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Tigers 5 @ Senators 4
Griffith Stadium
September 16, 1945
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Washington Senators and the Detroit Tigers, played on September 16, 1945 at Griffith Stadium. The home team Senators were bested by the visiting Tigers with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 16, 1945 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 5 H: 8 E: 4 LOB: 3
Runs: 5
Hits: 8
Errors: 4
Left On Base: 3
Home Team
Washington Senators
R: 4 H: 10 E: 2 LOB: 14
Runs: 4
Hits: 10
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 14
Winning Pitcher—Al Benton  
Losing Pitcher—Johnny Niggeling  
Save—Dizzy Trout  
Game Winning RBI—Bob Swift 

Game Info

DateSeptember 16, 1945 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamWashington Senators 
Visiting Starting PitcherAl Benton  
Home Starting PitcherJohnny Niggeling  
BallparkGriffith Stadium 
CityWashington 
StateDC 
Attendance29,590 
Time of Game2 hours 6 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Eddie Rommel
1B: George Pipgras
2B: Bill Summers
3B: Art Passarella

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Joe Hoover  Shortstop 
Skeeter Webb  Second Baseman 
Doc Cramer  Center Fielder 
Rudy York  First Baseman 
Roy Cullenbine  Right Fielder 
Jimmy Outlaw  Left Fielder 
Bob Maier  Third Baseman 
Bob Swift  Catcher 
Al Benton  Pitcher 
Steve O'Neill  Manager 

Washington Senators Lineup 

Name  Position 
George Case  Left Fielder 
George Myatt  Second Baseman 
Buddy Lewis  Right Fielder 
Joe Kuhel  First Baseman 
Cecil Travis  Third Baseman 
George Binks  Center Fielder 
Rick Ferrell  Catcher 
Gil Torres  Shortstop 
Johnny Niggeling  Pitcher 
Ossie Bluege  Manager 

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Tigers 5 @ Senators 4
Griffith Stadium
September 16, 1945

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         Game of 9/16/1945, game 2 -- Detroit at Washington (D)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Washington         AB  R  H RBI
Hoover J, ss          4  0  1  1   Case G, lf            5  0  0  0   
Webb S, 2b            4  0  0  0   Myatt G, 2b           4  0  1  0   
Cramer D, cf          4  1  1  0   Lewis B, rf           3  1  2  0   
York R, 1b            4  0  0  0   Kuhel J, 1b           5  1  1  0   
Cullenbine R, rf      4  1  2  1   Travis C, 3b          5  0  1  1   
Outlaw J, lf          4  1  1  0   Binks G, cf           4  1  1  0   
Maier B, 3b           3  1  1  0   Ferrell R, c          4  1  1  0   
Swift B, c            4  1  1  2   Guerra M, pr          0  0  0  0   
Benton A, p           3  0  1  1   Torres G, ss          4  0  2  0   
Bridges T, p          0  0  0  0   Niggeling J, p        1  0  0  0   
Caster G, p           0  0  0  0   Haefner M, ph-p       1  0  0  0   
Trout D, p            0  0  0  0   Kimble D, ph          0  0  0  0   
                                   Appleton P, p         0  0  0  0   
                                   Layne H, ph           1  0  1  1   
                                   Zardon J, pr          0  0  0  0   
                                   Ullrich S, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Kreevich M, ph        1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     34  5  8  5                        38  4 10  2

Detroit          030 011 000 --  5
Washington       000 000 022 --  4

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Benton A (W)          7.1  6  2  1  6  2
Bridges T*            0.2  3  2  1  0  1
Caster G              0.2  1  0  0  0  0
Trout D (S)           0.1  0  0  0  0  0

  Washington           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Niggeling J (L)       5.0  5  4  3  1  2
Haefner M             1.0  2  1  1  0  1
Appleton P            2.0  0  0  0  0  1
Ullrich S             1.0  1  0  0  0  0
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 9th

E -- Travis C, Kuhel J, Cullenbine R 2, Hoover J 2
LOB -- Detroit 3, Washington 14
2B -- Benton A, Hoover J, Torres G
SH -- Torres G
WP -- Niggeling J, Haefner M
T -- 2:06
A -- 29590

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