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July 3, 1953

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Bottom 9 R H E
Senators 9 12 4
Red Sox 4 7 5
Bottom 9 R H E
Senators 9 12 4
Red Sox 4 7 5

Billy Goodman Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .318
OBP .250 .412
At Bats 4 201
Hits 1 64
• Singles 1 47
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 32
RBI’s 0 16

Spec Shea Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 1 0
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Fenway Park - July 3, 1953
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Out
Spec Shea
Ed Fitz Gerald
Mickey Vernon
Wayne Terwilliger
Eddie Yost
Pete Runnels
Clyde Vollmer
Jim Busby
Jackie Jensen
Billy Goodman

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Washington Senators 9 12 4 8
Boston Red Sox 4 7 5 6
Winning Pitcher Spec Shea
Losing Pitcher Willard Nixon
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Jackie Jensen
Attendance 14,445
Time of Game 2 hours 26 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Goodman hits a fly ball into left field. Vollmer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Del Wilber pinch hits for Ben Flowers. Wilber hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Bolling hits a popup towards short. Runnels settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Fitz Gerald is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Runnels takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 There goes Jensen. The throw from Niarhos and he is safe. Jensen steals second.
Top 9 Yost hits a popup towards short. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Jensen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Ben Flowers now pitching. Gus Niarhos now catching. Vollmer strikes out.
Bottom 8 Piersall hits a line drive into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Umphlett hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 White hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Gernert takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Vernon hits a popup, foul, towards first. Gernert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Terwilliger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Busby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Evers hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vernon scoops it up and throws to first, with Shea covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Goodman hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Shea hits a fly ball into center field. Umphlett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Fitz Gerald hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Umphlett. Fitz Gerald reaches second base with a double. Jensen scores. Yost goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Runnels hits a fly ball into center field. Umphlett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Vollmer scores. Jensen moves to third.
Top 7 Ellis Kinder now pitching. Yost takes first base on ball four. Vernon scores. Vollmer moves to third. Jensen moves to second.
Top 7 Jensen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Terwilliger scores. Vernon moves to third. Vollmer moves to second.
Top 7 Vollmer takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 The ball gets by White for a passed ball. Terwilliger moves to third. Vernon moves to second.
Top 7 Vernon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Terwilliger moves to second.
Top 7 Terwilliger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Busby hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Nixon strikes out.
Bottom 6 Bolling hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Shea hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nixon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Fitz Gerald hits a fly ball into right field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gernert scoops it up and throws to first, with Nixon covering, for the out. Yost moves to second.
Top 6 George Kell now playing third base. Hoot Evers now playing left field. Jim Piersall now playing right field. Yost takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Umphlett hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 White takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Gernert hits a line drive into left field. Vollmer picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Vollmer. Kell scores. Gernert moves to second.
Bottom 5 Baker hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kell moves to third.
Bottom 5 George Kell pinch hits for Gene Stephens. Kell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Vollmer. Kell reaches second base with a double. Goodman goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Goodman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Nixon strikes out.
Top 5 Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Baker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Vollmer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bolling fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Busby scores.
Top 5 Vernon strikes out.
Top 5 Terwilliger bunts towards third. Baker fields it and throws to first for the out. Busby moves to second.
Top 5 Busby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bolling fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 4 Zarilla takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Umphlett hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Vollmer. Umphlett reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Shea hits a popup towards short. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Fitz Gerald hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nixon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Runnels hits a fly ball into center field. Umphlett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Yost hits a line drive into center field. That will be extra bases. Umphlett fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Umphlett. Jensen goes all the way around to score. Yost moves to third.
Top 4 Jensen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Gernert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Runnels fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger misplays the ball. That's an error on Terwilliger. Goodman moves to second.
Bottom 3 Stephens hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Runnels misplays the ball. That's an error on Runnels.
Top 3 Vollmer strikes out.
Top 3 Vernon hits a line drive into center field. Umphlett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Terwilliger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Busby hits a line drive into center field. Umphlett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Nixon hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Zarilla hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Shea strikes out.
Top 2 Fitz Gerald strikes out.
Top 2 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goodman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Runnels is thrown out after the base hit.
Bottom 1 Umphlett hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gernert scores.
Bottom 1 Gernert hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Baker scores. Gernert moves to second.
Bottom 1 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vernon throws to second for one, and Runnels throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Baker moves to second.
Bottom 1 Stephens hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vernon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Goodman for the out.
Top 1 Yost hits a line drive into right field. Zarilla settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goodman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Terwilliger scores. Vernon moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Vollmer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bolling fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Bolling. Busby scores. Terwilliger moves to third. Vernon moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Vernon bunts towards the mound. Nixon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Busby moves to third. Terwilliger moves to second.
Top 1 Terwilliger bunts towards the mound. Nixon juggles the ball. That's an error on Nixon. Busby moves to second.
Top 1 Busby bunts in front of the plate. White juggles the ball. That's an error on White.