2
Ty Cobb: D8.2-H;1-3
Bobby Veach: S9.3-H;2-H;B-2(THH)
Harry Heilmann: S8.2-H
Ira Flagstead: S7.1-2
Ben Dyer: K
Eddie Ainsmith: S1/G34S.2XH(125);1-2

Bot 9

Herman Bronkie: K
Jimmy Austin: 63
Joe Gedeon: K

Notes & reviews

Sisler was caught off 3B but scrambled back to where Tobin had advanced; Tobin was tagged out by Ainsmith.
Koob replaced Davenport with 2-1 count on Shorten. Flagstead then pinch-hit for Shorten.

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