BOXSCORE: 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1953 Washington Nationals 5/4/1953
Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG
D.Mueller RF 8 1 2 0 .345 S.Gordon LF 5 1 3 0 .286
R.Schoendienst 2B 7 1 1 2 .301 C-J.Rivera CF 3 0 0 0 .000
M.Vernon 1B 6 2 2 0 .311 H.Kuenn SS 7 1 2 1 .321
B.Thomson CF 8 1 4 0 .252 J.Adcock 1B 8 0 1 0 .287
Y.Berra C 8 1 2 1 .250 R.Campanella C 8 1 1 0 .246
D.Ennis LF 8 0 2 2 .220 R.Repulski CF,LF 7 1 1 0 .302
R.Jackson 3B 7 0 2 0 .237 A.Pafko RF 4 1 2 0 .272
A.Dark SS 8 1 5 2 .303 B.Martin 2B 7 0 3 2 .203
E.Lopat P 3 0 0 0 .182 B.Adams 3B 5 0 2 2 .455
A-B.Renna PH 1 0 0 0 .412 D.Larsen P 2 0 0 0 .400
B.Friend P 0 0 0 0 .000 B-G.Bell PH 1 0 0 0 .300
R.Gomez P 0 0 0 0 .750 D.Liddle P 0 0 0 0 .000
D-B.Hofman PH 1 0 1 0 .393 E-R.Boone PH 1 0 0 0 .237
E.Kinder P 1 0 0 0 .000 J.Nuxhall P 1 0 0 0 .286
B.Turley P 2 0 0 0 .333
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Totals 68 7 21 7 Totals 59 5 15 5
A-Pinch Hit For Lopat In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Larsen In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Gordon In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Gomez In 10th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Liddle In 10th Inning
Pirates......... 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 7 21 1
Nationals....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 15 0
Pirates (15-10) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
E.Lopat 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 76 4.10 A1 C3
B.Friend 0 2/3 3 1 1 0 0 0 18 9.92 C4 C8
R.Gomez BS(3rd) 2 1/3 6 4 4 2 2 0 63 3.47 C9 E5
E.Kinder 4 2 0 0 2 2 0 54 0.75 E6 G1
B.Turley WIN(1-0) 3 1 0 0 4 3 0 46 1.13 G2
Totals 16 15 5 5 8 7 0
Nationals (19-14) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
D.Larsen 7 13 5 5 3 4 2 132 4.26 A1 D9
D.Liddle 3 2 0 0 0 4 0 39 5.40 E1 F2
J.Nuxhall LOSS(3-5) 6 6 2 2 1 0 0 96 4.18 F3
Totals 16 21 7 7 4 8 2
ATTENDANCE- 9,030 DATE- Tuesday, May 4th 1953 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 4:40
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates:17 Nationals:15
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 3 Nationals: 1
ERRORS- M.Vernon
DOUBLES- M.Vernon(6th), B.Thomson-2(6th), B.Hofman(3rd), S.Gordon(2nd),
H.Kuenn-2(6th)
HOME RUNS- R.Schoendienst(2nd), A.Dark(2nd)
RBIs- R.Schoendienst-2(9th), Y.Berra(7th), D.Ennis-2(11th), A.Dark-2(10th),
H.Kuenn(12th), B.Martin-2(16th), B.Adams-2(4th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Adams
WALKS- R.Schoendienst, M.Vernon-2, R.Jackson, H.Kuenn, R.Repulski, A.Pafko-3,
B.Adams, D.Liddle, J.Nuxhall
STRIKE OUTS- R.Schoendienst-2, M.Vernon, Y.Berra, D.Ennis, R.Jackson, E.Lopat-2,
S.Gordon, H.Kuenn, J.Adcock, R.Campanella, R.Repulski, B.Adams,
R.Boone
GIDP- R.Jackson, J.Adcock, B.Martin, J.Nuxhall
2-out RBI- B.Martin-2, B.Adams, A.Dark
RLISP 2-out- E.Lopat-2, B.Thomson, A.Pafko-2, B.Renna, G.Bell, S.Gordon-2,
R.Jackson-2, R.Repulski, R.Schoendienst, J.Rivera-3, B.Turley-2
TEAM RISP- Pirates: 4 for 20 Nationals: 5 for 19
WEB GEMS- Bot 5th: Mickey Vernon robbed Billy Martin of a base hit.
Top 8th: Joe Adcock robbed Don Mueller of a base hit.
Eddie Lopat pitched 6 strong innings and Al Dark had 5 hits and 2 RBI as the
Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Washington Nationals in 16 innings by a score of
7 to 5.
