Detroit Tigers vs Philadelphia Athletics
August 26, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 1948 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 3, Philadelphia Athletics 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Lipon ss 5 1 3 0
Mayo 2b 3 0 0 0
Kell 3b 4 1 1 0
Mullin rf 4 0 2 1
Evers cf 3 0 0 0
Wertz lf 3 1 1 0
Vico 1b 4 0 0 1
Swift c 2 0 1 1
  Hutchinson ph 0 0 0 0
  Berry pr 0 0 0 0
Newhouser p 3 0 0 0
  Houtteman p 0 0 0 0
  Wakefield ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Webb ss 5 0 0 0
McCosky lf 2 0 1 1
Chapman cf 4 0 0 0
Majeski 3b 4 0 1 0
Valo rf 3 2 2 0
Fain 1b 3 1 1 0
Rosar c 4 0 2 0
  Guerra pr,c 0 0 0 0
Suder 2b 3 0 2 3
Coleman p 3 1 1 0
  White ph 0 0 0 0
  Savage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 10 4
Detroit 011 001 000–381
Philadelphia 000 100 12x–4101
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Newhouser  L(15-10) 7.1 9 4 4 5 3
  Houtteman   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
4
4
6
3
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman  W(12-10) 8.0 7 3 3 2 3
  Savage  SV(5) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
3
  E–Wertz (7), Chapman (6).  DP–Detroit 3. Newhouser-Lipon-Mayo-Vico, Lipon-Mayo, Houtteman-Swift-Vico.  2B–Detroit Lipon 2 (8); Wertz (12), Philadelphia Suder (18); J. Coleman (2).  SH–Mayo 2 (14); Evers (11).  Team LOB–8.  Team–9.  U–Johnny Stevens, Eddie Rommel, Art Passarella.  T–2:10.  A–4,208.
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