Tiger Seasons Past

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Game 52
Cleveland (Al Smith 1-5) at
Detroit (Hal Newhouser 9-4)
Briggs Stadium

#Tigers lineup
Skeeter Webb SS
Eddie Mayo 2B
Roy Cullenbine RF
Rudy York 1B
Doc Cramer CF
Jimmy Outlaw LF
Bob Maier 3B
Paul Richards C
Hal Newhouser P

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With the game tied at one in the 3rd, a two run triple by Rudy York gave the #Tigers a lead. Detroit used three pitchers to stop the Tribe. Zeb Eaton (2-0) pitched 5 innings, giving up 3 runs on 4 hits and 7 walks. Les Mueller and Stubby Overmire pitched 4 scoreless innings.

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In about twilight game last night at Briggs Stadium, a crowd of 20,351 saw the #Tigers beat the Cleveland Indians, 4-3. The game ended with Doc Cramer throwing out Cleveland's Dutch Meyer as he tried to score the tying run on a fly ball to centerfield.

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Before the game Steve O'Neill announced that they have optioned pitcher Art Houtteman and infielders Johnny McHale and Red Borom to Buffalo.

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The #Tigers lost three of five from the Sox at Comiskey Park over the weekend. With a record of 29-21, their lead in the American League is down to one game over the Yankees. They return to Briggs Stadium to face Cleveland for 3 games starting with a twilight game tomorrow night.

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Dizzy Trout (6-6) pitched 8⅓ innings, giving up 1 unearned run on 9 hits and 3 walks. Trout struck out 3.

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Joe Orengo pinch ran for Cuccinello and was bunted to third where he scored the winning run when Detroiter Mike Tresh dropped a perfect bunt down the third base line.

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Dizzy Trout lost his sixth game of the season despite not allowing a run for the first 8 innings.  Chicago loaded the bases in the 3rd inning without scoring.  Ray Schalk was cut down at the plate by Eddie Mayo when he tried to score from first on a pop fly hit to RF.

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In the 9th, Chicago's league leading hitter Tony Cuccinello led off with a single. When he rounded the bag too far at first, he was caught in a rundown. But Skeeter Webb dropped the ball and the runner was safe at second.

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The #Tigers biggest threat of the game was loading the bases bases with nobody out in the 4th inning, but Bob Maier struck out and Bob Swift grounded into a double play to end the threat. Detroit was held to four hits, all singles.

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The crowd of 16,868 saw the game remained scoreless until the bottom of the 9th when a squeeze bunt by Mike Tresh scored Tony Cuccinello. The six won the game and the series.

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The rubber match of the five games series between the #Tigers and Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park turned into a pitcher's duel between Detroit's Dizzy Trout and Chicago's Bill Dietrich.

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Game 50
Detroit (Dizzy Trout 6-5) at
Chicago (Bill Dietrich 1-0)
Comiskey Park

#Tigers lineup
Skeeter Webb SS
Eddie Mayo 2B
Roy Cullenbine RF
Rudy York 1B
Doc Cramer CF
Jimmy Outlaw LF
Bob Maier 3B
Bob Swift C
Dizzy Trout P

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Les Mueller (1-3) started for the #Tigers and pitched 4.2 innings giving up 6 runs on 6 hits and 3 walks. Zeb Eaton came on and pitch 3.1 innings of hitless relief. He did give up and unearned run.

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The #Tigers scored three runs in the 9th, but were stopped by the relief pitching of Earl Caldwell.

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The White Sox scored three runs in the 2nd inning. Detroit countered with a run in the 4th on a sacrifice fly by Rudy York. But three runs by Chicago in the 5th made the score 6-1. Both teams scored a run in the 6th, Detroit on an RBI double by Eddie Mayo.

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With the two losses, Detroit's lead in the American League shrank to 1.5 games over the Yankees, who split a DH in Philadelphia.

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A Sunday doubleheader crowd of 21,864 at Comiskey Park saw the White Sox complete a sweep of the #Tigers with a 7-5 victory in the nightcap. The Sox jumped to a 6-1 lead through the first five innings and held on in the 9th when the #Tigers scored three times.

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Game 49
Detroit (Les Mueller 1-2) at
Chicago (Joe Haynes 4-5)
Comiskey Park
Second game of doubleheader

#Tigers lineup
Joe Hoover SS
Eddie Mayo 2B
Roy Cullenbine RF
Rudy York 1B
Doc Cramer CF
Jimmy Outlaw LF
Bob Maier 3B
Paul Richards C
Les Mueller P

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Walter Wilson pitched 3.1 scoreless innings and Art Houttemen pitched a scoreless 8th inning.

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After Chicago scored in the 1st inning, the #Tigers scored in the 2nd on singles by Rudy York, Doc Cramer and Bob Maier. But the Sox scored a pair of runs in the 3rd and three in the 4th off Joe Orrell. Orrell (2-3) pitched 3.2 innings giving up 6 runs (5 earned) on 8 hits.