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August 7, 1951

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Bottom 9	R	H	E
Athletics	7	8	0
Red Sox	4	9	1

Bottom 9	R	H	E
Athletics	7	8	0
Red Sox	4	9	1

Fred Hatfield Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.242
OBP	.000	.359
At Bats	0	33
Hits	0	8
• Singles	0	6
• Doubles	0	2
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	0
Walks	0	6
RBI’s	0	3

Bob Hooper Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
5	7	4

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Fenway Park - August 7, 1951

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Out

Bob Hooper

Joe Tipton

Lou Limmer

Pete Suder

Hank Majeski

Eddie Joost

Gus Zernial

Elmer Valo

Wally Moses

Fred Hatfield

Aaron Robinson

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Philadelphia Athletics	7	8	0	5
Boston Red Sox	4	9	1	5
Winning Pitcher	Bob Hooper
Losing Pitcher	Ray Scarborough
Save	(none)
Game Winning RBI	Hank Majeski
Attendance	24,234
Time of Game	2 hours 27 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Fred Hatfield pinch hits for Ellis Kinder. Hatfield hits a popup, foul, towards third. Majeski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 9 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Limmer fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 9 Vollmer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 9 Billy Goodman pinch hits for Walt Dropo. Goodman hits a line drive into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Moses hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Valo hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Tipton scores.

Top 9 Joost hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Hooper bunts towards the mound. Kinder fields it and throws to first for the out. Tipton moves to second.

Top 9 Tipton takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 8 Doerr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards third. Majeski fields it and throws to first for the out. Pesky moves to second.

Bottom 8 Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Pete Suder now playing second base. Pesky takes first base on ball four.

Top 8 Limmer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Dave Philley pinch hits for Billy Hitchcock. Philley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doerr fields it and throws to second for the out. Valo scores. Zernial moves to third.

Top 8 Majeski takes first base on ball four.

Top 8 Zernial hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio. Zernial reaches second base with a double. Valo moves to third.

Top 8 Moses hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Ellis Kinder now pitching. Valo takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 7 DiMaggio hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Charlie Maxwell pinch hits for Bill Wight. Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Limmer scoops it up and throws to first, with Hooper covering, for the out.

Bottom 7 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hitchcock scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Joost hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pesky scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Hooper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pesky scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Tipton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stephens fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Vollmer hits a popup towards third. Majeski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Dropo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 6 Doerr hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 6 Limmer hits a fly ball into right field. Vollmer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Bill Wight now pitching. Hitchcock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wight fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Majeski hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio who is chasing the ball. Majeski reaches third base with a triple. Zernial goes all the way around to score.

Top 6 Zernial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pesky fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 6 Moses hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Valo scores.

Top 6 Valo hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of DiMaggio who is chasing the ball. Valo reaches third base with a triple.

Bottom 5 Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards third. Majeski fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 5 Williams hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 5 Pesky hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Joost hits a line drive towards short. Pesky reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Hooper hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Tipton hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 5 Limmer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 DiMaggio hits a fly ball into center field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Scarborough strikes out.

Bottom 4 Robinson strikes out.

Bottom 4 Vollmer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Top 4 Hitchcock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stephens fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Majeski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pesky fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 4 Zernial hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Moses scores.

Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Moses moves to second.

Top 4 Moses takes first base on ball four.

Top 4 Valo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Scarborough fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Dropo strikes out.

Bottom 3 Doerr hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zernial. Doerr reaches second base with a double. Williams scores. Stephens goes all the way around to score.

Bottom 3 Stephens hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Williams moves to second.

Bottom 3 Williams takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 3 Pesky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hitchcock scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 DiMaggio hits a fly ball into center field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Joost hits a popup towards short. Pesky settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Hooper strikes out. The ball gets by Robinson. He chases the ball to the backstop. Tipton scores. That run is unearned.

Top 3 Tipton hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Tipton reaches second base with a double.

Top 3 Limmer hits a fly ball into right field. Vollmer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Scarborough hits a fly ball into center field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Robinson strikes out.

Bottom 2 Vollmer strikes out.

Top 2 Hitchcock hits a fly ball into right field. Vollmer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Majeski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stephens fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Zernial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pesky scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Dropo hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Doerr hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Valo. Doerr reaches second base with a double. Pesky scores. Williams scores.

Bottom 1 Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hooper fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Williams hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Zernial. Williams reaches second base with a double. Pesky moves to third.

Bottom 1 Pesky hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 1 DiMaggio hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Moses hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Scarborough fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Valo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Scarborough fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Joost strikes out.

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