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Athletics
@ Tigers
Navin Field
September 21, 1928
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Philadelphia Athletics, played on September 21, 1928 at Navin Field.
Game Summary
| Date | September 21, 1928 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Philadelphia Athletics
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| Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 21, 1928 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Philadelphia Athletics |
| Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Lefty Grove |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Elam Vangilder |
| Ballpark | Navin Field |
| City | Detroit |
| State | MI |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 45 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bick Campbell 1B: George Hildebrand 2B: (none) 3B: Red Ormsby |
Philadelphia Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Max Bishop | Second Baseman |
| Mule Haas | Center Fielder |
| Mickey Cochrane | Catcher |
| Al Simmons | Left Fielder |
| Jimmie Foxx | First Baseman |
| Bing Miller | Right Fielder |
| Sammy Hale | Third Baseman |
| Jimmy Dykes | Shortstop |
| Lefty Grove | Pitcher |
| Connie Mack | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| John Stone | Left Fielder |
| Charlie Gehringer | Second Baseman |
| Harry Rice | Center Fielder |
| Harry Heilmann | First Baseman |
| Marty McManus | Third Baseman |
| Bob Fothergill | Right Fielder |
| Jackie Tavener | Shortstop |
| Larry Woodall | Catcher |
| Elam Vangilder | Pitcher |
| George Moriarty | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Tigers
Navin Field
September 21, 1928
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bishop vs. Vangilder
Bishop hits a ball on the ground towards first. Heilmann fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering. Vangilder drops the ball. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Haas vs. Vangilder
Haas hits a fly ball into left field. Stone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cochrane vs. Vangilder
Cochrane hits a fly ball towards left. Stone settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Stone. Bishop moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Simmons vs. Vangilder
Simmons hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bishop scores. Cochrane moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Foxx vs. Vangilder
Foxx hits a popup towards third. McManus settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Miller vs. Vangilder
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tavener fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stone vs. Grove
Stone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dykes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Grove
Gehringer hits a fly ball into left field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Grove
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards first. Foxx scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rice for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Vangilder
Hale bunts towards the mound. Vangilder fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dykes vs. Vangilder
Dykes hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grove vs. Vangilder
Grove 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 2
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Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heilmann vs. Grove
Heilmann hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hale fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McManus vs. Grove
McManus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fothergill vs. Grove
Fothergill hits a ball on the ground towards first. Foxx fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bishop vs. Vangilder
Bishop hits a fly ball into left field. Stone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haas vs. Vangilder
Haas hits a fly ball into right field. Fothergill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cochrane vs. Vangilder
Cochrane hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tavener vs. Grove
Tavener hits a fly ball into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodall vs. Grove
Woodall hits a line drive towards the mound. Grove reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vangilder vs. Grove
Vangilder hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hale fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Vangilder
Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards third. McManus fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foxx vs. Vangilder
Foxx hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miller vs. Vangilder
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tavener fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hale vs. Vangilder
Hale hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Fothergill. Hale reaches second base with a double. Miller moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Dykes vs. Vangilder
Dykes is walked intentionally. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Grove vs. Vangilder
Grove hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Vangilder fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stone vs. Grove
Stone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gehringer vs. Grove
Gehringer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stone moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rice vs. Grove
Rice hits a fly ball into center field. Haas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Heilmann vs. Grove
Heilmann hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stone scores. Gehringer moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McManus vs. Grove
McManus hits a popup towards short. Dykes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Fothergill vs. Grove
Fothergill hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gehringer scores. Heilmann moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Tavener vs. Grove
Tavener hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bishop fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bishop vs. Vangilder
Bishop takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Haas vs. Vangilder
Haas hits a popup in front of the plate. Woodall settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cochrane vs. Vangilder
Cochrane hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Simmons vs. Vangilder
Simmons hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rice who is chasing the ball. Simmons reaches third base with a triple. Bishop goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Foxx vs. Vangilder
Foxx hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Simmons scores. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miller vs. Vangilder
Miller hits a fly ball into center field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodall vs. Grove
Woodall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vangilder vs. Grove
Vangilder hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Cochrane fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stone vs. Grove
Stone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hale fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Vangilder moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gehringer vs. Grove
Gehringer strikes out on a pitch way out of the strike zone. And the ball gets by Cochrane, who chases it to the backstop. Gehringer reaches first on the wild pitch. There goes Stone. The throw from Grove and he throws it away. Stone is safe on the error. There goes Vangilder. Here's the throw, and he's safe. There goes Stone. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Rice vs. Grove
Rice hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heilmann vs. Grove
Heilmann hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bishop fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McManus vs. Rommel
Eddie Rommel now pitching.
