1949 AL Game: Det. @ Phil.

May 20, 1949

 Detroit's Hal Newhouser and Philadelphia's Joe Coleman locked up in a pitching duel today at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. In the end, Newhouser and the Tigers came out on top 1-0. Detroit scored the game's only run in the 5th inning on a clutch RBI single by Johnny Lipon. Newhouser got into a no outs, bases loaded jam in the 8th inning but got out of it unscathed. For Newhouser, it was his AL leading 6th Win of the season.

BOXSCORE: 1949 Detroit Tigers At 1949 Philadelphia Athletics        5/20/1949
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Lipon SS          4  0  1  1 .250     E.Joost SS          4  0  1  0 .216  
  D.Kolloway 2B       4  0  1  0 .298     E.Valo LF           4  0  1  0 .223  
  G.Kell 3B           2  0  0  0 .252     F.Fain 1B           4  0  0  0 .265  
  V.Wertz RF          4  0  1  0 .287     S.Chapman CF        3  0  1  0 .250  
  P.Mullin LF         4  0  0  0 .321     H.Majeski 3B        4  0  0  0 .228  
  A.Robinson C        3  0  0  0 .212     B.Harris P          0  0  0  0 .333  
  J.Groth CF          4  0  0  0 .213     D.White RF          4  0  0  0 .208  
  P.Campbell 1B       3  1  1  0 .356     P.Suder 2B          3  0  1  0 .290  
  H.Newhouser P       3  0  2  0 .500     M.Guerra C          3  0  0  0 .308  
                                          J.Coleman P         1  0  0  0 .267  
                                        A-T.Davis PH,3B       0  0  0  0 .200  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  1  6  1                 Totals      30  0  4  0
 
A-Pinch Hit For Coleman In 8th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  0 1 0  0 0 0  -  1  6  0
Athletics....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  4  0
 
Tigers (16-13)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
H.Newhouser WIN(6-2)      9       4   0   0   4   4   0   2.74
Totals                    9       4   0   0   4   4   0
 
Athletics (13-17)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.Coleman LOSS(1-6)       8       6   1   1   3   4   0   3.27
B.Harris                  1       0   0   0   0   1   0   3.18
Totals                    9       6   1   1   3   5   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 16,211 DATE- Friday, May 20th 1949 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Bill Grieve, Johnny Stevens, Jim Honochick, Bill Summers
T- 1:59
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 7  Athletics: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0  Athletics: 2
DOUBLES- H.Newhouser, E.Joost(5th), P.Suder(7th)
RBIs- J.Lipon(11th)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Coleman
WALKS- G.Kell, A.Robinson, P.Campbell, S.Chapman, P.Suder, M.Guerra, T.Davis
HIT BY PITCH- G.Kell
STRIKE OUTS- G.Kell, V.Wertz, P.Mullin, P.Campbell, H.Newhouser, E.Joost,
             F.Fain, H.Majeski, J.Coleman
GIDP- V.Wertz, J.Groth
2-out RBI- J.Lipon
RLISP 2-out- D.Kolloway-2, E.Joost-2, P.Mullin, H.Majeski-2
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 1 for 6  Athletics: 0 for 4
WEB GEMS- Top 6th: Sam Chapman robbed Pat Mullin of an extra base hit.
 
Hal Newhouser tossed a complete game shutout at Shibe Park where the Detroit
Tigers beat the Philadelphia Athletics by the score of 1 to
0.
 
Newhouser(6-2) had a strong outing.  He allowed only 4 hits and 4 walks in 9
innings lowering his ERA from 3.15 to 2.74.  Philadelphia went down without a
fight in the bottom of the 9th.  
 
Joe Coleman(1-6) was the losing pitcher. He gave up 1 run and 6 hits in 8
innings.