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Tigers
@ Indians
League Park
April 17, 1916
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Detroit Tigers, played on April 17, 1916 at League Park.
Game Summary
| Date | April 17, 1916 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
| Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 17, 1916 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | George Cunningham |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Stan Coveleski |
| Ballpark | League Park |
| City | Cleveland |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 2,006 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 30 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Billy Evans 1B: Ollie Chill 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Donie Bush | Shortstop |
| Ossie Vitt | Third Baseman |
| Ty Cobb | Center Fielder |
| Bobby Veach | Left Fielder |
| Sam Crawford | Right Fielder |
| Harry Heilmann | First Baseman |
| Ralph Young | Second Baseman |
| Oscar Stanage | Catcher |
| George Cunningham | Pitcher |
| Hughie Jennings | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jack Graney | Left Fielder |
| Ray Chapman | Shortstop |
| Braggo Roth | Right Fielder |
| Tris Speaker | Center Fielder |
| Chick Gandil | First Baseman |
| Terry Turner | Second Baseman |
| Joe Evans | Third Baseman |
| Steve O'Neill | Catcher |
| Stan Coveleski | Pitcher |
| Lee Fohl | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Indians
League Park
April 17, 1916
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Coveleski
Bush hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vitt vs. Coveleski
Vitt hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cobb vs. Coveleski
Cobb strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Graney vs. Cunningham
Graney hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Cunningham
Chapman hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roth vs. Cunningham
Roth strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veach vs. Coveleski
Veach hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crawford vs. Coveleski
Crawford hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heilmann vs. Coveleski
Heilmann hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speaker vs. Cunningham
Speaker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gandil vs. Cunningham
Gandil hits a fly ball into right field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Turner vs. Cunningham
Turner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Speaker moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Evans vs. Cunningham
for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
O'Neill vs. Cunningham
for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Coveleski
Young hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanage vs. Coveleski
Stanage strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Coveleski
Cunningham strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coveleski vs. Cunningham
Coveleski hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Graney vs. Cunningham
Graney hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Cunningham
Chapman hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Coveleski
Bush hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chapman misplays the ball. That's an error on Chapman. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vitt vs. Coveleski
Vitt strikes out. O'Neill drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Vitt out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cobb vs. Coveleski
Cobb hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Coveleski fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roth vs. Cunningham
Roth hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speaker vs. Cunningham
Speaker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gandil vs. Cunningham
Gandil hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Cobb. Gandil reaches second base with a double. Speaker goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Turner vs. Cunningham
Turner hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Evans vs. Cunningham
Evans hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veach vs. Coveleski
Veach hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Speaker. Veach reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Crawford vs. Coveleski
Crawford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Turner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Veach moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Heilmann vs. Coveleski
Heilmann hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Veach scores. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Coveleski
Young hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Heilmann moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stanage vs. Coveleski
Stanage hits a fly ball towards left. Graney catches it and throws to second to double up Heilmann. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Neill vs. Cunningham
O'Neill hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coveleski vs. Cunningham
Coveleski hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Graney vs. Cunningham
Graney hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Coveleski
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Coveleski
Bush hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. O'Neill settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on O'Neill. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Coveleski
Bush hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vitt vs. Coveleski
Vitt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bush moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cobb vs. Coveleski
Cobb hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Turner fields it and throws to home to get Bush. Vitt moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Veach vs. Coveleski
Veach strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Cunningham
Chapman hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roth vs. Cunningham
Roth strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speaker vs. Cunningham
Speaker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bush picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Bush. Speaker moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gandil vs. Cunningham
Gandil hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crawford vs. Coveleski
Crawford hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heilmann vs. Coveleski
Heilmann hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Speaker. Heilmann reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Young vs. Coveleski
There goes Heilmann. The throw from O'Neill and he is out, Evans applying the tag. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Coveleski
Young strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Turner vs. Cunningham
