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Tigers 9 @ Indians 6
League Park
August 8, 1929

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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 August 8, 1929 at League Park. The home team Indians were bested by the visiting Tigers with a score of 9 to 6.

Game Summary

DateAugust 8, 1929 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 9 H: 14 E: 1 LOB: 6
Runs: 9
Hits: 14
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 6
Home Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 6 H: 10 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 6
Hits: 10
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherEarl Whitehill  
Losing PitcherWes Ferrell  
SaveVic Sorrell  
Game Winning RBIHarry Heilmann 

Game Info

DateAugust 8, 1929 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamCleveland Indians 
Visiting Starting PitcherSkinny Graham  
Home Starting PitcherJohnny Miljus  
BallparkLeague Park 
CityCleveland 
StateOH 
Attendance 
Time of Game0 hours 
UmpiresHP: George Hildebrand
1B: Bill Guthrie
2B: (none)
3B: (none)

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Roy Johnson  Left Fielder 
Bucky Harris  Second Baseman 
Harry Rice  Center Fielder 
Harry Heilmann  Right Fielder 
Dale Alexander  First Baseman 
Marty McManus  Third Baseman 
Pinky Hargrave  Catcher 
Yats Wuestling  Shortstop 
Skinny Graham  Pitcher 
Bucky Harris  Manager 

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Ed Morgan  Right Fielder 
Joe Sewell  Third Baseman 
Earl Averill  Center Fielder 
Lew Fonseca  First Baseman 
Bibb Falk  Left Fielder 
Johnny Hodapp  Second Baseman 
Ray Gardner  Shortstop 
Luke Sewell  Catcher 
Johnny Miljus  Pitcher 
Roger Peckinpaugh  Manager 

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Tigers 9 @ Indians 6
League Park
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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/8/1929 -- Detroit at Cleveland (D)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI
Johnson R, lf         4  2  2  0   Morgan E, rf          4  1  0  0   
Harris B, 2b          2  0  0  0   Sewell J, 3b          5  1  1  1   
Phillips E, ph        1  0  0  0   Averill E, cf         5  1  2  2   
Sorrell V, p          0  0  0  0   Fonseca L, 1b         4  0  1  0   
Rice H, cf            4  2  2  2   Falk B, lf            4  1  1  1   
Heilmann H, rf        5  1  2  3   Hodapp J, 2b          3  1  2  1   
Alexander D, 1b       5  1  5  2   Gardner R, ss         2  0  0  0   
McManus M, 3b         4  1  1  0   Hauser J, ph          1  0  0  0   
Hargrave P, c         3  1  1  0   Tavener J, ss         1  0  1  1   
Wuestling Y, ss       2  0  0  1   Sewell L, c           2  0  0  0   
Fothergill B, ph      1  0  1  0   Myatt G, ph-c         1  0  1  0   
Carroll O, pr         0  0  0  0   Miljus J, p           2  0  0  0   
Schuble H, pr-ss      0  1  0  0   Jamieson C, ph        1  1  1  0   
Graham S, p           3  0  0  0   Ferrell W, p          1  0  0  0   
Whitehill E, p        0  0  0  0                                      
Gehringer C, ph-2b    1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     35  9 14  8                        36  6 10  6

Detroit          020 011 014 --  9
Cleveland        100 000 320 --  6

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Graham S*             7.0  8  6  6  4  0
Whitehill E (W)       1.0  1  0  0  0  0
Sorrell V (S)         1.0  1  0  0  0  0

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Miljus J              7.0  7  4  3  4  1
Ferrell W (L)         2.0  7  5  5  1  0
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 8th

E -- Morgan E, Wuestling Y
DP -- Detroit 1, Cleveland 3
LOB -- Detroit 6, Cleveland 8
2B -- Myatt G, Heilmann H
3B -- Hodapp J
HR -- Alexander D, Averill E, Rice H, Falk B
SB -- Harris B, Morgan E, McManus M
SH -- Harris B, Myatt G
SF -- Wuestling Y
A -- 0

    

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