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Indians
@ Tigers
Navin Field
April 17, 1928
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Indians, played on April 17, 1928 at Navin Field.
Game Summary
| Date | April 17, 1928 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
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| Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 17, 1928 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | George Grant |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Sam Gibson |
| Ballpark | Navin Field |
| City | Detroit |
| State | MI |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 47 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: George Hildebrand 1B: Red Ormsby 2B: (none) 3B: Bill Guthrie |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Charlie Jamieson | Left Fielder |
| Carl Lind | Second Baseman |
| Sam Langford | Center Fielder |
| Joe Sewell | Shortstop |
| George Burns | First Baseman |
| Homer Summa | Right Fielder |
| Johnny Hodapp | Third Baseman |
| Luke Sewell | Catcher |
| George Grant | Pitcher |
| Roger Peckinpaugh | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Neun | First Baseman |
| Charlie Gehringer | Second Baseman |
| Harry Rice | Center Fielder |
| Harry Heilmann | Right Fielder |
| Marty McManus | Third Baseman |
| Paul Easterling | Left Fielder |
| Jackie Tavener | Shortstop |
| Merv Shea | Catcher |
| Sam Gibson | Pitcher |
| George Moriarty | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Indians
@ Tigers
Navin Field
April 17, 1928
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jamieson vs. Gibson
Jamieson hits a line drive into right field. Heilmann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lind vs. Gibson
Lind hits a fly ball towards left. Easterling settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Easterling. Lind moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Langford vs. Gibson
Langford hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lind scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sewell vs. Gibson
Sewell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burns vs. Gibson
Burns hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rice. Burns reaches second base with a double. Sewell moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Summa vs. Gibson
Summa hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Heilmann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Neun vs. Grant
Neun hits a fly ball into left field. Jamieson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Grant
Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lind scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Grant
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sewell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hodapp vs. Gibson
Hodapp hits a line drive into left field. Easterling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sewell vs. Gibson
Sewell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grant vs. Gibson
Grant bunts towards the mound. Gibson fields it and throws to first for the out. Sewell moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jamieson vs. Gibson
Jamieson hits a ball on the ground towards third. McManus fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heilmann vs. Grant
Heilmann hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hodapp fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Hodapp. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McManus vs. Grant
McManus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sewell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Easterling vs. Grant
Easterling hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tavener vs. Grant
Tavener hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shea vs. Grant
Shea hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grant fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lind vs. Gibson
Lind hits a fly ball into center field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Langford vs. Gibson
Langford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tavener fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Tavener. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sewell vs. Gibson
Sewell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Langford moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Burns vs. Gibson
Burns hits a fly ball into left field. Easterling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Langford tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Summa vs. Gibson
Summa hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gibson vs. Grant
Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lind scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Neun vs. Grant
Neun takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gehringer vs. Grant
There goes Neun. The throw from Sewell and he is out, Lind applying the tag. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Grant
Gehringer hits a fly ball into left field. Jamieson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hodapp vs. Gibson
Hodapp hits a popup in front of the plate. Shea settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sewell vs. Gibson
Sewell hits a ball on the ground towards third. McManus fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grant vs. Gibson
Grant strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Grant
Rice hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heilmann vs. Grant
Heilmann hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rice moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McManus vs. Grant
McManus hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sewell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Easterling vs. Grant
Easterling hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rice scores. Heilmann moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tavener vs. Grant
Tavener hits a fly ball into right field. Summa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Shea vs. Grant
Shea hits a ball on the ground towards first. Burns scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Shea for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jamieson vs. Gibson
Jamieson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lind vs. Gibson
Lind bunts towards first. Neun juggles the ball. That's an error on Neun. Jamieson moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Langford vs. Gibson
Langford bunts towards the mound. Gibson juggles the ball. That's an error on Gibson. Jamieson moves to third. Lind moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Sewell vs. Gibson
Sewell hits a fly ball into center field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Jamieson tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Burns vs. Gibson