Both teams had scored 5 runs after nine full innings. Pittsburgh won the hard
fought contest in the 16th inning. Mickey Vernon got things going when he
doubled. After an out was recorded, Yogi Berra came up and he lined a
one-base hit bringing in a run. One out later, Randy Jackson then drew a
walk. Dark followed and he lined a single scoring the final run of the
inning. Pittsburgh bats were hot in the 3rd inning when they had 3 runs on 4
hits. For the game Pittsburgh out-hit Washington 21 to 15.
The winning pitcher was Bob Turley(1-0) who allowed no runs in 3 innings. The
loss was charged to Joe Nuxhall(3-5) in relief. The Pittsburgh ballclub's
record now stands at 15-10. With the loss, Washington has a record of 6-4
lately, 19-14 overall.
SCORESHEET: 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1953 Washington Nationals
D.Muelle-A1 A1:G/43 *3*:Si C1:P/3 *6*:G/13 *8*:G/31 F1:G/43>2
3
R.Schoen-A1 A2:K B2:HR>1# C2:W>b1 D2:G/43 E2:L/5 F2:K
b#
M.Vernon-A1 A3:Si B3:W>b1 C3:W>12 b D3:G/43 E3:K *11*:F/7
1
B.Thomso-A1 A4:F/9 B4:Si>13 C4:G/53 *7*:Do *9*:Do F4:Si
Y.Berra-A1 *2*:G/3 B5:L/6 *5*:G/63 D5:K E5:F/9>23 F5:Si>12
D.Ennis-A1 A6:G/43 B6:Si>3# C6:G/53 D6:Si>2# E6:K F6:P/6
12
R.Jackso-A1 A7:Si B7:G-DP/4 C7:Si D7:F/9 E7:K F7:G/3
63>1o
A.Dark-A1 A8:Si>12 *4*:HR>b# C8:Si>12 D8:Si>13 *10*:G/53 *12*:G/53
E.Lopat-A1 A9:K B9:K C9:G/63 D9:F/7 E9:Do F9:G/63
B.Renna-D9
B.Friend-E1+
S.Gordon-A1 A1:Si *4*:Si *6*:F/8 *8*:Do E1:K F1:F/7
J.Rivera-E2
H.Kuenn-A1 A2:F/7 B2:F/7 C2:G/43 D2:Do>2# *9*:Do *11*:F/8
J.Adcock-A1 A3:G-DP/6 B3:Si>12 C3:F/9 D3:G/63 E3:K F3:F/8
43>1o
R.Campan-A1 *2*:G/13 B4:P/4 *7*:G/63 D4:Si>23 E4:F/8 F4:G/63
R.Repuls-A1 A5:G/53 B5:E/3>23 C5:Si D5:L/5 E5:F/8 *12*:FO/5
12
A.Pafko-A1 A6:G/63 B6:L/5 C6:Si>12 D6:W>12 b *10*:W>b1 F6:W>b1
1
B.Martin-A1 *3*:G/43 *5*:G/31 C7:Si>23 D7:Si>3# E7:Si>12 F7:G-DP/5
12 2# 13 43>1o
B.Adams-A1 A8:G/43 B8:G/63 C8:SF/9>3 D8:Si>3# E8:K *13*:Si
# 12
D.Larsen-A1 A9:G/53 B9:P/6 C9:G/3 D9:W>23 1 E9:K F9:G-DP/2
G.Bell-C9 2 b1 63>1o
D.Liddle-D1+
SCORESHEET: 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1953 Washington Nationals
D.Muelle-A1 G1:Si H1:G/43
R.Schoen-A1 G2:FO/2 H2:F/9
M.Vernon-A1 *13*:G/43 *16*:Do
B.Thomso-A1 G4:G/53 H4:G/3>23
Y.Berra-A1 G5:F/9 H5:Si>3#
D.Ennis-A1 *14*:G/43 H6:P/6
R.Jackso-A1 G7:F/8 H7:W>12 b
1
A.Dark-A1 G8:F/8 H8:Si>2#
13
E.Lopat-A1 *15*:G/53 H9:G/63
B.Renna-D9
B.Friend-E1+
S.Gordon-A1 G1:L/4 H1:G/43
J.Rivera-E2
H.Kuenn-A1 *14*:K *16*:W>b1
J.Adcock-A1 G3:F/7 H3:Force/
36>1o b1
R.Campan-A1 G4:F/7 H4:K
R.Repuls-A1 *15*:W>b1 H5:K
A.Pafko-A1 G6:PkOff/
23>1o Si
B.Martin-A1 G7:FO/2
B.Adams-A1 G8:W>12 b
1
D.Larsen-A1 G9:W>23 1
G.Bell-C9 2 b1
D.Liddle-D1+