Detroit Tigers vs Philadelphia Athletics
September 20, 1929 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1929 at Shibe Park. The Philadelphia Athletics defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Detroit Tigers 1, Philadelphia Athletics 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Johnson rf 5 0 1 0
Gehringer 2b 4 0 0 0
Stone lf 4 0 1 0
Alexander 1b 5 1 1 0
Rice cf 3 0 1 0
McManus 3b 4 0 0 0
Akers ss 3 0 1 1
Hargrave c 4 0 0 0
Wyatt p 4 0 1 0
Totals 36 1 6 1
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Morse 2b 5 0 0 0
LeBourveau cf 2 0 1 0
McNair ss 5 1 3 0
Simmons lf 4 0 0 0
  French lf 1 0 1 1
Foxx 1b 3 1 1 0
Summa rf 4 0 1 0
Miller 3b 2 0 0 1
  Cronin 3b 1 0 0 0
Mattox c 4 0 1 0
Shores p 4 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
Detroit 000 100 000 0–162
Philadelphia 000 001 000 1–282
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wyatt  L(0-1) 9.1 8 2 2 5 5
Totals
9.1
8
2
2
5
5
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Shores  W(10-6) 10.0 6 1 1 4 3
Totals
10.0
6
1
1
4
3
  E–McManus (14), Wyatt (1), R. Miller (2), Mattox (1).  DP–Detroit 1. Wyatt-Gehringer-Alexander.  2B–Detroit Johnson (41); Alexander (40), Philadelphia Foxx (22).  Team LOB–9.  Team–10.  SB–Johnson (18); McNair (1).  CS–Summa (1).  U–Bill McGowan, Brick Owens, Bick Campbell.
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