BOXSCORE: 1953 Washington Nationals At 1953 Philadelphia-AL Athleti 5/15/1953 Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG S.Gordon LF 4 0 2 0 .286 B.Avila 2B 5 0 2 0 .328 H.Kuenn SS 4 1 2 1 .336 J.Logan SS 4 0 0 0 .244 J.Adcock 1B 5 1 2 1 .294 G.Hodges 1B 4 0 2 0 .281 R.Campanella C 4 2 1 3 .248 H.Thompson RF 4 0 0 0 .276 R.Repulski CF 5 2 2 0 .301 H.Sauer LF 3 1 2 1 .306 A.Pafko RF 5 2 2 4 .288 F.Dorish P 0 0 0 0 .222 B.Martin 2B 4 1 1 0 .197 B-D.Rhodes PH 1 0 1 0 .174 R.Boone 3B 4 2 2 3 .248 B.Hoeft P 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Larsen P 4 1 1 0 .375 I.Noren CF 4 1 2 0 .253 W.Jones 3B 4 0 0 0 .209 S.White C 4 1 2 2 .220 M.Martin P 2 0 0 0 .000 A-G.Woodling PH,LF 2 0 1 0 .278 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 39 12 15 12 Totals 37 3 12 3 A-Pinch Hit For Martin In 6th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Dorish In 8th Inning Nationals....... 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 2 3 - 12 15 1 Athletics....... 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 3 12 0 Nationals (21-14) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET D.Larsen WIN(4-2) 9 12 3 3 1 4 2 133 4.05 A1 Totals 9 12 3 3 1 4 2 Athletics (21-22) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET M.Martin 6 3 2 2 2 0 1 73 2.55 A1 C3 F.Dorish L(2-3) BS(1st) 2 9 7 7 1 2 1 57 6.45 C4 D9 B.Hoeft 1 3 3 3 0 1 1 19 3.53 E1 Totals 9 15 12 12 3 3 3 ATTENDANCE- 10,353 DATE- Saturday, May 15th 1953 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 3:04 LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 3 Athletics: 8 DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 4 Athletics: 2 ERRORS- R.Campanella DOUBLES- B.Martin(3rd), I.Noren(3rd), S.White(5th) TRIPLES- A.Pafko(2nd) HOME RUNS- R.Campanella(11th), A.Pafko(2nd), R.Boone(6th), H.Sauer(5th), S.White(6th) RBIs- H.Kuenn(13th), J.Adcock(22nd), R.Campanella-3(28th), A.Pafko-4(14th), R.Boone-3(19th), H.Sauer(20th), S.White-2(16th) WALKS- S.Gordon, H.Kuenn, R.Campanella, J.Logan STRIKE OUTS- S.Gordon, R.Repulski, D.Larsen, H.Thompson, W.Jones, S.White, M.Martin GIDP- H.Kuenn, R.Campanella, J.Logan, H.Thompson, I.Noren, W.Jones WILD PITCHES- D.Larsen 2-out RBI- S.White, R.Boone-2 RLISP 2-out- M.Martin, H.Thompson-2 TEAM RISP- Nationals: 7 for 9 Athletics: 1 for 7 Don Larsen pitched a complete game and right fielder Andy Pafko homered and had 4 RBI as the Washington Nationals defeated the Philadelphia-AL Athletics 12 to 3 at Connie Mack Stadium. Pafko enjoyed a fine day at the plate. He blasted a two-run home run in the 2nd inning and tripled plating two runs in the 7th inning. Washington finished with 15 hits in the victory. Larsen(4-2) picked up the complete game victory, allowing 3 runs. Fritz Dorish(2-3) was tagged with the loss in relief. He allowed Washington 7 runs in 2 innings of work. SCORESHEET: 1953 Washington Nationals at 1953 Philadelphia-AL Athletics S.Gordon-A1 A1:F/9 *3*:Si *6*:W>b1 D1:Si>23 *9*:K 12 H.Kuenn-A1 A2:W>b1 B2:F/8 C2:G-DP/5 D2:Si>3# E2:Si 43>1o 23 12 J.Adcock-A1 A3:Force/ B3:G/63 C3:G/53 D3:Si>3# E3:Si>12 16>1o b1 23 12 R.Campan-A1 A4:F/9 *4*:F/8 *7*:W>b1 D4:G-DP/5 E4:HR>2# 43>1o 1# b# R.Repuls-A1 *2*:Si B5:G/63 C5:Si>12 *8*:K E5:G/13 A.Pafko-A1 A6:HR>1# B6:G/13 C6:Tr>2# D6:G/63 E6:P/6 b# 1# B.Martin-A1 A7:FO/2 *5*:F/7 C7:G/53 D7:Do R.Boone-A1 A8:F/9 B8:G/63 C8:Si>3# D8:HR>2# b# D.Larsen-A1 A9:G/53 B9:F/9 C9:Si>12 D9:K B.Avila-A1 A1:F/9 *3*:E/2 C1:Si *7*:Si E1:F/8 J.Logan-A1 A2:W>b1 B2:G-DP/6 C2:Force/ D2:G/43>1 E2:F/9 43>1o 54>1o b1 2 G.Hodges-A1 A3:Si>12 B3:F/9 C3:Si>13 D3:F/8 H.Thomps-A1 A4:G-DP/4 *4*:G/13 C4:P/4 D4:K 63>1o H.Sauer-A1 *2*:F/7 B5:Si *6*:HR>b# *8*:Si F.Dorish-D1 D.Rhodes-D5+ I.Noren-A1 A6:Do B6:Force/ C6:Si D6:G-DP/6 64>1o b1 43>1o W.Jones-A1 A7:P/6 B7:F/7 C7:G-DP/1 D7:K 63>1o S.White-A1 A8:Do>2# *5*:HR>b# C8:WP+K>b *9*:F/8 1 M.Martin-A1 A9:K B9:F/8 C9:P/3 D9:Si G.Woodli-C9