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August 9, 1962

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Bottom 9	R	H	E
Tigers	8	10	0
Senators	5	11	1

Bottom 9	R	H	E
Tigers	8	10	0
Senators	5	11	1

Harry Bright Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.500	.299
OBP	.500	.343
At Bats	4	264
Hits	2	79
• Singles	2	54
• Doubles	0	12
• Triples	0	2
• Home Runs	0	11
Walks	0	17
RBI’s	1	44

Sam Jones Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
1	3	0

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Robert F. Kennedy Stadium - August 9, 1962

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Out

Sam Jones

Mike Roarke

Norm Cash

Dick McAuliffe

Steve Boros

Don Buddin

Rocky Colavito

Bill Bruton

Bubba Morton

Harry Bright

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Detroit Tigers	8	10	0	10
Washington Senators	5	11	1	8
Winning Pitcher	Howie Koplitz
Losing Pitcher	Tom Cheney
Save	Sam Jones
Game Winning RBI	Mike Roarke
Attendance	5,101
Time of Game	2 hours 47 minutes

View Box Score

Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Bright hits a fly ball into right field. Morton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 9 Sam Jones now pitching. Hinton hits a popup towards short. Buddin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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

Bottom 9 O'Connell hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 9 Bud Zipfel pinch hits for Don Rudolph. Zipfel hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Top 9 Koplitz is called out on strikes.

Top 9 Roarke hits a popup towards the mound. Rudolph settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Boros hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McAuliffe scores.

Top 9 McAuliffe hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of King who is chasing the ball. McAuliffe reaches third base with a triple. Morton scores.

Top 9 Morton hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of King. Morton reaches second base with a double.

Top 9 Ken Hamlin now playing shortstop. Colavito strikes out.

Bottom 8 Johnny Schaive pinch hits for Ed Brinkman. Schaive hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 8 Lock strikes out.

Bottom 8 Retzer hits a fly ball into right field. Morton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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

Top 8 Bruton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Koplitz scores. Buddin moves to second.

Top 8 Buddin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Koplitz moves to second.

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

Top 8 Roarke hits a popup towards third. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Don Rudolph now pitching. Boros hits a line drive towards third. Johnson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Bright hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Hinton hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Bottom 7 King hits a fly ball into right field. Morton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 O'Connell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 7 Norm Cash now playing first base. Bubba Morton now playing right field. Jim Piersall pinch hits for Ed Hobaugh. Piersall hits a fly ball into right field. Morton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 McAuliffe hits a fly ball into right field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Wertz hits a fly ball into left field. Lock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Colavito takes first base on ball four.

Top 7 Cash hits a popup, foul, towards third. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Brinkman hits a popup towards short. Buddin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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

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

Bottom 6 Retzer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 6 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bright scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bruton for the out.

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

Top 6 Ed Hobaugh now pitching. Koplitz hits a line drive towards third. Johnson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Bright hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Hinton hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 King hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 O'Connell takes first base on ball four. Hicks moves to second.

Bottom 5 Joe Hicks pinch hits for Bennie Daniels. Hicks takes first base on ball four.

Top 5 Roarke hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Boros hits a fly ball into left field. Lock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 5 Wertz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Brinkman hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Cash settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Lock strikes out.

Bottom 4 Retzer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bright moves to second.

Bottom 4 Bright hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

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

Top 4 Cash hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell misplays the ball. That's an error on O'Connell. Buddin moves to third. Bruton moves to second.

Top 4 Bennie Daniels now pitching. Bruton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boros scores. Roarke scores. Buddin moves to second.

Top 4 Buddin takes first base on ball four. Wertz scores. Boros moves to third. Roarke moves to second.

Top 4 Koplitz strikes out.

Top 4 Roarke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Colavito scores. Wertz moves to third. Boros moves to second.

Top 4 Boros takes first base on ball four. Wertz moves to second.

Top 4 McAuliffe strikes out.

Top 4 Wertz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cash scores. Colavito moves to third.

Top 4 Colavito takes first base on ball four. Cash moves to second.

Top 4 Cash is hit by the pitch.

Bottom 3 Hinton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 3 King takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 3 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boros fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Bruton hits a fly ball into center field. Hinton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Buddin hits a fly ball into left field. Lock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Koplitz strikes out.

Bottom 2 Cheney strikes out.

Bottom 2 Brinkman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Johnson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 There goes Lock. The throw from Roarke and he is safe. Lock steals second.

Bottom 2 Lock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 2 Roarke hits a fly ball into center field. Hinton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Boros hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell fields it and throws to second for the out. Colavito moves to third.

Top 2 McAuliffe hits a fly ball into right field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Wertz takes first base on ball four. Colavito moves to second.

Top 2 Colavito takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 Retzer hits a popup towards short. Buddin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 There goes Bright. The throw from Roarke and he is safe. Bright steals second.

Bottom 1 Bright hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. King scores.

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

Bottom 1 King hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cash. King reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 1 O'Connell hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Cash hits a line drive towards right. King catches it and throws to second to double up Buddin.

Top 1 Bruton strikes out.

Top 1 There goes Buddin. The throw from Retzer and he is safe. Buddin steals second.

Top 1 Buddin takes first base on ball four.

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