BRIDGES STYMIES NATS WITH 3-HIT SHUTOUT
Whitehill's Effort Goes for Naught
WASHINGTON, May 13 (AP) - Tommy Bridges fired a three-hit complete game shutout
as the Detroit Tigers squeezed past the Washington Senators 2-0 at Griffith
Stadium. It was the second three-hit shutout at Griffith in as many days;
Tommy Thomas of the Senators blanked the St. Louis Browns on May 12.
Bridges' masterpiece overshadowed a fine effort by Washington's Earl Whitehill,
who held the slugging Tigers to two runs on seven hits in a complete game effort
of his own.
Detroit took the lead for good in the fourth with a two-out rally off Whitehill.
After Goose Goslin and Gee Walker were retired, Whitehill walked Charlie
Gehringer. Billy Rogell followed with a base hit, advancing Gehringer to
third and Hank Greenberg's single to left plated the game's first run. Ray
Hayworth walked to fill the bases before Whitehill retired Marv Owen to avoid
further damage.
Bridges was remarkably efficient, allowing only four Senators to reach
base. He retired 17 of the first 19 batters he faced and took a two-hit
shutout into the seventh. The only free pass he issued was to Buddy Myer
leading off the seventh inning and this opened up the best--indeed the
only--scoring opportunity the Senators would have. Trailing 1-0 at this
point, Heinie Manush sacrificed Myer into scoring position as the potential
tying run. Joe Cronin followed with a grounder up the middle that
shortstop Rogell was able to knock down, giving Cronin the infield hit but
allowing Myer to advance only as far as third base. Fred Schulte worked
the count to 3-2 and, with Cronin running on the pitch, struck out.
Hayworth's throw to second was in time to cut down Cronin and the strike 'em
out, throw 'em out double play retained the Tigers lead.
Walker capped the scoring in the eighth when, with one out, he drilled a
Whitehill offering into the left-center field bleachers for his second home run
of the season and a 2-0 Tigers lead.
Bridges never allowed another baserunner and Detroit held on for the win.
5/13/1934, Det34-Was34, Griffith Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1934 Tigers 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 0 7 2 1934 Senators 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 Tigers AB R H BI AVG Senators AB R H BI AVG Doljack rf 4 0 0 0 .125 Kuhel 1b 4 0 0 0 .330 Goslin lf 4 0 0 0 .337 Myer 2b 3 0 0 0 .234 Walker,G cf 4 1 1 1 .267 Manush lf 2 0 0 0 .298 Gehringer 2b 3 1 1 0 .461 Cronin ss 3 0 1 0 .270 Rogell ss 4 0 1 0 .274 Schulte cf 3 0 0 0 .426 Greenberg 1b 3 0 1 1 .333 Stone rf 3 0 1 0 .337 Hayworth c 3 0 1 0 .333 Bluege 3b 3 0 1 0 .262 Owen 3b 4 0 1 0 .346 Phillips,E c 3 0 0 0 .000 Bridges p 4 0 1 0 .417 Whitehill p 2 0 0 0 .353 33 2 7 2 Klumpp ph 1 0 0 0 .000 27 0 3 0 Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Bridges W 2-2 9.0 3 0 0 1 2 85 53 2.68 9.0 3 0 0 1 2 85 53 Senators INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Whitehill L 3-2 9.0 7 2 2 3 3 159 92 3.14 9.0 7 2 2 3 3 159 92 Was: Klumpp batted for Whitehill in the 9th E-Manush. 2B-Gehringer(11). HR-Walker,G(2). RBI-Walker,G(17), Greenberg(23). CS-Cronin. K-Doljack 2, Gehringer, Schulte, Whitehill. BB-Gehringer, Greenberg, Hayworth, Myer. SH-Manush. GWRBI: Greenberg Temperature: 66, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 11 MPH. Attendance: 5,636 Game Time: 1:51