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May 4, 1953

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Bottom 8 R H E
Yankees 8 11 0
Tigers 10 18 1
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Yankees 8 11 0
Tigers 10 18 1

Walt Dropo Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .218
OBP .500 .274
At Bats 4 78
Hits 2 17
• Singles 2 11
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 5
RBI’s 0 12

Ewell Blackwell Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 1
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Briggs Stadium - May 4, 1953
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Strikeout
Ewell Blackwell
Yogi Berra
Johnny Mize
Gil McDougald
Andy Carey
Jim Brideweser
Gene Woodling
Mickey Mantle
Hank Bauer
Walt Dropo
Russ Sullivan
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Dropo strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Sullivan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Woodling. Sullivan reaches second base with a double. Hatfield scores.
Bottom 8 Kuenn bunts towards first. Mize scoops it up and throws to first, with McDougald covering, for the out. Hatfield moves to second.
Bottom 8 Gil McDougald now playing second base. Jim Brideweser now playing shortstop. Andy Carey now playing third base. Ewell Blackwell now pitching. Hatfield hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Art Houtteman now pitching. Bob Cerv pinch hits for Phil Rizzuto. Cerv hits a fly ball into right field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bill Renna pinch hits for Jim McDonald. Renna hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Irv Noren pinch hits for Billy Martin. Noren hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. Three runs are unearned.
Top 8 Berra hits a popup towards first. Dropo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 McDougald hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Mantle scores. Bauer moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Madison juggles the ball. That's an error on Madison. Mantle moves to second.
Top 8 Mantle hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Woodling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Madison hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Martin catches it and throws to first to double up Priddy.
Bottom 7 Priddy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Batts moves to second.
Bottom 7 Batts hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Dropo scores. Lund scores.
Bottom 7 Lund hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bauer. Lund reaches second base with a double. Dropo moves to third.
Bottom 7 Dropo hits a ball on the ground towards third. McDougald fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Jim McDonald now pitching. Nieman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Mize hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Rizzuto bunts towards first. Dropo scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rizzuto for the out. Bollweg moves to second.
Top 7 Don Bollweg pinch hits for Bill Miller. Bollweg hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Martin scores.
Top 7 Martin hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sullivan. Martin reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Berra hits a fly ball into center field. Lund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Miller fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Kuenn hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Madison scores. Hatfield moves to third.
Bottom 6 Hatfield hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Batts scores. Madison moves to third. Hatfield moves to second.
Bottom 6 Madison hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin fields it and throws to second for the out. Batts moves to third.
Bottom 6 Priddy takes first base on ball four. Batts moves to second.
Bottom 6 Bill Miller now pitching. Batts hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dropo scores. Lund scores.
Bottom 6 Lund hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Mantle. Lund reaches second base with a double. Dropo moves to third.
Bottom 6 Dropo bunts towards third. McDougald fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 McDougald strikes out.
Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Woodling scores. Mantle moves to third.
Top 6 Dave Madison now pitching. Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields it and throws to first for the out. Woodling moves to third. Mantle moves to second.
Top 6 Mantle takes first base on ball four. Woodling moves to second.
Top 6 Woodling takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Mize hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Rizzuto hits a popup, foul, towards first. Dropo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Raschi fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Sullivan hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Mantle who is chasing the ball. Sullivan reaches third base with a triple. Kuenn goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 5 Hatfield hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Mantle. Hatfield reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Marlowe hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Raschi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Martin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops it up and throws to first, with Marlowe covering, for the out.
Top 5 Dick Marlowe now pitching. McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Priddy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Batts hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lund hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Nieman scores. Dropo moves to second.
Bottom 4 Dropo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Nieman moves to second.
Bottom 4 Nieman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Mantle hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lund. Mantle reaches second base with a double. Rizzuto scores. There goes Mize trying to get to home. Lund throws the ball in to Kuenn who relays the ball to Batts, who tags Mize, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Top 4 Woodling strikes out.
Top 4 Mize takes first base on ball four. Rizzuto moves to second.
Top 4 Rizzuto hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Raschi fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Hatfield hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Newhouser hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Priddy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Raschi hits a popup towards first. Dropo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Martin hits a fly ball into left field. Sullivan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Berra hits a fly ball into left field. Sullivan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Batts hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lund hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Nieman scores.
Bottom 2 Dropo strikes out.
Bottom 2 Nieman hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Mantle, who is chasing the ball. Nieman reaches third base with a triple.
Top 2 McDougald hits a fly ball into right field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 There goes Bauer. The throw from Batts and he is out, Priddy applying the tag.
Top 2 Bauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Newhouser fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Raschi fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Hatfield hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Woodling hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops it up and throws to first, with Newhouser covering, for the out.
Top 1 Mize hits a fly ball into right field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rizzuto hits a fly ball into right field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.