Tigers @ White Sox
August 23, 1953

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Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 1 5 0
White Sox 1 6 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 1 5 0
White Sox 2 7 2

Sam Mele Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .287
OBP .333 .366
At Bats 2 401
Hits 0 115
• Singles 0 75
• Doubles 0 23
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 1 50
RBI’s 0 67

Steve Gromek Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 6 1
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Comiskey Park - August 23, 1953
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Single
Steve Gromek
Matt Batts
Walt Dropo
Johnny Pesky
Ray Boone
Harvey Kuenn
Bob Nieman
Jim Delsing
Don Lund
Sam Mele
Bob Boyd

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Detroit Tigers 1 5 0 5
Chicago White Sox 2 7 2 7
Winning Pitcher Sandy Consuegra
Losing Pitcher Steve Gromek
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Sam Mele
Attendance
Time of Game 1 hour 46 minutes
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Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Mele hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boyd scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Boyd hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Delsing who is chasing the ball. Boyd reaches third base with a triple.
Top 9 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Dropo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Consuegra fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Fox hits a fly ball into center field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Boone hits a line drive towards short. Carrasquel catches it and throws to second to double up Pesky.
Top 8 Pesky hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mele. Pesky reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Consuegra fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Carrasquel hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Consuegra bunts towards first. Dropo scoops it up and throws to first, with Pesky covering, for the out. Lollar moves to second.
Bottom 7 Rivera hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lollar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Gromek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Consuegra fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Lund hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Minoso throws the ball in to Fox who tags Lund, trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 7 Batts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Mele hits a fly ball into right field. Lund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Boyd hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gromek fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Elliott hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Carrasquel fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 6 Dropo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fox for the out.
Bottom 5 Carrasquel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Pesky strikes out.
Top 5 Kuenn strikes out.
Top 5 Gromek hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Consuegra hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Pesky settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Rivera hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lollar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Mele hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Lund hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Batts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Nieman hits a line drive towards first. Boyd reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There go the runners. The throw from Batts to Pesky covering second. The throw back to home, and Fox is out at the plate.
Bottom 3 Boyd hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields it and throws to second for the out. Fox moves to third.
Bottom 3 Elliott hits a fly ball into right field. Lund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Minoso is hit by the pitch. Fox moves to second.
Bottom 3 Fox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Dropo hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Pesky moves to second.
Top 3 Boone hits a popup, foul, towards first. Boyd settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Pesky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott juggles the ball. That's an error on Elliott.
Bottom 2 Carrasquel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Consuegra strikes out.
Bottom 2 Rivera 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 2 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Gromek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Consuegra fields it and throws to home to get Nieman. Batts moves to third. Lund moves to second.
Top 2 Lund hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel misplays the ball. That's an error on Carrasquel. Dropo scores. Nieman moves to third. Batts moves to second.
Top 2 Batts takes first base on ball four. Dropo moves to third. Nieman moves to second.
Top 2 Nieman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dropo moves to second.
Top 2 Dropo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards first. Boyd scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Delsing for the out.
Bottom 1 Lollar hits a popup, foul, towards first. Dropo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Mele takes first base on ball four. Elliott moves to third. Boyd moves to second.
Bottom 1 Boyd hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Minoso scores. Elliott moves to second.
Bottom 1 Elliott takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 The ball gets by Batts for a passed ball. Minoso moves to second.
Bottom 1 Minoso hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Fox hits a fly ball into right field. Lund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Carrasquel hits a line drive towards third. Boone reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Boone hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Pesky hits a line drive towards short. Carrasquel reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kuenn hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.