BOXSCORE: 1953 Cleveland Indians At 1953 New York-AL Yankees 4/18/1953 Indians AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG D.Philley CF,LF 5 0 0 0 .333 B.Goodman 2B 5 1 2 0 .182 S.Hemus 2B 4 1 2 1 .429 R.Ashburn RF 5 0 1 0 .235 C.Abrams RF 3 0 0 0 .111 S.Burgess C 5 1 2 0 .231 G.Zernial LF 4 0 0 0 .154 M.Minoso LF 4 0 1 0 .188 B-J.Busby CF 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Fondy 1B 5 0 4 2 .636 J.Collins 1B 3 0 1 0 .222 C.Ryan 3B 3 0 0 0 .385 F.Hatfield 3B 3 0 0 0 .000 M.Mantle CF 4 0 0 0 .154 C.Carrasquel SS 4 0 1 0 .250 P.Rizzuto SS 4 0 3 0 .333 C.Courtney C 4 0 1 0 .400 V.Trucks P 3 0 0 0 .000 S.Gromek P 1 0 0 0 .000 A-T.Williams PH 0 0 0 0 ---- B.Miller P 0 0 0 0 ---- C-W.Westlake PH 1 0 0 0 .000 B.Henry P 0 0 0 0 ---- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 32 1 5 1 Totals 38 2 13 2 A-Pinch Hit For Gromek In 7th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Zernial In 8th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Miller In 10th Inning Indians......... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 1 Yankees......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 13 0 Indians (3-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET S.Gromek 6 9 1 1 1 3 0 95 1.50 A1 D1 B.Miller 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 37 0.00 D2 E1 B.Henry LOSS(0-1) 0 1/3 2 1 1 1 0 0 14 81.00 E2 Totals 9 1/3 13 2 2 2 3 0 Yankees (2-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET V.Trucks WIN(1-0) 10 5 1 1 4 6 1 119 0.90 A1 Totals 10 5 1 1 4 6 1 ATTENDANCE- 47,484 DATE- Sunday, April 18th 1953 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average T- 2:22 LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 7 Yankees:10 DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 2 Yankees: 1 ERRORS- C.Courtney DOUBLES- S.Hemus(1st), D.Fondy(2nd) HOME RUNS- S.Hemus(1st) RBIs- S.Hemus(2nd), D.Fondy-2(3rd) CAUGHT STEALING- M.Minoso SACRIFICE HITS- C.Abrams, S.Gromek, V.Trucks WALKS- S.Hemus, J.Collins, F.Hatfield, T.Williams, M.Minoso, C.Ryan STRIKE OUTS- D.Philley, S.Hemus, C.Abrams-2, G.Zernial, J.Collins, S.Burgess, C.Ryan, M.Mantle GIDP- F.Hatfield, C.Ryan, V.Trucks 2-out RBI- D.Fondy RLISP 2-out- C.Ryan-2, R.Ashburn, D.Philley-2, M.Mantle, C.Carrasquel, J.Collins-2, B.Goodman TEAM RISP- Indians: 0 for 8 Yankees: 2 for 10 WEB GEMS- Bot 3rd: Cal Abrams robbed Mickey Mantle of a Homerun! Top 8th: Phil Rizzuto robbed Joe Collins of a base hit. First baseman Dee Fondy had 4 hits and 2 RBI and Virgil Trucks allowed Robert Baker to rest his bullpen, tossing a complete game at Yankee Stadium as the New York-AL Yankees beat the Cleveland Indians in 10 innings 2 to 1. The game was deadlocked at 1 after nine full innings. New York-AL won it in the 10th inning. After an out was recorded, Smoky Burgess slapped a single. Minnie Minoso came to the plate and drew a walk. Fondy then doubled resulting in an exciting win for New York-AL and a raucous post-game celebration by the home town fans. New York-AL managed 13 hits in their victory. The win was credited to Trucks(1-0) who went the whole way allowing 1 run. Bill Henry(0-1) suffered the loss in relief. SCORESHEET: 1953 Cleveland Indians at 1953 New York-AL Yankees D.Phille-A1 A1:G/31 B1:K C1:F/8 D1:FO/2 E1:G/43 S.Hemus-A1 A2:K *4*:HR>b# *6*:Do *8*:W>b1 E2:F/9 C.Abrams-A1 A3:K B3:K C3:G/43>2 D3:Sac/34 3 >12 G.Zernia-A1 *2*:F/8 B4:K C4:P/6 D4:F/7 J.Busby-D6 J.Collin-A1 A5:Si B5:W>b1 C5:K D5:G/63 F.Hatfie-A1 A6:G-DP/4 B6:W>12 b *7*:P/3 *9*:F/9 63>1o 1 C.Carras-A1 *3*:Si B7:Force/ C7:F/9 D7:F/7 54>1o b1 C.Courtn-A1 A8:F/7 *5*:G/13 C8:Si D8:G/53 S.Gromek-A1 A9:Sac/54 B9:G/13 C9:IW>12 *10*:G/63 T.Willia-C9 >12 b1 B.Miller-D2+ B.Goodma-A1 A1:Si B1:Si>13 C1:F/7 D1:G/63 E1:G/13 R.Ashbur-A1 A2:F/9 B2:L/3 *5*:Si *7*:G/43 *10*:F/9 S.Burges-A1 A3:Si>12 *3*:K C3:E/2>12 D3:G/43 E3:Si M.Minoso-A1 A4:FO/2 B4:F/9 C4:F/7 D4:Si CS/ E4:W>12 b 26>1o 1 D.Fondy-A1 A5:Si>2# B5:Si C5:P/4 *8*:Si E5:Do>2# 13 13 C.Ryan-A1 A6:K B6:W>12 b C6:P/6 D6:G-DP/6 1 43>1o M.Mantle-A1 *2*:K B7:F/9 *6*:FO/4 D7:G/31 P.Rizzut-A1 A8:Si *4*:Si C8:Si *9*:F/8 V.Trucks-A1 A9:Force/ B9:G-DP/6 C9:Sac/54 D9:G/63 46>1o b1 43>1o >12