Indians @ Tigers
August 20, 1953

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Bottom 9 R H E
Indians 13 18 4
Tigers 7 11 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Indians 13 18 4
Tigers 7 11 2

Johnny Pesky Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .291
OBP .500 .360
At Bats 3 261
Hits 1 76
• Singles 1 55
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 1 26
RBI’s 0 22

Bob Hooper Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 4 5
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Briggs Stadium - August 20, 1953
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Out
Bob Hooper
Jim Hegan
Bill Glynn
Bobby Avila
Al Rosen
George Strickland
Wally Westlake
Larry Doby
Harry Simpson
Johnny Pesky
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Pesky hits a ball on the ground towards first. Glynn scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pesky for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hooper fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Hooper 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 9 Hegan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Madison fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Dave Madison now pitching. Strickland hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Madison fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Pat Mullin pinch hits for Dick Marlowe. Mullin hits a popup towards short. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Delsing hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Nieman hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Batts hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Simpson hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Doby strikes out.
Top 8 Rosen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Glynn moves to third. Westlake moves to second.
Top 8 Westlake takes first base on ball four. Glynn moves to second.
Top 8 Glynn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Avila hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Bob Hooper now pitching. Souchock hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Avila settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Dropo takes first base on ball four. Boone moves to second.
Bottom 7 Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Pesky hits a ball on the ground towards first. Glynn scoops it up and throws to first, with Lemon covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Lemon hits a popup in front of the plate. Batts settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hegan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Strickland bunts in front of the plate. Batts fields it and throws to first for the out. Simpson moves to second.
Top 7 Jim Delsing now playing center field. Dick Marlowe now pitching. Simpson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Fred Hatfield pinch hits for Bob Miller. Hatfield hits a line drive towards center. Doby catches it and throws to first to double up Delsing.
Bottom 6 Jim Delsing pinch hits for Don Lund. Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland fields it and throws to second for the out. Batts scores.
Bottom 6 Nieman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Souchock scores. Batts moves to third.
Bottom 6 Batts hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Souchock moves to second.
Bottom 6 Souchock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Doby hits a fly ball into right field. Souchock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Rosen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Glynn scores. Westlake moves to third. Rosen moves to second.
Top 6 Westlake hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Glynn moves to second.
Top 6 Glynn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lemon scores.
Top 6 Bob Miller now pitching. Avila hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lemon moves to third.
Top 6 Lemon hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lund. Lemon reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Hegan hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Strickland takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Simpson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Doby hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Rosen hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Dropo strikes out.
Bottom 5 Boone hits a fly ball into left field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Pesky takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Kuenn hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rosen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Westlake is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Glynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields it and throws to home to get Hegan. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 5 Avila hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Lemon hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lund. Lemon reaches second base with a double. Strickland scores. Hegan moves to third.
Top 5 Hegan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Simpson scores. Strickland moves to third.
Top 5 Strickland hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Simpson moves to second.
Top 5 Simpson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Scarborough hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Lund hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Nieman scores.
Bottom 4 Nieman hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Doby who is chasing the ball. Nieman reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 4 Wally Westlake now playing left field. Larry Doby now playing center field. Batts strikes out.
Top 4 Dale Mitchell pinch hits for Bob Kennedy. Mitchell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pesky fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Rosen strikes out.
Top 4 Westlake hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lemon scores. Avila moves to third. Glynn moves to second.
Top 4 Ray Scarborough now pitching. Glynn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Scarborough juggles the ball. That's an error on Scarborough. Lemon moves to third. Avila moves to second.
Top 4 Avila takes first base on ball four. Lemon moves to second.
Top 4 Lemon takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Souchock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Dropo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Boone hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Avila settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hegan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Strickland takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Simpson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Batts settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kennedy strikes out.
Bottom 2 Pesky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Gray hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rosen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Rosen hits a fly ball into right field. Souchock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Westlake hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Glynn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Avila hits a fly ball into right field. Souchock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lund strikes out.
Bottom 1 Nieman hits a line drive to center field. That will be extra bases. Westlake chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards first. Glynn fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Glynn. Batts scores. Nieman moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Batts hits a line drive into center field. Westlake picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Westlake. Dropo scores. Batts moves to second.
Bottom 1 Souchock hits a fly ball into center field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Boone scores. Dropo moves to second.
Bottom 1 Dropo hits a line drive into right field. Simpson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Simpson. Pesky scores. Boone moves to third.
Bottom 1 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Strickland. Pesky moves to third.
Bottom 1 Pesky hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Kuenn hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lemon 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 1 Hegan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Simpson scores. Strickland moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Strickland takes first base on ball four. Simpson moves to second.
Top 1 Simpson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rosen scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Kennedy hits a line drive towards first. Dropo reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rosen hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Lund who is chasing the ball. Rosen reaches third base with a triple. Avila scores. Westlake goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Westlake hits a fly ball towards center. Lund settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Lund. Avila moves to second.
Top 1 Glynn is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Avila takes first base on ball four.