Washington Senators vs Detroit Tigers
June 14, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 14, 1953 at Briggs Stadium. The Washington Senators defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Washington Senators 6, Detroit Tigers 1

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 4 1 2 1
Runnels ss 3 1 0 1
Vernon 1b 3 1 1 2
Vollmer lf 4 0 0 0
  Mauro lf 0 0 0 0
Jensen rf 4 1 1 1
Busby cf 3 1 1 0
Terwilliger 2b 3 0 0 0
Grasso c 3 0 1 1
Shea p 4 1 0 0
Totals 31 6 6 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 4 0 0 0
Pesky 2b 4 0 3 0
Lund lf 2 0 0 0
Nieman rf 4 0 0 0
Delsing cf 4 0 0 0
Dropo 1b 4 0 1 0
Batts c 4 0 1 0
Hatfield 3b 4 0 1 0
Gray p 2 0 0 0
  Mullin ph 1 1 1 1
  Madison p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Washington 000 001 032660
Detroit 000 000 010171
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Shea  W(5-1) 9.0 7 1 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
1
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Gray  L(0-9) 8.0 4 4 1 3 2
  Madison   1.0 2 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
6
3
4
3

  E–Kuenn (9), Kuenn (9).  2B–Detroit Batts (10,off Shea); Hatfield (6,off Shea); Pesky (4,off Shea); Dropo (10,off Shea).  HR–Washington Yost (4,6th inning off Gray 0 on 0 out); Vernon (4,8th inning off Gray 1 on 2 out); Jensen (7,9th inning off Madison 0 on 0 out), Detroit Mullin (1,8th inning off Shea 0 on 0 out).  SH–Terwilliger (7,off Madison); Lund (3,off Shea).  HBP–Grasso (1,by Gray).  Team LOB–4.  Team–7.  CS–Runnels (3,2nd base by Gray/Batts); Busby (3,2nd base by Gray/Batts).  SB–Lund (1,2nd base off Shea/Grasso).  U-HP–Larry Napp, 1B–Art Passarella, 2B–Bill Grieve, 3B–Grover Froese.  T–1:59.  A–11,494.
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