Detroit Tigers vs Philadelphia Athletics
July 16, 1928 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 1928 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 11, Philadelphia Athletics 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Galloway 3b 5 1 2 0
McManus 1b 6 1 1 1
Gehringer 2b 4 1 1 0
Rice cf 5 1 2 2
Wingo lf 5 1 1 0
Heilmann rf 3 2 0 0
Hargrave c 3 2 2 4
Tavener ss 5 1 4 4
Whitehill p 1 1 0 0
  Fothergill ph 1 0 0 0
  Vangilder p 3 0 1 0
Totals 41 11 14 11
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Bishop 2b 1 1 0 0
  Dykes 2b 1 0 0 0
Speaker cf 5 1 1 0
Hale 3b 4 0 2 3
Simmons lf 4 0 0 0
Miller rf 4 1 2 0
Foxx c 4 0 0 0
Boley ss 2 1 0 0
Hauser 1b 3 1 1 3
Earnshaw p 3 1 1 0
  Walberg p 0 0 0 0
  Bush p 0 0 0 0
  French ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 7 6
Detroit 020 000 090–11140
Philadelphia 050 000 100–671
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Whitehill   3.0 5 5 5 4 0
  Vangilder  W(5-6) 6.0 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
6
6
5
2
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Earnshaw   7.0 7 5 5 6 3
  Walberg  L(8-7) 0.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Bush   2.0 4 4 4 1 2
Totals
9.0
14
11
11
7
5
  E–Hauser (9).  DP–Detroit 1. Tavener-Gehringer-McManus.  2B–Detroit Wingo (5), Philadelphia Speaker (22); Earnshaw (1).  3B–Detroit Hargrave (1); Tavener (9).  HR–Detroit Hargrave (3,2nd inning off Earnshaw 0 on); Tavener (3,8th inning off Walberg 3 on), Philadelphia Hauser (14,2nd inning off Whitehill 2 on).  Team LOB–10.  SH–Bishop (10).  Team–5.  SB–Galloway 2 (7); Rice (14).  U–Harry Geisel, Bick Campbell, Brick Owens.
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