The 1934 Detroit Tigers and the 1933 Washington Senators split a closely-contested series, with three of the four games being decided by a single run. The Tigers’ Tommy Bridges threw a shutout in the other contest.
The Tigers (2-6) were led by Charlie Gehringer, who batted .500 (8-for-16) with three RBI. Goose Goslin was in the lineup for both teams, but the version for the Senators (6-6) hit a team-best .385 (5-for-13) with four RBI.
Game #1: Detroit 2, Washington 1
The Senators scored first on Heinie Manush’s two-out RBI single in the third inning. The Tigers finally got on the board in the sixth inning when Jo Jo White led off with a triple and scored on a wild pitch. They took the lead in the seventh when Marv Owen singled and later scored on a Vic Sorrell sacrifice fly. Sorrell got the win, not allowing an earned run and only three hits in his 8 1/3 innings. Washington put two runners on base in the ninth, but Firpo Marberry came in and got the Senators to hit into a game-ending double play.
1934 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1933 WASHINGTON SENA AB R H BI
Jo Jo White 3 1 1 0 Buddy Myer 4 0 0 0
Mickey Cochrane 3 0 1 0 Heinie Manush 4 0 1 1
Charlie Gehringer 4 0 1 0 Goose Goslin 3 0 0 0
Goose Goslin 4 0 0 0 Joe Cronin 4 0 1 0
Billy Rogell 4 0 1 0 Fred Schulte 2 0 0 0
Hank Greenberg 4 0 1 0 Joe Kuhel 4 0 0 0
Marv Owen 4 1 1 0 Ossie Bluege 3 0 1 0
Pete Fox 4 0 1 0 Luke Sewell 3 1 0 0
Vic Sorrell CZ 2 0 0 1 Earl Whitehill BY 1 0 0 0
Sam Rice 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 2 7 1 TOTALS 29 1 3 1
1934 DETROIT TIGERS 000 001 100 -- 2
1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS 001 000 000 -- 1
LOB--1934 DETROIT TIGERS 6, 1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS 5.
ERR--Billy Rogell. 2B--Hank Greenberg, Charlie Gehringer.
3B--Jo Jo White. SACF--Vic Sorrell CZ. SACB--Earl Whitehill
BY.
1934 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Vic Sorrell CZ [W] 8.33 3 1 0 3 0 0
Firpo Marberry CYZ [S] 0.67 0 0 0 0 0 0
1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS
Earl Whitehill BY [L] 8.00 7 2 2 2 6 0
Jack Russell BZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Game #2: Washington 4, Detroit 3
The Senators trailed 1-0 heading to the bottom of the fifth. After the first two outs were made, they loaded the bases, and Heinie Manush followed with a bases-clearing triple. They made it 4-1 in the seventh on Goose Goslin’s RBI double. Detroit scored once in the eighth and once in the ninth on RBI singles by Charlie Gehringer and Pete Fox, respectively, to close within one run. After the last one, the Senators’ Jack Russell came in and got the final two outs for his fourth save of the season.
1934 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1933 WASHINGTON SENA AB R H BI
Jo Jo White 4 1 2 0 Buddy Myer 4 2 2 0
Mickey Cochrane 4 1 1 0 Heinie Manush 4 0 1 3
Charlie Gehringer 3 0 2 2 Goose Goslin 3 0 2 1
Goose Goslin 4 0 1 0 Joe Cronin 4 0 0 0
Billy Rogell 4 0 0 0 Fred Schulte 4 0 2 0
Hank Greenberg 4 1 1 0 Joe Kuhel 4 0 0 0
Marv Owen 4 0 0 0 Ossie Bluege 4 0 1 0
Pete Fox 4 0 1 1 Luke Sewell 3 1 2 0
Elden Auker BYZ 2 0 0 0 Lefty Stewart CZ 2 1 0 0
Gee Walker 1 0 0 0
Ray Hayworth 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 3 8 3 TOTALS 32 4 10 4
1934 DETROIT TIGERS 100 000 011 -- 3
1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS 000 030 10x -- 4
LOB--1934 DETROIT TIGERS 7, 1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS 6.
ERR--Joe Cronin. 2B--Mickey Cochrane, Hank Greenberg, Goose
Goslin, Luke Sewell. 3B--Heinie Manush. SB--Jo Jo White,
Luke Sewell, Fred Schulte.
