Hamilton Strikes Out 8 In Washington's Win Over Detroit.

 GAME 1 (DH)

Game MVP:Steve Hamilton

Griffith Stadium     Game 1    (11-01-2026 18:17:04)       Time 2:16, 88 , Wind: 2 MPH Left to Right  Night Game

Jun 8, 1962                   1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E

1962 Detroit 30-21            0 0 0   1 0 0   0 0 0      1  6  1

1962 Washington 23-28         3 1 0   2 0 1   0 0 -      7  9  1

Recap

Was  1st: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 3 runs on 2 hits and 2 walks.

Was      Johnny Schaive doubled scoring 2 to take the lead.  Det  0 Was 2.

Was      Joe Hicks hit a fly ball scoring 1.  Det  0 Was 3.

Was  2nd: Scored 1 run on 2 hits and on one walk.

Was      Danny O'Connell singled scoring Johnson.  Det  0 Was 4.

Det  4th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

Det      Steve Boros singled scoring Morton.  Det  1 Was 4.

Was  4th: Scored 2 runs on 2 hits.

Was      Gene Woodling hit a 2 run HR(5).  Det  1 Was 6.

Was  6th: Scored 1 run on a hit.

Was      Danny O'Connell hit a grounder scoring 1.  Det  1 Was 7.

Was  Steve Hamilton pitched a solid 8 innings for the win: 1 earned run, 6 hits, 2 BB, 8 K. He goes to 1-1 on the year.

Det  Paul Foytack pitched poorly for 5.2 innings and took the loss: 7 earned runs, 8 hits, 3 BB, 0 K. He's now 3-5 on the season.

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Detroit                        IP  H  R ER HR  W  K   Ct   S   B    ERA  BF     EPC  Stf  GSc

Foytack L(3-5)                5.2  8  7  7  1  3  0  101  70  31   4.62  28 140(138)       22

 Jones,S                      0.1  0  0  0  0  0  0    3   1   2   3.72   1   70(75)

 Fox                          2.0  1  0  0  0  0  0   22  17   5   1.29   8   25(23)   +

                              8.0  9  7  7  1  3  0  126  88  38   4.00  37

Washington                     IP  H  R ER HR  W  K   Ct   S   B    ERA  BF     EPC  Stf  GSc

Hamilton,S W(1-1)             8.0  6  1  1  0  2  8  126  89  37   3.51  32 125(129)       72

 Hannan,J                     1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0   10   7   3  12.00   3   80(75)

                              9.0  6  1  1  0  2  8  136  96  40   5.04  35

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Det: Roarke hit for Jones,S in the 7th

     Wertz hit for Boros in the 9th

Was: King hit for Hamilton,S in the 8th

     Hinton moved to CF in the 9th

     King,J moved to LF in the 9th

  E-Wood(14), Johnson,B(10)

 2B-Schaive(13)

 3B-Morton, B(2), Hamilton,S(1)

 HR-Was Woodling, G(5) off Foytack(4) in the 4th with 1 on base, 328 feet

RBI-Det  - Boros(20)

    Was  - Hicks(7), O'Connell,D 2(14), Schaive 2(21), Woodling, G 2(25)

 SF-Hicks(1)

 SH-Hamilton,S(1)

Great-Hinton(6)

LOB-Detroit 7 Washington 6

 DP-Washington 1

GWRBI-Schaive