Burns hits a fly ball into center field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Summa vs. Gibson
Summa hits a ball on the ground towards first. Neun scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Summa for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gibson vs. Grant
Gibson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Neun vs. Grant
Neun hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gibson moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gehringer vs. Grant
Gehringer bunts towards the mound. Grant fields it and throws to third for the out. Neun moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rice vs. Grant
Rice hits a fly ball into center field. Langford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Heilmann vs. Grant
Heilmann takes first base on ball four. Neun moves to third. Gehringer moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
McManus vs. Grant
McManus hits a fly ball into center field. Langford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hodapp vs. Gibson
Hodapp hits a line drive towards short. Tavener reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sewell vs. Gibson
Sewell hits a fly ball into right field. Heilmann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grant vs. Gibson
Grant hits a fly ball into center field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Easterling vs. Grant
Easterling hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tavener vs. Grant
Tavener hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lind misplays the ball. That's an error on Lind. Easterling moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Shea vs. Grant
Shea strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gibson vs. Grant
Gibson takes first base on ball four. Easterling moves to third. Tavener moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Neun vs. Grant
Neun hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lind fields it and throws to second for the out. Easterling scores. Tavener moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gehringer vs. Grant
Gehringer hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Jamieson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jamieson vs. Gibson
Jamieson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lind vs. Gibson
Lind hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jamieson moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Langford vs. Gibson
Langford bunts towards the mound. Gibson fields it and throws to first for the out. Jamieson moves to third. Lind moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Sewell vs. Gibson
Sewell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Burns vs. Gibson
Burns hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jamieson scores. Lind scores. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Summa vs. Gibson
Summa hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 5 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Hudlin
Willis Hudlin now pitching.
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards first. Burns scoops it up and throws to first, with Hudlin covering, for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heilmann vs. Hudlin
Heilmann hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sewell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McManus vs. Hudlin
McManus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hodapp fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 5 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hodapp vs. Gibson
Hodapp hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sewell vs. Gibson
Sewell bunts in front of the plate. Shea settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hudlin vs. Gibson
Hudlin strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jamieson vs. Gibson
Jamieson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tavener scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 5 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Easterling vs. Hudlin
Easterling strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tavener vs. Hudlin
Tavener hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Summa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hargrave vs. Hudlin
Pinky Hargrave pinch hits for Merv Shea.
Hargrave hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lind scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 5 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lind vs. Gibson
Pinky Hargrave now catching.
Lind hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Easterling. Lind reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Langford vs. Gibson
Langford hits a fly ball into left field. Easterling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sewell vs. Gibson
Sewell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lind scores. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burns vs. Gibson
Burns hits a fly ball into left field. Easterling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Summa vs. Gibson
Summa takes first base on ball four. Sewell moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hodapp vs. Gibson
Hodapp hits a fly ball into left field. Easterling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Indians, 6 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Hudlin
Bill Sweeney pinch hits for Sam Gibson.
Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lind scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Neun vs. Hudlin
Neun hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hudlin fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Hudlin
Gehringer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rice vs. Hudlin
Rice hits a fly ball into left field. Jamieson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/17/1928 -- Cleveland at Detroit (D)
Cleveland AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI
Jamieson C, lf 3 2 0 0 Neun J, 1b 4 0 1 1
Lind C, 2b 4 3 2 0 Gehringer C, 2b 5 0 1 0
Langford S, cf 3 1 1 1 Rice H, cf 5 1 1 0
Sewell J, ss 4 0 2 2 Heilmann H, rf 3 0 1 0
Burns G, 1b 4 0 2 3 McManus M, 3b 4 0 0 0
Summa H, rf 4 0 0 0 Easterling P, lf 4 2 3 1
Hodapp J, 3b 5 0 1 0 Tavener J, ss 4 1 1 2
Sewell L, c 4 0 1 0 Shea M, c 3 0 0 0
Grant G, p 2 0 0 0 Hargrave P, ph-c 1 0 0 0
Hudlin W, p 1 0 0 0 Gibson S, p 2 0 1 0
Sweeney B, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 6 9 6 36 4 9 4
Cleveland 101 010 201 -- 6
Detroit 020 101 000 -- 4
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Grant G (W) 6.0 8 4 3 3 1
Hudlin W (S) 3.0 1 0 0 0 1
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson S (L) 9.0 9 6 3 3 2
E -- Easterling P, Hodapp J, Tavener J, Neun J, Gibson S, Lind C
DP -- Cleveland 1
LOB -- Cleveland 10, Detroit 8
2B -- Burns G, Lind C
HR -- Tavener J
CS -- Neun J
SH -- Grant G, Lind C, Langford S 2
SF -- Burns G, Sewell J
T -- 1:47
A -- 0
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