Athletics @ Tigers
August 31, 1953

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Top 5 R H E
Athletics 6 6 0
Tigers 0 4 1
Top 5 R H E
Athletics 6 6 0
Tigers 0 4 1

Cass Michaels Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .250
OBP .500 .337
At Bats 2 352
Hits 1 88
• Singles 1 68
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 10
Walks 0 45
RBI’s 0 36

Ralph Branca Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 4 1
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Briggs Stadium - August 31, 1953
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Strikeout
Ralph Branca
Johnny Bucha
Walt Dropo
Fred Hatfield
Ray Boone
Harvey Kuenn
Bob Nieman
Jim Delsing
Don Lund
Cass Michaels
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Michaels strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 5 Babe hits a fly ball into center field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Zernial strikes out.
Bottom 4 Lund hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Dropo strikes out.
Bottom 4 Nieman hits a fly ball into right field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops it up and throws to first, with Branca covering, for the out.
Top 4 Philley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Byrd moves to second.
Top 4 DeMaestri hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Byrd hits a line drive into center field. Delsing picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Delsing. Michaels scores. Mauro scores. Astroth goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 Astroth is walked intentionally.
Top 4 Mauro hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Lund. Mauro reaches second base with a double. Michaels moves to third.
Top 4 Michaels hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Babe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hatfield scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Delsing hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Babe fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Hatfield hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Zernial hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Robinson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hatfield settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Philley hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 3 DeMaestri takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Byrd hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Astroth moves to second.
Top 3 Astroth takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Babe fields it and has Dropo trapped. There's the throw to Michaels who tags Dropo for the out.
Bottom 2 Branca bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Bottom 2 Bucha is walked intentionally.
Bottom 2 Lund bunts towards the mound. Byrd fields it and throws to first for the out. Nieman moves to third. Dropo moves to second.
Bottom 2 Dropo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Nieman moves to second.
Bottom 2 Nieman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Mauro hits a line drive into center field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Michaels hits a fly ball into right field. Lund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Babe strikes out.
Top 2 Zernial hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Lund. Zernial reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Byrd fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Boone hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hatfield moves to second.
Bottom 1 Hatfield takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Kuenn hits a fly ball into center field. Mauro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Philley hits a popup towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 DeMaestri hits a fly ball into center field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.