White Sox @ Tigers
August 16, 1953

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Top 9 R H E
White Sox 2 4 1
Tigers 3 7 1
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White Sox 2 4 1
Tigers 3 7 1

Bob Elliott Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .266
OBP .000 .370
At Bats 0 316
Hits 0 84
• Singles 0 57
• Doubles 0 16
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 0 51
RBI’s 0 59

Ralph Branca Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 2 1
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Briggs Stadium - August 16, 1953
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Out
Ralph Branca
Matt Batts
Walt Dropo
Johnny Pesky
Ray Boone
Harvey Kuenn
Bob Nieman
Don Lund
Bud Souchock
Bob Elliott
Jim Rivera

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago White Sox 2 4 1 7
Detroit Tigers 3 7 1 3
Winning Pitcher Ralph Branca
Losing Pitcher Connie Johnson
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI (none)
Attendance 19,575
Time of Game 1 hour 59 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Bob Elliott pinch hits for Mike Fornieles. Elliott hits a fly ball into right field. Souchock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Wright hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Boyd scores. Rivera moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 9 Wilson bunts towards the mound. Branca fields it and throws to first for the out. Boyd moves to third. Rivera moves to second.
Top 9 Rivera takes first base on ball four. Boyd moves to second.
Top 9 Boyd hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo juggles the ball. That's an error on Dropo.
Bottom 8 Boone hits a fly ball into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Pesky hits a fly ball into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Mele hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Minoso hits a fly ball into right field. Souchock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Fox is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 7 Branca is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 There goes Nieman. The slide. Wilson applies the tag. Nieman is out. Lund moves to third.
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.