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June 8, 1953

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Bottom 7 R H E
Red Sox 3 7 1
Tigers 4 10 0
Bottom 7 R H E
Red Sox 3 7 1
Tigers 6 11 0

Matt Batts Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .287
OBP .333 .304
At Bats 3 122
Hits 1 35
• Singles 1 25
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 3
RBI’s 1 17

Ellis Kinder Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 1 6
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Briggs Stadium - June 8, 1953
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Triple
Ellis Kinder
Sammy White
Dick Gernert
Billy Goodman
Floyd Baker
Milt Bolling
Gene Stephens
Hoot Evers
Jim Piersall
Matt Batts
Walt Dropo
Jim Delsing
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Ellis Kinder now pitching. Batts hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Evers who is chasing the ball. Batts reaches third base with a triple. Delsing scores. Dropo goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Dropo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hatfield scores. There goes Nieman trying to get to home. Stephens throws the ball in to White who tags Nieman, who's trying to score from second, for the out. Delsing moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bolling fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kuenn scores. Hatfield moves to third. Nieman moves to second.
Bottom 7 Nieman is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Lund bunts towards third. Baker fields it and throws to first for the out. Kuenn moves to third. Hatfield moves to second.
Bottom 7 Hatfield bunts towards the right side of the infield. Goodman misplays the ball. That's an error on Goodman. Kuenn moves to second.
Bottom 7 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Freeman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Goodman hits a fly ball into center field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Freeman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Garver hits a fly ball into left field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Friend hits a fly ball into left field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Batts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Friend scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Gernert strikes out.
Top 6 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Dropo hits a fly ball into center field. Evers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Delsing hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. White fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Gene Stephens now playing left field. Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Gene Stephens pinch runs for George Kell. Baker hits a line drive towards short. Kuenn catches it and throws to second to double up Evers.
Top 5 Kell bunts towards third. Hatfield fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Evers moves to second.
Top 5 Evers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Goodman scores.
Top 5 Piersall bunts towards the mound. Garver fields it and throws to first for the out. Goodman moves to second.
Top 5 Goodman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Lund hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goodman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Hatfield. The throw from White and he is out, Bolling applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Hatfield hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gernert fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Kuenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Freeman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garver fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Bolling hits a fly ball into left field. Lund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Gernert is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Garver hits a ball on the ground towards third. Baker fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Friend hits a fly ball into right field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hersh Freeman now pitching. Batts hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Delsing scores. Dropo moves to third.
Bottom 3 Dropo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Delsing moves to third.
Bottom 3 Delsing hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Nieman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 White hits a fly ball into left field. Lund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Baker hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There goes Kell. The throw from Batts and he is safe. Kell steals second.
Top 3 Kell takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Evers hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Piersall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Lund hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bolling fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Hatfield takes first base on ball four. Garver moves to third. Kuenn moves to second.
Bottom 2 Kuenn takes first base on ball four. Garver moves to second.
Bottom 2 Garver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bolling fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Friend hits a fly ball into right field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Batts hits a fly ball into center field. Evers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Grissom hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Friend fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Bolling strikes out.
Top 2 Gernert hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 White hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Dropo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bolling fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Delsing takes first base on ball four. Kuenn moves to third. Lund moves to second.
Bottom 1 Nieman strikes out.
Bottom 1 Lund takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Hatfield bunts towards first. Gernert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hatfield for the out. Kuenn moves to second.
Bottom 1 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Baker hits a fly ball into right field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kell hits a fly ball into left field. Lund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Evers takes first base on ball four. Piersall moves to second.
Top 1 Piersall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops it up and throws to first, with Garver covering, for the out.