BOXSCORE: 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1953 Cleveland Indians 5/5/1953
Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Indians AB R H RBI AVG
B.Borkowski 1B 5 0 1 0 .302 D.Philley RF,LF 4 1 1 0 .242
R.Schoendienst 2B 3 0 0 0 .296 J.Busby CF 3 0 0 0 .264
M.Irvin RF 3 0 2 0 .325 G.Kell 3B 4 0 3 1 .321
B.Thomson CF 4 0 0 0 .261 G.Zernial LF 2 1 1 1 .202
B.Hofman 3B 4 1 2 0 .450 B-C.Courtney C 1 0 0 0 .219
D.Ennis LF 4 0 1 0 .227 D.Gernert 1B 3 0 0 0 .255
A.Dark SS 4 1 1 1 .280 C-J.Collins 1B 1 0 0 0 .288
R.Murray C 3 0 1 1 .236 C.Michaels 2B 2 1 0 0 .286
B.Pierce P 1 0 0 0 .050 C.Carrasquel SS 3 1 1 0 .182
D-B.Renna PH 1 0 0 0 .370 J.Garagiola C 2 0 0 0 .160
B.Friend P 0 0 0 0 .000 A-W.Westlake PH,LF 0 0 0 1 .429
F-R.Jackson PH 0 0 0 0 .300 E-C.Abrams PH,RF 1 0 0 0 .222
M.McDermott P 3 0 1 1 .200
H.Wilhelm P 0 0 0 0 .200
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Totals 32 2 8 2 Totals 29 4 7 4
A-Pinch Hit For Garagiola In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Zernial In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Gernert In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Pierce In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Westlake In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Friend In 9th Inning
Pirates......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 8 2
Indians......... 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 4 7 0
Pirates (21-21) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Pierce LOSS(2-5) 7 7 4 4 3 2 1 121 4.11 A1 D5
B.Friend 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 9.85 D6
Totals 8 7 4 4 3 2 1
Indians (19-15) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
M.McDermott WIN(5-1) 8 7 1 1 2 3 0 117 2.39 A1 D5
H.Wilhelm 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 17 2.42 D6
Totals 9 8 2 2 3 4 0
ATTENDANCE- 26,987 DATE- Wednesday, May 5th 1953 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:10
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 8 Indians: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 1 Indians: 1
ERRORS- A.Dark, B.Pierce
DOUBLES- B.Hofman(4th), A.Dark(6th), G.Kell-3(16th), M.McDermott
HOME RUNS- G.Zernial(8th)
RBIs- A.Dark(16th), R.Murray(8th), G.Kell(18th), G.Zernial(14th),
W.Westlake(10th), M.McDermott
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Pierce, J.Busby, C.Carrasquel
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Murray, W.Westlake
WALKS- R.Schoendienst, M.Irvin, R.Jackson, G.Zernial, C.Michaels-2
STRIKE OUTS- B.Thomson, B.Hofman, D.Ennis, A.Dark, D.Philley, C.Carrasquel
GIDP- R.Schoendienst, D.Gernert
WILD PITCHES- H.Wilhelm
2-out RBI- M.McDermott
RLISP 2-out- D.Gernert, D.Philley-2, B.Borkowski, D.Ennis, M.McDermott,
J.Collins, B.Thomson
TEAM RISP- Pirates: 1 for 5 Indians: 1 for 11
George Kell hit 3 doubles as the Cleveland Indians bested the Pittsburgh
Pirates 4 to 2 at Cleveland Stadium.
Cleveland jumped out to the early lead in the first inning scoring a single
run on 2 base hits. Dave Philley lined a base-hit. Jim Busby stepped into
the batter's box and he laid down a sacrifice bunt. Kell then doubled
scoring the run. Pittsburgh made it exciting in the 9th, but they were
unable to push the needed runs across.
The winning pitcher was Mickey McDermott(5-1) who allowed 1 run in 8 innings.
Billy Pierce(2-5) took the loss. He pitched 7 innings allowing 7 hits and 3
walks.
SCORESHEET: 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1953 Cleveland Indians
B.Borkow-A1 A1:Si B1:G/43 *6*:F/7 D1:G/63 E1:P/6
R.Schoen-A1 A2:G-DP/1 *4*:G/53 C2:P/6 D2:W>b1
63>1o
M.Irvin-A1 A3:G/63 B3:Si C3:Si D3:W>12 b
1
B.Thomso-A1 *2*:G/53 B4:K C4:G/3 D4:G/53
B.Hofman-A1 A5:K B5:Si>12 *7*:G/63 *9*:Do
D.Ennis-A1 A6:G/53 B6:G/53 C6:Si D6:K
A.Dark-A1 *3*:G/13 *5*:G/63 C7:K D7:Do>2#
R.Murray-A1 A8:Si B8:G/13 C8:G/63 D8:WP>23
SF/7>3#
B.Pierce-A1 A9:Sac/54 B9:G/63 *8*:G/63 D9:W>b1
B.Renna-C9 >12
B.Friend-D5+
D.Phille-A1 A1:Si B1:G/63 *5*:K D1:G/53
J.Busby-A1 A2:Sac/54 *3*:L/6 C2:G/53 *7*:F/8
>12
G.Kell-A1 A3:Do>2# B3:Do C3:P/6 D3:Do
G.Zernia-A1 A4:G/63 B4:W>b1 *6*:HR>b# D4:L/4
C.Courtn-D2
D.Gerner-A1 A5:P/6 B5:G-DP/6 C5:G/43 D5:G/13
J.Collin-D2 43>1o
C.Michae-A1 *2*:W>b1 *4*:G/53 C6:W>b1 *8*:F/9
C.Carras-A1 A7:Sac/54 B7:K C7:Si>13 D7:G/63
>12
J.Garagi-A1 A8:F/8 B8:E/6>b2 C8:SF/8>3 D8:G/63
W.Westla-C8 #
C.Abrams-D8
M.McDerm-A1 A9:E/1>23 B9:G/3 C9:Do>1#
H.Wilhel-D9