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Yankees 14 @ Tigers 13
Briggs Stadium
August 20, 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 August 20, 1947 at Briggs Stadium. The home team Tigers were bested by the visiting Yankees with a score of 14 to 13.

Game Summary

DateAugust 20, 1947 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 14 H: 19 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 14
Hits: 19
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 13 H: 22 E: 1 LOB: 11
Runs: 13
Hits: 22
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 11
Winning PitcherKarl Drews  
Losing PitcherHal White  
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Game Winning RBIPhil Rizzuto 

Game Info

DateAugust 20, 1947 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherBobo Newsom  
Home Starting PitcherVirgil Trucks  
BallparkBriggs Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance23,508 
Time of Game3 hours 18 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Cal Hubbard
1B: Bill McKinley
2B: Charlie Berry
3B: Hal Weafer

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Snuffy Stirnweiss  Second Baseman 
Tommy Henrich  Right Fielder 
Yogi Berra  Catcher 
Joe DiMaggio  Center Fielder 
George McQuinn  First Baseman 
Billy Johnson  Third Baseman 
Johnny Lindell  Left Fielder 
Phil Rizzuto  Shortstop 
Bobo Newsom  Pitcher 
Bucky Harris  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Eddie Lake  Shortstop 
Eddie Mayo  Second Baseman 
Vic Wertz  Right Fielder 
Dick Wakefield  Left Fielder 
George Kell  Third Baseman 
Hoot Evers  Center Fielder 
John McHale  First Baseman 
Bob Swift  Catcher 
Virgil Trucks  Pitcher 
Steve O'Neill  Manager 

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Yankees 14 @ Tigers 13
Briggs Stadium
August 20, 1947

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/20/1947 -- New York at Detroit (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Stirnweiss S, 2b      7  2  2  0   Lake E, ss            6  2  2  1   
Henrich T, rf         3  0  0  1   Mayo E, 2b            7  1  2  2   
Clark A, rf           2  1  1  0   Wertz V, rf           6  2  5  2   
Berra Y, c            6  3  3  2   Wakefield D, lf       3  1  0  0   
DiMaggio J, cf        4  1  2  0   Kell G, 3b            6  1  1  1   
Brown B, pr-cf        1  2  1  1   Evers H, cf           6  2  4  3   
McQuinn G, 1b         6  0  2  1   McHale J, 1b          3  0  1  1   
Johnson B, 3b         6  1  1  2   Cullenbine R, 1b      3  0  1  1   
Lindell J, lf         6  3  3  3   Swift B, c            5  2  2  0   
Rizzuto P, ss         6  1  3  2   Cramer D, ph          0  0  0  0   
Newsom B, p           1  0  0  0   Outlaw J, pr          0  0  0  0   
Shea S, p             2  0  0  0   Trucks V, p           4  2  3  1   
Page J, p             0  0  0  0   Benton A, p           1  0  0  0   
Robinson A, ph        1  0  0  0   White H, p            0  0  0  0   
Gumpert R, p          0  0  0  0   Hutchinson F, ph      1  0  1  0   
Frey L, ph            1  0  1  2   Webb S, pr            0  0  0  0   
Drews K, p            1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     53 14 19 14                        51 13 22 12

New York         300 020 035 01 -- 14
Detroit          031 000 900 00 -- 13

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Newsom B              3.0  8  4  4  2  2
Shea S*               3.0  5  4  4  1  1
Page J                1.0  5  5  5  2  0
Gumpert R             1.0  1  0  0  0  0
Drews K (W)           3.0  3  0  0  1  0

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Trucks V              7.1 10  8  7  1  3
Benton A              1.1  6  5  5  0  0
White H (L)           2.1  3  1  1  1  0
  * Pitched to 4 batters in 7th

E -- Wakefield D
DP -- New York 3
LOB -- New York 8, Detroit 11
2B -- Berra Y, Evers H, Wertz V 2, Trucks V, Rizzuto P
3B -- Stirnweiss S, Lindell J
HR -- Berra Y
SB -- Mayo E, Lake E, Frey L
CS -- Evers H
T -- 3:18
A -- 23508

    

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