Detroit Tigers vs Washington Senators
July 12, 1918 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 12, 1918 at Griffith Stadium. The Washington Senators defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 4, Washington Senators 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bush ss 2 1 0 0
Jones 3b 3 1 1 1
Cobb cf 3 1 2 3
Veach lf 4 0 0 0
Heilmann 1b 4 0 0 0
Harper rf 4 0 1 0
Curry 2b 4 0 0 0
Stanage c 4 1 1 0
Dauss p 2 0 0 0
  Walker ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 5 4
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Shotton lf 3 0 0 0
Foster 3b 4 0 2 0
Judge 1b 3 0 0 1
Shanks cf,2b 4 1 1 0
Schulte rf 3 1 2 0
Picinich c 3 1 0 0
Lavan ss 3 0 1 1
McBride 2b 1 0 0 0
  Milan ph 1 0 0 1
  Ainsmith pr 0 1 0 0
  Matteson p 1 0 0 0
Shaw p 1 0 0 0
  Johnson ph,cf 2 1 2 2
Totals 29 5 8 5
Detroit 201 010 000451
Washington 000 400 10x583
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Dauss  L(7-9) 8.0 8 5 4 2 3
Totals
8.0
8
5
4
2
3
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Shaw   4.0 3 3 3 1 3
  Matteson  W(1-0) 5.0 2 1 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
2
1
0
2
0

  E–Curry (1), Judge (12), Shanks 2 (9).  2B–Detroit B. Jones (6); T. Cobb (11).  3B–Washington Johnson (4).  HR–Detroit T. Cobb (1).  SH–B. Jones (6); Dauss (3); Shotton (4); Judge (15); Lavan (7).  Team LOB–5.  Team–5.  SB–Foster (9).  U–Dick Nallin, Bill Dinneen.
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