Washington Senators vs Detroit Tigers
September 17, 1946 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1946 at Briggs 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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Washington Senators 4, Detroit Tigers 6
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Robertson 2b 4 2 2 1
Lewis rf 3 0 1 0
Grace lf 4 1 0 0
Vernon 1b 4 1 2 0
Spence cf 4 0 1 1
Travis 3b 4 0 2 0
Early c 4 0 0 1
Hitchcock ss 3 0 0 0
  Coan ph 1 0 0 0
Pieretti p 1 0 0 0
  Leonard p 1 0 0 0
  Binks ph 1 0 0 0
  Wynn p 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 4 9 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Lake ss 4 0 2 0
Kell 3b 2 2 1 0
Evers cf 4 2 1 1
Greenberg 1b 4 1 1 4
Wakefield lf 3 0 0 0
Cullenbine rf 4 1 3 0
Bloodworth 2b 3 0 0 0
Tebbetts c 0 0 0 0
  Richards c 3 0 0 0
Benton p 3 0 0 0
  Mullin ph 1 0 0 1
  Trout p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 8 6
Washington 102 001 000–491
Detroit 320 000 01x–681
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Pieretti  L(2-2) 1.1 5 5 5 4 1
  Leonard   4.2 1 0 0 1 6
  Wynn   2.0 2 1 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
8
6
5
6
8
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Benton  W(10-7) 8.0 7 4 3 2 3
  Trout  SV(3) 1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
2
5
  E–Robertson (17), Tebbetts (10).  DP–Washington 1. Travis-Robertson-Vernon, Detroit 1. Greenberg-Lake-Greenberg.  2B–Washington Travis 2 (20), Detroit Cullenbine 2 (19).  3B–Detroit Evers (4).  HR–Washington Robertson (5,1st inning off Benton 0 on 0 out), Detroit Greenberg (38,1st inning off Pieretti 2 on).  Team LOB–6.  Team–7.  SB–Lake (14).  CS–Lake (9).  U–Bill Grieve, Joe Paparella, Cal Hubbard.  T–2:04.  A–7,091.
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