Tigers @ White Sox
August 23, 1953

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Top 9 R H E
Tigers 6 10 0
White Sox 11 16 1
Top 9 R H E
Tigers 6 10 0
White Sox 11 16 1

Walt Dropo Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .240
OBP .667 .279
At Bats 3 499
Hits 2 120
• Singles 1 86
• Doubles 1 19
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 12
Walks 0 22
RBI’s 2 78

Virgil Trucks Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
16 6 2
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Comiskey Park - August 23, 1953
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Out
Virgil Trucks
Sherm Lollar
Bob Boyd
Nellie Fox
Fred Marsh
Chico Carrasquel
Minnie Minoso
Jim Rivera
Sam Mele
Walt Dropo

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Detroit Tigers 6 10 0 8
Chicago White Sox 11 16 1 9
Winning Pitcher Virgil Trucks
Losing Pitcher Ray Scarborough
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Bob Boyd
Attendance 22,383
Time of Game 2 hours 45 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Dropo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Mullin hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 9 Boone hits a line drive into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Pesky hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Minoso. Pesky reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Fred Marsh now playing third base. Kuenn hits a fly ball into right field. Mele settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rivera for the out.
Bottom 8 Boyd hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lollar moves to second.
Bottom 8 Ralph Branca now pitching. Lollar hits a ball on the ground for an out.
Bottom 8 Mele hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Minoso scores. Stewart scores.
Bottom 8 Bud Stewart pinch hits for Bob Elliott. Stewart hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mullin. Stewart reaches second base with a double. Trucks scores. Carrasquel scores. Minoso moves to third.
Bottom 8 Minoso is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fox for the out. Trucks moves to third. Carrasquel moves to second.
Bottom 8 Carrasquel hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Boyd scores. Rivera scores. Trucks moves to second.
Bottom 8 Trucks bunts towards the mound. Marlowe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rivera moves to second.
Bottom 8 Rivera hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boyd moves to third.
Bottom 8 Dick Marlowe now pitching. Boyd hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Fred Hatfield pinch hits for Ray Herbert. Hatfield strikes out.
Top 8 Bucha is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Lund hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lollar hits a line drive towards short. Kuenn catches it and throws to second to double up Elliott.
Bottom 7 Mele hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Elliott moves to second.
Bottom 7 Elliott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Minoso hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bucha settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Nieman hits a fly ball into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Dropo hits a fly ball into right field. Mele settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mullin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott juggles the ball. That's an error on Elliott. Pesky moves to third.
Top 7 Boone hits a fly ball into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Pesky hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pesky scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Carrasquel hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Herbert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Carrasquel for the out.
Bottom 6 Ray Herbert now pitching. Trucks strikes out.
Top 6 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trucks fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Jerry Priddy pinch hits for Ted Gray. Priddy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Bucha hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Ted Gray now pitching. Rivera hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Boyd hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mullin. Boyd reaches second base with a double. Mele scores. Lollar moves to third.
Bottom 5 Lollar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Carrasquel scores. Fox scores. Mele moves to third.
Bottom 5 Mele takes first base on ball four. Carrasquel moves to third. Fox moves to second.
Bottom 5 Elliott hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Ray Scarborough now pitching. Minoso strikes out.
Bottom 5 Fox takes first base on ball four. Carrasquel moves to second.
Bottom 5 Carrasquel hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 There goes Mullin. The throw from Lollar to Trucks to Elliott who tags Mullin out.
Top 5 Lund hits a fly ball into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mullin moves to third. Nieman moves to second.
Top 5 Nieman takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Dropo bunts towards the mound. Trucks fields it and throws to first for the out. Mullin moves to second.
Top 5 Mullin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Trucks hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pesky scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Boyd bunts towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Boone hits a fly ball into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Pesky hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Lollar hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mele hits a fly ball into center field. Lund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Elliott takes first base on ball four. Fox moves to second.
Bottom 3 Minoso hits a fly ball into right field. Mullin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Carrasquel scores.
Bottom 3 Fox bunts towards third. Boone fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Carrasquel moves to third.
Bottom 3 Carrasquel hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lund. Carrasquel reaches second base with a double. Trucks scores.
Bottom 3 Trucks hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Nieman. Trucks reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Aber hits a popup towards short. Carrasquel settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bucha hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Lund hits a popup, foul, towards first. Boyd settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Rivera hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Pesky settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Boyd hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Boyd for the out.
Bottom 2 Lollar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Nieman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Dropo hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mele. Dropo reaches second base with a double. Pesky scores. Boone moves to third.
Top 2 Mullin hits a fly ball into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kuenn scores.
Top 2 Boone takes first base on ball four. Pesky moves to second.
Top 2 Pesky hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kuenn moves to third.
Top 2 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Minoso. Kuenn reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Aber is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Mele hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Fox moves to second.
Bottom 1 Minoso hits a fly ball into right field. Mullin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Fox takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Carrasquel strikes out. Bucha drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Carrasquel out.
Top 1 Bucha hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trucks fields it and throws to home to get Dropo.
Top 1 Lund takes first base on ball four. Dropo moves to third. Nieman moves to second.
Top 1 Nieman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mullin scores. Dropo moves to second.
Top 1 Dropo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boone scores. Mullin moves to third.
Top 1 Mullin takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Boone moves to third.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Boone moves to second.
Top 1 Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Pesky hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trucks fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to first for the out.