Salt Lake Telegram | 1949-05-21 | Page 11 | Coleman Wins Duel as Athletics Beat Detroit, 2-1

Coleman Wins Duel As Athletics Athletics' Beat Detroit 2 1 PHILADELPHIA TIA May 21 1 A Breaking up a tie ball game in the inning Ferris Fain blasted a single into left field to score Eddie Joost from second as the Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadel Philadel- phia Athletics nudged the Detroit Tigers 2 to 1 Friday night Fains Fain's blow broke up a tight pitchers pitcher's duel between Joe Coleman of Philadelphia and Hal of Detroit with Coleman getting the nod on his hit five pitching sprinkled six hits among the Athletics including a first inning home run by Eddie Joost The Tigers scored their only run to knot the count in the seventh as Johnny Groth singled to to drive home George Kell Detroit AB H 0 A AB H 0 A LIpon ss as 4 0 1 0 Joost boat ss es 2 2141 1 1 1 J 3 0 7 2 Valo If tr 2 2030 0 3 0 Kell 5 1 0 4 Fain Ib lb 5 1 5 0 rf rt 3 0 2 0 Chapman cf ct 3 J 1 4 I 0 Mullin If It I 4 0 2 0 Majeski to 4 0 3 2 c 2 2130 1 3 0 White rf rt i 4 1 1 0 aBerry 0 0 0 0 Suder t 4 1 1 1 Swift c 1 0 1 0 0 01 Guerra c 4 0 9 2 Groth cf ct 3 1 3 1 0 0 Coleman p 4 0 0 2 lb 4 0 9 i ll 4 3 0 2 p Totals 33 B 6 9 Of Totals Total 32 5 30 8 S out when winning run scored aRan aRnn for Robinson on in Detroit 0 1 0 1 Philadelphia 1 l- l 2 E E B None RBI RBI RBI-Joost Joost Groth Fain 28 HU lilt Joost DP DP Suder and Fain Kell Hell Kolloway Holloway and Campbell Camp bell belt BB Coleman Un Cowman 6 6 7 7 SO 80 Coleman 9 9 3 Winner Cole Winner Cole Coleman man 5 3 Loser Loser 4 3 3 A