BOXSCORE: 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1953 Cleveland Indians 5/7/1953
Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Indians AB R H RBI AVG
M.Irvin RF 4 3 4 1 .339 D.Philley RF,CF 3 0 0 0 .242
R.Schoendienst 2B 5 1 2 1 .309 J.Busby CF 3 0 1 0 .265
M.Vernon 1B 5 1 2 0 .316 B-T.Williams PH 1 0 1 2 .500
B.Thomson CF 4 1 2 1 .266 S.Consuegra P 0 0 0 0 .000
Y.Berra C 4 0 3 3 .281 B.Miller P 0 0 0 0 ----
D.Ennis LF 3 0 0 1 .222 D-S.Hemus PH 1 0 0 0 .338
R.Jackson 3B 4 0 0 0 .280 G.Kell 3B 5 1 1 0 .314
A.Dark SS 4 1 1 1 .279 G.Zernial LF 3 0 0 0 .200
V.Mizell P 3 1 1 0 .053 D.Gernert 1B 4 0 0 0 .235
B.Hooper P 0 0 0 0 ---- C.Michaels 2B 3 1 1 0 .297
C-B.Renna PH 1 0 0 0 .357 C.Carrasquel SS 4 0 1 1 .194
B.Friend P 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Garagiola C 3 0 2 0 .200
W.Masterson P 1 0 0 0 .000
B.Henry P 0 0 0 01.000
M.Fornieles P 0 0 0 0 ----
A-W.Westlake PH,RF 1 1 0 0 .409
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Totals 37 8 15 8 Totals 32 3 7 3
A-Pinch Hit For Fornieles In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Busby In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Hooper In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Miller In 9th Inning
Pirates......... 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 - 8 15 0
Indians......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 - 3 7 0
Pirates (23-21) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
V.Mizell WIN(2-3) 6 2/3 3 2 2 4 4 0 121 4.33 A1 D1
B.Hooper 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.35 D2 D2
B.Friend 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 39 9.49 D3
Totals 9 7 3 3 5 4 0
Indians (19-17) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
W.Masterson LOSS(1-3) 6 9 6 6 4 3 0 108 7.54 A1 D2
B.Henry 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 7 3.94 D3 D5
M.Fornieles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4.50 D6 D7
S.Consuegra 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 15 4.95 D8 E2
B.Miller 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 21 2.77 E3
Totals 9 15 8 8 6 4 1
ATTENDANCE- 16,267 DATE- Friday, May 7th 1953 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 3:03
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 9 Indians: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 0 Indians: 4
DOUBLES- M.Irvin-2(11th), Y.Berra(4th), T.Williams(1st), G.Kell(17th),
C.Carrasquel(7th)
TRIPLES- J.Garagiola(1st)
HOME RUNS- A.Dark(4th)
RBIs- M.Irvin(17th), R.Schoendienst(15th), B.Thomson(28th), Y.Berra-3(20th),
D.Ennis(19th), A.Dark(18th), T.Williams-2(10th), C.Carrasquel(7th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Busby(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Philley, W.Masterson
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Ennis
WALKS- M.Irvin, B.Thomson, Y.Berra, D.Ennis, R.Jackson, A.Dark, D.Philley,
G.Zernial, C.Michaels, J.Garagiola, W.Westlake
STRIKE OUTS- A.Dark, V.Mizell-2, B.Renna, G.Zernial, D.Gernert, C.Carrasquel,
W.Masterson
GIDP- R.Schoendienst, R.Jackson-2
2-out RBI- Y.Berra-2, M.Irvin, R.Schoendienst, T.Williams-2, C.Carrasquel
RLISP 2-out- D.Ennis, G.Zernial, G.Kell-2, D.Philley, V.Mizell-2, J.Garagiola-2,
A.Dark-2
TEAM RISP- Pirates: 5 for 13 Indians: 3 for 12
WEB GEMS- Bot 4th: Al Dark robbed Gus Zernial of a base hit.
Bot 7th: Yogi Berra blocked the plate, saving a run!
Monte Irvin had 4 hits and scored 3 times as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated
the Cleveland Indians by a score of 8 to 3 at Cleveland Stadium.
Vinegar Bend Mizell(2-3) gave a fine effort for Pittsburgh. He went 6 and 2/3
innings surrendering 3 hits and 4 walks improving his ERA from 4.57 to 4.33.
Pittsburgh finished with 15 hits while Cleveland ended up with 7.
Walt Masterson(1-3) took the loss. He allowed a few too many baserunners
giving up 9 hits and 4 walks in 6 innings.
SCORESHEET: 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1953 Cleveland Indians
M.Irvin-A1 A1:Do *3*:W>b1 C1:Do>1# *7*:Si E1:Si
R.Schoen-A1 A2:F/9 B2:G-DP/4 C2:Si>3# D2:Si>12 E2:L-DP/4
63>1o 3>1o
M.Vernon-A1 A3:G/3>23 B3:F/8 C3:F/7 D3:Si>23 *9*:Si
12
B.Thomso-A1 A4:W>b1 *4*:FO/2 *6*:Si D4:Si>3# E4:G/3>12
23 12
Y.Berra-A1 A5:Do>3# B5:F/8 C5:Si>12 D5:Si>3# E5:IW>b1
1# 23 12
D.Ennis-A1 A6:G/63 B6:G/63 C6:W>23 1 D6:SF/7>3 E6:Force/
2 b1 # 64>23 1o
b1
R.Jackso-A1 *2*:F/9 *5*:F/7 C7:G-DP/6 D7:G-DP/6 E7:W>12 b
23>3o 23 43>1o 1
12
A.Dark-A1 A8:F/7 B8:K C8:IW>b1 *8*:HR>b# E8:G/63
V.Mizell-A1 A9:K B9:Si C9:K D9:K
B.Hooper-D8
B.Renna-D9+
D.Phille-A1 A1:G/63 B1:Sac/54 C1:G/53 D1:W>12 b E1:F/7
>23 12 1
J.Busby-A1 A2:Si B2:FC/12> *6*:F/8 D2:Do>3# E2:Force/
T.Willia-D2 3o 23 2# 1o 46>1o b1
S.Consue-D3+
G.Kell-A1 A3:G/3>12 B3:SB>12 C3:G/53 *8*:Do E3:F/8
P/6
G.Zernia-A1 A4:K *4*:G/63 C4:W>b1 D4:G/63
D.Gerner-A1 *2*:K B5:G/53 C5:F/9 D5:F/7
C.Michae-A1 A6:F/8 B6:G/63 *7*:W>b1 D6:Si>23
C.Carras-A1 A7:K *5*:G/63 C7:F/7 D7:Do>3#
13
J.Garagi-A1 *3*:Si B8:Tr C8:W>12 b D8:F/9
1
W.Master-A1 A9:Sac+FC B9:K C9:Force/ *9*:W>b1
B.Henry-C6 >12 b1 26>23 1o
M.Fornie-C6+ b1