Turner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Cunningham
Evans bunts for an out with unknown description. Turner moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
O'Neill vs. Cunningham
O'Neill hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Coveleski vs. Cunningham
There's a wild pitch. Turner moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Coveleski vs. Cunningham
Coveleski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cunningham fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
-
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanage vs. Coveleski
Stanage hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Coveleski
Cunningham takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bush vs. Coveleski
Bush hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Chapman fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vitt vs. Coveleski
Vitt takes first base on ball four. Bush moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cobb vs. Coveleski
Cobb hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Coveleski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Graney vs. Cunningham
Graney hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Cunningham
Chapman hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roth vs. Cunningham
Roth strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veach vs. Coveleski
Veach hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crawford vs. Coveleski
Crawford hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heilmann vs. Coveleski
Heilmann hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speaker vs. Cunningham
Speaker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gandil vs. Cunningham
Gandil hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bush fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Turner vs. Cunningham
Gandil is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Turner vs. Cunningham
Turner hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 10
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Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Coveleski
Young hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanage vs. Coveleski
Stanage hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cunningham vs. Coveleski
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Stanage moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bush vs. Coveleski
Bush hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chapman scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 10
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Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Cunningham
Evans strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Neill vs. Cunningham
O'Neill hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coveleski vs. Cunningham
Coveleski hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Graney vs. Cunningham
Graney hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 11
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Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vitt vs. Coveleski
Vitt hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cobb vs. Coveleski
Cobb hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans juggles the ball. That's an error on Evans. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Veach vs. Coveleski
There goes Cobb. The throw from O'Neill and he is safe. Cobb steals second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Veach vs. Coveleski
Veach hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Turner fields it and throws to first for the out. Cobb is attempting to score. There's the throw to the plate. He's out. Double play. View Play
Bottom 11
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Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Cunningham
Chapman hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roth vs. Cunningham
Roth hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speaker vs. Cunningham
Speaker hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 12
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Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crawford vs. Coveleski
Crawford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heilmann vs. Coveleski
Heilmann hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Graney. Heilmann reaches second base with a double. Crawford goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Young vs. Coveleski
Young bunts towards third. Evans fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Heilmann trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanage vs. Coveleski
Stanage hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Young moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cunningham vs. Coveleski
Cunningham hits a fly ball into left field. Graney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Young tags and scores. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bush vs. Coveleski
Bush hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Stanage moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Vitt vs. Coveleski
Vitt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Coveleski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 12
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Tigers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gandil vs. Cunningham
Gandil hits a fly ball into left field. Veach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Cunningham
Elmer Smith pinch hits for Terry Turner.
Smith hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Crawford. Smith reaches second base with a double. Smith is thrown out after the base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chappell vs. Cunningham
Larry Chappell pinch hits for Joe Evans.
Chappell hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 4/17/1916 -- DET at CLE (D)
DET AB R H RBI CLE AB R H RBI
Donie Bush, ss 6 0 2 0 Jack Graney, lf 5 0 0 0
Ossie Vitt, 3b 5 0 1 0 Ray Chapman, ss 5 0 0 0
Ty Cobb, cf 5 0 0 0 Braggo Roth, rf 5 0 0 0
Bobby Veach, lf 5 1 1 0 Tris Speaker, cf 5 1 4 0
Sam Crawford, rf 5 1 1 0 Chick Gandil, 1b 5 0 1 1
Harry Heilmann, 1b 5 0 3 2 Terry Turner, 2b 4 0 2 0
Ralph Young, 2b 5 1 2 0 Elmer Smith, ph 1 0 1 0
Oscar Stanage, c 5 0 2 0 Joe Evans, 3b 3 0 0 0
George Cunningham, p 3 0 1 1 Larry Chappell, ph 1 0 0 0
Steve O'Neill, c 4 0 0 0
Stan Coveleski, p 4 0 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
44 3 13 3 42 1 9 1
DET 000 010 000 002 -- 3
CLE 000 100 000 000 -- 1
DET IP H R ER BB SO
George Cunningham (W) 12.0 9 1 1 0 4
CLE IP H R ER BB SO
Stan Coveleski (L) 12.0 13 3 3 2 6
E -- Ray Chapman, Steve O'Neill, Donie Bush, Joe Evans
DP -- CLE 4
LOB -- DET 8, CLE 6
2B -- Chick Gandil, Bobby Veach, Harry Heilmann 2, Elmer Smith
SB -- Ty Cobb
CS -- Chick Gandil
SH -- Joe Evans
SF -- George Cunningham
WP -- George Cunningham
T -- 2:30
A -- 2006
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