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Red Sox
@ Senators
Griffith Stadium
August 21, 1953
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Washington Senators and the Boston Red Sox, played on August 21, 1953 at Griffith Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 21, 1953 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
Washington Senators
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 21, 1953 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | Washington Senators |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bill Henry |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Spec Shea |
| Ballpark | Griffith Stadium |
| City | Washington |
| State | DC |
| Attendance | 15,427 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 24 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Grover Froese 1B: Johnny Stevens 2B: Bill Summers 3B: Hank Soar |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Billy Goodman | First Baseman |
| Floyd Baker | Second Baseman |
| Ted Williams | Left Fielder |
| George Kell | Third Baseman |
| Al Zarilla | Right Fielder |
| Tom Umphlett | Center Fielder |
| Milt Bolling | Shortstop |
| Gus Niarhos | Catcher |
| Bill Henry | Pitcher |
| Lou Boudreau | Manager |
Washington Senators Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eddie Yost | Third Baseman |
| Wayne Terwilliger | Second Baseman |
| Mickey Vernon | First Baseman |
| Jackie Jensen | Right Fielder |
| Clyde Vollmer | Left Fielder |
| Jim Busby | Center Fielder |
| Mickey Grasso | Catcher |
| Yo-Yo Davalillo | Shortstop |
| Spec Shea | Pitcher |
| Bucky Harris | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Senators
Griffith Stadium
August 21, 1953
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodman vs. Shea
Goodman hits a popup towards short. Davalillo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baker vs. Shea
Baker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vernon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Baker for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Shea
Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kell vs. Shea
Kell hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yost vs. Henry
Yost hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terwilliger vs. Henry
Terwilliger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vernon vs. Henry
Vernon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bolling scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zarilla vs. Shea
Zarilla hits a line drive into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Umphlett vs. Shea
Umphlett hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bolling vs. Shea
Bolling hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Niarhos vs. Shea
Niarhos is hit by the pitch. Umphlett moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Henry vs. Shea
Henry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vernon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Henry for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Henry
Jensen hits a popup, foul, towards first. Goodman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vollmer vs. Henry
Vollmer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Busby vs. Henry
Busby hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Niarhos settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodman vs. Shea
Goodman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baker vs. Shea
Baker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Davalillo fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Shea
Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kell vs. Shea
Kell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shea fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grasso vs. Henry
Grasso hits a fly ball into right field. Zarilla settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davalillo vs. Henry
Davalillo hits a fly ball into center field. Umphlett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shea vs. Henry
Shea hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Umphlett who is chasing the ball. Shea reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Yost vs. Henry
Yost hits a fly ball into center field. Umphlett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zarilla vs. Shea
Zarilla hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Umphlett vs. Shea
Umphlett hits a fly ball into left field. Vollmer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Shea
Bolling strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terwilliger vs. Henry
Terwilliger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Goodman juggles the ball. That's an error on Goodman. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vernon vs. Henry
Vernon strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jensen vs. Henry
Jensen takes first base on ball four. Terwilliger moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Vollmer vs. Henry
Vollmer hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Umphlett. Vollmer reaches second base with a double. Terwilliger scores. Jensen goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Busby vs. Henry
Busby hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Vollmer scores. Busby moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grasso vs. Henry
Grasso hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Davalillo vs. Henry
Davalillo hits a fly ball into center field. Umphlett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Niarhos vs. Shea
Niarhos takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henry vs. Shea
Henry hits a line drive into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goodman vs. Shea
Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baker vs. Shea
Baker takes first base on ball four. Goodman moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Senators, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Williams vs. Shea
Williams hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Senators, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kell vs. Shea
Kell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 3 - Senators, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shea vs. Henry
Shea hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Senators, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yost vs. Henry
Yost takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Senators, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Terwilliger vs. Henry
Terwilliger hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Baker settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Senators, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vernon vs. Henry
Vernon hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Niarhos settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Niarhos. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Senators, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vernon vs. Henry
Vernon hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Baker settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 3 - Senators, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zarilla vs. Shea
Zarilla strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Senators, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Umphlett vs. Shea
Umphlett hits a popup towards short. Davalillo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Senators, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Shea
Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shea fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 3 - Senators, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Henry
Jim Piersall now playing right field.
Jensen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Senators, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vollmer vs. Henry
Vollmer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jensen moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Senators, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Busby vs. Hudson
Sid Hudson now pitching.
Busby hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hudson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Jensen moves to third. Vollmer moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Senators, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Runnels vs. Hudson
Pete Runnels pinch hits for Mickey Grasso.
Runnels hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Senators, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Coan vs. Hudson
Gil Coan pinch hits for Yo-Yo Davalillo.
