Detroit Tigers vs Washington Senators
August 16, 1918 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 1918 at Griffith Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Detroit Tigers 8, Washington Senators 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bush ss 8 0 1 1
Jones B. 3b 9 1 3 0
Cobb cf 7 0 1 1
Veach lf 8 1 1 1
Griggs 1b 8 1 1 1
Harper rf 7 2 1 0
Young 2b 6 2 2 0
Spencer c 8 0 4 2
Kallio p 0 0 0 0
  Jones D. p 2 0 0 0
  Cunningham p 3 1 1 0
Totals 66 8 15 6
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Shotton lf 6 1 2 0
Foster 3b 7 1 2 0
Judge 1b 7 0 0 0
Milan cf 7 1 3 1
Schulte rf 6 1 2 2
Shanks 2b 7 2 1 1
Lavan ss 7 1 3 1
Ainsmith c 5 0 2 2
Harper p 4 0 0 0
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 3 0 0 0
Totals 59 7 15 7
Detroit 000 000 006 000 000 2–8152
Washington 500 000 100 000 000 1–7154
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Kallio   1.0 6 5 5 0 1
  Jones   7.0 7 1 0 1 2
  Cunningham  W(5-4) 8.0 2 1 0 2 2
Totals
16.0
2
1
0
2
2
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Harper   8.2 13 6 6 5 4
  Shaw   0.1 0 0 0 2 0
  Johnson  L(20-13) 7.0 2 2 0 1 5
Totals
16.0
2
2
0
1
5
  E–Bush (37), Young (28), Foster 2 (27), Lavan 2 (47).  DP–Detroit 1. B. Jones-Young-Griggs.  PB–Ainsmith (13).  2B–Washington Shotton (14); Foster (9); Schulte (11).  3B–Detroit Veach (12), Washington Ainsmith (9).  Team LOB–18.  SH–Ainsmith (9).  Team–8.  SB–Deacon Jones (1); Cunningham (2); Milan (23); Schulte (3).  U–Tommy Connolly, Dick Nallin.
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