Athletics @ Browns
August 27, 1953

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Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 4 10 1
Browns 3 12 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 4 10 1
Browns 5 13 1

Vic Wertz Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .283
OBP .500 .388
At Bats 4 357
Hits 2 101
• Singles 0 69
• Doubles 1 13
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 1 15
Walks 0 58
RBI’s 1 53

Harry Byrd Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
9 15 0
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Sportsman's Park - August 27, 1953
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Home Run
Harry Byrd
Joe Astroth
Eddie Robinson
Cass Michaels
Loren Babe
Joe DeMaestri
Gus Zernial
Ed McGhee
Dave Philley
Vic Wertz
Dick Kokos

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Philadelphia Athletics 4 10 1 11
St. Louis Browns 5 13 1 9
Winning Pitcher Dick Littlefield
Losing Pitcher Harry Byrd
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Vic Wertz
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 17 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Wertz hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Kokos takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Kryhoski hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Ed McGhee now playing center field. Hunter hits a fly ball into right field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Ed McGhee pinch hits for Carmen Mauro. Dick Littlefield now pitching. McGhee hits a fly ball into right field. Wertz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Michaels strikes out.
Top 9 Zernial hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Dyck. Zernial reaches second base with a double. Philley scores. Robinson moves to third.
Top 9 Robinson is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Philley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Philley moves to second.
Top 9 Philley hits a popup, foul, in back of third. Hunter settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Hunter.
Top 9 Satchel Paige now pitching. DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stephens fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Don Lenhardt pinch hits for Marlin Stuart. Lenhardt hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Young hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Young for the out.
Bottom 8 Dyck hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mauro. Dyck reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Courtney hits a popup, foul, towards third. Babe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Byrd hits a fly ball towards right. Wertz catches it and throws to home to double up Babe.
Top 8 Astroth hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Babe moves to third.
Top 8 Babe takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Mauro hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kryhoski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mauro for the out.
Bottom 7 Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Wertz hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zernial. Wertz reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Kokos hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Michaels fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Hunter scores.
Bottom 7 Kryhoski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hunter moves to third.
Bottom 7 Hunter bunts towards first. Robinson fields the ball and throws to Byrd covering. Safe.
Top 7 Michaels hits a fly ball into left field. Kokos settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Zernial hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kryhoski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Marlin Stuart now pitching. Robinson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hank Edwards pinch hits for Bob Turley. Edwards hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Young hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Michaels scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Dyck hits a fly ball into center field. Mauro catches it for the out, and throws it away. That's an error on Mauro. Stephens scores. Courtney moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Courtney hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stephens moves to third.
Bottom 6 Stephens hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Philley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first, with Turley covering, for the out.
Top 6 DeMaestri takes first base on ball four. Byrd moves to second.
Top 6 Byrd hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Babe trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Top 6 Astroth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Babe moves to second.
Top 6 Babe takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Wertz strikes out.
Bottom 5 Kokos hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first, with Byrd covering, for the out. Turley moves to third. Hunter moves to second.
Bottom 5 Kryhoski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Michaels settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hunter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Turley moves to second.
Bottom 5 Turley takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Mauro hits a line drive into right field. Wertz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Michaels strikes out.
Top 5 Zernial is walked intentionally.
Top 5 Robinson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Wertz. Robinson reaches second base with a double. Byrd scores. DeMaestri moves to third.
Top 5 Philley hits a fly ball into left field. Kokos settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 DeMaestri hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Byrd moves to second.
Top 5 Byrd hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Astroth scores.
Top 5 Astroth hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Wertz. Astroth reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Young hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Dyck is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Courtney bunts towards the right side of the infield. Michaels scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Stephens moves to third.
Bottom 4 Stephens hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Philley. Stephens reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Wertz hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Babe hits a popup for a double play.
Top 4 Mauro takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Michaels hits a popup towards third. Stephens settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Zernial hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Kokos hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first, with Byrd covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Kryhoski hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mauro who is chasing the ball. Kryhoski reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 3 Hunter hits a fly ball into center field. Mauro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Turley hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Robinson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Philley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 DeMaestri hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Courtney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Byrd hits a fly ball into left field. Kokos settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Young hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Young for the out.
Bottom 2 Dyck hits a popup towards first. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Courtney hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Stephens hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Astroth hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Courtney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Babe hits a popup towards third. Stephens settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Mauro hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Michaels takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Wertz hits a popup, foul, towards third. Babe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kokos hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kryhoski hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Philley. Kryhoski reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Hunter hits a popup in front of the plate. Astroth settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Zernial hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kryhoski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Philley strikes out.
Top 1 DeMaestri strikes out.