Tigers @ Senators
July 28, 1953

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Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 8 9 4
Senators 5 9 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 8 9 4
Senators 5 9 1

Frank Sacka Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .000
OBP .000 .000
At Bats 0 0
Hits 0 0
• Singles 0 0
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 0 0

Ralph Branca Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 1 0
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Griffith Stadium - July 28, 1953
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Strikeout
Ralph Branca
Matt Batts
Walt Dropo
Johnny Pesky
Ray Boone
Harvey Kuenn
Al Kaline
Jim Delsing
Don Lund
Frank Sacka
Jim Busby
Pete Runnels

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Detroit Tigers 8 9 4 8
Washington Senators 5 9 1 11
Winning Pitcher Ted Gray
Losing Pitcher Spec Shea
Save Ralph Branca
Game Winning RBI Ray Boone
Attendance 6,065
Time of Game 2 hours 46 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Frank Sacka pinch hits for Sonny Dixon. Sacka is called out on strikes.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Busby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn misplays the ball. That's an error on Kuenn. Runnels moves to second.
Bottom 9 Runnels takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Jensen hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Pesky settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Al Kaline now playing left field. Vernon strikes out.
Top 9 Batts hits a popup towards first. Vernon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Nieman hits a popup towards first. Vernon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Sonny Dixon now pitching. Dropo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dixon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Coan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops it up and throws to first, with Branca covering, for the out.
Bottom 8 Ralph Branca now pitching. Yost is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo juggles the ball. That's an error on Dropo. Terwilliger moves to third. Fitz Gerald moves to second.
Bottom 8 Fitz Gerald hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Terwilliger moves to second.
Bottom 8 Wayne Terwilliger pinch hits for Jerry Lane. Terwilliger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Busby 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 8 Delsing hits a fly ball into left field. Coan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Pesky moves to second.
Top 8 Pesky takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Herbert strikes out.
Bottom 7 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Runnels for the out.
Bottom 7 Jensen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Coan scores. Vernon moves to second.
Bottom 7 Vernon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Coan moves to second.
Bottom 7 Coan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Yost hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Batts settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Snyder hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Lund strikes out.
Top 7 Batts hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Runnels settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Nieman takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Dropo hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Busby. Dropo reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Jerry Lane now pitching. Jerry Snyder now playing shortstop. Pete Runnels now playing second base. Delsing hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Fitz Gerald hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pesky scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Clyde Vollmer pinch hits for Mel Hoderlein. Vollmer strikes out.
Bottom 6 Ray Herbert now pitching. Busby hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Vernon scores. Jensen scores. Runnels moves to third.
Bottom 6 Runnels takes first base on ball four. Yost scores. Vernon moves to third. Jensen moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Jensen takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Vernon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Nieman. Vernon reaches second base with a double. Thomas scores. Yost moves to third.
Bottom 6 Coan strikes out.
Bottom 6 Yost hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Boone. Thomas moves to third.
Bottom 6 Kite Thomas pinch hits for Walt Masterson. Thomas takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Boone is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Pesky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Kuenn hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Fitz Gerald hits a line drive towards short. Kuenn reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hoderlein hits a popup, foul, towards first. Dropo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Busby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Gray strikes out.
Top 5 Lund hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hoderlein fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Boone scores. Delsing scores. Batts moves to second.
Top 5 Batts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Runnels fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Boone moves to third. Delsing moves to second.
Top 5 Nieman hits a popup towards third. Yost settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Dropo hits a popup, foul, towards first. Vernon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Delsing takes first base on ball four. Boone moves to second.
Top 5 Boone takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Runnels hits a line drive into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Jensen hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Pesky reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Vernon is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 There goes Coan. The throw from Batts and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 4 Coan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Pesky hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vernon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pesky for the out.
Top 4 Kuenn hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Gray is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Yost strikes out.
Bottom 3 Masterson strikes out.
Bottom 3 Fitz Gerald hits a fly ball into right field. Lund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Lund hits a ball on the ground towards short. Runnels fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Batts hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dropo scores. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Nieman strikes out.
Top 3 There goes Dropo. The throw from Fitz Gerald and he is safe. Dropo steals second.
Top 3 Walt Masterson now pitching. Dropo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vernon juggles the ball. That's an error on Vernon. Delsing scores. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Delsing hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Busby. Delsing reaches second base with a double. Boone goes all the way around to score. Delsing moves to third.
Top 3 Boone takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Pesky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hoderlein scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Hoderlein hits a popup, foul, towards first. Dropo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Busby is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gray fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Kuenn hits a fly ball into left field. Coan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Gray strikes out.
Top 2 Lund hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Batts scores.
Top 2 Batts hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Coan who is chasing the ball. Batts reaches third base with a triple. Nieman goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Nieman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Jensen hits a fly ball into center field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Vernon is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Coan hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Delsing, who is chasing the ball. Coan reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 1 Yost hits a fly ball into right field. Lund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Dropo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hoderlein scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Boone hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Busby who is chasing the ball. Boone reaches third base with a triple. Pesky goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Pesky hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Kuenn hits a popup, foul, towards first. Vernon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.