McManus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hale fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Vangilder
Hale hits a ball on the ground towards third. McManus fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dykes vs. Vangilder
Dykes hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rommel vs. Vangilder
Rommel 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 -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bishop vs. Vangilder
Bishop hits a fly ball into right field. Fothergill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fothergill vs. Rommel
Fothergill hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tavener vs. Rommel
Tavener hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fothergill moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Woodall vs. Rommel
Rommel spins and fires to second, with Dykes covering, and Fothergill is picked off. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Woodall vs. Rommel
Woodall hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bishop settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vangilder vs. Rommel
Vangilder hits a fly ball into center field. Haas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haas vs. Vangilder
Haas hits a fly ball towards left. Stone settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Stone. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cochrane vs. Vangilder
Cochrane hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Simmons vs. Vangilder
Simmons hits a line drive towards the mound. Vangilder catches it and throws to first to double up Haas. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stone vs. Rommel
Stone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gehringer vs. Rommel
Gehringer bunts towards the mound. Rommel fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rice vs. Rommel
Rice strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heilmann vs. Rommel
Heilmann hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gehringer moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McManus vs. Rommel
McManus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dykes fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foxx vs. Vangilder
Foxx takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miller vs. Vangilder
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards third. McManus fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Foxx moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hale vs. Vangilder
Hale hits a fly ball into right field. Fothergill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Foxx tags and moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Dykes vs. Vangilder
Dykes hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Vangilder fields it and throws to second for the out. Foxx scores. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Collins vs. Vangilder
Eddie Collins pinch hits for Eddie Rommel.
Collins hits a fly ball into right field. Fothergill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 4 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fothergill vs. Orwoll
Ossie Orwoll now pitching.
Fothergill takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tavener vs. Orwoll
Tavener bunts towards the mound. Orwoll fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Woodall vs. Orwoll
Woodall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bishop scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Tavener moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Vangilder vs. Orwoll
Vangilder hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Orwoll fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Tavener moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Stone vs. Orwoll
Stone hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is bouncing around. Haas is chasing the ball. Stone rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park three run home run. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Orwoll
Gehringer hits a fly ball into center field. Haas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 4 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bishop vs. Vangilder
Bishop 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 -
Athletics, 4 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haas vs. Vangilder
Haas 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 -
Athletics, 4 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cochrane vs. Vangilder
Cochrane hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/21/1928 -- Philadelphia at Detroit (D)
Philadelphia AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI
Bishop M, 2b 4 2 0 0 Stone J, lf 5 3 4 3
Haas M, cf 5 0 0 0 Gehringer C, 2b 5 2 1 0
Cochrane M, c 5 0 0 0 Rice H, cf 4 1 1 4
Simmons A, lf 4 1 2 2 Heilmann H, 1b 4 0 3 1
Foxx J, 1b 3 1 2 1 McManus M, 3b 4 0 1 0
Miller B, rf 4 0 1 0 Fothergill B, rf 3 0 2 1
Hale S, 3b 3 0 1 0 Tavener J, ss 4 1 1 0
Dykes J, ss 3 0 1 1 Woodall L, c 4 0 1 0
Grove L, p 2 0 0 0 Vangilder E, p 4 2 1 0
Rommel E, p 1 0 0 0
Collins E, ph 1 0 0 0
Orwoll O, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 4 7 4 37 9 15 9
Philadelphia 100 020 010 -- 4
Detroit 000 240 03x -- 9
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Grove L (L) 4.1 9 6 5 0 1
Rommel E 2.2 4 0 0 0 1
Orwoll O 1.0 2 3 3 1 0
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Vangilder E (W) 9.0 7 4 3 3 0
E -- Vangilder E, Stone J 2, Grove L
DP -- Philadelphia 2, Detroit 1
LOB -- Philadelphia 8, Detroit 5
2B -- Hale S
3B -- Simmons A
HR -- Rice H, Stone J
SF -- Hale S
T -- 1:45
A -- 0
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