Indians @ Tigers
August 20, 1953

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Bottom 9 R H E
Indians 13 18 4
Tigers 7 11 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Indians 13 18 4
Tigers 7 11 2

Walt Dropo Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .241
OBP .500 .281
At Bats 3 482
Hits 1 116
• Singles 1 83
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 12
Walks 1 22
RBI’s 1 75

Bob Hooper Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 4 5
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Briggs Stadium - August 20, 1953
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Out
Bob Hooper
Jim Hegan
Bill Glynn
Bobby Avila
Al Rosen
George Strickland
Wally Westlake
Larry Doby
Harry Simpson
Walt Dropo
Ray Boone

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cleveland Indians 13 18 4 14
Detroit Tigers 7 11 2 6
Winning Pitcher Bob Lemon
Losing Pitcher Ray Scarborough
Save Bob Hooper
Game Winning RBI Jim Hegan
Attendance 7,336
Time of Game 2 hours 44 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Dropo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland fields it and throws to second for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Boone takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Pesky hits a ball on the ground towards first. Glynn scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pesky for the out.
Bottom 9 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hooper fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Hooper 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 9 Hegan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Madison fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Dave Madison now pitching. Strickland hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Madison fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Pat Mullin pinch hits for Dick Marlowe. Mullin hits a popup towards short. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Delsing hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Nieman hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Batts hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Simpson hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Doby strikes out.
Top 8 Rosen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Glynn moves to third. Westlake moves to second.
Top 8 Westlake takes first base on ball four. Glynn moves to second.
Top 8 Glynn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Avila hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Bob Hooper now pitching. Souchock hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Avila settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Dropo takes first base on ball four. Boone moves to second.
Bottom 7 Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Pesky hits a ball on the ground towards first. Glynn scoops it up and throws to first, with Lemon covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Lemon hits a popup in front of the plate. Batts settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hegan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Strickland bunts in front of the plate. Batts fields it and throws to first for the out. Simpson moves to second.
Top 7 Jim Delsing now playing center field. Dick Marlowe now pitching. Simpson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Fred Hatfield pinch hits for Bob Miller. Hatfield hits a line drive towards center. Doby catches it and throws to first to double up Delsing.
Bottom 6 Jim Delsing pinch hits for Don Lund. Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland fields it and throws to second for the out. Batts scores.
Bottom 6 Nieman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Souchock scores. Batts moves to third.
Bottom 6 Batts hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Souchock moves to second.
Bottom 6 Souchock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Doby hits a fly ball into right field. Souchock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Rosen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Glynn scores. Westlake moves to third. Rosen moves to second.
Top 6 Westlake hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Glynn moves to second.
Top 6 Glynn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lemon scores.
Top 6 Bob Miller now pitching. Avila hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lemon moves to third.
Top 6 Lemon hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lund. Lemon reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Hegan hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Strickland takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Simpson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Doby hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Rosen hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Dropo strikes out.
Bottom 5 Boone hits a fly ball into left field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Pesky takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Kuenn hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rosen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Westlake is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Glynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields it and throws to home to get Hegan. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 5 Avila hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Lemon hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lund. Lemon reaches second base with a double. Strickland scores. Hegan moves to third.
Top 5 Hegan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Simpson scores. Strickland moves to third.
Top 5 Strickland hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Simpson moves to second.
Top 5 Simpson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Scarborough hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Lund hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Nieman scores.
Bottom 4 Nieman hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Doby who is chasing the ball. Nieman reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 4 Wally Westlake now playing left field. Larry Doby now playing center field. Batts strikes out.
Top 4 Dale Mitchell pinch hits for Bob Kennedy. Mitchell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pesky fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Rosen strikes out.
Top 4 Westlake hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lemon scores. Avila moves to third. Glynn moves to second.
Top 4 Ray Scarborough now pitching. Glynn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Scarborough juggles the ball. That's an error on Scarborough. Lemon moves to third. Avila moves to second.
Top 4 Avila takes first base on ball four. Lemon moves to second.
Top 4 Lemon takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Souchock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Dropo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Boone hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Avila settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hegan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Strickland takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Simpson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Batts settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kennedy strikes out.
Bottom 2 Pesky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Gray hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rosen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Rosen hits a fly ball into right field. Souchock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Westlake hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Glynn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Avila hits a fly ball into right field. Souchock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lund strikes out.
Bottom 1 Nieman hits a line drive to center field. That will be extra bases. Westlake chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards first. Glynn fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Glynn. Batts scores. Nieman moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Batts hits a line drive into center field. Westlake picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Westlake. Dropo scores. Batts moves to second.
Bottom 1 Souchock hits a fly ball into center field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Boone scores. Dropo moves to second.
Bottom 1 Dropo hits a line drive into right field. Simpson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Simpson. Pesky scores. Boone moves to third.
Bottom 1 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Strickland. Pesky moves to third.
Bottom 1 Pesky hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Kuenn hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lemon 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 Hegan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Simpson scores. Strickland moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Strickland takes first base on ball four. Simpson moves to second.
Top 1 Simpson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rosen scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Kennedy hits a line drive towards first. Dropo reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rosen hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Lund who is chasing the ball. Rosen reaches third base with a triple. Avila scores. Westlake goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Westlake hits a fly ball towards center. Lund settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Lund. Avila moves to second.
Top 1 Glynn is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Avila takes first base on ball four.