Detroit Tigers vs Philadelphia Athletics
August 20, 1926 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1926 at Shibe Park. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Philadelphia Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Detroit Tigers 5, Philadelphia Athletics 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Blue 1b 3 3 1 0
Manush cf 5 0 2 1
Fothergill lf 5 0 1 1
Heilmann rf 4 0 4 2
O'Rourke 3b 4 0 2 1
Gehringer 2b 6 0 2 0
Tavener ss 4 0 0 0
Woodall c 2 1 0 0
  Bassler c 2 0 0 0
Wells p 2 1 2 0
  Dauss p 3 0 1 0
Totals 40 5 15 5
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Dykes 2b 2 0 0 0
  Bishop 2b 3 0 1 1
French rf 4 1 2 0
Welch lf 2 0 1 0
  Pate p 1 0 0 0
  Lamar ph 1 0 1 0
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
  Wambsganss ss 1 0 0 0
Hale 3b 5 1 1 0
Simmons cf 5 0 1 1
Poole 1b 5 0 2 1
Perkins c 0 0 0 0
  Cochrane c 3 1 2 0
Galloway ss 2 0 0 0
  Hauser ph 1 1 1 0
  Quinn p 0 0 0 0
Walberg p 0 0 0 0
  Barbee ph 0 0 0 0
  Gray p 0 0 0 0
  Metzler lf 3 0 0 1
Totals 38 4 12 4
Detroit 130 001 000–5151
Philadelphia 002 000 020–4121
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wells   2.2 5 2 2 3 0
  Dauss  W(10-4) 6.1 7 2 2 2 2
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
5
2
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Walberg  L(8-8) 2.0 6 4 1 1 2
  Gray   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Pate   4.0 5 1 1 3 2
  Willis   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Quinn   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
15
5
2
5
5
  E–O'Rourke (18), Poole (4).  DP–Detroit 1. Gehringer-Tavener-Blue.  2B–Detroit Blue (19); Manush (26); Heilmann (33); Wells (3); Dauss (5), Philadelphia Poole 2 (15).  SH–Manush (23); Tavener (23).  HBP–Blue (2).  Team LOB–16.  Team–12.  CS–Fothergill (8).  U–Billy Evans, Brick Owens.
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