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Tigers 8 @ Senators 5
Griffith Stadium
July 28, 1953
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Washington Senators and the Detroit Tigers, played on July 28, 1953 at Griffith Stadium. The home team Senators were bested by the visiting Tigers with a score of 8 to 5.

Game Summary

DateJuly 28, 1953 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 8 H: 9 E: 4 LOB: 8
Runs: 8
Hits: 9
Errors: 4
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Washington Senators
R: 5 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 11
Runs: 5
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 11
Winning Pitcher—Ted Gray  
Losing Pitcher—Spec Shea  
Save—Ralph Branca  
Game Winning RBI—Ray Boone 

Game Info

DateJuly 28, 1953 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / NightN 
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamWashington Senators 
Visiting Starting PitcherTed Gray  
Home Starting PitcherSpec Shea  
BallparkGriffith Stadium 
CityWashington 
StateDC 
Attendance6,065 
Time of Game2 hours 46 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Johnny Stevens
1B: Bill Summers
2B: Hank Soar
3B: Grover Froese

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Harvey Kuenn  Shortstop 
Johnny Pesky  Second Baseman 
Ray Boone  Third Baseman 
Jim Delsing  Center Fielder 
Walt Dropo  First Baseman 
Bob Nieman  Left Fielder 
Matt Batts  Catcher 
Don Lund  Right Fielder 
Ted Gray  Pitcher 
Fred Hutchinson  Manager 

Washington Senators Lineup 

Name  Position 
Eddie Yost  Third Baseman 
Gil Coan  Left Fielder 
Mickey Vernon  First Baseman 
Jackie Jensen  Right Fielder 
Pete Runnels  Shortstop 
Jim Busby  Center Fielder 
Mel Hoderlein  Second Baseman 
Ed Fitz Gerald  Catcher 
Spec Shea  Pitcher 
Bucky Harris  Manager 

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Tigers 8 @ Senators 5
Griffith Stadium
July 28, 1953

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         Game of 7/28/1953 -- Detroit at Washington (N)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Washington         AB  R  H RBI
Kuenn H, ss           5  0  0  0   Yost E, 3b            5  1  0  0   
Pesky J, 2b           4  1  1  0   Coan G, lf            5  1  2  0   
Boone R, 3b           3  2  2  1   Vernon M, 1b          5  1  2  1   
Delsing J, cf         4  2  1  1   Jensen J, rf          4  1  1  1   
Dropo W, 1b           5  1  1  0   Runnels P, ss-2b      3  0  0  1   
Nieman B, lf          3  1  0  0   Busby J, cf           5  0  1  2   
Kaline A, lf          0  0  0  0   Hoderlein M, 2b       2  0  0  0   
Batts M, c            5  1  3  2   Vollmer C, ph         1  0  0  0   
Lund D, rf            4  0  1  3   Lane J, p             0  0  0  0   
Gray T, p             3  0  0  0   Terwilliger W, ph     1  0  1  0   
Herbert R, p          1  0  0  0   Dixon S, p            0  0  0  0   
Branca R, p           0  0  0  0   Sacka F, ph           1  0  0  0   
                                   Fitz Gerald E, c      4  0  1  0   
                                   Shea S, p             0  0  0  0   
                                   Masterson W, p        1  0  0  0   
                                   Thomas K, ph          0  1  0  0   
                                   Snyder J, ss          2  0  1  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     37  8  9  7                        39  5  9  5

Detroit          123 020 000 --  8
Washington       000 004 100 --  5

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Gray T (W)            5.1  3  4  3  3  6
Herbert R             2.0  6  1  1  0  1
Branca R (S)          1.2  0  0  0  1  3

  Washington           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Shea S (L)            2.1  4  5  4  2  1
Masterson W           3.2  3  3  2  2  4
Lane J                2.0  2  0  0  2  2
Dixon S               1.0  0  0  0  0  0

E -- Vernon M, Batts M, Boone R, Dropo W, Kuenn H
LOB -- Detroit 8, Washington 11
2B -- Delsing J, Vernon M, Dropo W
3B -- Boone R, Coan G, Batts M
SB -- Dropo W, Coan G
T -- 2:46
A -- 6065

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