John F. Kennedy throws out the first ball to open the baseball season at new $23-million District of Columbia Stadium
On April 9, 1962 — President John F. Kennedy throws out the first ball to open the baseball season at new $23-million District of Columbia Stadium. Keeping a Laotian prince waiting in the White House. Despite raindelay, a record Washington crowd of 42,143 shows up to see Senators pitcher Bennie Daniels stop Detroit with a five-hit, 4 – 1 victory. JFK stays for the entire game and enjoys seeing Mickey Vernon’s Senators, unfortunatly the Senators will lose 100 games for there second consecutive season.
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Washington Senators 4, Detroit Tigers 1
Game Played on Monday, April 9, 1962 (D) at D.C. Stadium
DET A 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 5 2 WAS A 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 x - 4 13 3
BOX+PBP WP: Daniels (1-0) LP: Mossi (0-1) HR: Johnson (1)
Play by Play
TIGERS 1ST: Wood singled to left; Wood was picked off first but was safe on an error by Daniels [Wood to second]; Bruton grounded out (pitcher to first); Kaline popped to shortstop; Colavito grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Senators 0. SENATORS 1ST: Piersall struck out; O'Connell struck out; Hinton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Senators 0. TIGERS 2ND: Cash flied out to center; Boros grounded out (third to first); Fernandez grounded out (third to shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Senators 0. SENATORS 2ND: Long flied out to left; Tasby struck out; Johnson singled to right; Cottier popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Senators 0. TIGERS 3RD: Roarke struck out; Mossi singled to center; Wood out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Mossi to second]; Bruton lined to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Senators 0. SENATORS 3RD: Schmidt singled to right; Daniels out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Schmidt to second]; Piersall flied out to right; O'Connell singled to third [Schmidt to third]; Hinton was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Senators 0. TIGERS 4TH: Kaline grounded out (pitcher to first); Colavito popped to first; Cash grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Senators 0. SENATORS 4TH: Long flied out to left; Tasby walked; Johnson homered [Tasby scored]; Cottier grounded out (second to first); Schmidt flied out to right; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Senators 2. TIGERS 5TH: Boros was called out on strikes; Fernandez struck out; Roarke lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Senators 2. SENATORS 5TH: Daniels struck out; Piersall tripled to right; O'Connell flied out to right; Hinton popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Senators 2. TIGERS 6TH: Mossi lined to second; Wood singled to left; Bruton singled to right [Wood to third]; Kaline forced Bruton (pitcher to second) [Kaline to second (error by Cottier), Wood scored]; Colavito was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Senators 2. SENATORS 6TH: Long flied out to left; Tasby singled to center; Johnson grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first) [Tasby out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Senators 2. TIGERS 7TH: Cash grounded out (second to first); Boros walked; Fernandez was called out on strikes; WERTZ BATTED FOR ROARKE; Wertz reached on an error by Daniels [Boros to second]; BUNNING RAN FOR WERTZ; OSBORNE BATTED FOR MOSSI; Osborne walked [Boros to third, Bunning to second]; Wood flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Tigers 1, Senators 2. SENATORS 7TH: BROWN REPLACED BUNNING (PLAYING C ); KLINE REPLACED OSBORNE (PITCHING); Cottier singled to pitcher [Cottier to second (error by Kline)]; Schmidt singled to right [Cottier scored, Schmidt to second (error by Kaline)]; Daniels singled to left [Schmidt scored]; Piersall grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Daniels out at second]; O'Connell doubled to center; Hinton singled to first [O'Connell to third]; GALLAGHER REPLACED KLINE (PITCHING); Long grounded out (second to first); Debut game for Doug Gallagher; 2 R, 5 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, Senators 4. TIGERS 8TH: Bruton grounded out (pitcher to first); Kaline was called out on strikes; Colavito flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Senators 4. SENATORS 8TH: Tasby flied out to right; Johnson singled to right; Cottier singled to pitcher [Johnson to second]; Schmidt popped to second; Daniels struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, Senators 4. TIGERS 9TH: Cash doubled; Boros grounded out (pitcher to first); Fernandez flied out to left; MAXWELL BATTED FOR BROWN; Maxwell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Senators 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Tigers 1 5 2 7 Senators 4 13 3 8