April 17th, 1946
Tigers 5-1 Browns: Fast start brings Detroit level on year.
A pair of runs in each of the first two innings gave Detroit all the offense they would need. The Brownies only run came on a 7th inning Micky Vernon single. Hank Borowy tried to finish the game for the Tigers, going 8 2/3d innings, but with two on and two out in the ninth, Borowy had thrown his 143rd and final pitch of the evening, and it was up to Milo Candini to finish it off, which he did with a one pitch popout. Borowy cracked wise to the press after the game "Sure, I do all the heavy lifting, and Mil comes in, and throws one pitch and gets credited with the save. Who came up with such a cockamamie stat?"
Browns (1-1) 000 000 100 1 Run, 10 Hits, 2 Errors
Tigers (1-1) 220 000 01x 5 runs, 6 hits, 2 Errors.
W: Borowy (1-0), L
ickson (0-1), SV: Candini (1)