1934 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Elden Auker BYZ [L] 6.00 8 3 3 2 2 0
Carl Fischer CY 2.00 2 1 1 0 1 0
1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS
Lefty Stewart CZ [W] 8.33 8 3 3 2 3 0
Jack Russell BZ [S] 0.67 0 0 0 0 0 0
Game #3: Detroit 4, Washington 0
The Tigers’ Tommy Bridges was excellent, tossing a four-hit shutout with eight strikeouts. The Senators only had one baserunner make it to third base. Offensively, the Tigers got an RBI single from Goose Goslin in the fourth, an RBI double from Billy Rogell and an RBI single from Hank Greenberg in the sixth, and a sacrifice fly from Jo Jo White in the seventh.
1933 WASHINGTON SENA AB R H BI 1934 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI
Buddy Myer 4 0 1 0 Jo Jo White 3 0 1 1
Heinie Manush 4 0 0 0 Mickey Cochrane 2 0 0 0
Goose Goslin 3 0 1 0 Charlie Gehringer 4 1 1 0
Joe Cronin 4 0 0 0 Goose Goslin 4 1 2 1
Fred Schulte 4 0 0 0 Billy Rogell 3 1 1 1
Joe Kuhel 3 0 1 0 Hank Greenberg 4 0 2 1
Ossie Bluege 3 0 0 0 Marv Owen 4 0 2 0
Luke Sewell 2 0 0 0 Pete Fox 3 1 1 0
General Crowder CYZ 2 0 0 0 Tommy Bridges BXY 2 0 0 0
Sam Rice 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 30 0 4 0 TOTALS 29 4 10 4
1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS 000 000 000 -- 0
1934 DETROIT TIGERS 000 102 10x -- 4
LOB--1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS 5, 1934 DETROIT TIGERS 6.
2B--Joe Kuhel, Billy Rogell, Pete Fox, Charlie Gehringer.
SACF--Jo Jo White. SACB--Tommy Bridges BXY. SB--Jo Jo White.
1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS IP H R ER BB SO HR
General Crowder CYZ [L] 7.00 9 4 4 2 1 0
Bill McAfee D 1.00 1 0 0 1 0 0
1934 DETROIT TIGERS
Tommy Bridges BXY [W] 9.00 4 0 0 2 8 0
Game #4: Washington 6, Detroit 5
The Tigers looked to be on their way to a series win when they scored four runs on six hits in the first inning, including a two-run homer from Hank Greenberg. The Senators got a three-run homer from Goose Goslin in the third inning. They tied it at five in the sixth after Joe Kuhel’s RBI triple and Ossie Bluege’s run-scoring single. Fred Schulte’s solo homer in the eighth turned out to be the game-winner.
1933 WASHINGTON SENA AB R H BI 1934 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI
Buddy Myer 4 1 1 0 Jo Jo White 4 1 1 0
Heinie Manush 4 1 0 0 Mickey Cochrane 5 1 2 1
Goose Goslin 4 1 2 3 Charlie Gehringer 5 0 4 1
Joe Cronin 4 1 1 0 Goose Goslin 4 0 1 0
Fred Schulte 4 1 1 1 Billy Rogell 5 1 1 0
Joe Kuhel 3 1 1 1 Hank Greenberg 4 1 2 2
Ossie Bluege 4 0 1 1 Marv Owen 3 1 3 0
Luke Sewell 3 0 0 0 Pete Fox 4 0 0 0
Monte Weaver B 2 0 0 0 Schoolboy Rowe BXYZ 1 0 0 1
Sam Rice 1 0 0 0 Gee Walker 1 0 0 0
Ray Hayworth 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 6 7 6 TOTALS 37 5 14 5
1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS 003 002 010 -- 6
1934 DETROIT TIGERS 400 100 000 -- 5
LOB--1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS 5, 1934 DETROIT TIGERS 9.
ERR--Joe Cronin. 2B--Joe Cronin, Mickey Cochrane (2), Hank
Greenberg, Marv Owen (2). 3B--Joe Kuhel. HR--Goose Goslin,
Fred Schulte, Hank Greenberg. HBP--Heinie Manush.
SACF--Schoolboy Rowe BXYZ. SACB--Sam Rice, Marv Owen.
SB--Ossie Bluege, Jo Jo White, Charlie Gehringer.
1933 WASHINGTON SENATORS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Monte Weaver B 6.00 10 5 5 1 2 1
Jack Russell BZ3.00 4 0 0 1 0 0
1934 DETROIT TIGERS
Schoolboy Rowe BXYZ 6.00 6 5 5 1 7 1
Firpo Marberry CYZ (L) 2.00 1 1 1 1 0 1
Carl Fischer CY 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
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