Coan strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Senators, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Shea vs. Hudson
Shea hits a ball on the ground towards first. Goodman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Shea for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 3 - Senators, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Niarhos vs. Shea
Pete Runnels now playing shortstop. Ed Fitz Gerald now catching.
Niarhos hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Vollmer. Niarhos reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Senators, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hudson vs. Shea
Hudson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shea fields it and has Niarhos trapped. There's the throw to Terwilliger and over to Yost, who tags Niarhos for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Senators, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goodman vs. Shea
Goodman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hudson moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Senators, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Baker vs. Shea
Baker hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Senators, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Williams vs. Shea
Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hudson scores. Goodman moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Senators, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kell vs. Shea
Karl Olson pinch runs for Ted Williams.
Kell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Vollmer. Kell reaches second base with a double. Goodman scores. Olson moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Senators, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Piersall vs. Shea
Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Runnels misplays the ball. That's an error on Runnels. Olson scores. Kell scores. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Senators, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Umphlett vs. Shea
Umphlett hits a popup, foul, towards third. Yost settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 7 - Senators, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yost vs. Hudson
Karl Olson now playing left field. Johnny Lipon now playing shortstop.
Yost hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Olson. Yost reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Senators, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Terwilliger vs. Hudson
Terwilliger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lipon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Senators, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Vernon vs. Hudson
Vernon hits a fly ball into center field. Umphlett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Senators, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jensen vs. Hudson
Jensen takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Senators, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Vollmer vs. Hudson
Vollmer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lipon fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 7 - Senators, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lipon vs. Shea
Lipon hits a fly ball into left field. Vollmer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Senators, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Niarhos vs. Shea
Niarhos strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Senators, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hudson vs. Shea
Hudson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 7 - Senators, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Busby vs. Hudson
Busby hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Umphlett. Busby reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Senators, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Runnels vs. Hudson
Runnels takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Senators, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fitz Gerald vs. Hudson
Fitz Gerald hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lipon scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Busby moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Senators, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Thomas vs. Hudson
Kite Thomas pinch hits for Spec Shea.
Thomas strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 7 - Senators, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodman vs. Dixon
Sonny Dixon now pitching.
Goodman hits a popup towards short. Runnels settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Senators, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baker vs. Dixon
Baker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Senators, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Olson vs. Dixon
Olson strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Senators, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kell vs. Dixon
Kell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Red Sox, 7 - Senators, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yost vs. Hudson
Yost hits a fly ball into center field. Umphlett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Senators, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terwilliger vs. Hudson
Terwilliger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hudson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Senators, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vernon vs. Hudson
Vernon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lipon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/21/1953, game 2 -- Boston at Washington (N)
Boston AB R H RBI Washington AB R H RBI
Goodman B, 1b 5 2 2 0 Yost E, 3b 4 0 1 0
Baker F, 2b 3 1 0 0 Terwilliger W, 2b 5 1 1 0
Williams T, lf 4 1 4 4 Vernon M, 1b 5 0 0 0
Olson K, pr-lf 1 1 0 0 Jensen J, rf 2 1 1 0
Kell G, 3b 5 1 1 1 Vollmer C, lf 4 1 2 2
Zarilla A, rf 3 0 0 0 Busby J, cf 4 0 3 1
Piersall J, rf 1 0 0 0 Grasso M, c 2 0 0 0
Umphlett T, cf 4 0 1 0 Runnels P, ph-ss 1 0 0 0
Bolling M, ss 3 0 0 0 Davalillo Y, ss 2 0 0 0
Lipon J, ss 1 0 0 0 Coan G, ph 1 0 0 0
Niarhos G, c 2 0 1 0 Fitz Gerald E, c 1 0 0 0
Henry B, p 2 0 0 0 Shea S, p 3 0 1 0
Hudson S, p 2 1 0 0 Thomas K, ph 1 0 0 0
Dixon S, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 7 9 5 35 3 9 3
Boston 000 030 400 -- 7
Washington 000 300 000 -- 3
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Henry B* 5.0 6 3 2 2 1
Hudson S (W) 4.0 3 0 0 2 2
Washington IP H R ER BB SO
Shea S (L) 8.0 9 7 5 2 3
Dixon S 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
* Pitched to 2 batters in 6th
E -- Goodman B, Niarhos G, Runnels P
DP -- Boston 2, Washington 1
LOB -- Boston 6, Washington 9
2B -- Vollmer C, Niarhos G, Kell G, Yost E, Busby J
3B -- Shea S
HR -- Williams T
HBP -- by Shea S (Niarhos G)
T -- 2:24
A -- 15427
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