GENE STEPHENS GETS 3 HITS IN 7th INNING AS BOSOX BEAT TIGERS 23-3 AT FENWAY PARK 
Date: June 18, 1953
Site: Fenway Park, Boston, Mass.
Summary: The Red Sox (in a record-setting display) score 17 runs in the bottom of the 7th inning to break open a tight game. Gene Stephens gets 3 hits in the inning that sees 14 hits and 6 walks. George Kell makes 2 of the outs in the inning. Oddly enough, the Tigers commit none of their five errors during the dreadful 7th frame. 

 

Tigers

 AB R H BI
Kuenn, ss 4 0 1 0
Pesky, 2b 3 0 0 0
Boone, 3b 3 1 0 0
Nieman, rf 3 0 1 0
Delsing, cf 3 1 1 1
Dropo, 1b 4 1 3 2
Batts, c 4 0 1 0
Lund, rf 4 0 0 0
Garver, p 1 0 0 0
Gromek, p 1 0 0 0
Welk, p 0 0 0 0
Harrist, p 0 0 0 0
Mullin, ph 1 0 0 0

TOTALS

31 3 7 3

Red Sox

 AB R H BI
Goodman, 2b 4 2 4 2
Lepcio, pr-2b 1 2 1 0
Piersall, rf 5 1 2 3
Zarilla, ph-rf 1 1 1 0
Gernert, 1b 5 2 2 4
Baker. 3b 3 0 1 0
Kinder, p 4 2 2 2
White, c 6 4 4 2
Stephens, lf 6 3 3 3
Umphlett, cf 5 2 3 3
Lipon, ss 4 3 2 3
Grissom, p 1 0 0 0
Freeman, p 1 0 1 0
Kell, 3b 4 1 1 0
TOTALS 50 23 27 22

Tigers 0 0 0 2 0 1

0

 0 0 -  3  7 5
Red Sox 0 3 0 0 0 2 (17) 1 x - 23 27 0


Tigers

 IP H ER BB SO
Garver  (L) 5.1 10 4 2 3
Gromek 1 7 9 3 1
Welk 0.1 3 4 1 0
Harrist 1.1 7 5 3 1

Red Sox
Grissom 3 0 0 2 1
Freeman 2 2 2 1 1
Kinder  (W) 4 5 1 1 1

E: Pesky, Kuenn, Nieman 2, Boone
2b: Kell, Stephens
HR: Dropo, Gernert
SB: Stephens
DP: BOS 1
LOB: DET 6, BOS 13
WP: Welk
Time of game: 3:03
Attendance: 3,108

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HOW THE BOSOX SCORED IN THE 7th

Sammy White led off against Detroit's Steve Gromek with a single.

Gene Stephens singled, sending White to third. Stephens stole second. Tommy Umphlett singled, scoring White and Stephens.

Johnny Lipon struck out. George Kell doubled. Billy Goodman walked, filling the bases.

Jimmy Piersall singled, scoring Umphlett and Kell. Dick Gernert homered, scoring Goodman and Piersall.

Boston reliever Ellis Kinder singled. White walked, and Dick Weik replaced Gromek on the mound. Stephens doubled, scoring Kinder and White.

Umphlett walked. Lipon singled, scoring Stephens with run No. 10.

Kell lined out to left. Goodman singled, scoring Umphlett. Ted Lepcio ran for Goodman. Earl Harrist replaced Weik on the mound. Al Zarilla pinch hit for Piersall and walked. Gernert also walked, forcing home Lipon.

Kinder singled, driving in Lepcio and Zarilla. White singled, scoring Gernert.

Stephens singled for his third hit of the inning, scoring Kinder. Umphlett singled, scoring White for the third time for run No. 17.

Lipon walked, filling the bases. Kell flied out, ending the inning.