1962 AL Opening Day Game: Det. @ Was.

April 9, 1962

  The Washington Senators opened the 1962 AL season today in their new home  D.C. Stadium. President John F. Kennedy threw out the 1st pitch and after much fanfare the game got underway. Bennie Daniels got the start for Washington and before he departed the game in the 8th inning the Senators had built a 7-3 lead. Washington scored first in the 5th inning when Chuck Cottier smacked a 2-run homer off Tiger starter Don Mossi. They added 2 runs in the 6th and 2 more in the 7th before Detroit finally got on the scoreboard with 3 runs in the 8th. That 7-3 score would hold up to the end and start a celebration by the the hometown fans.

BOXSCORE: 1962 Detroit Tigers At 1962 Washington Senators            4/9/1962
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Senators           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Wood 2B           4  0  1  0 .250     J.Piersall CF       4  0  0  0 .000  
  B.Bruton CF         5  1  1  0 .200     D.O'Connell 3B      4  2  2  0 .500  
  A.Kaline RF         4  0  0  0 .000     C.Hinton RF         4  0  1  1 .250  
  R.Colavito LF       2  1  0  0 .000     D.Long 1B           3  1  0  1 .000  
  N.Cash 1B           3  1  1  0 .333     W.Tasby LF          3  2  1  0 .333  
  S.Boros 3B          2  0  1  1 .500     B.Johnson SS        4  0  1  2 .250  
  C.Fernandez SS      4  0  2  1 .500     C.Cottier 2B        3  1  1  3 .333  
  M.Roarke C          4  0  1  1 .250     B.Schmidt C         4  0  1  0 .250  
  D.Mossi P           3  0  0  0 .000     B.Daniels P         3  1  2  0 .667  
  H.Aguirre P         0  0  0  0 ----     E.Hobaugh P         0  0  0  0 ----  
A-D.Brown PH          1  0  0  0 .000                                          
  R.Kline P           0  0  0  0 ----                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  3  7  3                 Totals      32  7  9  7
 
A-Pinch Hit For Aguirre In 8th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 3 0  -  3  7  0
Senators........ 0 0 0  0 2 3  2 0    -  7  9  2
 
Tigers (0-1)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.Mossi LOSS(0-1)         6 1/3   9   7   7   2   4   1   9.95
H.Aguirre                 0 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00
R.Kline                   1       0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00
Totals                    8       9   7   7   2   4   1
 
Senators (1-0)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
B.Daniels WIN(1-0)        7 1/3   6   3   3   6   2   0   3.68
E.Hobaugh                 1 2/3   1   0   0   0   2   0   0.00
Totals                    9       7   3   3   6   4   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 40,296 DATE- Monday, April 9th 1962 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Eddie Hurley, Red Flaherty, Ed Runge, Sam Carrigan
T- 2:35
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 9  Senators: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0  Senators: 3
ERRORS- B.Daniels-2
DOUBLES- B.Bruton(1st), C.Hinton(1st), W.Tasby(1st), B.Schmidt(1st), B.Daniels
HOME RUNS- C.Cottier(1st)
RBIs- S.Boros(1st), C.Fernandez(1st), M.Roarke(1st), C.Hinton(1st), D.Long(1st),
      B.Johnson-2(2nd), C.Cottier-3(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Wood
SACRIFICE FLIES- C.Cottier
WALKS- A.Kaline, R.Colavito-2, N.Cash, S.Boros-2, D.Long, W.Tasby
STRIKE OUTS- J.Wood-2, B.Bruton, N.Cash, J.Piersall, B.Johnson, B.Schmidt,
             B.Daniels
GIDP- J.Wood, A.Kaline, M.Roarke
WILD PITCHES- B.Daniels
RLISP 2-out- M.Roarke, R.Colavito, J.Piersall-2, C.Fernandez, W.Tasby,
             D.Brown-2
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 1 for 9  Senators: 3 for 9
 
The Washington Senators bested the Detroit Tigers by a 7 to 3 score at D.C.
Stadium.
 
Bennie Daniels(1-0) delivered a fine performance for Washington. He
surrendered 6 hits and 6 walks in 7 and 1/3 innings.  Washington rapped out 9
hits for the night.  
 
The loss was charged to Don Mossi(0-1).  He got hit pretty hard, allowing 9
hits and 2 walks in 6 and 1/3 innings.