Yankees @ Tigers
May 3, 1953

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Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 6 10 1
Tigers 5 11 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 6 10 1
Tigers 5 11 2

Bob Nieman Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .290
OBP .250 .347
At Bats 4 69
Hits 1 20
• Singles 0 9
• Doubles 1 8
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 6
RBI’s 1 11

Ewell Blackwell Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 0
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Briggs Stadium - May 3, 1953
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Strikeout
Ewell Blackwell
Yogi Berra
Don Bollweg
Billy Martin
Gil McDougald
Phil Rizzuto
Gene Woodling
Mickey Mantle
Irv Noren
Bob Nieman

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 6 10 1 11
Detroit Tigers 5 11 2 8
Winning Pitcher Bill Miller
Losing Pitcher Billy Hoeft
Save Ewell Blackwell
Game Winning RBI (none)
Attendance 29,462
Time of Game 2 hours 57 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Nieman strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Sullivan strikes out.
Bottom 9 Irv Noren now playing right field. Ewell Blackwell now pitching. Hatfield hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Martin hits a fly ball into right field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Berra takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 McDougald strikes out.
Top 9 There's a wild pitch. Mantle scores. Noren moves to second.
Top 9 Art Houtteman now pitching. Irv Noren pinch hits for Hank Bauer. Noren hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bollweg scores. Woodling scores. Mantle moves to third.
Top 9 Mantle takes first base on ball four. Rizzuto scores. Bollweg moves to third. Woodling moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 9 Woodling takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 The ball gets by Bucha for a passed ball. Rizzuto moves to third. Bollweg moves to second.
Top 9 Bollweg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rizzuto moves to second.
Top 9 Rizzuto hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield juggles the ball. That's an error on Hatfield.
Top 9 Johnny Bucha now catching. Bill Renna pinch hits for Bill Miller. Renna is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Kuenn hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hoeft is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 That's a pickoff. Priddy moves to second.
Bottom 8 Priddy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto misplays the ball. That's an error on Rizzuto. Batts moves to second.
Bottom 8 Batts hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops it up and throws to first, with Hoeft covering, for the out.
Top 8 McDougald hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Priddy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Dropo hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bill Miller now pitching. Delsing hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Mantle. Delsing reaches second base with a double. Nieman scores.
Bottom 7 Nieman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Woodling. Nieman reaches second base with a double. Hatfield scores.
Bottom 7 Sullivan strikes out.
Bottom 7 Hatfield hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Woodling. Hatfield reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Don Bollweg now playing first base. Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bauer hits a fly ball into left field. Sullivan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Brideweser moves to third.
Top 7 Jim Brideweser pinch runs for Johnny Mize. Woodling strikes out. Batts drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Woodling out.
Top 7 Mize hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Delsing. Mize reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Hoeft strikes out.
Bottom 6 Priddy hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Woodling. Priddy reaches second base with a double. Batts goes all the way around to score. Priddy moves to third.
Bottom 6 Batts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Dropo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Delsing hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Rizzuto hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 6 Reynolds takes first base on ball four. Bauer scores. McDougald moves to third. Martin moves to second.
Top 6 Martin is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops it up and throws to first, with Hoeft covering, for the out. Bauer moves to third. McDougald moves to second.
Top 6 McDougald hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mantle scores. Bauer moves to second.
Top 6 Bauer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mantle moves to third.
Top 6 Mantle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Woodling hits a fly ball into center field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Sullivan hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hatfield strikes out.
Bottom 5 Kuenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hoeft moves to second.
Bottom 5 Hoeft hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Priddy hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Mize hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mize for the out.
Top 5 Rizzuto hits a fly ball towards left. Sullivan settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Sullivan.
Top 5 Reynolds hits a fly ball into center field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Batts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Dropo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Delsing 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 4 Martin hits a popup towards third. Hatfield settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Berra hits a popup, foul, towards first. Dropo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards third. McDougald fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Sullivan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Hatfield hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize scoops it up and throws to first, with Reynolds covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Reynolds fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Bauer hits a fly ball into left field. Sullivan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Mantle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mize moves to second.
Top 3 Woodling hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Batts settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Mize hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Rizzuto hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hoeft hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berra settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Priddy. The throw from Berra and he is safe. Priddy steals second.
Bottom 2 Priddy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto fields it and throws to home to get Dropo. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 2 Batts hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Delsing scores. Dropo moves to third.
Bottom 2 Dropo hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Woodling. Dropo reaches second base with a double. Delsing moves to third.
Bottom 2 Delsing hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Priddy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Martin is walked intentionally.
Top 2 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops it up and throws to first, with Hoeft covering, for the out. Mantle moves to third. McDougald moves to second.
Top 2 McDougald hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mantle moves to second.
Top 2 Bauer hits a fly ball into left field. Sullivan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Mantle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Nieman 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 1 Sullivan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Hatfield hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Martin settles under it 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 Woodling strikes out.
Top 1 Mize strikes out. Batts drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Mize out.
Top 1 Rizzuto hits a fly ball into left field. Sullivan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.