1949 AL Game: Det. @ St. Louis

July 6, 1949

  Detroit's Virgil Trucks threw his 3rd shutout in a row as the Tigers defeated the St. Louis Browns 7-0 tonight. Trucks actually carried a no-hitter into the 8th inning but lost that bid when pinch-hitter Whitey Platt singled leading off the inning. Virgil ended up with a 1 hit shutout, his 4th shutout of the season, and has now pitched 30 scoreless innings in a row.

BOXSCORE: 1949 Detroit Tigers At 1949 St. Louis Browns               7/6/1949
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Browns             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Kolloway 2B       4  2  1  0 .285     B.Dillinger 3B      4  0  0  0 .348  
  G.Kell 3B           5  2  2  0 .342     P.Lehner CF         4  0  0  0 .201  
  P.Mullin CF         4  1  3  1 .307     J.Priddy 2B         4  0  0  0 .303  
  V.Wertz RF          4  1  2  1 .302     D.Kokos RF          3  0  0  0 .284  
  D.Wakefield LF      3  0  1  3 .196     R.Sievers LF        2  0  0  0 .335  
  A.Robinson C        4  0  0  1 .237     J.Graham 1B         2  0  0  0 .261  
  J.Lipon SS          3  0  0  0 .198     S.Lollar C          1  0  0  0 .292  
  S.Vico 1B           4  1  2  0 .174     R.Shore P           0  0  0  0 .000  
  V.Trucks P          3  0  1  1 .162   B-W.Platt PH          1  0  1  0 .280  
                                          A.Papai P           0  0  0  0 .000  
                                          J.Sullivan SS       2  0  0  0 .224  
                                        C-E.Pellagrini PH,SS  1  0  0  0 .259  
                                          K.Drews P           1  0  0  0 .304  
                                        A-L.Moss C            1  0  0  0 .287  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  7 12  7                 Totals      26  0  1  0
 
A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Drews In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Shore In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Sullivan In 8th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 2 0 0  0 2 0  3 0 0  -  7 12  0
Browns.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  1  1
 
Tigers (42-34)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
V.Trucks WIN(10-5)        9       1   0   0   5   5   0   2.61
Totals                    9       1   0   0   5   5   0
 
Browns (36-38)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
K.Drews LOSS(2-5)         5       7   4   4   2   0   0   5.94
R.Shore                   3       3   3   3   4   2   0  14.88
A.Papai                   1       2   0   0   0   1   0   7.28
Totals                    9      12   7   7   6   3   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 3,799 DATE- Wednesday, July 6th 1949 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 1:57
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 8  Browns: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 2  Browns: 2
ERRORS- J.Graham
DOUBLES- D.Wakefield(3rd)
TRIPLES- P.Mullin(4th), S.Vico(1st)
RBIs- P.Mullin(20th), V.Wertz(52nd), D.Wakefield-3(9th), A.Robinson(39th),
      V.Trucks
CAUGHT STEALING- V.Wertz
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Lipon, V.Trucks
WALKS- D.Kolloway, P.Mullin, V.Wertz, D.Wakefield-2, A.Robinson, D.Kokos,
       R.Sievers, J.Graham, S.Lollar, L.Moss
STRIKE OUTS- D.Wakefield, J.Lipon, S.Vico, B.Dillinger, J.Priddy, J.Sullivan,
             K.Drews, L.Moss
GIDP- D.Kolloway, A.Robinson, B.Dillinger, J.Sullivan
2-out RBI- P.Mullin
RLISP 2-out- V.Wertz, V.Trucks-2, J.Lipon, G.Kell
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 2 for 13  Browns: 0 for 2
 
Virgil Trucks took a no-hitter into the 8th inning as the Detroit Tigers
defeated the St. Louis Browns 7 to 0 at Sportsman's Park.
 
Trucks(10-5) came through with a virtuoso performance against the St. Louis
hitters.  He allowed only 1 hit and 5 walks in 9 innings.  The right-handed
Trucks had his no-hit bid broken up by Whitey Platt who singled with nobody
out in the 8th inning.  Detroit had 12 hits for the night.  
 
Karl Drews(2-5) was charged with the loss.  He pitched 5 innings giving up 7
hits and 2 walks.