Tigers @ Red Sox
August 2, 1953

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Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 2 9 0
Red Sox 1 6 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 2 9 0
Red Sox 1 6 0

Jim Piersall Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .263
OBP .333 .312
At Bats 3 407
Hits 1 107
• Singles 1 83
• Doubles 0 15
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 23
RBI’s 0 37

Ned Garver Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 8 1
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Fenway Park - August 2, 1953
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Out
Ned Garver
Johnny Bucha
Walt Dropo
Johnny Pesky
Ray Boone
Harvey Kuenn
Bob Nieman
Jim Delsing
Don Lund
Jim Piersall
Gene Stephens

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Detroit Tigers 2 9 0 7
Boston Red Sox 1 6 0 5
Winning Pitcher Ned Garver
Losing Pitcher Willard Nixon
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Harvey Kuenn
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 17 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Piersall hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Pesky settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Gene Stephens pinch runs for Hoot Evers. Umphlett hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Evers hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Lepcio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Garver strikes out.
Top 9 Bucha hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Lund hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lepcio fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Nieman hits a popup towards first. Goodman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Goodman hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Lund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Consolo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Nixon hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Dropo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lepcio fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Delsing hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Consolo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Consolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pesky scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Lipon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Piersall hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Umphlett hits a popup, foul, towards first. Dropo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Pesky hits a fly ball into right field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bucha scores. Kuenn moves to second.
Top 7 Garver hits a popup towards short. Lipon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 There goes Bucha. The throw from White and he is safe. Bucha steals second.
Top 7 Bucha takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Lund hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Consolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Evers hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lepcio hits a popup towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 There goes Goodman. The throw from Bucha and he is safe. Goodman steals second.
Bottom 6 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pesky fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Consolo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Nieman hits a fly ball into center field. Umphlett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Dropo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lepcio fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Sammy White now catching. Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lipon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Garver, and towards Pesky, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 White hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Delsing. White reaches second base with a double. Piersall scores.
Bottom 5 Sammy White pinch hits for Gus Niarhos. There's a wild pitch. Piersall moves to second.
Bottom 5 Lipon hits a fly ball into center field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Piersall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Umphlett hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Boone hits a fly ball into center field. Umphlett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Pesky hits a ball on the ground for an out.
Top 5 Kuenn hits a popup towards short. Lipon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Garver hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Evers strikes out.
Bottom 4 Lepcio hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Bucha hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lepcio fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Lund hits a popup, foul, towards first. Goodman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lipon fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Dropo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Consolo strikes out.
Bottom 3 Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Garver, and towards Pesky, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Niarhos hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Delsing hits a popup towards short. Lipon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Boone hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Evers. Boone reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Pesky hits a fly ball into center field. Umphlett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kuenn hits a popup towards first. Goodman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lipon strikes out.
Bottom 2 Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garver fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Umphlett strikes out.
Top 2 Garver hits a fly ball into right field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bucha hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Lund hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lepcio fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Nieman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Evers hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lepcio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Consolo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Dropo hits a fly ball into center field. Umphlett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Delsing hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boone scores.
Top 1 Boone hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Evers. Boone reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Pesky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Consolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Kuenn hits a fly ball into center field. Umphlett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.