BOXSCORE: 1908 New York Highlanders At 1908 Detroit Tigers 9/20/1908 Highlanders AB R H RBI AVG Tigers AB R H RBI AVG Q.O'Rourke LF 5 1 1 0 .203 M.McIntyre LF 2 3 1 0 .299 W.Conroy 3B 5 1 4 0 .246 G.Schaefer 3B 4 2 2 0 .225 E.Gardner 2B 5 0 2 0 .357 S.Crawford CF 5 0 2 1 .302 C.Hemphill CF 4 0 2 2 .305 T.Cobb RF 5 2 3 2 .349 F.Laporte RF 5 0 0 0 .246 C.Rossman 1B 3 0 1 1 .265 G.Moriarty 1B 4 0 1 0 .261 B.Schmidt C 5 0 0 0 .261 N.Ball SS 4 0 1 0 .270 D.Bush SS 1 0 0 2 .200 W.Blair C 4 0 1 0 .182 R.Downs 2B 3 0 0 1 .215 P.Wilson P 4 0 0 0 .143 E.Summers P 4 0 0 0 .093 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 40 2 12 2 Totals 32 7 9 7 Highlanders..... 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 12 4 Tigers.......... 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 - 7 9 5 Highlanders (47-89) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET P.Wilson LOSS(1-1) 8 9 7 3 10 4 0 1.59 A1 Totals 8 9 7 3 10 4 0 Tigers (64-73) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET E.Summers WIN(9-15) 9 12 2 2 1 3 0 2.76 A1 Totals 9 12 2 2 1 3 0 ATTENDANCE- 8,227 DATE- Sunday, September 20th 1908 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good UMPIRES- Tommy Connolly, , , T- 2:14 LEFT ON BASE- Highlanders:12 Tigers:12 DOUBLE PLAYS- Highlanders: 2 Tigers: 1 ERRORS- G.Moriarty, N.Ball, P.Wilson-2, B.Schmidt, D.Bush-2, R.Downs, E.Summers DOUBLES- W.Conroy(21st), E.Gardner(2nd), S.Crawford(29th), T.Cobb(45th) RBIs- C.Hemphill-2(43rd), S.Crawford(99th), T.Cobb-2(79th), C.Rossman(90th), D.Bush-2(3rd), R.Downs(22nd) CAUGHT STEALING- Q.O'Rourke, W.Conroy, S.Crawford, T.Cobb SACRIFICE HITS- G.Schaefer WALKS- C.Hemphill, M.McIntyre-3, C.Rossman-2, D.Bush-4, R.Downs STRIKE OUTS- W.Blair, P.Wilson-2, B.Schmidt-2, D.Bush, E.Summers GIDP- F.Laporte, C.Rossman, R.Downs BALKS- E.Summers 2-out RBI- D.Bush, R.Downs RLISP 2-out- C.Hemphill, E.Summers-3, Q.O'Rourke-2, C.Rossman, N.Ball, F.Laporte, M.McIntyre-2, G.Moriarty, D.Bush TEAM RISP- Highlanders: 3 for 15 Tigers: 2 for 17 WEB GEMS- Top 7th: Boss Schmidt blocked the plate, saving a run! Ty Cobb had 3 base hits and 2 RBI and Ed Summers had a complete game as the Detroit Tigers topped the league door-mat New York Highlanders by a score of 7 to 2 at Bennett Park. Detroit wasted no time and took the lead in the first inning as they scored 3 runs on 0 base hits. The early run support proved sufficient for Summers(9-15) and Detroit. That was all the run support Summers required. New York out-hit Detroit 12 to 9, but Detroit ended up with more runs. The loss was charged to Pete Wilson(1-1). He surrendered 9 hits and 10 walks in 8 innings. SCORESHEET: 1908 New York Highlanders at 1908 Detroit Tigers Q.O'Rour-A1 A1:L/5 B1:G/63 C1:E/1 CS *7*:Si E1:G/63 /24>1o W.Conroy-A1 A2:Si *3*:Do *5*:Si D2:Si>12 *9*:L/3 E.Gardne-A1 A3:F/7 B3:P/4 C3:CS/24> D3:Force/ E3:Si 1o Do 54>23 1o b1 C.Hemphi-A1 A4:Bk>12 B4:Si>2# C4:G/53 D4:Si>3# E4:W>12 b P/5 12 1 F.Laport-A1 *2*:E/4 B5:F/7 C5:L/4 D5:F/7 E5:G-DP/6 43>1o G.Moriar-A1 A6:E/2>12 B6:E/6>12 *6*:G/43 D6:Si>2o 12 N.Ball-A1 A7:FO/5 B7:FO/5 C7:F/8 *8*:Si W.Blair-A1 A8:E/6>23 *4*:P/4 C8:Si D8:K 12 P.Wilson-A1 A9:K B9:G/31 C9:K D9:P/4 M.McInty-A1 A1:W>b1 *2*:W>b1 *4*:Si D1:P/5 E1:W>b1 G.Schaef-A1 A2:E/14>1 B2:F/8 C2:Si>12 *6*:Si E2:F/9 2 S.Crawfo-A1 A3:F/8 B3:Do>1# C3:L/4 D3:Si>13 E3:F/8 T.Cobb-A1 A4:E/3>23 B4:F/8 C4:Si>2# D4:CS/26> *8*:Si 12 12 1o Do>3# C.Rossma-A1 A5:W>3# 2 B5:G/43 C5:G-DP/1 D5:W>b1 E5:Si>12 3 12 b1 63>1o B.Schmid-A1 A6:K *3*:L/5 *5*:L/4 D6:E/1>23 E6:K 12 D.Bush-A1 A7:W>3# 2 B7:W>b1 C7:W>b1 D7:W>3# 2 E7:CS/25> 3 12 b1 3 12 b1 2o 12 K R.Downs-A1 A8:W>3# 2 B8:G/63>1 C8:E/6>13 D8:G-DP/6 3 12 b1 2 b2 43>1o E.Summer-A1 A9:G/63 B9:G/31 C9:K *7*:P/3