April 21,1950  The Detroit Tigers played their home opener today and won in a big way 13-3. Detroit opened the season on the road in Cleveland by splitting 2 games and came home to Briggs Stadium to take on the 2-0 Chicago White Sox. With the game tied at 2 apiece in the 5th inning, the Tigers scored 6 runs, highlighted by a Vic Wertz (pictured) grandslam homerun. Virgil Trucks got the home opening start for Detroit and he got the win, going 7 innings and allowing 2 runs. The game featured a rare 5-4-3 triple play turned by the Tigers in the 6th inning. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1950 Chicago White Sox At 1950 Detroit Tigers 4/21/1950
White Sox AB R H RBI AVG Tigers AB R H RBI AVG
H.Adams CF 4 0 1 1 .333 J.Lipon SS 4 2 1 0 .083
D.Philley RF 5 0 0 0 .182 J.Priddy 2B 3 1 2 2 .583
L.Appling 1B 4 0 1 0 .250 G.Kell 3B 5 1 1 1 .357
C.Michaels 2B 4 1 2 1 .250 V.Wertz RF 4 2 3 4 .385
G.Zernial LF 4 1 1 0 .200 H.Evers LF 5 1 1 1 .222
H.Majeski 3B 3 1 1 0 .375 J.Groth CF 5 1 2 2 .286
C.Carrasquel SS 4 0 3 0 .700 D.Kolloway 1B 3 2 1 0 .125
B.Salkeld C 3 0 0 0 .000 B.Swift C 4 2 3 1 .600
M.Haefner P 1 0 0 1 .000 V.Trucks P 2 0 0 0 .000
R.Gumpert P 0 0 0 0 ---- B-C.Keller PH 1 1 1 2 .500
A-F.Baker PH 1 0 0 0 .000 M.Stuart P 0 0 0 0 ----
K.Holcombe P 0 0 0 0 ----
C-G.Goldsberry PH 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 33 3 9 3 Totals 36 13 15 13
A-Pinch Hit For Gumpert In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Trucks In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Holcombe In 9th Inning
White Sox....... 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 9 1
Tigers.......... 0 2 0 0 6 3 2 0 - 13 15 1
White Sox (2-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
M.Haefner LOSS(0-1) 4 2/3 6 7 7 3 1 1 74 13.50
R.Gumpert 1 1/3 5 4 3 1 0 0 44 20.25
K.Holcombe 2 4 2 2 0 0 1 27 6.00
Totals 8 15 13 12 4 1 2
Tigers (2-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
V.Trucks WIN(1-0) 7 7 2 2 2 5 1 117 2.57
M.Stuart 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 36 4.50
Totals 9 9 3 3 4 5 1
ATTENDANCE- 16,641 DATE- Friday, April 21st 1950 TIME- Day
T- 2:40
LEFT ON BASE- White Sox: 8 Tigers: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- White Sox: 2 Tigers: 1
TRIPLE PLAYS- White Sox: 0 Tigers: 1
ERRORS- C.Carrasquel, V.Trucks
DOUBLES- V.Wertz(2nd), J.Groth-2(3rd), B.Swift-2(2nd)
HOME RUNS- C.Michaels(1st), V.Wertz(1st), C.Keller(1st)
STOLEN BASES- J.Lipon(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- V.Trucks
SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Haefner, J.Priddy
WALKS- H.Adams, H.Majeski, B.Salkeld, G.Goldsberry, J.Lipon, J.Priddy, V.Wertz,
D.Kolloway
STRIKE OUTS- H.Adams, L.Appling, C.Michaels, G.Zernial, M.Haefner, V.Trucks
GIDP- G.Zernial, G.Kell, H.Evers
WEB GEMS- Top 6th: Detroit turns a triple play!
The Detroit Tigers batters feasted on the Chicago White Sox pitching at Briggs
Stadium. The final score was a lop-sided 13 to 3.
It was a good day for Detroit thanks to Vic Wertz. He doubled in the 2nd
inning, brought the hometown folks to their feet with a Grand Slammer (his
1st of the season) in the 5th inning and stroked a one-base hit in the 8th
inning. Chicago was out-hit by Detroit, 15 hits to 9.
The win was credited to Virgil Trucks(1-0) who went 7 innings allowing 2 runs.
Mickey Haefner(0-1) ended up with the loss. He allowed Detroit 7 runs in 4
and 2/3 innings of work.
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