Detroit Tigers vs Washington Senators
May 11, 1928 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 11, 1928 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 5, Washington Senators 9
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Tavener ss 5 1 2 0
McManus 3b 4 1 1 0
Rice cf 4 1 2 2
Heilmann 1b 4 0 1 1
Gehringer 2b 4 0 1 1
Fothergill rf 4 1 2 0
Easterling lf 4 0 0 0
Shea c 3 1 0 1
Billings p 0 0 0 0
  Neun ph 1 0 0 0
  Holloway p 0 0 0 0
  Warner ph 1 0 0 0
  Sorrell p 1 0 0 0
  Hargrave ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
West cf 5 0 1 0
Rice rf 5 2 2 0
Judge 1b 3 1 1 1
Barnes lf 4 2 3 1
Bluege 3b 4 2 3 2
Tate c 4 2 3 2
Gillis 2b 4 0 1 2
Hayes ss 4 0 0 0
Jones p 4 0 1 1
Totals 37 9 15 9
Detroit 002 000 120–591
Washington 122 300 10x–9151
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Billings  L(3-4) 2.0 6 3 3 0 1
  Holloway   2.0 7 5 5 0 0
  Sorrell   4.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
15
9
9
0
2
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  W(2-1) 9.0 9 5 5 2 4
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
2
4
  E–Gehringer (9), Gillis (7).  DP–Washington 1. Hayes-Gillis-Judge.  2B–Detroit Tavener (8); Heilmann (10); Fothergill (5), Washington Bluege (4); Tate (3).  3B–Detroit Rice (2), Washington Rice (4); Bluege (1).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Judge (2).  Team–5.  SB–Rice (3); Barnes (1).  CS–Shea (2).  U–Dick Nallin, Bill Dinneen, Dan Barry.
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