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August 28, 1952

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Top 9 R H E
Red Sox 4 10 0
Athletics 6 7 0
Top 9 R H E
Red Sox 4 10 0
Athletics 6 7 0

Willard Nixon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .225
OBP .000 .262
At Bats 0 40
Hits 0 9
• Singles 0 7
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 2
RBI’s 0 5

Bob Hooper Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 13 5
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Shibe Park - August 28, 1952
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Out
Bob Hooper
Ray Murray
Ferris Fain
Cass Michaels
Sherry Robertson
Pete Suder
Gus Zernial
Dave Philley
Allie Clark
Willard Nixon

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Red Sox 4 10 0 5
Philadelphia Athletics 6 7 0 4
Winning Pitcher Harry Byrd
Losing Pitcher Al Benton
Save Bob Hooper
Game Winning RBI Cass Michaels
Attendance 4,808
Time of Game 2 hours 29 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Michaels scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Lipon hits a fly ball into center field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Lepcio hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bob Hooper now pitching. Sherry Robertson now playing third base. Wilber hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Del Wilber now catching. Kite Thomas pinch hits for Billy Hitchcock. Thomas strikes out.
Bottom 8 Michaels hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Evers. Michaels reaches second base with a double. Fain scores. Philley scores. Clark goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 8 Clark is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Zernial hits a fly ball into right field. Throneberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Suder scores. Fain moves to third. Philley moves to second.
Bottom 8 Willard Nixon now pitching. Philley takes first base on ball four. Suder moves to third. Fain moves to second.
Bottom 8 Fain takes first base on ball four. Suder moves to second.
Bottom 8 Suder takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Sherry Robertson pinch hits for Harry Byrd. Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gernert scoops it up and throws to first, with Benton covering, for the out.
Top 8 Evers hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Gernert hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Schmees is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Suder scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Murray hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lepcio fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Hitchcock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lipon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Michaels hits a fly ball into left field. Evers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Throneberry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fain scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Throneberry for the out.
Top 7 Benton bunts towards the mound. Byrd fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first, with Michaels covering - double play.
Top 7 Lipon bunts towards the mound. Byrd fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Clark hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Goodman catches it and throws to first to double up Zernial.
Bottom 6 Zernial bunts towards third. Lepcio fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Philley bunts towards the right side of the infield. Goodman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Lepcio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Suder scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 White hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Pete Suder now playing shortstop. Evers hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Murray settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Fain hits a line drive beyond second. Goodman can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. There goes Joost trying to get to third. Goodman throws to Lepcio who tags Joost for the out.
Bottom 5 Joost hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Byrd strikes out.
Bottom 5 George Schmees now playing center field. Hoot Evers now playing left field. Al Benton now pitching. Murray hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lepcio fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 George Schmees pinch runs for Clyde Vollmer. Gernert hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fain settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Vollmer hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Philley. Vollmer reaches second base with a double. McDermott goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Goodman hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Throneberry hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Murray settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 McDermott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Hitchcock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goodman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Michaels strikes out.
Bottom 4 Clark hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Vollmer. Clark reaches second base with a double. Philley goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Zernial hits a fly ball into center field. Evers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Philley takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Lipon strikes out.
Top 4 Lepcio takes first base on ball four. White moves to second.
Top 4 White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Evers hits a line drive towards first. Fain reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Gernert hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Vollmer strikes out.
Bottom 3 Fain is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Joost takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Byrd is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Murray hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lipon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Goodman hits a line drive into center field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Throneberry is called out on strikes.
Top 3 McDermott hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hitchcock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lepcio fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Michaels hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Clark hits a fly ball into right field. Throneberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Lipon hits a fly ball into center field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Lepcio hits a line drive into center field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 White hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Evers hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Zernial hits a fly ball into left field. Vollmer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Philley hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Fain hits a line drive into left field. Vollmer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Joost hits a line drive into left field. Vollmer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gernert strikes out. There goes Vollmer. The throw from Murray to second, and Vollmer is out.
Top 1 Vollmer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Goodman scores.
Top 1 Goodman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zernial. Goodman reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Throneberry strikes out.