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Tigers
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
May 8, 1954
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers, played on May 8, 1954 at Comiskey Park.
Game Summary
Date | May 8, 1954 |
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Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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Home Team |
Chicago White Sox
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 8, 1954 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
Home Team | Chicago White Sox |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ned Garver |
Home Starting Pitcher | Don Johnson |
Ballpark | Comiskey Park |
City | Chicago |
State | IL |
Attendance | 5,910 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 24 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Jim Honochick 1B: Bill McGowan 2B: Joe Paparella 3B: Nestor Chylak |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Frank Bolling | Second Baseman |
Jim Delsing | Left Fielder |
Harvey Kuenn | Shortstop |
Ray Boone | Third Baseman |
Walt Dropo | First Baseman |
Al Kaline | Right Fielder |
Bill Tuttle | Center Fielder |
Frank House | Catcher |
Ned Garver | Pitcher |
Fred Hutchinson | Manager |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Chico Carrasquel | Shortstop |
Nellie Fox | Second Baseman |
Minnie Minoso | Left Fielder |
Ferris Fain | First Baseman |
Grady Hatton | Third Baseman |
Sherm Lollar | Catcher |
Jim Rivera | Right Fielder |
Johnny Groth | Center Fielder |
Don Johnson | Pitcher |
Paul Richards | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Tigers
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
May 8, 1954
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Johnson
Bolling takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Delsing vs. Johnson
Delsing hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rivera who is chasing the ball. Delsing reaches third base with a triple. Bolling goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kuenn vs. Johnson
Kuenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Delsing scores. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boone vs. Johnson
Boone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kuenn moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dropo vs. Johnson
The ball gets by Lollar for a passed ball. Kuenn moves to third. Boone moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Dropo vs. Johnson
Dropo hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kuenn tags and scores. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kaline vs. Johnson
Kaline hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boone scores. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tuttle vs. Johnson
Tuttle hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fain settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
House vs. Johnson
House hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carrasquel vs. Garver
Carrasquel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Garver
Fox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Garver
Minoso hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garver vs. Johnson
Garver hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Johnson
Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Delsing vs. Johnson
Delsing is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fain vs. Garver
Fain hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hatton vs. Garver
Hatton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Fain moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lollar vs. Garver
Lollar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Fain moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rivera vs. Garver
Rivera 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. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Johnson
Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Johnson
Boone takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dropo vs. Johnson
Dropo hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kaline vs. Johnson
Kaline hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boone moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tuttle vs. Johnson
Tuttle hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groth vs. Garver
Groth hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyd vs. Garver
Bob Boyd pinch hits for Don Johnson.
Boyd hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling misplays the ball. That's an error on Bolling. Groth moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Carrasquel vs. Garver
Carrasquel hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Bolling fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Groth moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Fox vs. Garver
Fox hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Groth tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Minoso vs. Garver
Minoso hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 4 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
House vs. Dorish
Fritz Dorish now pitching.
House hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fain scoops it up and throws to first, with Dorish covering, for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garver vs. Dorish
Garver strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Dorish
Bolling hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Delsing vs. Dorish
Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 5 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fain vs. Garver
Fain hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hatton vs. Garver
Hatton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Fain for the double play. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lollar vs. Garver
Lollar hits a fly ball into left field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 5 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Dorish
Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fain scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kuenn for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Dorish
Boone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dropo vs. Dorish
Dropo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 5 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivera vs. Garver
Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops it up and throws to first, with Garver covering, for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groth vs. Garver
Groth hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dorish vs. Garver
Dorish hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 5 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Dorish
Kaline hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Minoso. Kaline reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tuttle vs. Dorish
Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dorish fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
House vs. Dorish
House hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rivera. House reaches second base with a double. Kaline scores. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Garver vs. Dorish
There's a wild pitch. House scores. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garver vs. Dorish
Garver hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Dorish
Bolling takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Delsing vs. Harshman
Jack Harshman now pitching.
