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Tigers 8 @ Yankees 9
Yankee Stadium
May 20, 1953

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers, played on May 20, 1953 at Yankee Stadium. The home team Yankees beat the visiting Tigers with a score of 9 to 8.

Game Summary

DateMay 20, 1953 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 8 H: 12 E: 4 LOB: 9
Runs: 8
Hits: 12
Errors: 4
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
New York Yankees
R: 9 H: 12 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 9
Hits: 12
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherAllie Reynolds  
Losing PitcherBill Wight  
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Game Winning RBIGene Woodling 

Game Info

DateMay 20, 1953 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamNew York Yankees 
Visiting Starting PitcherHal Newhouser  
Home Starting PitcherEddie Lopat  
BallparkYankee Stadium 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance9,113 
Time of Game3 hours 8 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Eddie Rommel
1B: Charlie Berry
2B: Eddie Hurley
3B: Hank Soar

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Billy Hitchcock  Third Baseman 
Harvey Kuenn  Shortstop 
Don Lund  Left Fielder 
Bob Nieman  Right Fielder 
Walt Dropo  First Baseman 
Jim Delsing  Center Fielder 
Jerry Priddy  Second Baseman 
Johnny Bucha  Catcher 
Hal Newhouser  Pitcher 
Fred Hutchinson  Manager 

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Phil Rizzuto  Shortstop 
Billy Martin  Second Baseman 
Gil McDougald  Third Baseman 
Mickey Mantle  Center Fielder 
Hank Bauer  Right Fielder 
Gene Woodling  Left Fielder 
Charlie Silvera  Catcher 
Don Bollweg  First Baseman 
Eddie Lopat  Pitcher 
Casey Stengel  Manager 

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Tigers 8 @ Yankees 9
Yankee Stadium
May 20, 1953

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         Game of 5/20/1953 -- Detroit at New York (D)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Hitchcock B, 3b       4  3  2  0   Rizzuto P, ss         4  0  0  0   
Kuenn H, ss           4  2  2  1   Martin B, 2b          5  1  0  0   
Lund D, lf            5  1  4  2   McDougald G, 3b       4  1  1  2   
Nieman B, rf          4  1  0  0   Mantle M, cf          4  1  3  1   
Dropo W, 1b           5  0  0  1   Bauer H, rf           4  0  1  1   
Delsing J, cf         3  1  1  1   Woodling G, lf        5  0  2  1   
Priddy J, 2b          5  0  2  3   Silvera C, c          3  0  0  0   
Bucha J, c            4  0  1  0   Berra Y, ph-c         1  1  0  0   
Newhouser H, p        2  0  0  0   Bollweg D, 1b         1  0  0  0   
Madison D, p          1  0  0  0   Renna B, ph           1  1  1  0   
Wight B, p            0  0  0  0   Miller B, p           0  0  0  0   
Herbert R, p          0  0  0  0   Gorman T, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Noren I, ph           1  1  1  0   
                                   Kuzava B, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Sain J, ph            1  0  1  0   
                                   Schult A, pr          0  0  0  0   
                                   Reynolds A, p         0  0  0  0   
                                   Lopat E, p            1  1  1  0   
                                   Scarborough R, p      0  0  0  0   
                                   Mize J, ph            0  0  0  0   
                                   Collins J, pr-1b      2  2  1  3   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     37  8 12  8                        37  9 12  8

Detroit          200 051 000 --  8
New York         011 032 011 --  9
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Newhouser H           5.0  7  5  4  0  1
Madison D             2.1  4  3  3  0  2
Wight B (L)           1.0  0  1  0  0  0
Herbert R             0.0  1  0  0  2  0

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Lopat E*              4.0 10  6  5  1  0
Scarborough R         1.0  1  1  1  0  0
Miller B+             0.0  0  1  1  2  0
Gorman T              1.0  1  0  0  1  0
Kuzava B              2.0  0  0  0  2  1
Reynolds A (W)        1.0  0  0  0  0  0
  * Pitched to 4 batters in 5th
  + Pitched to 2 batters in 6th

E -- Lund D, Hitchcock B, McDougald G, Kuenn H, Priddy J
DP -- Detroit 1, New York 2
LOB -- Detroit 9, New York 8
2B -- Mantle M, Priddy J, Renna B, Lund D
3B -- Priddy J, McDougald G
HR -- Collins J
CS -- Delsing J
SH -- Rizzuto P, McDougald G
HBP -- by Scarborough R (Delsing J), by Newhouser H (Mize J)
WP -- Newhouser H
Balk -- Lopat E
T -- 3:08
A -- 9113

    

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