Senators @ Tigers
August 27, 1953

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Bottom 8 R H E
Senators 12 16 1
Tigers 4 9 0
Bottom 8 R H E
Senators 12 16 1
Tigers 4 9 0

Matt Batts Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .283
OBP .333 .325
At Bats 3 325
Hits 1 92
• Singles 0 62
• Doubles 1 21
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 20
RBI’s 0 37

Spec Shea Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
10 5 0
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Briggs Stadium - August 27, 1953
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Spec Shea
Mickey Grasso
Mickey Vernon
Wayne Terwilliger
Eddie Yost
Jerry Snyder
Gil Coan
Jim Busby
Clyde Vollmer
Matt Batts
Bob Nieman
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Batts takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Souchock hits a fly ball into left field. Coan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Nieman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Coan. Nieman reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Dropo hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Vernon hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hitchcock fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Yost hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Kaline who is chasing the ball. Yost reaches third base with a triple.
Top 8 Fred Hutchinson now pitching. Shea hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hitchcock fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Hitchcock hits a fly ball into right field. Vollmer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kaline hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Kuenn hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jerry Snyder now playing shortstop. Pat Mullin pinch hits for Bob Miller. Mullin hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Grasso hits a popup towards first. Dropo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Terwilliger takes first base on ball four. Vollmer moves to third. Coan moves to second.
Top 7 Busby hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Coan takes first base on ball four. Vollmer moves to second.
Top 7 Vollmer hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Kuenn fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 7 Billy Hitchcock now playing third base. Vernon takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Priddy hits a popup towards first. Vernon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Batts hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Busby. Batts reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Souchock hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. Three runs are unearned.
Bottom 6 Nieman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Boone moves to second.
Bottom 6 Dropo hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Grasso settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Runnels misplays the ball. That's an error on Runnels.
Bottom 6 Kaline hits a fly ball into left field. Coan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Runnels hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Yost hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Nieman. Yost reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Shea hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Walt Dropo now playing first base. Jerry Priddy now playing second base. Al Kaline now playing center field. Grasso hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Miller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Priddy hits a popup, foul, towards third. Yost settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Terwilliger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Busby hits a popup, foul, towards first. Priddy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Coan strikes out.
Top 5 Vollmer takes first base on ball four. Vernon moves to second.
Top 5 Vernon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Batts hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Souchock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Nieman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Delsing hits a fly ball into left field. Coan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Runnels hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Yost takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Shea hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Grasso hits a fly ball into center field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Boone is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Pesky hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vernon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pesky for the out.
Bottom 3 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Terwilliger hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Batts settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Busby moves to third.
Top 3 Busby hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Souchock. Busby reaches second base with a double. Coan goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Coan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pesky fields it and throws to second for the out. Vernon scores.
Top 3 Vollmer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Yost scores. Vernon moves to third.
Top 3 Vernon takes first base on ball four. Yost moves to second.
Top 3 Runnels strikes out.
Top 3 Bob Miller now pitching. Yost takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Fred Hatfield pinch hits for Dick Marlowe. Hatfield hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vernon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hatfield for the out.
Bottom 2 Priddy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Souchock moves to third.
Bottom 2 Batts hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Souchock hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Coan. Souchock reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Shea hits a popup, foul, towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Grasso strikes out.
Top 2 Terwilliger hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Nieman. Terwilliger reaches second base with a double. Vollmer scores. Busby goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Busby hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Vollmer moves to second.
Top 2 Coan hits a popup towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Vollmer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Nieman hits a fly ball into right field. Vollmer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Delsing takes first base on ball four. Kuenn moves to second.
Bottom 1 Boone hits a popup towards third. Yost settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Pesky hits a fly ball into right field. Vollmer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Vernon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pesky scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Runnels hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 The ball gets by Batts for a passed ball. Shea moves to third. Yost moves to second.
Top 1 Yost hits a ball on the ground towards first. Priddy fields the ball and throws to Marlowe covering. Safe. Grasso scores. Shea moves to second.
Top 1 Shea hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Terwilliger scores. Grasso moves to second.
Top 1 Dick Marlowe now pitching. Grasso hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Busby scores. Terwilliger moves to third.
Top 1 Terwilliger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Busby moves to second.
Top 1 Busby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pesky fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Coan hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 1 Vollmer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Vernon moves to second.
Top 1 Vernon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Yost scores.
Top 1 Runnels is called out on strikes.
Top 1 There goes Yost. The throw from Batts and he is safe. Yost steals second.
Top 1 Yost takes first base on ball four.