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August 31, 1953

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Red Sox 5 11 1
Indians 3 9 2
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Red Sox 5 12 1
Indians 3 9 2

Jim Piersall Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .276
OBP .500 .335
At Bats 3 500
Hits 1 138
• Singles 1 106
• Doubles 0 20
• Triples 0 9
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 1 37
RBI’s 0 47

Bob Hooper Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 4 7
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Cleveland Municipal Stadium - August 31, 1953
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Single
Bob Hooper
Jim Hegan
Bill Glynn
Bobby Avila
Al Rosen
George Strickland
Dale Mitchell
Larry Doby
Wally Westlake
Jim Piersall
Billy Consolo
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Piersall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Consolo moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Consolo takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Bob Hooper now pitching. Lipon hits a fly ball into left field. Mitchell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Glynn hits a fly ball into center field. Umphlett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ellis Kinder now pitching. Avila hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lipon picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Lipon. Doby scores. Strickland scores. Smith moves to third. Avila moves to second.
Bottom 8 Al Smith pinch hits for Bill Wight. Smith takes first base on ball four. Strickland moves to second.
Bottom 8 Hegan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Strickland hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Doby moves to third.
Bottom 8 Westlake hits a fly ball into right field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Doby hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Umphlett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 8 White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Bill Wight now pitching. McDermott 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 7 Rosen hits a fly ball into left field. Evers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mitchell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Glynn moves to second.
Bottom 7 Glynn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Avila hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lipon fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Hoot Evers now playing left field. Hank Majeski pinch hits for Mike Garcia. Majeski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Goodman hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Kell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Williams hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 7 Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garcia has Lipon trapped. There's the throw to Hegan and over to Rosen, who tags Lipon for the out. Consolo moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 7 Consolo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lipon moves to third.
Top 7 Lipon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Umphlett strikes out.
Bottom 6 Hegan hits a fly ball into center field. Umphlett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Strickland hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Glynn scores. Doby moves to third. Westlake moves to second.
Bottom 6 Westlake takes first base on ball four. Doby moves to second.
Bottom 6 Doby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Consolo fields it and throws to second for the out. Glynn moves to third.
Bottom 6 Rosen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Glynn moves to second.
Bottom 6 Mitchell strikes out.
Bottom 6 Glynn takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 McDermott hits a popup, foul, towards first. Glynn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Goodman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Avila hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Garcia hits a fly ball into center field. Umphlett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hegan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Kell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Glynn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Garcia, and towards Avila, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Strickland hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lipon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Westlake hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Doby strikes out.
Top 4 Consolo strikes out.
Top 4 Lipon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Umphlett hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Rosen strikes out.
Bottom 3 Mitchell hits a fly ball into center field. Umphlett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Glynn 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 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 McDermott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kell scores. Goodman moves to second.
Top 3 Goodman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kell moves to second.
Top 3 Kell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Glynn fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 3 Piersall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Avila hits a line drive towards short. Lipon catches it and throws to first to double up Garcia.
Bottom 2 Garcia hits a ball on the ground for an out.
Bottom 2 Hegan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Strickland hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Strickland reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Consolo strikes out.
Top 2 Lipon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out. White moves to third. Umphlett moves to second.
Top 2 Umphlett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland misplays the ball. That's an error on Strickland. White moves to second.
Top 2 White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila fields it and throws to second for the out. Goodman scores.
Top 2 McDermott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila misplays the ball. That's an error on Avila. Goodman moves to third.
Top 2 Goodman hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Doby. Goodman reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Westlake strikes out.
Bottom 1 Doby takes first base on ball four. Mitchell moves to third. Rosen moves to second.
Bottom 1 Rosen takes first base on ball four. Mitchell moves to second.
Bottom 1 Mitchell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Glynn 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 1 Avila hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kell hits a fly ball into left field. Mitchell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Williams strikes out.
Top 1 There goes Piersall. The throw from Hegan and he is safe. Piersall steals second.
Top 1 Piersall takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Consolo hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.