BOXSCORE: 1954 New York-AL Yankees At 1954 Washington Nationals 4/13/1954 Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG M.Minoso LF 0 1 0 01.000 J.Temple 2B 5 1 2 0 .250 A-B.Tuttle PR,LF,CF 3 1 0 1 .000 A.Smith RF 1 1 1 1 .267 R.Ashburn CF,LF,RF 4 0 1 1 .125 B-J.Groth PR,RF 3 1 1 1 .333 M.Mantle SS,LF 5 1 1 2 .125 H.Kuenn SS 5 0 3 1 .421 S.Gordon RF 4 0 1 1 .143 J.Adcock 1B 5 0 1 0 .368 D-G.Strickland SS 1 0 0 0 .000 R.Boone 3B 4 0 0 0 .118 S.Burgess C 5 0 2 0 .444 V.Power LF 3 0 0 0 .188 E.Waitkus 1B 3 1 0 0 .000 G.Bell CF 4 0 0 0 .143 B.Goodman 2B 3 1 1 0 .286 J.Hegan C 4 0 1 0 .118 E.Yost 3B 4 1 1 1 .143 C.Valentine P 2 0 1 0 .500 C.Erskine P 2 0 0 0 .000 C-L.Merriman PH 1 0 0 0 .000 D.Jolly P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Podres P 1 0 1 01.000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 34 6 7 6 Totals 38 3 11 3 A-Pinch Ran For Minoso In 3rd Inning B-Pinch Ran For Smith In 3rd Inning C-Pinch Hit For Valentine In 6th Inning D-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Gordon In 8th Inning INJURY: Minnie Minoso INJURED (for 0 more games) in 3rd inning INJURY: Al Smith INJURED (for 0 more games) in 3rd inning Yankees......... 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 - 6 7 0 Nationals....... 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 11 2 Yankees (1-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET C.Erskine WIN(1-0) 8 10 3 3 2 4 1 141 3.38 A1 E1 D.Jolly SAVE(1st) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.00 E2 Totals 9 11 3 3 2 4 1 Nationals (2-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET C.Valentine LOSS(0-1) 6 6 6 5 3 2 1 107 7.50 A1 D3 J.Podres 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 39 0.00 D4 Totals 9 7 6 5 3 4 1 ATTENDANCE- 5,234 DATE- Tuesday, April 13th 1954 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad T- 3:00 LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 8 Nationals:11 DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 0 Nationals: 0 ERRORS- J.Temple, R.Boone DOUBLES- S.Burgess(2nd), J.Temple(1st), H.Kuenn(2nd), J.Hegan(2nd) HOME RUNS- M.Mantle(1st), J.Groth(1st) RBIs- B.Tuttle(1st), R.Ashburn(1st), M.Mantle-2(2nd), S.Gordon(1st), E.Yost(1st), A.Smith(1st), J.Groth(1st), H.Kuenn(2nd) SACRIFICE HITS- C.Erskine SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Ashburn WALKS- E.Waitkus, B.Goodman, C.Erskine, R.Boone, V.Power HIT BY PITCH- M.Minoso-2, A.Smith STRIKE OUTS- B.Tuttle, M.Mantle, E.Yost, C.Erskine, J.Temple, V.Power, C.Valentine, L.Merriman 2-out RBI- M.Mantle-2 RLISP 2-out- S.Burgess-3, V.Power, R.Boone, J.Temple, E.Yost-3, G.Bell, M.Mantle TEAM RISP- Yankees: 1 for 12 Nationals: 2 for 9 WEB GEMS- Bot 8th: Richie Ashburn robbed Gus Bell of a Homerun! In a good matchup it was the New York-AL Yankees 6, the Washington Nationals 3 at Griffith Stadium. Carl Erskine(1-0) gave a fine effort for New York-AL. He went 8 innings surrendering 10 hits and 2 walks. Although they lost, Washington did out-hit New York-AL 11 to 7. Erskine got help from Dave Jolly who earned his 1st save. Corky Valentine(0-1) was charged with the loss. He allowed 6 hits and 3 walks in 6 innings. SCORESHEET: 1954 New York-AL Yankees at 1954 Washington Nationals M.Minoso-A1 A1:HBP *3*:HBP C1:FC/52> D1:L/5 E1:K B.Tuttle-B2 3# 23 R.Ashbur-A1 A2:E/5>12 B2:F/7 C2:SF/8>3 D2:Si>1o E2:G/31 # M.Mantle-A1 A3:G/3>23 B3:F/9 C3:HR>1# D3:F/9 *9*:K 12 b# S.Gordon-A1 A4:G/63>3 B4:Si>13 C4:G/53 *7*:G/13 E4:G/63 G.Strick-E3 # 23 S.Burges-A1 A5:P/2 B5:G/31 *5*:Do D5:Si E5:G/31 E.Waitku-A1 *2*:G/13 *4*:W>b1 C6:P/4 D6:E/4>12 B.Goodma-A1 A7:W>b1 B7:Si>12 C7:F/8 D7:G/43>2 3 12 E.Yost-A1 A8:F/7 B8:Si>2# C8:K D8:F/8 13 C.Erskin-A1 A9:K B9:Sac/54 *6*:W>b1 *8*:P/2 D.Jolly-E6 >12 J.Temple-A1 A1:Do *3*:K C1:P/6 D1:Si E1:F/7 A.Smith-A1 A2:Si>2# B2:HBP *5*:HR>b# D2:F/8 *9*:G/63 J.Groth-B3 H.Kuenn-A1 A3:Do>1# B3:Si>13 C3:G/31 *7*:FO/5 E3:Si J.Adcock-A1 A4:F/8 B4:L/6 C4:G/63 D4:Si E4:F/7 R.Boone-A1 A5:F/7 B5:FO/5 C5:W>b1 D5:F/7 E5:F/8 V.Power-A1 A6:F/9 *4*:L/6 C6:W>12 b D6:K 1 G.Bell-A1 *2*:F/8 B7:F/8 C7:F/8 *8*:F/9 J.Hegan-A1 A8:F/7 B8:Do *6*:G/43 D8:F/9 C.Valent-A1 A9:K B9:Si>23 C9:K D9:Si L.Merrim-C9 J.Podres-D3