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June 9, 1953

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Top 9 R H E
Athletics 1 3 1
White Sox 5 8 0
Top 9 R H E
Athletics 1 3 1
White Sox 5 8 0

Gus Zernial Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .271
OBP .000 .365
At Bats 3 177
Hits 0 48
• Singles 0 27
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 13
Walks 0 25
RBI’s 0 27

Billy Pierce Season Stats

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5 3 0
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Comiskey Park - June 9, 1953
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Strikeout
Billy Pierce
Red Wilson
Ferris Fain
Nellie Fox
Vern Stephens
Chico Carrasquel
Minnie Minoso
Jim Rivera
Sam Mele
Gus Zernial
Eddie Joost

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Philadelphia Athletics 1 3 1 3
Chicago White Sox 5 8 0 6
Winning Pitcher Billy Pierce
Losing Pitcher Marion Fricano
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Nellie Fox
Attendance 16,154
Time of Game 2 hours 6 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Zernial strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Robinson hits a line drive towards center. Rivera catches it and throws to first to double up Philley.
Top 9 Philley takes first base on ball four. Joost moves to second.
Top 9 Joost hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Carrasquel hits a popup towards short. Joost settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Carl Scheib now pitching. Stephens hits a popup towards short. Joost settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Kite Thomas pinch hits for Frank Fanovich. Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Astroth hits a fly ball into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 McGhee strikes out.
Bottom 7 Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Mele hits a fly ball into center field. McGhee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Minoso hits a fly ball into center field. McGhee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Fain hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Michaels hits a fly ball into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Suder hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Zernial hits a popup towards short. Carrasquel settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Fox strikes out.
Bottom 6 Astroth fires to first and picks off Pierce.
Bottom 6 Pierce hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Robinson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Philley hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Joost takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Fanovich hits a popup towards short. Carrasquel settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Carrasquel strikes out.
Bottom 5 Stephens hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Astroth fires to second, and they've got Rivera trapped. There's the throw to Robinson who applies the tag for the out.
Bottom 5 Rivera takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Astroth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 McGhee hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Michaels hits a fly ball into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mele hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Michaels settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Minoso takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Fain hits a line drive towards third. Suder reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Frank Fanovich now pitching. Fox strikes out. Astroth drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Fox out.
Top 4 Suder hits a fly ball into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Zernial hits a fly ball into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Robinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Vern Stephens now playing third base. Philley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stephens fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Pierce hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Michaels scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Wilson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Carrasquel hits a popup, foul, towards third. Suder settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Krsnich hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zernial. Krsnich reaches second base with a double. Zernial throws the ball in to Suder who tags Krsnich trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Rivera scores.
Bottom 3 Rivera hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McGhee who is chasing the ball. Rivera reaches third base with a triple. Minoso scores. Mele goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Mele takes first base on ball four. Minoso moves to second.
Bottom 3 Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson fields the ball and throws to Fricano covering. Safe.
Top 3 Joost hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fain settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Fricano hits a popup in front of the plate. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Astroth hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. McGhee scores.
Top 3 McGhee hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rivera who is chasing the ball. McGhee reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 2 Fain hits a line drive towards short. Joost reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Fox hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Krsnich scores. Wilson scores. Pierce moves to second. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 2 Pierce hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Michaels fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Krsnich moves to third. Wilson moves to second.
Bottom 2 Wilson takes first base on ball four. Krsnich moves to second.
Bottom 2 Carrasquel hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Krsnich hits a ball on the ground towards third. Suder juggles the ball. That's an error on Suder.
Bottom 2 There goes Rivera. The throw from Astroth and he is out, Michaels applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Rivera takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Michaels hits a fly ball into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Suder strikes out.
Top 2 Zernial hits a fly ball into right field. Mele settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Mele hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Minoso is hit by the pitch. Fain moves to second.
Bottom 1 Fain takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Fox hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Philley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Joost hits a fly ball into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.