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Tigers 9 @ Red Sox 6
Fenway Park
August 2, 1953

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers, played on August 2, 1953 at Fenway Park. The home team Red Sox were bested by the visiting Tigers with a score of 9 to 6.

Game Summary

DateAugust 2, 1953 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 9 H: 15 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 9
Hits: 15
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Boston Red Sox
R: 6 H: 13 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 6
Hits: 13
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherDick Marlowe  
Losing PitcherFrank Sullivan  
SaveRay Herbert  
Game Winning RBIHarvey Kuenn 

Game Info

DateAugust 2, 1953 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamBoston Red Sox 
Visiting Starting PitcherDick Marlowe  
Home Starting PitcherSid Hudson  
BallparkFenway Park 
CityBoston 
StateMA 
Attendance20,434 
Time of Game2 hours 27 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill McGowan
1B: Joe Paparella
2B: Bill McKinley
3B: Jim Honochick

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Harvey Kuenn  Shortstop 
Jerry Priddy  Second Baseman 
Ray Boone  Third Baseman 
Jim Delsing  Center Fielder 
Walt Dropo  First Baseman 
Bob Nieman  Left Fielder 
Matt Batts  Catcher 
Don Lund  Right Fielder 
Dick Marlowe  Pitcher 
Fred Hutchinson  Manager 

Boston Red Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Billy Consolo  Second Baseman 
Gene Stephens  Left Fielder 
Ted Lepcio  Third Baseman 
Billy Goodman  First Baseman 
Tom Umphlett  Center Fielder 
Jim Piersall  Right Fielder 
Sammy White  Catcher 
Johnny Lipon  Shortstop 
Sid Hudson  Pitcher 
Lou Boudreau  Manager 

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Tigers 9 @ Red Sox 6
Fenway Park
August 2, 1953

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/2/1953, game 2 -- Detroit at Boston (D)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Boston             AB  R  H RBI
Kuenn H, ss           4  2  2  2   Consolo B, 2b-3b      5  0  1  2   
Priddy J, 2b          4  2  2  1   Stephens G, lf        4  0  1  0   
Boone R, 3b           5  2  4  4   Wilber D, ph          1  0  0  0   
Delsing J, cf         4  0  0  1   Lepcio T, 3b-2b       4  0  1  0   
Dropo W, 1b           5  0  1  0   Goodman B, 1b         5  0  2  0   
Nieman B, lf          5  1  2  0   Umphlett T, cf        5  1  1  0   
Batts M, c            4  0  2  0   Piersall J, rf        4  3  2  0   
Kaline A, pr          0  1  0  0   White S, c            4  1  2  2   
Bucha J, c            1  0  0  0   Lipon J, ss           3  1  3  1   
Lund D, rf            3  0  0  0   Hudson S, p           2  0  0  0   
Pesky J, ph           1  1  1  1   Sullivan F, p         0  0  0  0   
Souchock B, rf        0  0  0  0   Baker F, ph           1  0  0  0   
Marlowe D, p          4  0  1  0   Delock I, p           0  0  0  0   
Herbert R, p          0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     40  9 15  9                        38  6 13  5

Detroit          202 000 050 --  9
Boston           030 002 010 --  6

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Marlowe D (W)         7.1 12  6  6  1  4
Herbert R (S)         1.2  1  0  0  0  1

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hudson S              6.1 10  4  4  3  4
Sullivan F (L)        1.2  5  5  5  0  1
Delock I              1.0  0  0  0  0  2

DP -- Detroit 1
LOB -- Detroit 7, Boston 8
2B -- Kuenn H 2, Priddy J, Lepcio T
3B -- Boone R, Piersall J
HR -- Boone R
SH -- Lipon J, Lepcio T
T -- 2:27
A -- 20434

    

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