Senators @ Tigers
August 27, 1953

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Bottom 9 R H E
Senators 12 16 1
Tigers 5 10 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Senators 12 16 1
Tigers 5 10 0

Walt Dropo Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .238
OBP .000 .277
At Bats 2 508
Hits 0 121
• Singles 0 86
• Doubles 0 20
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 12
Walks 0 22
RBI’s 0 78

Spec Shea Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
10 5 0
 FIRSTPLAY/PAUSE  REPLAYLAST/BOX  
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Briggs Stadium - August 27, 1953
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Out
Spec Shea
Mickey Grasso
Mickey Vernon
Wayne Terwilliger
Eddie Yost
Jerry Snyder
Gil Coan
Jim Busby
Clyde Vollmer
Walt Dropo
Al Kaline

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Washington Senators 12 16 1 12
Detroit Tigers 5 10 0 8
Winning Pitcher Spec Shea
Losing Pitcher Ralph Branca
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Mickey Vernon
Attendance 2,892
Time of Game 2 hours 20 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Dropo hits a line drive towards short. Snyder reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Hitchcock hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Kaline is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 9 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vernon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kuenn for the out.
Top 9 Busby hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Coan hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Vollmer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Batts settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hutchinson hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Priddy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Nieman scores. Batts moves to second.
Bottom 8 Batts takes first base on ball four.
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.