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Browns 5 @ Tigers 4
Briggs Stadium
August 20, 1948

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the St. Louis Browns, played on August 20, 1948 at Briggs Stadium. The home team Tigers were bested by the visiting Browns with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateAugust 20, 1948 
Visiting Team
St. Louis Browns
R: 5 H: 12 E: 3 LOB: 10
Runs: 5
Hits: 12
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 4 H: 6 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 4
Hits: 6
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherKarl Drews  
Losing PitcherStubby Overmire  
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Game Winning RBIBob Dillinger 

Game Info

DateAugust 20, 1948 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamSt. Louis Browns 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherNed Garver  
Home Starting PitcherArt Houtteman  
BallparkBriggs Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance48,685 
Time of Game2 hours 17 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Eddie Rommel
1B: Art Passarella
2B: (none)
3B: Johnny Stevens

St. Louis Browns Lineup 

Name  Position 
Sam Dente  Third Baseman 
Al Zarilla  Left Fielder 
Jerry Priddy  Second Baseman 
Hank Arft  First Baseman 
Dick Kokos  Right Fielder 
Paul Lehner  Center Fielder 
Les Moss  Catcher 
Eddie Pellagrini  Shortstop 
Ned Garver  Pitcher 
Zack Taylor  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Eddie Lake  Second Baseman 
Sam Vico  First Baseman 
George Kell  Third Baseman 
Pat Mullin  Right Fielder 
Hoot Evers  Center Fielder 
Vic Wertz  Left Fielder 
Johnny Lipon  Shortstop 
Hal Wagner  Catcher 
Art Houtteman  Pitcher 
Steve O'Neill  Manager 

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Browns 5 @ Tigers 4
Briggs Stadium
August 20, 1948

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/20/1948 -- St.Louis at Detroit (N)

  St.Louis           AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Dente S, 3b-ss        5  0  1  0   Lake E, 2b            5  0  2  0   
Zarilla A, lf         5  1  2  0   Vico S, 1b            4  1  1  1   
Priddy J, 2b          5  0  2  2   Kell G, 3b            5  0  0  0   
Arft H, 1b            5  0  0  0   Mullin P, rf          3  1  0  0   
Kokos D, rf           5  2  2  1   Evers H, cf           4  1  1  0   
Lehner P, cf          4  0  1  1   Wertz V, lf           5  1  0  0   
Moss L, c             5  0  0  0   Lipon J, ss           3  0  1  1   
Pellagrini E, ss      1  0  0  0   Wagner H, c           2  0  0  0   
Dillinger B, ph-3b    3  1  2  1   Houtteman A, p        3  0  1  0   
Garver N, p           2  0  2  0   Wakefield D, ph       1  0  0  0   
Lund D, ph            0  1  0  0   Trucks V, p           0  0  0  0   
Drews K, p            2  0  0  0   Overmire S, p         0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     42  5 12  5                        35  4  6  2

St.Louis         000 001 210 1 --  5
Detroit          000 004 000 0 --  4

  St.Louis             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Garver N              6.0  5  4  1  4  2
Drews K (W)           4.0  1  0  0  2  1

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Houtteman A           8.0  9  4  4  2  3
Trucks V              0.1  2  0  0  0  0
Overmire S (L)        1.2  1  1  1  0  2

E -- Priddy J 3
DP -- St.Louis 1
LOB -- St.Louis 10, Detroit 8
2B -- Zarilla A
HR -- Vico S, Kokos D, Dillinger B
SB -- Evers H, Kokos D
SH -- Vico S
HBP -- by Houtteman A (Lund D)
T -- 2:17
A -- 48685

    

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