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May 5, 1953

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Bottom 9 R H E
Senators 14 16 0
Tigers 4 15 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Senators 14 16 0
Tigers 4 16 2

Walt Dropo Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .229
OBP .500 .281
At Bats 4 83
Hits 2 19
• Singles 2 13
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 5
RBI’s 0 12

Bob Porterfield Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 3 0
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Briggs Stadium - May 5, 1953
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Single
Bob Porterfield
Les Peden
Mickey Vernon
Wayne Terwilliger
Eddie Yost
Pete Runnels
Clyde Vollmer
Jim Busby
Jackie Jensen
Walt Dropo
Bob Nieman
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Dropo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Nieman moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Nieman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Sullivan hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Porterfield fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Busby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Yost takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Porterfield strikes out.
Bottom 8 Hatfield 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 8 Marlowe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Priddy moves to second.
Bottom 8 Priddy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Batts scores.
Bottom 8 Batts hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Busby. Batts reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Lund hits a ball on the ground towards short. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Dropo hits a fly ball into left field. Vollmer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Peden hits a fly ball into center field. Lund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Dick Marlowe now pitching. Terwilliger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Runnels scores.
Top 8 Runnels hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Lund who is chasing the ball. Runnels reaches third base with a triple. Vernon scores. Vollmer goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Vollmer takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Vernon hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Lund. Vernon reaches second base with a double. Jensen scores.
Top 8 Jensen hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Lund. Jensen reaches second base with a double. Peden scores. Yost goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Busby hits a fly ball into right field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Yost hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Peden moves to second.
Top 8 Porterfield hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Priddy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Peden takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Nieman strikes out.
Bottom 7 Sullivan hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kuenn hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Terwilliger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lund throws the ball in to Priddy who relays the ball to Kuenn who tags Terwilliger trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Vernon scores. Vollmer moves to third.
Top 7 Runnels is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Vollmer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Vernon moves to second.
Top 7 Vernon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 There goes Jensen. The throw from Batts and he is out, Priddy applying the tag.
Top 7 Paul Foytack now pitching. Jensen takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Hatfield 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 6 Pat Mullin pinch hits for Hal Erickson. Mullin hits a popup towards short. Runnels settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Priddy hits a popup, foul, towards third. Yost settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Batts hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dropo scores. Lund moves to second.
Bottom 6 Lund hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Nieman scores. Dropo moves to second.
Bottom 6 Dropo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Runnels fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Nieman moves to second.
Bottom 6 Nieman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Busby hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Yost hits a fly ball into center field. Lund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Peden scores.
Top 6 Porterfield hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Peden moves to third.
Top 6 Peden hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nieman. Peden reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Hal Erickson now pitching. Terwilliger strikes out.
Bottom 5 Sullivan 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 Kuenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hatfield moves to second.
Bottom 5 Hatfield hits a ball on the ground towards short. Runnels fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Johnny Pesky pinch hits for Milt Jordan. Pesky hits a ball on the ground towards short. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Runnels hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Sullivan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Vollmer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Vernon hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Priddy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Porterfield fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Batts hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lund hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Dropo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Busby hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Yost scores. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Jordan fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Jordan. Yost moves to second.
Top 4 Milt Jordan now pitching. Yost takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Porterfield hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Top 4 Peden takes first base on ball four. Vollmer moves to third. Runnels moves to second.
Top 4 Terwilliger strikes out.
Top 4 Runnels hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Vollmer moves to second.
Top 4 Vollmer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Priddy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Jensen scores.
Top 4 Vernon hits a line drive towards first. Dropo reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Jensen hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nieman who is chasing the ball. Jensen reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 3 Nieman hits a popup towards short. Runnels settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sullivan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kuenn moves to second.
Bottom 3 Kuenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Hatfield 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 3 Porterfield fires to first and picks off Wight.
Bottom 3 Wight hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Busby hits a fly ball into left field. Sullivan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Yost hits a fly ball into right field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Porterfield hits a fly ball into center field. Lund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Priddy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Batts hits a popup towards short. Runnels settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lund hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Peden strikes out.
Top 2 There's a wild pitch. Terwilliger moves to second.
Top 2 Terwilliger takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Vollmer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Dropo hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out. Hatfield scores. Kuenn moves to third.
Bottom 1 Sullivan bunts towards first. Vernon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sullivan for the out. Hatfield moves to third. Kuenn moves to second.
Bottom 1 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hatfield moves to second.
Bottom 1 Hatfield takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Vernon hits a line drive towards first. Dropo catches it and steps on first to double up Jensen.
Top 1 Jensen bunts towards third. Hatfield fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Busby moves to second.
Top 1 Busby hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Yost hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn misplays the ball. That's an error on Kuenn.