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