Athletics @ Tigers
September 10, 1954

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Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 6 9 1
Tigers 5 14 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 6 9 1
Tigers 5 14 1

Al Kaline Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .285
OBP .250 .315
At Bats 4 449
Hits 1 128
• Singles 0 103
• Doubles 1 18
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 20
RBI’s 0 37

Sonny Dixon Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 8 4
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Briggs Stadium - September 10, 1954
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Sonny Dixon
Jim Robertson
Gus Zernial
Spook Jacobs
Jim Finigan
Joe DeMaestri
Joe Taylor
Vic Power
Elmer Valo
Al Kaline
Walt Dropo
Reno Bertoia

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Philadelphia Athletics 6 9 1 7
Detroit Tigers 5 14 1 10
Winning Pitcher Sonny Dixon
Losing Pitcher Bob Miller
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Jim Finigan
Attendance 1,389
Time of Game 2 hours 29 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan fields it and throws to second for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Reno Bertoia pinch runs for Ray Boone. Dropo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bertoia moves to second.
Bottom 9 Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kuenn scores.
Bottom 9 Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kuenn moves to third.
Bottom 9 Hatfield hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Taylor. Kuenn reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Valo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hatfield scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Finigan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Robertson scores. Dixon scores. Jacobs moves to third. Finigan moves to second. Two runs are unearned.
Top 9 Zernial strikes out.
Top 9 Jacobs takes first base on ball four. Robertson moves to third. Dixon moves to second.
Top 9 Dixon bunts and there's an error on the play. Robertson moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 9 Robertson takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 DeMaestri hits a line drive towards short. Kuenn reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Miller strikes out.
Bottom 8 House hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Tuttle hits a fly ball into left field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Kaline hits a fly ball into center field. Power settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Power hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hatfield scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Bob Miller now pitching. Valo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops it up and throws to first, with Miller covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Dropo strikes out.
Bottom 7 Sonny Dixon now pitching. Boone is hit by the pitch. Delsing moves to second.
Bottom 7 Delsing hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kuenn scores. Hatfield scores.
Bottom 7 Hatfield hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Taylor. Hatfield reaches second base with a double. House scores. Kuenn moves to third.
Bottom 7 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. House moves to third.
Bottom 7 Wayne Belardi pinch hits for Billy Hoeft. Belardi strikes out.
Bottom 7 House hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Tuttle hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Zernial is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Jacobs bunts towards the mound. Hoeft fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bishop hits a popup in front of the plate. House settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Robertson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tuttle. Robertson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Dropo hits a fly ball into center field. Power settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Boone strikes out.
Top 6 DeMaestri hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Taylor strikes out.
Top 6 Power 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 5 Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Hatfield hits a line drive into center field. Power picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Power. Hatfield moves to second.
Bottom 5 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Gus Zernial now playing first base. Hoeft strikes out.
Top 5 Valo hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Finigan strikes out.
Top 5 Bollweg hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops it up and throws to first, with Hoeft covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 House hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Tuttle hits a line drive into left field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Dropo tags and scores.
Bottom 4 Kaline hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Power. Kaline reaches second base with a double. Dropo moves to third.
Bottom 4 Dropo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Boone hits a line drive towards third. Finigan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Jacobs hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jacobs for the out.
Top 4 Billy Hoeft now pitching. Bishop strikes out.
Top 4 Robertson takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 DeMaestri hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Taylor hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Power hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Delsing hits a line drive towards right. Valo catches it and throws to second to double up Kuenn.
Bottom 3 Hatfield takes first base on ball four. Kuenn moves to second.
Bottom 3 Kuenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Zuverink hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Valo is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Finigan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bishop scores.
Top 3 Bollweg strikes out.
Top 3 Jacobs hits a line drive towards third. Boone reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bishop hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Delsing. Bishop reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 House hits a fly ball into left field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Tuttle hits a fly ball into center field. Power settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kaline hits a fly ball into left field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Dropo takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 DeMaestri hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 There goes Taylor. The throw from House and he is out, Hatfield applying the tag.
Top 2 Taylor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Boone hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Delsing hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Power throws the ball in to DeMaestri who tags Delsing trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Hatfield moves to third.
Bottom 1 Hatfield hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bishop fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 1 Kuenn hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Power. Kuenn reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Power hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Valo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bollweg scores.
Top 1 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out. Bollweg moves to second.
Top 1 Bollweg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Jacobs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.