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In a dramatic 10‐inning contest on April 16, 1946, the St. Louis Browns edged the Detroit Tigers 5–2 in a game defined by timely hitting and gritty extra‐innings heroics. The action was deadlocked early on—with the Browns posting a lone hit in the top of the first and the Tigers capitalizing on Luke Appling’s four‐ball walk and subsequent baserunning to notch a run in their half. The Tigers added a second in the bottom of the fifth when a well‐placed single by Stan Spence, compounded by a throwing error that allowed Hank Majeski to score, pushed Detroit ahead 2–0, as both teams battled hard to keep the opposition at bay.
But the Browns would have the final word. In the top of the 8th, Buddy Lewis’s double set the stage as Eddie Stanky advanced from first to third and scored on a subsequent Grady Hatton single—cutting the Tigers’ lead to 2–2. The decisive moment came in the top of the 10th when Eddie Stanky roared into action with a line-drive double that drove him home, followed by Grady Hatton’s powerful double that produced another run. Andy Pafko’s blistering triple then capped the extra-inning rally, giving the Browns a 5–2 lead that the Tigers’ bats couldn’t answer in their final appearance. It was a game of shifting fortunes, where each extra-inning swing told the story of baseball’s enduring drama.
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