BOXSCORE: 1953 Chicago-NL Cubs At 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates 5/12/1953 Cubs AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG P.Reese SS 5 0 1 1 .224 M.Irvin RF 4 1 1 2 .373 E.Mathews 3B 5 0 0 0 .233 R.Schoendienst 2B 4 0 1 0 .289 A-E.Yost 3B 0 0 0 0 .182 B.Borkowski 1B 4 0 1 1 .320 D.Snider CF 5 1 2 1 .282 B.Thomson CF 4 1 1 0 .221 F.Thomas LF 4 0 0 0 .200 B.Hofman 3B 4 0 1 0 .375 B-J.Wyrostek LF 0 0 0 0 .222 D.Ennis LF 3 0 1 1 .220 F.Fain 1B 4 1 1 0 .238 A.Dark SS 4 0 0 0 .258 C.Furillo RF 3 2 2 0 .369 R.Murray C 4 0 0 0 .194 J.Astroth C 4 0 1 1 .358 E.Wynn P 3 2 2 0 .273 D.Williams 2B 4 1 2 1 .283 B.Friend P 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Stobbs P 2 0 1 1 .125 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 36 5 10 5 Totals 34 4 8 4 A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Mathews In 8th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Thomas In 9th Inning Cubs............ 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 - 5 10 0 Pirates......... 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 4 8 1 Cubs (20-12) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET C.Stobbs WIN(5-0) 9 8 4 4 1 6 1 129 2.29 A1 Totals 9 8 4 4 1 6 1 Pirates (14-10) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET E.Wynn LOSS(2-2) 7 9 5 5 3 6 1 123 4.37 A1 D7 B.Friend 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 27 9.82 D8 Totals 9 10 5 5 3 7 1 ATTENDANCE- 19,741 DATE- Wednesday, May 12th 1953 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 2:09 LEFT ON BASE- Cubs: 9 Pirates: 4 DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 2 Pirates: 0 ERRORS- A.Dark DOUBLES- C.Furillo(6th), C.Stobbs, R.Schoendienst(6th) TRIPLES- B.Thomson(3rd) HOME RUNS- D.Snider(7th), M.Irvin(6th) RBIs- P.Reese(15th), D.Snider(15th), J.Astroth(7th), D.Williams(10th), C.Stobbs, M.Irvin-2(12th), B.Borkowski(3rd), D.Ennis(10th) SACRIFICE HITS- C.Stobbs-2 WALKS- F.Thomas, F.Fain, C.Furillo, D.Ennis STRIKE OUTS- E.Mathews, D.Snider, F.Thomas-2, J.Astroth-2, D.Williams, R.Schoendienst-2, B.Borkowski-2, B.Thomson, B.Hofman GIDP- D.Ennis, A.Dark WILD PITCHES- C.Stobbs-2 2-out RBI- B.Borkowski, P.Reese RLISP 2-out- E.Mathews-4, B.Thomson, P.Reese, J.Astroth-2, B.Hofman TEAM RISP- Cubs: 3 for 11 Pirates: 2 for 10 Chuck Stobbs went the distance as the Chicago-NL Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates by a score of 5 to 4 at Forbes Field. Chicago-NL took the lead for good in the 6th inning plating one baserunner on 2 hits. Carl Furillo doubled. Joe Astroth followed and he ripped a base-knock scoring the run. Pittsburgh was retired without difficulty in the bottom of the 9th. The victory was credited to Stobbs(5-0) who went the distance, allowing 4 runs. Early Wynn(2-2) took the loss. He gave up 9 hits and 3 walks in 7 innings. SCORESHEET: 1953 Chicago-NL Cubs at 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates P.Reese-A1 A1:G/63 B1:E/6>13 C1:Si>2# D1:G/63 E1:G/63 b2 E.Mathew-A1 A2:K B2:L/4 C2:G/43 *7*:G/31 E2:F/8 E.Yost-E3 D.Snider-A1 A3:Si *3*:HR>b# *5*:K D3:F/9 *9*:FO/2 F.Thomas-A1 A4:F/9 B4:K C4:G/63 D4:W>b1 E4:K J.Wyrost-E6 F.Fain-A1 *2*:W>b1 B5:G/43 C5:F/8 D5:Si>13 E5:F/7 C.Furill-A1 A6:Si>12 B6:F/8 *6*:Do D6:W>b1 J.Astrot-A1 A7:F/8 *4*:K C7:Si>2# D7:K D.Willia-A1 A8:Si>2# B8:Si C8:K *8*:F/8 13 C.Stobbs-A1 A9:Force/ B9:Sac/54 C9:Sac/54 D9:Do 16>3# 1o >12 >12 b1 M.Irvin-A1 A1:FO/2 B1:WP>12 C1:HR>1# D1:F/7 F/7 b# R.Schoen-A1 A2:F/7 B2:K C2:K *8*:Do B.Borkow-A1 A3:K B3:Si>2# C3:G/63 D3:K B.Thomso-A1 *2*:Tr B4:L/6 *6*:P/5 D4:K B.Hofman-A1 A5:G/13 *4*:WP+K> C5:Si D5:L/4 b1 D.Ennis-A1 A6:Si>3# B6:G-DP/5 C6:W>12 b *9*:F/7 43>1o 1 A.Dark-A1 A7:Force/ B7:G/63 C7:G-DP/6 D7:G/13 54>1o b1 43>1o R.Murray-A1 A8:P/6 *5*:F/9 *7*:F/8 D8:F/8 E.Wynn-A1 *3*:Si B9:Si C9:F/8 B.Friend-D2