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July 24, 1953

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Bottom 8 R H E
Yankees 1 3 2
Tigers 5 9 0
Bottom 8 R H E
Yankees 1 3 2
Tigers 5 9 0

Walt Dropo Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .247
OBP 1.000 .287
At Bats 3 376
Hits 3 93
• Singles 2 64
• Doubles 0 16
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 1 10
Walks 0 17
RBI’s 3 63

Johnny Sain Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 5 3
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Briggs Stadium - July 24, 1953
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Out
Johnny Sain
Yogi Berra
Johnny Mize
Billy Martin
Gil McDougald
Willie Miranda
Bill Renna
Mickey Mantle
Hank Bauer
Walt Dropo
Bob Nieman
Jim Delsing
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Dropo hits a popup towards short. Miranda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Nieman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 The ball gets by Berra for a passed ball. Boone scores. Delsing moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 8 Delsing hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boone moves to second.
Bottom 8 Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Pesky hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Willie Miranda now playing shortstop. Johnny Sain now pitching. Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kuenn for the out.
Top 8 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Irv Noren pinch hits for Jim McDonald. Noren hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Don Bollweg pinch hits for Phil Rizzuto. Bollweg hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Pesky settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hoeft hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Bucha hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Dropo moves to third.
Bottom 7 Lund bunts towards the mound. McDonald fields it and throws to first for the out. Dropo moves to second.
Bottom 7 Dropo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 McDougald hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Renna hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Berra scores. Bauer moves to second.
Top 7 Bauer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Berra moves to third.
Top 7 Berra hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Delsing hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Pesky scores.
Bottom 6 Boone bunts towards the mound. McDonald fields it and throws to first for the out. Pesky moves to third.
Bottom 6 Johnny Mize now playing first base. Pesky hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bauer. Pesky reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Johnny Mize pinch hits for Joe Collins. Mize strikes out.
Top 6 Martin strikes out.
Top 6 McDonald strikes out.
Bottom 5 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards third. McDougald fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Hoeft hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Bucha hits a ball on the ground towards third. McDougald fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Rizzuto hits a popup, foul, towards first. Dropo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 McDougald hits a fly ball into center field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Renna is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Bauer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Nieman. Bauer reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Lund is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Dropo hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 4 Nieman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Delsing hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Pesky moves to second.
Bottom 4 Boone is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Pesky hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Berra 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 4 Mantle is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Collins hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops it up and throws to first, with Hoeft covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Hoeft hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Bucha is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Martin strikes out.
Top 3 McDonald is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Rizzuto hits a fly ball into right field. Lund 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 fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Dropo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Nieman is called out on strikes.
Top 2 McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pesky fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Renna hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Bauer takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pesky scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards first. Collins scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Delsing for the out.
Bottom 1 Boone hits a fly ball towards right. Bauer settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Bauer.
Bottom 1 Pesky hits a ball on the ground towards first. Collins scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pesky for the out.
Bottom 1 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards third. McDougald fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Mantle hits a fly ball into center field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Collins hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hoeft fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Martin strikes out.