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Tigers 3 @ Senators 6
Griffith Stadium
May 18, 1949

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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 May 18, 1949 at Griffith Stadium. The home team Senators beat the visiting Tigers with a score of 6 to 3.

Game Summary

DateMay 18, 1949 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 3 H: 1 E: 0 LOB: 10
Runs: 3
Hits: 1
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Washington Senators
R: 6 H: 9 E: 3 LOB: 7
Runs: 6
Hits: 9
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherDick Welteroth  
Losing PitcherTed Gray  
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Game Winning RBIEddie Robinson 

Game Info

DateMay 18, 1949 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamWashington Senators 
Visiting Starting PitcherTed Gray  
Home Starting PitcherPaul Calvert  
BallparkGriffith Stadium 
CityWashington 
StateDC 
Attendance16,090 
Time of Game2 hours 49 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Red Jones
1B: Eddie Hurley
2B: (none)
3B: Bill McGowan

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Johnny Lipon  Shortstop 
Don Kolloway  Second Baseman 
George Kell  Third Baseman 
Vic Wertz  Right Fielder 
Pat Mullin  Left Fielder 
Aaron Robinson  Catcher 
Johnny Groth  Center Fielder 
Paul Campbell  First Baseman 
Ted Gray  Pitcher 
Red Rolfe  Manager 

Washington Senators Lineup 

Name  Position 
Gil Coan  Left Fielder 
Buddy Lewis  Right Fielder 
Al Kozar  Second Baseman 
Clyde Vollmer  Center Fielder 
Eddie Yost  Third Baseman 
Eddie Robinson  First Baseman 
Sam Dente  Shortstop 
Al Evans  Catcher 
Paul Calvert  Pitcher 
Joe Kuhel  Manager 

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Tigers 3 @ Senators 6
Griffith Stadium
May 18, 1949

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         Game of 5/18/1949 -- Detroit at Washington (N)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Washington         AB  R  H RBI
Lipon J, ss           3  2  0  0   Coan G, lf            5  1  2  0   
Kolloway D, 2b        2  0  0  1   Lewis B, rf           2  0  0  0   
Kell G, 3b            5  0  0  1   Christman M, ph       1  0  0  0   
Wertz V, rf           3  0  0  0   Welteroth D, p        0  0  0  0   
Evers H, ph-rf        2  0  0  1   Kozar A, 2b           3  1  1  1   
Mullin P, lf          2  0  0  0   Vollmer C, cf         3  1  0  0   
Robinson A, c         3  0  1  0   Yost E, 3b            3  0  0  0   
Groth J, cf           4  0  0  0   Robinson E, 1b        4  2  2  3   
Campbell P, 1b        3  1  0  0   Dente S, ss           4  1  1  0   
Gray T, p             3  0  0  0   Evans A, c            3  0  1  0   
Grissom M, p          0  0  0  0   Simmons J, pr-rf      0  0  0  0   
Trout D, p            0  0  0  0   Robertson S, ph       1  0  0  0   
                                   Stewart B, rf         0  0  0  0   
                                   Calvert P, p          2  0  0  0   
                                   Weik D, p             0  0  0  0   
                                   Thompson F, p         0  0  0  0   
                                   Weigel R, ph-c        2  0  2  2   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     30  3  1  3                        33  6  9  6

Detroit          100 000 200 --  3
Washington       100 000 14x --  6

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Gray T (L)*           7.0  6  4  4  3  4
Grissom M             0.1  2  2  2  0  0
Trout D               0.2  1  0  0  0  0

  Washington           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Calvert P             6.0  1  1  1  4  5
Weik D+               0.0  0  2  2  4  0
Thompson F            1.0  0  0  0  0  0
Welteroth D (W)       2.0  0  0  0  1  2
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 8th
  + Pitched to 4 batters in 7th

E -- Dente S 2, Kozar A
LOB -- Detroit 10, Washington 7
3B -- Coan G
HR -- Robinson E
SB -- Lipon J, Kell G, Kozar A, Lewis B, Campbell P
SH -- Kolloway D, Kozar A
T -- 2:49
A -- 16090

    

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