BOXSCORE: 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1953 Cleveland Indians 5/8/1953
Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Indians AB R H RBI AVG
M.Irvin RF 5 1 0 0 .326 S.Hemus 2B 4 1 2 0 .346
R.Schoendienst 2B 5 0 2 1 .311 B.Miller P 0 0 0 0 ----
M.Vernon 1B 5 0 1 0 .313 F.Hatfield 3B 4 1 1 0 .286
B.Thomson CF 4 1 1 1 .266 C.Abrams RF 5 1 2 1 .241
Y.Berra C 4 0 1 0 .280 G.Zernial LF 3 1 1 2 .204
B.Hofman 3B 3 0 0 0 .429 A-D.Philley LF 1 0 0 0 .241
C-R.Jackson PH,3B 1 0 0 0 .277 E-C.Michaels 2B 0 0 0 0 .297
D.Ennis LF 4 0 1 0 .223 J.Collins 1B 5 0 1 1 .273
A.Dark SS 4 1 1 0 .278 J.Busby CF 3 0 2 0 .275
N.Garver P 2 0 2 1 .273 C.Courtney C 4 0 0 0 .200
R.Gomez P 0 0 0 0 .500 C.Carrasquel SS 4 0 1 0 .195
A.Kellner P 2 0 1 0 .364
B-T.Williams PH 1 0 0 0 .462
H.Wilhelm P 0 0 0 0 .200
D-W.Westlake PH,LF 1 0 0 0 .391
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Totals 37 3 9 3 Totals 37 4 11 4
A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Zernial In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Kellner In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Hofman In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Wilhelm In 9th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Philley In 10th Inning
Pirates......... 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 2
Indians......... 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 11 1
Pirates (23-22) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
N.Garver 7 9 3 2 1 1 1 135 6.24 A1 D5
R.Gomez LOSS(4-3) 2 1/3 2 1 1 0 0 0 24 3.23 D6
Totals 9 1/3 11 4 3 1 1 1
Indians (20-17) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
A.Kellner 6 6 3 3 0 0 1 92 5.86 A1 C6
H.Wilhelm 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 33 2.17 C7 D8
B.Miller WIN(1-0) 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 15 2.67 D9
Totals 10 9 3 3 1 0 1
ATTENDANCE- 25,428 DATE- Saturday, May 8th 1953 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:24
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 6 Indians: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 1 Indians: 2
ERRORS- B.Hofman-2, C.Carrasquel
DOUBLES- R.Schoendienst(11th), J.Busby(6th)
TRIPLES- A.Dark(3rd)
HOME RUNS- B.Thomson(8th), G.Zernial(10th)
RBIs- R.Schoendienst(16th), B.Thomson(29th), N.Garver, C.Abrams(6th),
G.Zernial-2(17th), J.Collins(15th)
SACRIFICE HITS- N.Garver, F.Hatfield, C.Michaels, J.Busby
WALKS- R.Gomez, S.Hemus
STRIKE OUTS- C.Abrams
GIDP- M.Vernon, A.Dark, G.Zernial
WILD PITCHES- N.Garver
2-out RBI- R.Schoendienst
RLISP 2-out- C.Courtney, C.Abrams-2, M.Vernon, M.Irvin, D.Philley, C.Carrasquel
TEAM RISP- Pirates: 1 for 4 Indians: 2 for 10
Cal Abrams had 2 base hits at Cleveland Stadium as the Cleveland Indians beat
the Pittsburgh Pirates in 10 innings by the count of 4 to 3.
The score was knotted at 3 after nine innings. Cleveland won it in the 10th
inning. Abrams ripped a single. Cass Michaels stepped up next and he laid
down a sacrifice bunt. Joe Collins then stroked a one-base hit giving
Cleveland the victory and sending the 25,428 home-town fans home happy.
Cleveland managed 11 hits in their victory.
Bob J. Miller(1-0) picked up the victory, allowing no runs in 1 inning. The
loss was charged to Ruben Gomez(4-3) in relief. He gave up 2 hits and no
walks in 2 and 1/3 innings.
SCORESHEET: 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1953 Cleveland Indians
M.Irvin-A1 A1:F/7 B1:Force/ C1:F/9 D1:G/63 E1:F/8
64>1o b1
R.Schoen-A1 A2:G/63 B2:Do>1# C2:Force/ *8*:F/8 E2:Si>12
54>1o b1
M.Vernon-A1 A3:F/9 B3:F/7 *6*:G/43 D3:Si E3:G-DP/3
63>1o
B.Thomso-A1 *2*:G/13 *4*:F/9 C4:HR>b# D4:L/5
Y.Berra-A1 A5:G/43 B5:Si C5:G/3 D5:P/4
B.Hofman-A1 A6:G/63 B6:F/7 C6:G/63 *9*:G/63
R.Jackso-D6
D.Ennis-A1 *3*:G/63 B7:L/4 *7*:P/6 D7:Si
A.Dark-A1 A8:Tr *5*:G/53 C8:E/6 D8:G-DP/4
63>1o
N.Garver-A1 A9:Si>3# B9:Si C9:Sac/34 *10*:W>b1
R.Gomez-D6 >12
S.Hemus-A1 A1:Si B1:Si C1:Force/ *7*:W>b1 E1:G/13
B.Miller-E3 54>1o b1
F.Hatfie-A1 A2:WP>12 B2:Si>13 C2:G/3 D2:Sac/54 E2:G/31
E/5>23 >12
C.Abrams-A1 A3:G/3>3# B3:K *5*:Si D3:F/9>23 *10*:Si
12
G.Zernia-A1 A4:HR>2# *3*:F/8 C4:G-DP/6 D4:G/43 E4:Sac/54
D.Phille-C6 b# 43>1o >12
C.Michae-E3
J.Collin-A1 A5:F/9 B5:G/31 C5:G/3 *8*:E/5 E5:Si>2#
J.Busby-A1 A6:Do B6:Si *6*:G/63 D6:Sac/54
>12
C.Courtn-A1 A7:G/43 B7:G/43 C7:F/8 D7:F/7
C.Carras-A1 *2*:L/6 *4*:G/23 C8:Si D8:G/63
A.Kellne-A1 A9:G/63 B9:Si C9:F/8 *9*:G/43
T.Willia-C9
H.Wilhel-D1+