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August 5, 1953

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Walt Dropo Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .246
OBP .333 .288
At Bats 3 426
Hits 1 105
• Singles 1 73
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 12
Walks 0 20
RBI’s 1 71

Johnny Sain Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 5 3
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Yankee Stadium - August 5, 1953
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Out
Johnny Sain
Yogi Berra
Joe Collins
Billy Martin
Gil McDougald
Phil Rizzuto
Irv Noren
Mickey Mantle
Hank Bauer
Walt Dropo
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Joe Collins now playing first base. Dropo hits a ball on the ground towards third. McDougald fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Triandos hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bauer is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Berra hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Delsing. Berra reaches second base with a double. Mantle goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Mantle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Noren hits a popup towards first. Dropo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 McDougald hits a fly ball into center field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sain fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Boone hits a fly ball into left field. Noren settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hoeft scores.
Top 7 Pesky hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hoeft moves to third.
Top 7 Hoeft hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mantle. Hoeft reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Sain 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.
Bottom 6 Rizzuto bunts towards third. Boone fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Martin hits a fly ball into right field. Lund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Triandos hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Kuenn. Triandos moves to second.
Top 6 Lund strikes out.
Top 6 Batts hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Noren throws the ball in to Martin who tags Batts, trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 6 Nieman hits a fly ball into left field. Noren settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bauer hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Berra hits a fly ball into right field. Lund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mantle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McDougald scores.
Bottom 5 Noren hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Noren for the out. McDougald moves to third.
Bottom 5 McDougald hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Lund. McDougald reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Dropo hits a fly ball into left field. Noren settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Delsing hits a fly ball into left field. Noren settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Boone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kuenn moves to second.
Top 5 Pesky hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Sain hits a fly ball into right field. Lund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Rizzuto hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hoeft fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Martin hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Triandos hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Bauer hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hoeft hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berra settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Lund strikes out.
Top 4 Batts is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Berra hits a fly ball into right field. Lund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mantle hits a fly ball into center field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Noren takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 McDougald hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Nieman. McDougald reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Sain hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Batts settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Johnny Sain now pitching. Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Dropo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Pesky scores. Boone moves to second.
Top 3 Delsing hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kuenn scores. Pesky moves to second.
Top 3 Pesky hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kuenn moves to second.
Top 3 Kuenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lund scores.
Top 3 Hoeft bunts for an out. Lund moves to second.
Top 3 Lund hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Rizzuto hits a popup towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Martin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Triandos hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Bauer hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Batts hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Martin reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Dropo hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops it up and throws to first, with Hoeft covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Noren hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pesky scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McDougald scores.
Bottom 1 McDougald hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Nieman who is chasing the ball. McDougald reaches third base with a triple.
Top 1 Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Boone hits a popup, foul, towards first. Triandos settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Pesky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.