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September 6, 1954

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Mickey Vernon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .303
OBP .500 .370
At Bats 4 534
Hits 2 162
• Singles 1 96
• Doubles 0 33
• Triples 1 14
• Home Runs 0 19
Walks 0 55
RBI’s 3 90

Sonny Dixon Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 8 4
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Griffith Stadium - September 6, 1954
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Home Run
Sonny Dixon
Joe Astroth
Gus Zernial
Pete Suder
Jim Finigan
Eddie Joost
Elmer Valo
Bill Wilson
Joe Taylor
Mickey Vernon
Tom Umphlett
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Vernon hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Umphlett takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Sonny Dixon now pitching. Yost hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Suder scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Valo hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Suder takes first base on ball four. Joost moves to second.
Top 8 Lou Limmer pinch hits for Marion Fricano. Limmer hits a fly ball into left field. Paula settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Taylor tags and scores.
Top 8 Astroth hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Joost hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Taylor moves to third.
Top 8 Taylor takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Schmitz hits a line drive into left field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Snyder hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Elmer Valo now playing left field. Gus Zernial now playing first base. Fitz Gerald hits a popup, foul, towards first. Zernial settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Wilson hits a fly ball into center field. Umphlett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Zernial hits a fly ball into center field. Umphlett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Tom Umphlett now playing center field. Finigan hits a fly ball into left field. Paula settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lemon strikes out.
Bottom 6 Paula hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Dietzel hits a popup towards the mound. Fricano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Pete Suder now playing second base. Vernon hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Power hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Jacobs hits a popup, foul, towards first. Vernon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Roy Dietzel now playing second base. Fricano hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dietzel scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Busby hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fricano fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Yost takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Schmitz bunts between the mound and first base. Fricano scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Schmitz for the out. Snyder moves to second.
Bottom 5 Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Eddie Joost now playing shortstop. Fitz Gerald hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Astroth hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Fitz Gerald settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Taylor hits a fly ball into left field. Paula settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Marion Fricano now pitching. Lemon strikes out.
Bottom 4 Paula hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Wilson. Paula reaches second base with a double. Vernon scores. Runnels goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Runnels takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Vernon hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Taylor who is chasing the ball. Vernon reaches third base with a triple. Schmitz scores. Yost scores. Busby goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Busby takes first base on ball four. Schmitz moves to third. Yost moves to second.
Bottom 4 Yost hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Schmitz moves to second.
Bottom 4 Schmitz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Snyder hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Fitz Gerald hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Zernial hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmitz fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Snyder fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Paula hits a fly ball into right field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Runnels takes first base on ball four. Vernon moves to second.
Bottom 3 Vernon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Busby hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Jacobs hits a fly ball into left field. Paula settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Portocarrero strikes out.
Top 3 Astroth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Yost hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Schmitz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lemon scores. Fitz Gerald moves to second.
Bottom 2 Snyder hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Fitz Gerald hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Lemon moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 2 Lemon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Paula strikes out.
Top 2 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards short. Snyder scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vernon scoops it up and throws to first, with Schmitz covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Vernon hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Busby bunts towards the mound. Portocarrero fields it and throws to first for the out. Yost moves to second.
Bottom 1 Yost takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Zernial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vernon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Finigan for the out. Power moves to second.
Top 1 Power takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Jacobs hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmitz fields it and throws to first for the out.