BOXSCORE: 1953 Washington Nationals At 1953 Cincinnati Reds 4/12/1953 Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Reds AB R H RBI AVG S.Gordon LF 5 0 0 0 .235 J.Gilliam 2B 4 0 0 0 .225 H.Kuenn SS 5 1 3 1 .368 B.Bruton RF 3 0 0 0 .192 J.Adcock 1B 5 1 2 1 .395 T.Kluszewski 1B 4 0 0 0 .250 R.Campanella C 4 1 1 0 .297 R.Kiner LF 4 0 1 0 .286 R.Repulski CF 4 1 2 3 .278 L.Doby CF 3 1 0 0 .117 A.Pafko RF 4 0 2 0 .237 W.Westrum C 4 0 1 0 .286 B.Martin 2B 3 0 0 0 .143 P.Runnels SS 3 0 1 1 .263 B-J.Temple 2B 1 0 0 0 .000 G.McDougald 3B 3 0 1 0 .328 R.Boone 3B 4 0 1 0 .382 P.Roe P 1 0 0 0 .400 S.Shea P 4 1 1 0 .167 A-D.Bollweg PH 1 0 0 0 .143 C.Marrero P 0 0 0 0 .000 C-J.Lindell PH 0 0 0 0 .500 B.Keegan P 0 0 0 0 .000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 39 5 12 5 Totals 30 1 4 1 A-Pinch Hit For Roe In 5th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Martin In 6th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Marrero In 8th Inning INJURY: Billy Martin INJURED (for 0 more games) in 6th inning Nationals....... 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 5 12 0 Reds............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 4 1 Nationals (5-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET S.Shea WIN(1-0) 9 4 1 1 3 2 0 114 2.57 A1 Totals 9 4 1 1 3 2 0 Reds (10-9) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET P.Roe LOSS(1-2) 5 7 3 3 0 3 1 84 6.26 A1 C4 C.Marrero 3 4 2 1 0 1 0 47 2.57 C5 D8 B.Keegan 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 1.69 D9 Totals 9 12 5 4 0 4 1 ATTENDANCE- 15,228 DATE- Monday, April 12th 1953 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average T- 2:17 LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 7 Reds: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 1 Reds: 1 ERRORS- J.Gilliam DOUBLES- R.Repulski(1st) TRIPLES- H.Kuenn-2(2nd) HOME RUNS- R.Repulski(1st) RBIs- H.Kuenn(2nd), J.Adcock(8th), R.Repulski-3(6th), P.Runnels(4th) WALKS- B.Bruton, L.Doby, J.Lindell STRIKE OUTS- S.Gordon, A.Pafko, R.Boone-2, P.Roe, D.Bollweg GIDP- J.Temple, G.McDougald 2-out RBI- R.Repulski-3 RLISP 2-out- L.Doby, R.Campanella-2, R.Boone, J.Adcock TEAM RISP- Nationals: 3 for 10 Reds: 1 for 3 WEB GEMS- Bot 6th: Johnny Temple robbed Jim Gilliam of a base hit. Spec Shea had a complete game as the Washington Nationals topped the Cincinnati Reds by a score of 5 to 1 at Crosley Field. Cincinnati fell behind quickly as the Washington offense came through in the first inning as they scored 3 runs on 4 base hits. That was all the runs Shea(1-0) needed. Washington rapped out 12 hits for the night. Preacher Roe(1-2) was hit with the loss. He surrendered 3 runs and 7 hits in 5 innings. SCORESHEET: 1953 Washington Nationals at 1953 Cincinnati Reds S.Gordon-A1 A1:K B1:F/8 C1:G/63 D1:P/4 E1:G/53 H.Kuenn-A1 A2:G/53 B2:Si>23 *5*:G/63 D2:Tr>1# E2:Tr 12 J.Adcock-A1 A3:Si B3:F/8 C3:G/63 D3:Si>3# E3:F/8 R.Campan-A1 A4:Si>12 B4:G/43 C4:G/63 D4:FO/2 R.Repuls-A1 A5:HR>2# *3*:F/9 *6*:Do D5:G/13 1# b# A.Pafko-A1 A6:Si B6:K C6:F/8 *8*:Si B.Martin-A1 A7:G/53 B7:G/53 C7:P/4 D7:G-DP/5 J.Temple-C9 43>1o R.Boone-A1 *2*:Si *4*:K C8:P/4 D8:K S.Shea-A1 A9:Si>12 B9:G/53 *7*:E/4 *9*:G/43 J.Gillia-A1 A1:F/8 B1:G/43 *6*:G/43 D1:P/3 B.Bruton-A1 A2:W>b1 B2:P/3 C2:G/43 D2:P/4 T.Klusze-A1 A3:Force/ *4*:G/43 C3:F/7 D3:G/43 36>1o b1 R.Kiner-A1 A4:Si>12 B4:F/9 *7*:G/63 *9*:G/53 L.Doby-A1 A5:P/4 B5:P/4 C5:W>b1 D5:F/7 W.Westru-A1 *2*:G/53 *5*:F/8 C6:Si>12 D6:G/43 P.Runnel-A1 A7:G/43 B7:G/43 C7:Si>2# 12 G.McDoug-A1 A8:G/43 B8:Si C8:G-DP/6 43>1o P.Roe-A1 *3*:K B9:K *8*:W>b1 D.Bollwe-B9 C.Marrer-C1+