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June 12, 1954

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Elmer Valo Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .261
OBP .000 .411
At Bats 3 88
Hits 0 23
• Singles 0 14
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 23
RBI’s 0 17

Ralph Branca Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 1 0
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Connie Mack Stadium - June 12, 1954
Out
Ralph Branca
Frank House
Wayne Belardi
Fred Hatfield
Ray Boone
Harvey Kuenn
Bob Nieman
Bill Tuttle
Al Kaline
Elmer Valo
Bill Renna
Jim Finigan
Lou Limmer
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Valo hits a ball on the ground towards second. Hatfield throws to second for one, and Kuenn throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Limmer scores. Finigan scores. Valo moves to second.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Renna hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jacobs scores. Limmer moves to third. Finigan moves to second.
Bottom 8 Finigan is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Limmer hits a line drive into right field. Kaline picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Kaline. Jacobs moves to third. Limmer moves to second.
Bottom 8 Jacobs hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Ralph Branca now pitching. Fred Hatfield now playing second base. Trice strikes out.
Top 8 Boone hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trice fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Tuttle hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Pesky tags and scores. Hatfield tags and moves to third.
Top 8 Fred Hatfield pinch hits for Frank Bolling. Hatfield hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Valo. Hatfield reaches second base with a double. Pesky moves to third.
Top 8 Johnny Pesky pinch hits for Ned Garver. Pesky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Astroth hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Wilson hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 House hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 7 Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Valo hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Renna hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Belardi hits a ball on the ground towards first. Limmer scoops it up and throws to first, with Trice covering, for the out.
Top 6 Boone hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Nieman hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Limmer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Jacobs hits a line drive towards third. Boone reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Trice hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Garver bunts towards first. Limmer scoops it up and throws to first, with Jacobs covering, for the out. House moves to second.
Top 5 House takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Astroth hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 DeMaestri hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Wilson strikes out.
Top 4 Kuenn hits a fly ball into right field. Renna settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kaline bunts towards the mound. Trice fields it and throws to first for the out. Boone moves to second.
Top 4 Belardi hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Valo strikes out.
Bottom 3 Renna hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Finigan hits a line drive into right field. Kaline picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Kaline. Jacobs goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Limmer hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Jacobs hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Tuttle hits a fly ball into right field. Renna settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bolling hits a fly ball into left field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Garver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Trice hits a line drive towards the mound. Garver reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Astroth hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 DeMaestri hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Wilson hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 House hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Kuenn hits a fly ball into right field. Renna settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Kaline hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Belardi hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Valo is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Renna hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Finigan moves to second.
Bottom 1 Finigan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Limmer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Belardi scoops it up and throws to first, with Garver covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Jacobs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Nieman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Renna throws the ball in to DeMaestri who tags Nieman trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Bolling moves to third.
Top 1 Tuttle hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan juggles the ball. That's an error on Finigan.