Yankees @ Tigers
August 20, 1947

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Bottom 11 R H E
Yankees 14 19 0
Tigers 13 22 1
Bottom 11 R H E
Yankees 14 19 0
Tigers 13 22 1

Vic Wertz Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .252
OBP 1.000 .338
At Bats 5 115
Hits 5 29
• Singles 3 22
• Doubles 2 6
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 15
RBI’s 2 15

Karl Drews Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 2 1
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Briggs Stadium - August 20, 1947
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Karl Drews
Yogi Berra
George McQuinn
Snuffy Stirnweiss
Billy Johnson
Phil Rizzuto
Johnny Lindell
Bobby Brown
Allie Clark
Vic Wertz
Eddie Lake
Skeeter Webb

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 14 19 0 8
Detroit Tigers 13 22 1 11
Winning Pitcher Karl Drews
Losing Pitcher Hal White
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Phil Rizzuto
Attendance 23,508
Time of Game 3 hours 18 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 11 Mayo hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 11 Skeeter Webb pinch runs for Fred Hutchinson. Lake hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto fields it and throws to home for the out. Webb moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 11 Jimmy Outlaw pinch runs for Doc Cramer. Fred Hutchinson pinch hits for Hal White. Hutchinson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Outlaw moves to third.
Bottom 11 Doc Cramer pinch hits for Bob Swift. Cramer takes first base on ball four.
Top 11 Stirnweiss hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 11 Drews hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 11 Rizzuto hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Evers. Rizzuto reaches second base with a double. Lindell goes all the way around to score.
Top 11 Lindell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 11 Johnson hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 10 Cullenbine hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 10 Evers is thrown out, attempting to steal, by unknown player in unknown way.
Bottom 10 Evers hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Kell hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 10 McQuinn hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 10 Brown takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 Berra hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description.
Top 10 Clark hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 9 Wakefield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 9 Wertz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Karl Drews now pitching. Mayo hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description.
Top 9 Stirnweiss hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 9 There goes Frey. The throw from Swift and he is safe. Frey steals second.
Top 9 Hal White now pitching. Lonny Frey pinch hits for Randy Gumpert. Frey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lindell scores. Rizzuto scores.
Top 9 Rizzuto hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lindell moves to third. Rizzuto moves to second.
Top 9 Lindell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Brown scores.
Top 9 Johnson hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. Berra scores. Brown moves to second.
Top 9 McQuinn hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description. Berra moves to third.
Top 9 Brown hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Clark scores. Berra moves to second.
Top 9 Berra hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Clark moves to second.
Top 9 Clark hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Lake hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Benton hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 8 Randy Gumpert now pitching. Bobby Brown now playing center field. Swift hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Stirnweiss hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 8 Aaron Robinson pinch hits for Joe Page. Robinson hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description.
Top 8 Al Benton now pitching. Rizzuto hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lindell scores.
Top 8 Lindell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Evers who is chasing the ball. Lindell reaches third base with a triple. Brown scores. Johnson goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Johnson hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. Brown moves to third.
Top 8 Bobby Brown pinch runs for Joe DiMaggio. McQuinn hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Brown moves to second.
Top 8 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Cullenbine hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 7 Evers hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Mayo scores. Wertz scores. Wakefield moves to second.
Bottom 7 Kell hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 7 Wakefield takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Wertz hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio. Wertz reaches second base with a double. Trucks scores. Lake scores. Mayo moves to third.
Bottom 7 Mayo hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Swift scores. Trucks moves to third. Lake moves to second.
Bottom 7 Lake takes first base on ball four. Swift moves to third. Trucks moves to second.
Bottom 7 Trucks hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Evers scores. Swift moves to second.
Bottom 7 Swift hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. Evers moves to third.
Bottom 7 Joe Page now pitching. Cullenbine hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kell scores. Evers moves to second.
Bottom 7 Evers hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Wakefield scores. Kell moves to second.
Bottom 7 Kell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Wertz scores. Wakefield moves to second.
Bottom 7 Wakefield takes first base on ball four. Wertz moves to second.
Bottom 7 Allie Clark now playing right field. Wertz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Berra hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 7 Henrich takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Stirnweiss strikes out.
Top 7 Roy Cullenbine now playing first base. Shea hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 6 Mayo hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 6 Lake hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 6 Trucks hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio. Trucks reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Swift hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 6 Rizzuto hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description.
Top 6 Lindell hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 6 Johnson hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 5 McHale hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 5 Evers hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 5 Kell hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description.
Top 5 McQuinn hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description.
Top 5 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Berra hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 Henrich hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 5 Stirnweiss hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Shea strikes out.
Bottom 4 Wakefield strikes out.
Bottom 4 Wertz hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio. Wertz reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Mayo hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 4 Spec Shea now pitching. Lake hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description.
Top 4 Rizzuto hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description.
Top 4 Lindell hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description.
Top 4 Johnson hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 3 Trucks strikes out.
Bottom 3 Swift hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. McHale moves to second.
Bottom 3 McHale hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Evers scores.
Bottom 3 Evers hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio. Evers reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Kell hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description.
Top 3 McQuinn strikes out.
Top 3 DiMaggio hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description.
Top 3 Berra hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 2 Wakefield strikes out.
Bottom 2 Wertz takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Bottom 2 Mayo hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Trucks scores. Lake moves to third.
Bottom 2 Lake hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Swift scores. Trucks moves to second.
Bottom 2 Trucks hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Swift moves to second.
Bottom 2 Swift hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 McHale hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 2 Evers hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description.
Top 2 Henrich hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 2 Stirnweiss hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description.
Top 2 Newsom hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 1 Kell hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 1 Wakefield takes first base on ball four. Wertz moves to second.
Bottom 1 Wertz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Mayo hits a line drive towards first. McQuinn catches it and steps on first to double up Lake.
Bottom 1 Lake hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Rizzuto hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 1 Lindell hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 1 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. DiMaggio scores. McQuinn moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 1 McQuinn hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Berra scores. DiMaggio moves to second.
Top 1 DiMaggio hits a line drive towards left. Wakefield chases it down, and drops it. That's an error on Wakefield.
Top 1 Berra hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Evers. Berra reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Henrich hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description. Stirnweiss scores.
Top 1 Stirnweiss hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Evers who is chasing the ball. Stirnweiss reaches third base with a triple.