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August 1, 1954

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Eddie Waitkus Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .257
OBP .250 .319
At Bats 3 191
Hits 0 49
• Singles 0 37
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 1 18
RBI’s 0 19

Eddie Lopat Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 4 0
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Memorial Stadium - August 1, 1954
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Out
Eddie Lopat
Yogi Berra
Joe Collins
Jerry Coleman
Gil McDougald
Willie Miranda
Gene Woodling
Mickey Mantle
Irv Noren
Eddie Waitkus
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Collins scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Waitkus for the out.

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Bottom 8 Abrams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Chakales hits a ball on the ground towards first. Collins scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Chakales for the out.
Top 8 McDougald strikes out.
Top 8 Lopat bunts towards the mound. Chakales fields it and throws to first for the out. Miranda moves to second.
Top 8 Miranda takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Chico Garcia now playing second base. Coleman hits a fly ball into right field. Abrams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Don Larsen pinch hits for Bobby Young. Larsen hits a fly ball into right field. Noren settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hunter hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Fridley hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mantle who is chasing the ball. Fridley reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 7 Courtney hits a popup towards short. Miranda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Woodling is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Noren hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Diering who is chasing the ball. Noren reaches third base with a triple.
Top 7 Berra 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 Mantle hits a fly ball into center field. Diering settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lopat fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Diering hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coleman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Abrams moves to third. Waitkus moves to second.
Bottom 6 Waitkus takes first base on ball four. Abrams moves to second.
Bottom 6 Abrams is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 6 Chakales hits a line drive towards third. McDougald reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gil McDougald now playing third base. Jerry Coleman now playing second base. Willie Miranda now playing shortstop. Eddie Lopat now pitching. Young hits a popup, foul, towards third. McDougald settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Collins 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 6 McDougald takes first base on ball four. Miranda moves to third. Skowron moves to second.
Top 6 Willie Miranda pinch runs for Eddie Robinson. Bill Skowron pinch hits for Marlin Stuart. Bob Chakales now pitching. Skowron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Woodling scores. There goes Slaughter trying to get to home. Diering throws the ball in to Courtney who tags Slaughter who's trying to score from second, for the out. Miranda moves to second.
Top 6 Eddie Robinson pinch hits for Phil Rizzuto. Robinson is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Enos Slaughter pinch hits for Andy Carey. Slaughter hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Abrams. Slaughter reaches second base with a double. Noren scores. Woodling moves to third.
Top 6 Woodling takes first base on ball four. Noren moves to second.
Top 6 Noren hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Berra hits a popup, foul, towards first. Waitkus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hunter hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Fridley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it, throws to home for one, and over to first - double play. Kennedy moves to third. Courtney moves to second.
Bottom 5 Marlin Stuart now pitching. Courtney hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Diering moves to third. Kennedy moves to second.
Bottom 5 Kennedy takes first base on ball four. Diering moves to second.
Bottom 5 Diering takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Mantle strikes out.
Top 5 Collins hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McDougald moves to second.
Top 5 McDougald takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Branca hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Courtney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Rizzuto hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Collins scoops it up and throws to first, with Branca covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Abrams takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Coleman strikes out.
Bottom 4 Young bunts towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out. Fridley moves to third. Hunter moves to second.
Bottom 4 Hunter is hit by the pitch. Fridley moves to second.
Bottom 4 Fridley takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Carey hits a fly ball into center field. Diering settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Woodling hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Young catches it and throws to first to double up Noren.
Top 4 Noren hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Berra moves to second.
Top 4 Berra takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Courtney hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Kennedy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Diering moves to second.
Bottom 3 Diering takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Waitkus hits a popup, foul, towards third. Carey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Abrams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Mantle 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 3 Collins hits a fly ball into left field. Fridley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 McDougald hits a popup, foul, towards first. Waitkus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Branca hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Coleman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berra settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Young hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Branca fields it and has Courtney trapped. Branca throws to third, and Carey tags Courtney for the out. Fridley moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 2 Hunter hits a popup, foul, towards first. Collins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Fridley bunts towards the mound. Branca fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Branca. Courtney moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 2 Courtney hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Woodling. Courtney reaches second base with a double. Kennedy goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Kennedy takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Rizzuto hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kennedy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy juggles the ball. That's an error on Kennedy.
Top 2 Woodling hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Courtney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Noren hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Diering hits a popup, foul, towards first. Collins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Waitkus hits a line drive towards third. Carey reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Abrams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Berra hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Courtney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mantle hits a line drive towards first. Waitkus reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Collins hits a fly ball into center field. Diering settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 McDougald hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Fridley. McDougald reaches second base with a double.