White Sox @ Tigers
August 16, 1953

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White Sox 1 4 1
Tigers 3 7 0
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White Sox 1 4 1
Tigers 3 7 0

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Briggs Stadium - August 16, 1953
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Mike Fornieles
Red Wilson
Bob Boyd
Nellie Fox
Minnie Minoso
Chico Carrasquel
Tom Wright
Jim Rivera
Sam Mele
Ralph Branca
Don Lund
Bob Nieman
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

There goes Nieman. The slide. Wilson applies the tag. Nieman is out. Lund moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Lund hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mele. Lund reaches second base with a double. Nieman moves to third.
Bottom 7 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Tom Wright now playing left field. Mike Fornieles now pitching. Batts hits a fly ball into right field. Mele settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Carrasquel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Stewart hits a fly ball into right field. Souchock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Tom Wright pinch hits for Bob Keegan. Wright hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rivera scores.
Top 7 Wilson hits a line drive towards first. Dropo reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Rivera hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Souchock who is chasing the ball. Rivera reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 6 Souchock hits a line drive towards first. Boyd reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Dropo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Minoso fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Boone is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Boyd hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Mele hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Pesky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Kuenn hits a fly ball into right field. Mele settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bud Stewart now playing left field. Minnie Minoso now playing third base. Bob Keegan now pitching. Branca hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops it up and throws to first, with Branca covering, for the out.
Top 5 Carrasquel hits a fly ball into center field. Lund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bud Stewart pinch hits for Connie Johnson. Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stewart for the out.
Bottom 4 Lund hits a fly ball into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Boyd fields it and throws to second for the out. Souchock scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Batts hits a ball on the ground towards third. Krsnich juggles the ball. That's an error on Krsnich. Souchock moves to third.
Bottom 4 There goes Souchock. The throw from Wilson and he is safe. Souchock steals second.
Bottom 4 Souchock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Boone scores.
Bottom 4 Dropo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out. Boone moves to third.
Bottom 4 Boone hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Minoso. Boone reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Krsnich hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rivera moves to second.
Top 4 Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pesky fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Boyd is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 3 Pesky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Kuenn strikes out.
Bottom 3 Branca hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Mele hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Minoso takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Fox moves to second.
Top 3 Fox hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Carrasquel is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Johnson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Lund strikes out.
Bottom 2 Nieman hits a fly ball into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Batts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Krsnich hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to home to get Rivera. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 2 Rivera hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lund who is chasing the ball. Rivera reaches third base with a triple.
Top 2 Boyd hits a fly ball into right field. Souchock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Souchock hits a fly ball into right field. Mele settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Dropo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Kuenn scores.
Bottom 1 Pesky hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kuenn moves to third.
Bottom 1 Kuenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Mele hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Minoso takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Fox hits a fly ball into center field. Lund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Carrasquel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.