Athletics @ Tigers
August 11, 1929

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Bottom 11	R	H	E
Athletics	8	12	3
Tigers	8	14	1

Bottom 11	R	H	E
Athletics	8	12	3
Tigers	9	15	1

Roy Johnson Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.167	.302
OBP	.167	.373
At Bats	6	248
Hits	1	75
• Singles	1	49
• Doubles	0	16
• Triples	0	5
• Home Runs	0	5
Walks	0	29
RBI’s	0	31

Ossie Orwoll Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
0	1	1

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Navin Field - August 11, 1929

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Home Run

Ossie Orwoll

Mickey Cochrane

Jimmie Foxx

Jim Cronin

Sammy Hale

Joe Boley

Al Simmons

Mule Haas

Bing Miller

Roy Johnson

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Philadelphia Athletics	8	12	3	11
Detroit Tigers	9	15	1	14
Winning Pitcher	Earl Whitehill
Losing Pitcher	Ossie Orwoll
Save	(none)
Game Winning RBI	Roy Johnson
Attendance
Time of Game	2 hours 37 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Johnson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 11 Whitehill hits a ball on the ground towards first. Foxx scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Whitehill for the out.

Bottom 11 Fothergill hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hale fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 11 Hale hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 11 Miller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 11 Foxx hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 11 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rice fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 10 Hargrave strikes out. Cochrane drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Hargrave out.

Bottom 10 McManus hits a fly ball into left field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 10 Alexander hits a fly ball into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 10 Cochrane hits a fly ball into right field. Heilmann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 10 Haas strikes out.

Top 10 Bob Fothergill now playing left field. Earl Whitehill now pitching. Roy Johnson now playing center field. Harry Rice now playing third base. MartCronin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rice fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 9 Heilmann hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hale fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.

Bottom 9 Rice hits a popup towards third. Hale settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 9 Ossie Orwoll now pitching. Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cronin fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Cronin. Fothergill scores. Yde moves to third. Johnson moves to second. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice.

Bottom 9 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fothergill moves to third. Yde moves to second.

Bottom 9 Emil Yde pinch hits for Ownie Carroll. Yde hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Fothergill moves to second.

Bottom 9 Bob Fothergill pinch hits for Heinie Schuble. Jack Quinn now pitching. Fothergill hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cronin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 9 Hargrave hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

Bottom 9 McManus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Alexander moves to second.

Bottom 9 Alexander hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 9 Heilmann hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cronin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 9 Earnshaw bunts towards first. Alexander settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Boley hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Charlie Gehringer now playing second base. Hale hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Carroll fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cronin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Charlie Gehringer pinch hits for Bucky Harris. Gehringer takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 8 Johnson strikes out.

Bottom 8 Carroll hits a fly ball into center field. Haas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Miller hits a fly ball into center field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Foxx hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Simmons hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 8 Cochrane hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Carroll fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 7 Schuble strikes out.

Bottom 7 Hargrave hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Miller. Hargrave reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 7 McManus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 7 Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Haas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Carroll fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Cronin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 7 Earnshaw hits a ball on the ground towards third. McManus fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Boley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Carroll, and towards Harris, who fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Heilmann hits a fly ball into center field. Haas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Rice takes first base on ball four. Carroll moves to second.

Bottom 6 Harris hits a fly ball into left field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Johnson strikes out.

Bottom 6 Carroll hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 6 Hale hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schuble scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Miller hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 6 Foxx hits a popup, foul, towards first. Alexander settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards third. McManus fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Schuble hits a line drive into center field. Haas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Hargrave takes first base on ball four. Heilmann moves to third. McManus moves to second.

Bottom 5 McManus takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 5 Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Earnshaw fields it and throws to first for the out. Heilmann moves to second.

Bottom 5 Heilmann hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hale fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rice scores. That run is unearned.

Bottom 5 Heilmann hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hale settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Hale.

Bottom 5 Rice hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Miller who is chasing the ball. Rice reaches third base with a triple.

Bottom 5 Harris hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Earnshaw fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Cochrane hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Haas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Cronin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Earnshaw fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Carroll hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Cochrane picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Cochrane. Schuble goes all the way around to score. Carroll moves to third. That run is unearned.

Bottom 4 Schuble takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 4 Hargrave hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cronin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 McManus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Earnshaw hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schuble fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 4 Boley takes first base on ball four.

Top 4 There goes Miller. The throw from Hargrave and he is safe. Miller steals second.

Top 4 Hale hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Foxx tags and scores.

Top 4 Miller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Foxx moves to third.

Top 4 Foxx takes first base on ball four.

Top 4 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards third. McManus fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cronin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Heilmann hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hale fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Harris scores.

Bottom 3 Rice hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Harris moves to third.

Bottom 3 Harris hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 3 Cochrane hits a ball on the ground towards third. McManus fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Haas hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hale tags and scores. That run is unearned.

Top 3 Cronin hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Hale moves to third. Boley moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.

Top 3 Earnshaw bunts in front of the plate. Hargrave settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Boley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hale moves to second.

Top 3 Hale hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 2 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hale fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Carroll takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 2 Schuble hits a popup, foul, towards first. Foxx settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Hargrave hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Miller. Hargrave reaches second base with a double. Heilmann scores. Alexander moves to third.

Bottom 2 McManus bunts in front of the plate. Cochrane settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Alexander takes first base on ball four. Heilmann moves to second.

Bottom 2 Heilmann takes first base on ball four.

Top 2 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards third. McManus fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Ownie Carroll now pitching. Foxx takes first base on ball four.

Top 2 Simmons hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Heilmann. Simmons reaches second base with a double. Haas moves to third.

Top 2 Cochrane hits a popup, foul, towards third. McManus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Haas takes first base on ball four.

Top 2 Cronin hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hargrave settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Rice hits a fly ball into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Harris strikes out.

Bottom 1 Johnson strikes out.

Top 1 Earnshaw strikes out.

Top 1 Boley hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rice who is chasing the ball. Boley reaches third base with a triple. Foxx scores. Miller scores. Hale goes all the way around to score.

Top 1 Hale takes first base on ball four. Foxx moves to third. Miller moves to second.

Top 1 Miller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Simmons scores. Foxx moves to second.

Top 1 Foxx takes first base on ball four. Simmons moves to second.

Top 1 Simmons hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cochrane scores.

Top 1 Cochrane hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rice. Cochrane reaches second base with a double.

Top 1 Haas hits a fly ball into right field. Heilmann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Cronin hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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