Tigers @ Yankees
May 20, 1953

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Johnny Bucha Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .143
OBP .333 .294
At Bats 3 14
Hits 1 2
• Singles 1 1
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 3
RBI’s 0 1

Bob Kuzava Season Stats

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1 0 1
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Yankee Stadium - May 20, 1953
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Walk
Bob Kuzava
Charlie Silvera
Joe Collins
Billy Martin
Gil McDougald
Phil Rizzuto
Gene Woodling
Mickey Mantle
Hank Bauer
Johnny Bucha
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Bob Kuzava now pitching. Bucha takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 6 Martin strikes out.
Bottom 6 Rizzuto hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn misplays the ball. That's an error on Kuenn.
Bottom 6 Collins hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Irv Noren pinch hits for Tom Gorman. Noren hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Silvera hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Dave Madison now pitching. Woodling hits a fly ball into left field. Lund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Priddy hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Delsing takes first base on ball four. Nieman moves to second.
Top 6 Dropo hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards third. McDougald fields it and throws to home to get Kuenn. Lund moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 6 Tom Gorman now pitching. Lund hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Woodling. Lund reaches second base with a double. Hitchcock scores. Kuenn moves to third.
Top 6 Kuenn takes first base on ball four. Hitchcock moves to second.
Top 6 Bill Miller now pitching. Joe Collins now playing first base. Hitchcock takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. McDougald scores.
Bottom 5 McDougald hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Delsing who is chasing the ball. McDougald reaches third base with a triple. Renna scores. Collins scores.
Bottom 5 Martin hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bucha settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rizzuto strikes out.
Bottom 5 Joe Collins pinch runs for Johnny Mize. There's a wild pitch. Renna moves to third. Collins moves to second.
Bottom 5 Johnny Mize pinch hits for Ray Scarborough. Mize is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 5 Bill Renna pinch hits for Don Bollweg. Renna hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lund. Renna reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Newhouser hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Bucha hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Scarborough fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Priddy hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mantle. Priddy reaches second base with a double. Lund scores. Nieman scores. Delsing goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Delsing is hit by the pitch. Kuenn scores. Lund moves to third. Nieman moves to second.
Top 5 Ray Scarborough now pitching. Dropo hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bollweg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards third. McDougald juggles the ball. That's an error on McDougald. Kuenn moves to third. Lund moves to second.
Top 5 Lund hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hitchcock scores. Kuenn moves to second.
Top 5 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hitchcock moves to second.
Top 5 Hitchcock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Silvera hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Woodling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Priddy fields it and throws to second for the out. Mantle moves to third.
Bottom 4 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hitchcock juggles the ball. That's an error on Hitchcock. Mantle moves to second.
Bottom 4 Mantle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Newhouser hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Bucha hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Priddy hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mantle who is chasing the ball. Priddy reaches third base with a triple.
Top 4 There goes Delsing. The throw from Silvera to Rizzuto and they have Delsing trapped. The throw over to Bollweg, who applies the tag for the out.
Top 4 Delsing hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 McDougald hits a fly ball towards left. Lund settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Lund. Lopat scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Martin hits a fly ball into right field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Rizzuto bunts towards first. Dropo scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rizzuto for the out. Lopat moves to second.
Bottom 3 Lopat hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Dropo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bollweg fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Lund hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Bollweg hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bollweg for the out.
Bottom 2 Silvera hits a fly ball into right field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Woodling hits a fly ball into center field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bauer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mantle scores.
Bottom 2 Mantle hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nieman. Mantle reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Hitchcock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Newhouser takes first base on ball four. Bucha moves to second.
Top 2 Bucha hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Priddy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hitchcock fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Rizzuto hits a fly ball into left field. Lund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Delsing hits a line drive into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Dropo hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kuenn scores.
Top 1 Nieman hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lund hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kuenn moves to third.
Top 1 Kuenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hitchcock scores.
Top 1 The umpire calls a balk on Lopat Hitchcock moves to second.
Top 1 Hitchcock bunts towards the right side of the infield. Martin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.