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Tigers
@ Yankees
Polo Grounds
August 3, 1917
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers, played on August 3, 1917 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | August 3, 1917 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
| Home Team |
New York Yankees
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 3, 1917 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Willie Mitchell |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Nick Cullop |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 5,000 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 15 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Dinneen 1B: Silk O'Loughlin 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Donie Bush | Shortstop |
| Ossie Vitt | Third Baseman |
| Ty Cobb | Center Fielder |
| Bobby Veach | Left Fielder |
| Harry Heilmann | Right Fielder |
| George Burns | First Baseman |
| Ralph Young | Second Baseman |
| Archie Yelle | Catcher |
| Willie Mitchell | Pitcher |
| Hughie Jennings | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tim Hendryx | Right Fielder |
| Fritz Maisel | Second Baseman |
| Roger Peckinpaugh | Shortstop |
| Wally Pipp | First Baseman |
| Home Run Baker | Third Baseman |
| Armando Marsans | Center Fielder |
| Elmer Miller | Left Fielder |
| Les Nunamaker | Catcher |
| Nick Cullop | Pitcher |
| Bill Donovan | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Yankees
Polo Grounds
August 3, 1917
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Cullop
Bush hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peckinpaugh fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vitt vs. Cullop
Vitt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bush moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cobb vs. Cullop
Cobb hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Maisel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bush scores. Vitt moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Veach vs. Cullop
Veach takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Heilmann vs. Cullop
Heilmann hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cullop fields it and throws to first for the out. Vitt moves to third. Veach moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Burns vs. Cullop
Burns hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Vitt scores. Veach scores. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Cullop
Young hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Burns moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Yelle vs. Cullop
Yelle hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Nunamaker fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hendryx vs. Mitchell
Hendryx takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maisel vs. Mitchell
Maisel bunts towards the mound. Mitchell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hendryx moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Peckinpaugh vs. Mitchell
Peckinpaugh hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pipp vs. Mitchell
Pipp strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Baker vs. Mitchell
Baker hits a fly ball into right field. Heilmann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mitchell vs. Cullop
Mitchell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Baker fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Cullop
Bush hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peckinpaugh fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Peckinpaugh. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vitt vs. Cullop
Vitt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Maisel fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marsans vs. Mitchell
Marsans strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Mitchell
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vitt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nunamaker vs. Mitchell
Nunamaker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cullop vs. Mitchell
Cullop hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Nunamaker moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hendryx vs. Mitchell
Hendryx hits a fly ball into center field. Cobb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cobb vs. Cullop
Cobb hits a fly ball into center field. Marsans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veach vs. Cullop
Veach hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heilmann vs. Cullop
Heilmann hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Veach moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Burns vs. Cullop
Burns hits a line drive into right field. That will be extra bases. Hendryx fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Hendryx. Hendryx throws the ball in to Baker who tags Burns trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Veach scores. Heilmann goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Cullop
Young hits a fly ball into center field. Marsans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maisel vs. Mitchell
Maisel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bush scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peckinpaugh vs. Mitchell
Peckinpaugh hits a fly ball into left field. Veach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pipp vs. Mitchell
Pipp hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yelle vs. Cullop
Yelle hits a line drive towards third. Baker reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mitchell vs. Cullop
Mitchell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peckinpaugh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Cullop
Bush is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baker vs. Mitchell
Baker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marsans vs. Mitchell
Marsans hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miller vs. Mitchell
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vitt fields it and throws to first for the out. Marsans moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Nunamaker vs. Mitchell
Nunamaker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Marsans scores. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cullop vs. Mitchell
Cullop hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Heilmann. Cullop reaches second base with a double. There goes Nunamaker trying to get to home. Heilmann throws the ball in to Yelle, who tags Nunamaker, who came all the way from first, for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vitt vs. Cullop
Vitt hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cobb vs. Cullop
Cobb hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Veach vs. Cullop
Veach hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heilmann vs. Cullop
Heilmann hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hendryx vs. Mitchell
Hendryx takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maisel vs. Mitchell
Maisel hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Peckinpaugh vs. Mitchell
Peckinpaugh hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bush fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pipp vs. Mitchell
Pipp is hit by the pitch. Peckinpaugh moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Baker vs. Mitchell
Baker hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Heilmann who is chasing the ball. Baker reaches third base with a triple. Peckinpaugh scores. Pipp goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Marsans vs. Dauss
Hooks Dauss now pitching.
