BOXSCORE: 1953 Philadelphia-AL Athletics At 1953 Washington Nationa 4/18/1953
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG
E.Valo RF 3 2 0 0 .135 S.Gordon LF 3 1 0 0 .217
B.Avila 2B 5 3 3 0 .324 H.Kuenn SS 4 0 1 1 .321
G.Hodges 1B 4 0 2 3 .300 J.Adcock 1B 4 0 1 1 .368
G.Woodling LF 4 1 3 0 .344 R.Campanella C 4 0 0 0 .264
F.Dorish P 0 0 0 0 ---- R.Repulski CF 4 0 2 0 .333
H.Thompson 3B 4 1 2 1 .293 A.Pafko RF 3 0 2 0 .255
C-W.Jones 3B 0 0 0 0 .254 B.Martin 2B 4 0 0 0 .157
S.White C 5 0 1 1 .185 R.Boone 3B 4 1 1 0 .300
J.Logan SS 5 0 1 2 .250 D.Larsen P 3 0 1 0 .545
J.Piersall CF 5 0 0 0 .208 R.Face P 0 0 0 0 ----
B.Hoeft P 3 0 0 0 .000 D-G.Bell PH 1 0 1 0 .438
A-D.Rhodes PH 1 0 0 0 .000
B-I.Noren LF 0 0 0 0 .152
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Totals 39 7 12 7 Totals 34 2 9 2
A-Pinch Hit For Hoeft In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Rhodes In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Thompson In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Face In 9th Inning
INJURY: Dusty Rhodes INJURED (for 0 more games) in 8th inning
Athletics....... 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 - 7 12 0
Nationals....... 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 2
Athletics (10-9) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Hoeft WIN(4-2) 7 7 2 2 2 3 0 86 2.58 A1 D2
F.Dorish 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 6.88 D3
Totals 9 9 2 2 2 3 0
Nationals (7-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
D.Larsen LOSS(2-1) 7 9 4 4 4 2 0 128 2.96 A1 D7
R.Face 2 3 3 1 0 1 0 43 13.50 D8
Totals 9 12 7 6 4 3 0
ATTENDANCE- 28,016 DATE- Sunday, April 18th 1953 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 2:08
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics:10 Nationals: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 1 Nationals: 0
ERRORS- J.Adcock, D.Larsen
DOUBLES- G.Hodges(5th), R.Boone(2nd), G.Bell(4th)
TRIPLES- H.Thompson(1st), H.Kuenn(3rd)
RBIs- G.Hodges-3(14th), H.Thompson(5th), S.White(6th), J.Logan-2(5th),
H.Kuenn(5th), J.Adcock(11th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- G.Hodges
WALKS- E.Valo-2, G.Woodling, H.Thompson, S.Gordon, A.Pafko
STRIKE OUTS- S.White, J.Piersall, B.Hoeft, H.Kuenn, J.Adcock, R.Campanella
GIDP- A.Pafko
2-out RBI- J.Logan, J.Adcock, H.Kuenn, G.Hodges-2
RLISP 2-out- J.Logan-5, J.Piersall, R.Campanella, J.Adcock, R.Boone, G.Woodling
TEAM RISP- Athletics: 4 for 16 Nationals: 2 for 8
WEB GEMS- Top 2nd: Billy Martin robbed Bobby Avila of a base hit.
The Philadelphia-AL Athletics had very little trouble at Griffith Stadium
downing the Washington Nationals. The score was 7 to 2.
Billy Hoeft(4-2) had a solid outing for Philadelphia-AL. He went 7 innings
allowing 7 hits and 2 walks. Philadelphia-AL had 12 hits for the night while
Washington had 9.
Don Larsen(2-1) took the loss. Philadelphia-AL now has a record of 10-9.
With the loss, the Washington ballclub's record is 7-6.
SCORESHEET: 1953 Philadelphia-AL Athletics at 1953 Washington Nationals
E.Valo-A1 A1:W>b1 B1:W>b1 C1:P/3 D1:G/13 E1:E/3
B.Avila-A1 A2:Si>13 B2:G/43 C2:F/8 *7*:Si E2:Si>12
G.Hodges-A1 A3:SF/8>3 *3*:F/8 *5*:Si D3:P/6 E3:Do>2#
# 1#
G.Woodli-A1 A4:Si>12 B4:Si C4:W>12 b D4:Si>12 E4:F/7
F.Dorish-E5 1
H.Thomps-A1 A5:Si>2# B5:W>12 b C5:Force/ D5:E/1>23 *9*:Tr
W.Jones-E9 12 1 46>23 1o 12
b1
S.White-A1 A6:P/6 B6:Force/ C6:G/53>1 D6:Si>3# E6:K
14>23 1o 2 2o 13
b1
J.Logan-A1 A7:F/8 B7:Si>3# C7:G/3 D7:P/6 E7:G/63>3
13 #
J.Piersa-A1 *2*:K B8:P/6 *6*:F/9 *8*:G/31 E8:L/4
B.Hoeft-A1 A9:G/31 *4*:K C9:F/8 D9:F/8
D.Rhodes-D9
I.Noren-E5
S.Gordon-A1 A1:G/63 B1:F/9 C1:W>b1 D1:G/63
H.Kuenn-A1 A2:K B2:F/8 C2:Tr>1# D2:G/43
J.Adcock-A1 A3:K B3:Si>3# C3:F/8 *8*:P/2
13
R.Campan-A1 *2*:K B4:F/9 *6*:F/8 D4:G/3
R.Repuls-A1 A5:G/53 *4*:Si C5:Si D5:G/43
A.Pafko-A1 A6:W>b1 B6:G-DP/5 C6:Si>13 *9*:Si
43>1o
B.Martin-A1 A7:G/63 B7:G/53 C7:L/5 D7:Force/
54>1o b1
R.Boone-A1 *3*:Do *5*:F/9 C8:F/7 D8:F/8
D.Larsen-A1 A9:Si>23 B9:G/63 *7*:G/43 D9:Do>1o
R.Face-D3
G.Bell-D9