BOXSCORE: 1953 Chicago-NL Cubs At 1953 Washington Nationals 4/24/1953 Cubs AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG P.Reese SS 4 0 0 0 .214 G.Bell CF 4 0 2 1 .500 E.Mathews 3B 4 0 1 0 .208 A.Pafko LF 4 0 1 0 .250 D.Lenhardt LF 4 0 0 0 .294 J.Adcock 1B 4 0 1 0 .250 D.Snider CF 2 0 0 0 .250 R.Campanella C 4 1 1 1 .250 C.Furillo RF 3 0 1 0 .519 R.Boone 3B 4 1 1 1 .250 M.Batts C 3 0 0 0 .077 H.Kuenn SS 4 0 1 0 .250 D.Cole 1B 3 0 1 0 .357 F.Baumholtz RF 4 2 2 0 .500 V.Raschi P 2 0 0 0 .000 B.Martin 2B 3 1 0 1 .000 A-E.Joost PH 1 0 0 0 .000 W.Spahn P 3 0 0 1 .000 A.Worthington P 0 0 0 0 .000 D.O'Connell 2B 3 0 0 0 .385 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 29 0 3 0 Totals 34 5 9 5 A-Pinch Hit For Raschi In 8th Inning Cubs............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0 Nationals....... 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 5 9 1 Cubs (2-5) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET V.Raschi LOSS(0-2) 7 8 5 5 0 4 2 112 7.11 A1 D3 A.Worthingto 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 18 2.00 D4 Totals 8 9 5 5 0 7 2 Nationals (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET W.Spahn WIN(1-0) 9 3 0 0 1 2 0 107 0.00 A1 Totals 9 3 0 0 1 2 0 ATTENDANCE- 18,541 DATE- Saturday, April 24th 1953 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average T- 2:21 LEFT ON BASE- Cubs: 3 Nationals: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 0 Nationals: 2 ERRORS- W.Spahn DOUBLES- G.Bell(1st) TRIPLES- D.Cole(1st), F.Baumholtz-2(2nd) HOME RUNS- R.Campanella(1st), R.Boone(1st) RBIs- G.Bell(1st), R.Campanella(1st), R.Boone(1st), B.Martin(1st), W.Spahn WALKS- D.Snider STRIKE OUTS- E.Mathews, D.Snider, G.Bell-2, R.Campanella, R.Boone, F.Baumholtz, W.Spahn-2 GIDP- D.Snider, C.Furillo WILD PITCHES- V.Raschi 2-out RBI- G.Bell RLISP 2-out- A.Pafko, J.Adcock, D.O'Connell TEAM RISP- Cubs: 0 for 2 Nationals: 1 for 6 WEB GEMS- Top 2nd: Ray Boone robbed Dick Cole of a base hit. Frank Baumholtz smacked 2 triples and Warren Spahn threw a 3 hit shutout as the Washington Nationals topped the Chicago-NL Cubs by a score of 5 to 0 at Griffith Stadium. Spahn(1-0) was virtually untouchable. He allowed only 3 hits and 1 walk in 9 innings. The pitchers took over after the 4th inning as neither team was able to score again. Vic Raschi(0-2) was the loser. He pitched 7 innings allowing 8 hits and no walks. SCORESHEET: 1953 Chicago-NL Cubs at 1953 Washington Nationals P.Reese-A1 A1:G/63 B1:F/7 C1:G/43 *9*:L/6 E.Mathew-A1 A2:K *4*:Si C2:G/13 D2:G/43 D.Lenhar-A1 A3:E/1 B3:F/7 *7*:P/6 D3:L/6 D.Snider-A1 A4:K B4:G-DP/3 C4:W>b1 63>1o C.Furill-A1 *2*:G/43 *5*:Si C5:G-DP/6 43>1o M.Batts-A1 A6:G/53 B6:F/9 *8*:F/8 D.Cole-A1 A7:G/53 B7:F/7 C7:Tr V.Raschi-A1 *3*:F/8 B8:F/8 C8:P/6 E.Joost-C8 A.Worthi-D1 D.O'Conn-A1 A9:F/7 *6*:F/9 C9:F/8 G.Bell-A1 A1:K B1:WP>12 C1:Si *7*:K Do>2# A.Pafko-A1 A2:P/6 B2:G/53 C2:Si>13 D2:F/7 J.Adcock-A1 A3:Si *3*:F/7 C3:F/9 D3:F/7 R.Campan-A1 A4:Force/ B4:HR>b# *5*:G/43 *8*:K 64>1o b1 R.Boone-A1 *2*:HR>b# B5:F/9 C5:F/9 D5:K H.Kuenn-A1 A6:G/13 B6:F/7 C6:F/7 D6:Si F.Baumho-A1 A7:Tr *4*:Tr *6*:G/43 D7:K B.Martin-A1 A8:FC/52> B8:L/6 C8:F/7 3# W.Spahn-A1 A9:K B9:G/43>3 C9:K #