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August 1, 1953

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Jim Piersall Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .261
OBP .500 .310
At Bats 4 403
Hits 2 105
• Singles 2 81
• Doubles 0 15
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 23
RBI’s 0 37

Ray Herbert Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 5 1
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Fenway Park - August 1, 1953
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Single
Ray Herbert
Johnny Bucha
Walt Dropo
Johnny Pesky
Ray Boone
Harvey Kuenn
Al Kaline
Jim Delsing
Bud Souchock
Jim Piersall
Hoot Evers
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Piersall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Evers moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Zarilla hits a fly ball into left field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Gene Stephens pinch runs for Ted Lepcio. Evers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pesky fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 10 Lepcio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 10 Dropo strikes out.
Top 10 Mel Parnell now pitching. Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lipon fields it and throws to second for the out. Kuenn scores.
Top 10 Boone is walked intentionally.
Top 10 Pesky bunts towards third. Lepcio fields it and throws to first for the out. Kuenn moves to third.
Top 10 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Evers. Kuenn reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 9 There goes Consolo. The throw from Bucha and he is out, Pesky applying the tag.
Bottom 9 Goodman hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Consolo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 9 Al Kaline now playing left field. Johnny Bucha now catching. Bud Souchock now playing right field. Kinder strikes out.
Top 9 Herbert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lepcio fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Gray trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. Mullin moves to second.
Top 9 Ted Gray pinch runs for Matt Batts. Ellis Kinder now pitching. Pat Mullin pinch hits for Don Lund. Mullin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Goodman picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Goodman. Delsing scores. Kaline scores. Gray moves to second.
Top 9 Al Kaline pinch runs for Bob Nieman. Ben Flowers now pitching. Batts takes first base on ball four. Delsing moves to third. Kaline moves to second.
Top 9 Nieman takes first base on ball four. Delsing moves to second.
Top 9 Dropo hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Niarhos settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Delsing hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Boone hits a fly ball into left field. Evers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Niarhos hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Lipon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Evers moves to second.
Bottom 8 Piersall hits a fly ball into right field. Lund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Zarilla hits a fly ball into center field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ray Herbert now pitching. Evers hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Pesky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Consolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Kuenn hits a fly ball into center field. Zarilla settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Fred Hatfield pinch hits for Steve Gromek. Hatfield hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Al Zarilla now playing center field. Lund hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lipon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Lepcio strikes out.
Bottom 7 Goodman hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Consolo strikes out.
Bottom 7 Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Batts hits a fly ball into left field. Evers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Nieman hits a fly ball into left field. Evers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Dropo hits a fly ball into center field. Umphlett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Delsing takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Niarhos hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Pesky settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lipon hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Piersall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Evers moves to second.
Bottom 6 Umphlett hits a fly ball into right field. Lund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Evers takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lepcio fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Pesky trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Top 6 Pesky hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Piersall. Pesky reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lipon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Gromek bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Bottom 5 Lepcio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Goodman hits a line drive towards short. Kuenn catches it and throws to second to double up Brown.
Bottom 5 Consolo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Niarhos scores. Brown moves to second.
Bottom 5 Brown hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Niarhos moves to third.
Bottom 5 Niarhos takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Lund hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Batts hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lepcio fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Nieman hits a fly ball into left field. Evers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lipon hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Piersall hits a fly ball into right field. Lund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Umphlett hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Pesky settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Dropo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lepcio fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lipon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Boone hits a line drive towards first. Goodman reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Pesky hits a popup, foul, towards first. Goodman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Evers strikes out.
Bottom 3 Lepcio strikes out.
Bottom 3 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Consolo hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn misplays the ball. That's an error on Kuenn.
Top 3 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Consolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Gromek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Consolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Lund hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Consolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Niarhos hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Batts settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lipon hits a fly ball into right field. Lund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Piersall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Umphlett hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Batts hits a popup towards short. Lipon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Consolo fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Delsing moves to third.
Top 2 Dropo takes first base on ball four. Delsing moves to second.
Top 2 Delsing hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Evers hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Batts settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lepcio hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Nieman. Lepcio reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Consolo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Boone strikes out.
Top 1 Pesky hits a ball on the ground towards first. Goodman scoops it up and throws to first, with Brown covering, for the out.
Top 1 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Consolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.