Marsans hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Cullop
Burns hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Marsans who is chasing the ball. Burns reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Young vs. Cullop
There's a wild pitch. Burns scores. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Cullop
Young hits a fly ball into left field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yelle vs. Cullop
Yelle hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dauss vs. Shocker
Urban Shocker now pitching.
for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bush vs. Shocker
for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Dauss
Miller takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nunamaker vs. Dauss
Nunamaker is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Shocker vs. Dauss
Shocker strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hendryx vs. Dauss
There goes Miller. The throw from Yelle and he is out, Young applying the tag. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vitt vs. Shocker
Roxy Walters now catching.
Vitt hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Marsans who is chasing the ball. Vitt reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cobb vs. Shocker
Cobb hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is bouncing around. Miller is chasing the ball. Cobb rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park two run home run. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veach vs. Love
Slim Love now pitching.
Veach takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heilmann vs. Love
Heilmann strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burns vs. Love
Burns hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Love
There goes Veach. The throw from Walters and he is safe. Veach steals second. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Young vs. Love
Young takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Yelle vs. Love
Young is thrown out, attempting to steal, by unknown player in unknown way. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 8 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hendryx vs. Dauss
Hendryx takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maisel vs. Dauss
Maisel hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Peckinpaugh vs. Dauss
Peckinpaugh hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pipp vs. Dauss
Pipp hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 8 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yelle vs. Love
Yelle hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dauss vs. Love
Dauss strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Love
Bush strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 8 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baker vs. Dauss
Baker hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marsans vs. Dauss
Marsans hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Dauss
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards second. Young picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Young. Miller moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Walters vs. Dauss
Walters hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 8 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vitt vs. Love
Vitt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peckinpaugh misplays the ball. That's an error on Peckinpaugh. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cobb vs. Love
Cobb bunts in front of the plate. Walters fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Vitt moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Veach vs. Love
Veach hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Vitt scores. Cobb moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Heilmann vs. Love
Heilmann strikes out. There goes Cobb. Here's the throw, and he's safe. There goes Veach. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Burns vs. Love
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Cobb scores. Veach moves to third. Burns moves to second. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Tigers, 10 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Young vs. Love
Young hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 10 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Yelle vs. Love
Yelle hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 10 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Caldwell vs. Dauss
Ray Caldwell pinch hits for Slim Love.
Caldwell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 10 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hendryx vs. Dauss
There goes Caldwell. The throw from Yelle and he is safe. Caldwell steals second. View Play -
Tigers, 10 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hendryx vs. Dauss
Hendryx strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 10 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Maisel vs. Dauss
Maisel hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 10 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Peckinpaugh vs. Dauss
Peckinpaugh hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 8/3/1917 -- DET at NYA (D)
DET AB R H RBI NYA AB R H RBI
Donie Bush, ss 5 1 1 0 Tim Hendryx, rf 2 0 0 0
Ossie Vitt, 3b 5 3 2 0 Fritz Maisel, 2b 5 0 1 0
Ty Cobb, cf 5 2 3 3 Roger Peckinpaug, ss 5 1 0 0
Bobby Veach, lf 3 2 2 1 Wally Pipp, 1b 3 1 0 0
Harry Heilmann, rf 5 1 0 0 Frank Baker, 3b 4 0 1 2
George Burns, 1b 5 1 3 4 Armando Marsans, cf 4 1 1 0
Ralph Young, 2b 4 0 1 0 Elmer Miller, lf 3 0 1 0
Archie Yelle, c 5 0 1 0 Les Nunamaker, c 2 0 1 1
Willie Mitchell, p 2 0 0 0 Roxy Walters, c 1 0 0 0
Hooks Dauss, p 2 0 0 0 Nick Cullop, p 2 0 2 0
Urban Shocker, p 1 0 0 0
Slim Love, p 0 0 0 0
Ray Caldwell, ph 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
41 10 13 8 32 3 7 3
DET 302 001 202 -- 10
NYA 000 120 000 -- 3
DET IP H R ER BB SO
Willie Mitchell (W) 4.2 6 3 3 3 2
Hooks Dauss (S) 4.1 1 0 0 3 3
NYA IP H R ER BB SO
Nick Cullop (L) 5.1 9 6 4 1 1
Urban Shocker* 0.2 2 2 2 0 0
Slim Love 3.0 2 2 0 2 4
* Pitched to 2 batters in 7th
E -- Roger Peckinpaugh 2, Fritz Maisel, Tim Hendryx, Ralph Young
DP -- NYA 1
LOB -- DET 7, NYA 9
2B -- George Burns, Nick Cullop
3B -- Frank Baker, George Burns, Ossie Vitt
HR -- Ty Cobb
SB -- Bobby Veach 2, Ty Cobb, Ray Caldwell
CS -- Elmer Miller, Ralph Young
HBP -- by Willie Mitchell (Wally Pipp)
WP -- Nick Cullop
PB -- Roxy Walters
T -- 2:15
A -- 5000
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