BOXSCORE: 1954 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1954 Cincinnati Reds 5/8/1954 Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Reds AB R H RBI AVG D.Mueller RF 3 0 1 0 .238 N.Fox 2B 3 0 1 0 .267 B.Morgan 2B 3 1 1 0 .154 C-G.Hamner 2B 1 0 0 0 .250 B-R.Schoendienst 2B 1 0 0 0 .232 P.Reese SS 2 0 0 0 .357 W.Mays CF 5 2 2 0 .432 D-H.Bauer RF 2 1 1 2 .262 W.Cooper C 3 1 0 0 .125 T.Kluszewski 1B 4 0 1 0 .349 R.Kiner LF 4 2 4 5 .313 L.Doby CF 3 0 0 0 .306 H-R.Repulski LF 0 0 0 0 .205 P.Runnels LF,SS 3 0 0 0 .242 B.Skowron 1B 2 1 1 1 .400 G.Hatton 3B 3 1 1 1 .274 G-M.Vernon 1B 1 0 1 0 .236 E-G.McDougald 3B 1 0 0 0 .220 A.Dark SS 5 0 2 1 .268 J.Delsing RF,LF 3 0 0 0 .221 A.Carey 3B 4 0 0 0 .294 I-R.Wilson PH 1 0 0 0 .263 R.Gomez P 3 0 0 0 .091 J-J.Rivera LF 0 0 0 0 .299 B.Friend P 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Crandall C 2 0 2 0 .325 F-W.Westrum C 0 1 0 0 .192 P.Minner P 0 0 0 0 .200 B.Keegan P 1 0 0 0 .200 A-T.Alston PH 1 0 0 0 .150 J.McDonald P 1 0 0 0 .000 M.McDermott P 1 0 0 0 .125 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 34 7 12 7 Totals 32 3 6 3 A-Pinch Hit For Keegan In 4th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Morgan In 6th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Fox In 7th Inning D-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Reese In 7th Inning E-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Hatton In 7th Inning F-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Crandall In 7th Inning G-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Skowron In 7th Inning H-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Kiner In 8th Inning I-Pinch Hit For Delsing In 8th Inning J-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Wilson In 9th Inning Pirates......... 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 7 12 1 Reds............ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 3 6 0 Pirates (13-12) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET R.Gomez WIN(3-1) 7 5 1 1 4 2 1 101 2.70 A1 D4 B.Friend 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 34 1.50 D5 Totals 9 6 3 3 5 3 2 Reds (15-14) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET P.Minner LOSS(1-4) 0 2/3 5 4 4 0 0 1 22 8.70 A1 A7 B.Keegan 3 1/3 2 2 2 3 1 1 53 6.14 A8 C3 J.McDonald 2 3 1 1 2 1 0 41 5.56 C4 D5 M.McDermott 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 40 1.64 D6 Totals 9 12 7 7 8 2 2 ATTENDANCE- 14,110 DATE- Saturday, May 8th 1954 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad T- 2:38 LEFT ON BASE- Pirates:10 Reds: 9 DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 1 Reds: 3 ERRORS- A.Dark DOUBLES- D.Mueller(4th), W.Mays(5th), D.Crandall(2nd) TRIPLES- B.Skowron(1st) HOME RUNS- R.Kiner-2(4th), H.Bauer(3rd), G.Hatton(4th) RBIs- R.Kiner-5(11th), B.Skowron(6th), A.Dark(13th), H.Bauer-2(14th), G.Hatton(18th) SACRIFICE HITS- R.Gomez, P.Reese SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Skowron WALKS- D.Mueller-2, B.Morgan, W.Cooper-2, R.Repulski, B.Skowron, A.Carey, N.Fox, T.Kluszewski, P.Runnels, D.Crandall, W.Westrum HIT BY PITCH- L.Doby STRIKE OUTS- W.Cooper, A.Carey, G.Hamner, P.Reese, L.Doby GIDP- A.Dark-2, A.Carey, T.Alston 2-out RBI- R.Kiner-3, A.Dark, H.Bauer-2 RLISP 2-out- P.Runnels, P.Reese-2, J.Delsing, W.Mays-2, G.Hatton, N.Fox TEAM RISP- Pirates: 4 for 11 Reds: 1 for 10 Ralph Kiner cracked 2 homeruns and had 5 RBI as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Cincinnati Reds by the score of 7 to 3 at Crosley Field. Kiner propelled Pittsburgh to victory. He belted a three-run homer in the 1st inning, cleared the fences for a two-run home run in the 3rd inning, laced a base-hit in the 5th inning and laced a single in the 7th inning. Pittsburgh had 12 hits for the afternoon while Cincinnati had 6. The victory went to Ruben Gomez(3-1) who went 7 innings, allowing 1 run. Paul Minner(1-4) took the loss. 'Actually, I didn't feel that comfortable at the plate today' Kiner said after the game. 'Despite that, I'm happy with the results! SCORESHEET: 1954 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1954 Cincinnati Reds D.Muelle-A1 A1:P/4 B1:G/3 C1:Do D1:W>b1 E1:W>b1 B.Morgan-A1 A2:Si B2:W>b1 C2:F/7 D2:G/63 E2:F/8 R.Schoen-D3 W.Mays-A1 A3:Si>12 B3:Force/ C3:G/63 *7*:Do E3:G/13 46>1o b1 W.Cooper-A1 A4:F/8>23 *3*:W>b1 *5*:K D4:W>b1 *9*:F/8 12 R.Kiner-A1 A5:HR>3# B5:HR>1# C5:Si D5:Si>23 E5:W>b1 R.Repuls-E4 2# b# b# 12 B.Skowro-A1 A6:Tr B6:W>b1 C6:P/6 D6:SF/8>3 E6:Si>12 M.Vernon-D8 # A.Dark-A1 A7:Si>3# B7:G-DP/6 C7:G/63 D7:G-DP/6 E7:Si>23 43>1o 43>1o 12 A.Carey-A1 A8:G/63 B8:K *6*:P/6 *8*:W>b1 E8:G-DP/1 23>3o R.Gomez-A1 *2*:P/6 *4*:G/13 C9:G/23 D9:Sac/14 B.Friend-E4 >12 N.Fox-A1 A1:W>b1 B1:Si>13 C1:L/4 D1:L/3 E1:K G.Hamner-D2 P.Reese-A1 A2:Sac/54 B2:K *5*:G/43 *7*:F/8 E2:HR>1# H.Bauer-D2 >12 b# T.Klusze-A1 A3:Si>23 *3*:E/6 C3:W>b1 D3:F/9 E3:G/43 L.Doby-A1 A4:L/3 B4:Force/ C4:HBP>12 D4:K 36>1o b1 P.Runnel-A1 A5:F/7 B5:W>12 b C5:Force/ *8*:G/43 1 36>23 1o b1 G.Hatton-A1 *2*:HR>b# B6:F/7 C6:F/7 D6:F/7 G.McDoug-D2 J.Delsin-A1 A7:F/8 B7:L/4 *6*:G/43 D7:G/63 R.Wilson-D7 J.Rivera-D8 D.Cranda-A1 A8:Si *4*:W>b1 C8:Do *9*:W>b1 W.Westru-D2 P.Minner-A1 A9:Force/ B9:G-DP/5 C9:G/43>2 D9:F/7 B.Keegan-A1 56>1o b1 43>1o 3 T.Alston-B9+