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August 5, 1953

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Browns 0 7 0
Red Sox 5 9 3
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Browns 0 7 0
Red Sox 5 9 3

Dick Gernert Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .279
OBP .667 .398
At Bats 3 359
Hits 2 100
• Singles 0 69
• Doubles 1 12
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 18
Walks 0 67
RBI’s 3 58

Don Larsen Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 8 1
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Fenway Park - August 5, 1953
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Strikeout
Don Larsen
Clint Courtney
Dick Kryhoski
Bobby Young
Vern Stephens
Billy Hunter
Dick Kokos
Johnny Groth
Vic Wertz
Dick Gernert
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Gernert is called out on strikes.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Olson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stephens fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Kokos hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goodman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Groth hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Flowers fields it and throws to second for the out. Hunter moves to third.
Top 7 Larsen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hunter moves to second.
Top 7 Hunter takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Flowers hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Groth. Flowers reaches second base with a double. Piersall scores. There goes Lipon trying to get to home. Groth throws the ball in to Young who relays the ball to Courtney who tags Lipon, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Bottom 6 Lipon is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Piersall hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Groth. Piersall reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Umphlett hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 White hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Courtney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Young hits a fly ball into center field. Umphlett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Stephens hits a fly ball into left field. Olson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Courtney takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goodman scoops it up and throws to first, with Flowers covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Kell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Gernert hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Wertz. Gernert reaches second base with a double. Goodman scores.
Bottom 5 Olson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stephens fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Goodman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kokos. Goodman reaches second base with a double. Lipon scores.
Bottom 5 Flowers bunts towards the mound. Larsen fields it and throws to first for the out. Lipon moves to third.
Bottom 5 Lipon hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Groth. Lipon reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Kryhoski hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Lipon fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 5 Kokos hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goodman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Groth moves to second.
Top 5 Groth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lipon fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Larsen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Flowers fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Piersall hits a fly ball into right field. Wertz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Umphlett takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 There goes White. The throw from Courtney and he is out, Stephens applying the tag.
Bottom 4 White hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Groth. White reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Kell is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Young hits a popup towards short. Lipon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lipon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Courtney moves to second.
Top 4 Courtney hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gernert juggles the ball. That's an error on Gernert.
Top 4 Wertz hits a popup towards short. Lipon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kryhoski hits a line drive into center field. Umphlett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gernert is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Olson hits a fly ball into right field. Wertz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Goodman hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kokos hits a popup towards short. Lipon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Groth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lipon fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Larsen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Flowers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Lipon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stephens fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Young hits a popup towards short. Lipon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Stephens hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Umphlett hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Larsen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 White hits a fly ball into right field. Wertz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Gernert hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Olson hits a line drive towards the mound. Larsen reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Goodman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kokos. Goodman reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Courtney hits a line drive towards first. Gernert catches it and steps on first to double up Wertz.
Top 1 Wertz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Groth moves to third. Kryhoski moves to second.
Top 1 Kryhoski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gernert fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Gernert. Groth moves to second.
Top 1 Kokos strikes out.
Top 1 Groth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lipon fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Lipon.