Athletics @ Tigers
August 5, 1928

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Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 5 8 0
Tigers 1 3 3
Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 5 8 0
Tigers 1 3 3

Charlie Gehringer Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .291
OBP .000 .374
At Bats 3 258
Hits 0 75
• Singles 0 55
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 7
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 33
RBI’s 0 30

Lefty Grove Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
14 6 3
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Navin Field - August 5, 1928
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Lefty Grove
Mickey Cochrane
Ossie Orwoll
Max Bishop
Jimmie Foxx
Joe Boley
Al Simmons
Mule Haas
Bing Miller
Charlie Gehringer

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Philadelphia Athletics 5 8 0 9
Detroit Tigers 1 3 3 2
Winning Pitcher Lefty Grove
Losing Pitcher Vic Sorrell
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Ossie Orwoll
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 3 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Gehringer hits a fly ball into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 McManus hits a line drive into left field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Merv Shea pinch hits for Bill Sweeney. Shea strikes out.
Top 9 Foxx hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tavener scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Elam Vangilder now pitching. Simmons hits a fly ball into right field. Heilmann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bishop tags and scores.
Top 9 Cochrane hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Grove scores. Bishop moves to third. Haas moves to second.
Top 9 Haas takes first base on ball four. Grove moves to third. Bishop moves to second.
Top 9 Bishop hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Orwoll scores. Grove moves to second.
Top 9 Grove takes first base on ball four. Orwoll moves to second.
Top 9 Boley hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Orwoll hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Sorrell strikes out.
Bottom 8 Tavener hits a ball on the ground towards third. Foxx fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Fothergill strikes out.
Top 8 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tavener scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Foxx hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tavener fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Tavener. Foxx moves to second.
Top 8 Simmons hits a fly ball into center field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cochrane hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sweeney scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cochrane for the out.
Bottom 7 Hargrave hits a popup towards short. Boley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 There goes Heilmann. The throw from Cochrane and he is out, Bishop applying the tag.
Bottom 7 Heilmann hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Rice strikes out.
Top 7 Haas hits a fly ball into center field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bishop hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Grove strikes out.
Bottom 6 Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bishop fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 McManus takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Sweeney strikes out.
Bottom 6 Sorrell strikes out.
Bottom 6 Tavener hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Haas. Tavener reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Boley hits a fly ball into center field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Orwoll bunts towards the mound. Sorrell fields it and throws to first for the out. Miller scores. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Sorrell spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Sorrell. Miller moves to third.
Top 6 Miller hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rice. Miller reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Foxx hits a line drive into left field. Fothergill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Fothergill hits a fly ball into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hargrave hits a ball on the ground towards first. Orwoll scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hargrave for the out.
Bottom 5 Heilmann hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bishop scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards third. McManus fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Cochrane hits a fly ball into center field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Haas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sorrell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Rice strikes out.
Bottom 4 Gehringer hits a fly ball into center field. Haas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 McManus hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cochrane settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bishop hits a fly ball into left field. Fothergill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Grove strikes out.
Top 4 Boley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Orwoll moves to second.
Top 4 Orwoll takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Miller hits a line drive towards third. McManus reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Sorrell hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Bishop reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Tavener strikes out.
Top 3 Foxx strikes out.
Top 3 Simmons hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cochrane moves to third.
Top 3 Cochrane takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Haas hits a popup, foul, towards third. McManus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bishop hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Fothergill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Hargrave strikes out.
Bottom 2 Heilmann hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Rice strikes out.
Top 2 Grove strikes out.
Top 2 Boley hits a fly ball into right field. Heilmann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Orwoll hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Miller scores. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 2 There goes Miller. The throw from Hargrave and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 2 Miller takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 There goes Foxx. The throw from Hargrave and he is out, Gehringer applying the tag.
Top 2 Foxx hits a ball on the ground towards third. McManus fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Gehringer hits a line drive towards short. Boley catches it and throws to first to double up McManus.
Bottom 1 McManus takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Sweeney strikes out.
Top 1 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards third. McManus fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Cochrane hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rice who is chasing the ball. Cochrane reaches third base with a triple.
Top 1 Haas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tavener scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Bishop hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sweeney scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bishop for the out.