Yankees @ Tigers
June 9, 1953

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Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 3 7 2
Tigers 2 8 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 3 7 2
Tigers 2 8 0

Harvey Kuenn Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .293
OBP .250 .346
At Bats 3 225
Hits 0 66
• Singles 0 59
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 1 18
RBI’s 0 13

Tom Gorman Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 1 4
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Briggs Stadium - June 9, 1953
Out
Tom Gorman
Yogi Berra
Joe Collins
Billy Martin
Gil McDougald
Phil Rizzuto
Gene Woodling
Mickey Mantle
Hank Bauer
Harvey Kuenn
Johnny Pesky
Johnny Bucha

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 3 7 2 3
Detroit Tigers 2 8 0 8
Winning Pitcher Tom Gorman
Losing Pitcher Ted Gray
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Mickey Mantle
Attendance 38,489
Time of Game 2 hours 10 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Kuenn hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Johnny Pesky pinch hits for Ted Gray. Pesky hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bucha moves to second.
Bottom 9 Johnny Bucha pinch runs for Matt Batts. Pat Mullin pinch hits for Owen Friend. Mullin hits a popup towards short. Rizzuto settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Billy Hitchcock pinch runs for Walt Dropo. Batts hits a ball on the ground towards first. Collins fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 9 Dropo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 McDougald strikes out.
Top 9 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 There goes Mantle. The throw from Batts and he is out, Friend applying the tag.
Top 9 Mantle takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Berra hits a fly ball into center field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards first. Collins scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Delsing for the out.
Bottom 8 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Rizzuto.
Bottom 8 Lund hits a popup towards third. McDougald settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hatfield 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 8 Collins hits a fly ball into right field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Gorman hits a popup, foul, towards first. Dropo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards third. McDougald fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Gray strikes out.
Bottom 7 Friend hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gorman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Rizzuto hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Woodling hits a fly ball into left field. Lund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gray fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Batts hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Dropo strikes out.
Bottom 6 There goes Delsing. The throw from Berra and he is safe. Delsing steals second.
Bottom 6 Delsing is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 6 Nieman hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bauer is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Mantle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lund throws the ball in to Friend who tags Mantle, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Collins scores.
Top 6 Berra bunts in front of the plate. Batts fields it and throws to first for the out. Collins moves to second.
Top 6 Collins hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Lund strikes out.
Bottom 5 Hatfield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kuenn moves to third.
Bottom 5 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Collins juggles the ball. That's an error on Collins. Kuenn moves to second.
Bottom 5 Gray hits a popup, foul, towards third. McDougald settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Martin hits a fly ball into center field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Gorman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Rizzuto hits a fly ball into left field. Lund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Woodling strikes out.
Bottom 4 Tom Gorman now pitching. Friend hits a ball on the ground towards third. McDougald fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Batts hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Delsing scores. Dropo moves to second.
Bottom 4 Dropo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Nieman scores. Delsing moves to second.
Bottom 4 Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Nieman moves to third.
Bottom 4 Nieman hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bauer. Nieman reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Lund strikes out.
Top 4 McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gray fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Bauer hits a fly ball into left field. Lund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gray fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Hatfield hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Raschi fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Kuenn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Gray hits a ball on the ground towards first. Collins scoops it up and throws to first, with Raschi covering, for the out.
Top 3 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Berra for the out.
Top 3 Collins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Friend scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Friend hits a popup, foul, towards short. Rizzuto settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Batts is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Dropo 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 2 Raschi strikes out.
Top 2 Rizzuto strikes out.
Top 2 Woodling strikes out.
Bottom 1 Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards third. McDougald fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 1 Nieman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lund moves to second.
Bottom 1 Lund hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Hatfield hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kuenn hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Bauer hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Delsing. Bauer reaches second base with a double. Martin scores. Berra goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Mantle hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo fields it and throws to second for the out. Martin moves to third.
Top 1 Collins hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Martin moves to second.
Top 1 Martin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.