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Yankees 17 @ Tigers 8
Briggs Stadium
June 4, 1947

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees, played on June 4, 1947 at Briggs Stadium. The home team Tigers were bested by the visiting Yankees with a score of 17 to 8.

Game Summary

DateJune 4, 1947 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 17 H: 18 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 17
Hits: 18
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 8 H: 14 E: 2 LOB: 9
Runs: 8
Hits: 14
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherJoe Page  
Losing PitcherAl Benton  
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Game Winning RBIButch Wensloff 

Game Info

DateJune 4, 1947 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherDon Johnson  
Home Starting PitcherAl Benton  
BallparkBriggs Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance35,948 
Time of Game2 hours 38 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Eddie Hurley
1B: Bill McKinley
2B: Charlie Berry
3B: Hal Weafer

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Snuffy Stirnweiss  Second Baseman 
Tommy Henrich  Right Fielder 
Charlie Keller  Left Fielder 
Joe DiMaggio  Center Fielder 
George McQuinn  First Baseman 
Billy Johnson  Third Baseman 
Ralph Houk  Catcher 
Phil Rizzuto  Shortstop 
Don Johnson  Pitcher 
Bucky Harris  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Eddie Lake  Shortstop 
Eddie Mayo  Second Baseman 
Hoot Evers  Center Fielder 
Vic Wertz  Left Fielder 
Pat Mullin  Right Fielder 
Jimmy Outlaw  Third Baseman 
Roy Cullenbine  First Baseman 
Hal Wagner  Catcher 
Al Benton  Pitcher 
Steve O'Neill  Manager 

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Yankees 17 @ Tigers 8
Briggs Stadium
June 4, 1947

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 6/4/1947, game 2 -- New York at Detroit (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Stirnweiss S, 2b      3  2  1  0   Lake E, ss            4  1  1  0   
Henrich T, rf         5  3  2  2   Mayo E, 2b            5  2  2  1   
Keller C, lf          5  0  1  0   Evers H, cf           5  1  2  1   
DiMaggio J, cf        6  3  2  1   Wertz V, lf           4  2  2  2   
McQuinn G, 1b         5  2  3  2   Mullin P, rf          5  1  2  0   
Johnson B, 3b         5  2  2  6   Outlaw J, 3b          5  1  2  3   
Houk R, c             4  0  0  0   Cullenbine R, 1b      3  0  1  1   
Robinson A, ph-c      2  1  1  1   Wagner H, c           2  0  0  0   
Rizzuto P, ss         6  2  4  1   Mierkowicz E, ph      1  0  0  0   
Johnson D, p          0  0  0  0   Trucks V, p           0  0  0  0   
Colman F, ph          1  1  1  3   Riebe H, ph           1  0  0  0   
Wensloff B, p         2  1  1  1   Houtteman A, p        0  0  0  0   
Page J, p             1  0  0  0   Cramer D, ph          1  0  0  0   
                                   Benton A, p           1  0  0  0   
                                   White H, p            0  0  0  0   
                                   Gorsica J, p          1  0  1  0   
                                   Swift B, ph-c         2  0  1  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     45 17 18 17                        40  8 14  8

New York         040 401 026 -- 17
Detroit          400 003 100 --  8

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Johnson D             1.0  4  4  4  0  1
Wensloff B*           4.0  4  3  3  1  1
Page J (W)            4.0  6  1  1  3  3

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Benton A (L)          3.1  6  7  7  2  1
White H               0.2  2  1  1  1  0
Gorsica J             2.0  3  1  1  1  0
Trucks V              2.0  3  2  2  2  2
Houtteman A           1.0  4  6  0  1  1
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 6th

E -- Benton A, Lake E
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- New York 9, Detroit 9
2B -- Evers H, McQuinn G, Rizzuto P 2, Gorsica J, DiMaggio J, Mullin P, Outlaw J
3B -- Wertz V, Henrich T
HR -- Colman F, Mayo E, Johnson B, Robinson A
SB -- Rizzuto P, Outlaw J
CS -- Rizzuto P
SH -- Page J
T -- 2:38
A -- 35948

    

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