BOXSCORE: 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1953 Chicago-NL Cubs           4/17/1953

  Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Cubs               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Mueller RF        5  1  2  2 .400     P.Reese SS          5  2  2  2 .250  
  A.Carey 2B          4  1  2  2 .500     E.Mathews 3B        3  2  0  0 .200  
A-R.Schoendienst 2B   1  0  0  0 .545     D.Snider CF         5  1  1  0 .269  
  M.Vernon 1B         5  1  1  0 .375     F.Thomas LF         4  2  2  3 .333  
  B.Thomson CF        5  2  2  2 .200     F.Fain 1B           4  1  0  1 .167  
  Y.Berra C           4  1  3  0 .375     C.Furillo RF        5  3  4  4 .542  
  D.Ennis LF          5  2  1  2 .214     J.Astroth C         5  0  3  2 .250  
  R.Jackson 3B        4  1  1  1 .429     D.Williams 2B       3  1  1  0 .286  
  A.Dark SS           4  0  0  0 .200     J.Dobson P          1  0  0  0 .000  
  N.Garver P          3  0  0  0 .000   B-E.Joost PH          1  0  0  0 .000  
  B.Hooper P          0  0  0  0 ----     A.Worthington P     0  0  0  0 .000  
C-B.Renna PH          1  0  1  01.000                                          
  F.Smith P           0  0  0  0 ----                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      41  9 13  9                 Totals      36 12 13 12

A-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Carey In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Dobson In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Hooper In 8th Inning

Pirates......... 2 0 0  2 0 3  2 0 0  -  9 13  3
Cubs............ 3 2 1  0 0 0  3 3    - 12 13  2

Pirates (2-1)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
N.Garver                  6 1/3   7   8   6   5   2   1 111   8.53  A1 D5
B.Hooper BS(1st)          0 2/3   3   1   1   0   0   1  13  13.50  D6 E1
F.Smith LOSS(0-1)         1       3   3   3   1   1   1  30  27.00  E2
Totals                    8      13  12  10   6   3   3

Cubs (2-4)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Dobson                  6       9   7   5   0   2   2 106   7.50  A1 D2
A.Worthingto WIN(1-0)     3       4   2   2   1   0   1  46   2.25  D3
Totals                    9      13   9   7   1   2   3

ATTENDANCE- 29,143 DATE- Saturday, April 17th 1953 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:35
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 6  Cubs: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 1  Cubs: 1
ERRORS- A.Carey, B.Thomson, A.Dark, J.Dobson-2
DOUBLES- P.Reese(1st), J.Astroth-2(2nd)
HOME RUNS- A.Carey(1st), B.Thomson(1st), D.Ennis(1st), P.Reese(1st),
           F.Thomas(2nd), C.Furillo(2nd)
RBIs- D.Mueller-2(2nd), A.Carey-2(2nd), B.Thomson-2(2nd), D.Ennis-2(3rd),
      R.Jackson(3rd), P.Reese-2(3rd), F.Thomas-3(8th), F.Fain(1st),
      C.Furillo-4(8th), J.Astroth-2(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Dobson, A.Worthington
WALKS- Y.Berra, E.Mathews-2, F.Thomas, F.Fain, D.Williams-2
STRIKE OUTS- A.Dark, N.Garver, E.Mathews, D.Snider, F.Thomas
GIDP- R.Jackson, J.Astroth
2-out RBI- J.Astroth-2, D.Ennis-2, D.Mueller-2
RLISP 2-out- J.Dobson, M.Vernon, A.Carey, P.Reese-2, D.Williams
TEAM RISP- Pirates: 2 for 7  Cubs: 4 for 10
WEB GEMS- Bot 7th: Red Schoendienst robbed Duke Snider of a base hit.

Carl Furillo had 4 hits and 4 RBI as the Chicago-NL Cubs bested the Pittsburgh
Pirates 12 to 9 at Wrigely Field.

Furillo made sure the Chicago-NL fans enjoyed themselves.  He slapped a
base-hit in the 3rd inning, lashed a single in the 5th inning, lofted a
three-run bomb in the 7th inning and smacked a one-base hit in the 8th
inning.  Both teams finished the game with 13 hits.  

Al Worthington(1-0) allowed 2 runs in 3 innings, and picked up the victory.
Frank Smith(0-1) was charged with the loss in relief.  


SCORESHEET: 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1953 Chicago-NL Cubs
D.Muelle-A1  A1:Si      B1:G/43    C1:E/1     D1:Si>3#   E1:F/7
                                              2# 12      
                                                         
A.Carey-A1   A2:HR>1#   B2:G/63    C2:Si>13   D2:G/43    E2:F/7
R.Schoen-D3  b#                                          
                                                         
M.Vernon-A1  A3:G/43    *4*:F/8    C3:G/31    *7*:Si     *9*:F/8
                                                         
                                                         
B.Thomso-A1  A4:G/53    B4:G/43    *6*:Si     D4:HR>1#   E4:G/53
                                              b#         
                                                         
Y.Berra-A1   A5:F/8     B5:Si      C5:Si>12   D5:Si      E5:W>b1
                                                         
                                                         
D.Ennis-A1   *2*:L/4    B6:HR>1#   C6:Force/  D6:Force/  E6:G/63
                        b#         64>23 1o   64>1o b1   
                                   b1                    
R.Jackso-A1  A7:G/63    B7:G/53    C7:Si>3#   D7:G-DP/6
                                   12         43>1o
                                              
A.Dark-A1    A8:G/63    *5*:F/8    C8:K       *8*:G/53
                                              
                                              
N.Garver-A1  *3*:G/23   B9:K       C9:E/1>23  D9:Si
B.Hooper-D8                        12         
B.Renna-D9+                                   

P.Reese-A1   A1:Do      B1:HR>2#   *4*:G/53   D1:G/63    E1:G/63
                        b#                               
                                                         
E.Mathew-A1  A2:W>b1    B2:G/63    C2:E/4     D2:K       *8*:W>b1
                                                         
                                                         
D.Snider-A1  A3:Si>23   B3:G/43    C3:F/8     *7*:G/43   E3:K
             12                                          
                                                         
F.Thomas-A1  A4:Si>3#   *3*:K      C4:G/43    D4:W>b1    E4:HR>1#
             23 12                                       b#
                                                         
F.Fain-A1    A5:E/6>3#  B5:G/23    *5*:G/43   D5:W>12 b  E5:G/3
             23 12                            1          
                                                         
C.Furill-A1  A6:Force/  B6:Si      C6:Si      D6:HR>2#   E6:Si
             64>3# 23                         1# b#      
             1o b1                                       
J.Astrot-A1  A7:G-DP/6  B7:Do+E/8  C7:Force/  D7:Si      E7:Do>1#
             43>1o      >1# b3     14>1o b1              
                                                         
D.Willia-A1  *2*:W>b1   B8:W>b1    C8:F/8     D8:Si>12   E8:G/31
                                                         
                                                         
J.Dobson-A1  A9:Sac/54  B9:G/13    *6*:G/63   D9:Sac/34
E.Joost-C9   >12                              >23 12
A.Worthi-D3