Delsing hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bolling moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kuenn vs. Harshman
Kuenn hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Groth who is chasing the ball. Kuenn reaches third base with a triple. Bolling scores. Delsing goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Boone vs. Harshman
Boone takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Dropo vs. Harshman
Dropo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kuenn scores. Boone moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 10 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kaline vs. Harshman
Kaline hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rivera throws the ball in to Carrasquel who tags Kaline trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Boone scores. Dropo moves to third. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 11 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carrasquel vs. Garver
Carrasquel hits a fly ball into left field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 11 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Garver
Fox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 11 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Garver
Minoso hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 11 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fain vs. Garver
Fain hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Minoso moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 11 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hatton vs. Garver
Hatton hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 11 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Sima
Al Sima now pitching. Bill Wilson now playing left field. Carl Sawatski now catching. Cass Michaels now playing third base. Grady Hatton now play
Tuttle hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rivera. Tuttle reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 11 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
House vs. Sima
House hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Tuttle scores. View Play -
Tigers, 12 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garver vs. Sima
Garver hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 12 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bolling vs. Sima
Bolling hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 12 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Delsing vs. Sima
Delsing hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 12 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sawatski vs. Garver
Chuck Kress now playing first base.
Sawatski hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 12 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivera vs. Garver
Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kress scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rivera for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 12 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groth vs. Garver
Groth hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. House settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 12 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Sima
Fred Marsh now playing shortstop.
Kuenn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 12 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boone vs. Sima
Boone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Michaels fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Tigers, 12 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kress vs. Sima
Kress hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 12 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kaline vs. Sima
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 12 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Michaels vs. Garver
Michaels takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 12 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marsh vs. Garver
Marsh hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Michaels moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 12 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fox vs. Garver
Fox hits a fly ball into left field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 12 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wilson vs. Garver
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 12 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Flanigan
Bud Stewart now playing right field. Tom Flanigan now pitching. Jim Rivera now playing center field.
Tuttle hits a fly ball into right field. Stewart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 12 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
House vs. Flanigan
House takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 12 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garver vs. Flanigan
Garver hits a fly ball into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 12 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bolling vs. Flanigan
Bolling hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. House moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 12 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Delsing vs. Flanigan
Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Flanigan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 12 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stewart vs. Garver
Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garver fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 12 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hatton vs. Garver
Hatton hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 12 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sawatski vs. Garver
Sawatski hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/8/1954 -- Detroit at Chicago (D) Detroit AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI Bolling F, 2b 4 3 2 1 Carrasquel C, ss 3 0 0 0 Delsing J, lf 6 2 2 1 Marsh F, ss 1 0 1 0 Kuenn H, ss 5 2 3 3 Fox N, 2b 3 0 0 1 Boone R, 3b 3 2 2 0 Minoso M, lf 3 0 1 0 Dropo W, 1b 3 0 1 2 Wilson B, lf 1 0 0 0 Kress C, 1b 1 0 1 0 Fain F, 1b 3 0 3 0 Kaline A, rf 5 1 4 2 Sima A, p 0 0 0 0 Tuttle B, cf 5 1 1 0 Stewart B, rf 1 0 0 0 House F, c 4 1 2 2 Hatton G, 3b-1b 4 0 0 0 Garver N, p 5 0 0 0 Lollar S, c 2 0 1 0 Sawatski C, c 2 0 0 0 Rivera J, rf-cf 3 0 0 0 Groth J, cf 3 1 1 0 Flanigan T, p 0 0 0 0 Johnson D, p 0 0 0 0 Boyd B, ph 1 0 0 0 Dorish F, p 1 0 0 0 Harshman J, p 0 0 0 0 Michaels C, 3b 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 41 12 18 11 31 1 7 1 Detroit 400 106 100 -- 12 Chicago 001 000 000 -- 1 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Garver N (W) 9.0 7 1 0 1 0 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Johnson D (L) 3.0 5 4 4 2 1 Dorish F 2.2 4 4 4 1 1 Harshman J 0.1 4 3 3 1 0 Sima A 2.0 4 1 1 0 0 Flanigan T 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 E -- Bolling F DP -- Detroit 3, Chicago 2 LOB -- Detroit 8, Chicago 5 2B -- Kaline A, House F, Tuttle B 3B -- Delsing J, Kuenn H HR -- Bolling F SF -- Dropo W, Fox N WP -- Dorish F PB -- Lollar S T -- 2:24 A -- 5910
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