BOXSCORE: 1954 Chicago-NL Cubs At 1954 Washington Nationals 5/17/1954 Cubs AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG J.Robinson 1B 5 1 3 2 .245 J.Temple 2B 4 0 0 0 .269 E-J.Collins PH,1B 0 0 0 0 .222 A.Smith RF 4 0 0 0 .250 E.Banks SS 3 2 1 1 .268 H.Kuenn SS 3 0 0 0 .340 A-T.Lepcio PH,SS 1 1 1 0 .217 R.Campanella C 4 0 1 0 .179 D.Snider CF 3 2 2 1 .253 R.Jablonski 1B 3 0 0 0 .314 B-G.Woodling PH,LF 1 0 0 0 .308 R.Sievers LF 2 1 0 0 .160 E.Mathews 3B 4 2 2 4 .264 R.Boone 3B 3 0 1 0 .258 C-V.Stephens PH,3B 2 0 1 0 .302 G.Bell CF 4 0 1 1 .250 C.Furillo RF 6 1 2 1 .316 B.Rush P 2 0 0 0 .273 F.Thomas LF 4 0 2 0 .333 J.Podres P 1 0 0 0 .286 D-A.Pafko PH,CF 2 0 1 0 .303 F-J.Adcock PH 1 0 0 0 .343 B.Adams 2B 5 1 2 0 .200 B.Sarni C 5 2 4 3 .337 W.Ford P 4 0 0 0 .167 J.Sain P 1 0 0 0 .286 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 46 12 21 12 Totals 31 1 3 1 A-Pinch Hit For Banks In 7th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Snider In 7th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Mathews In 7th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Thomas In 7th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Robinson In 8th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Podres In 9th Inning Cubs............ 3 1 0 1 1 4 1 0 1 - 12 21 2 Nationals....... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 3 0 Cubs (28-17) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET W.Ford WIN(5-1) 7 2 1 1 7 4 0 125 2.06 A1 D3 J.Sain 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 24 3.96 D4 Totals 9 3 1 1 7 5 0 Nationals (10-15) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Rush LOSS(2-3) 5 12 8 8 2 4 4 106 6.09 A1 D2 J.Podres 4 9 4 4 3 3 2 83 6.38 D3 Totals 9 21 12 12 5 7 6 ATTENDANCE- 6,873 DATE- Monday, May 17th 1954 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average T- 3:22 LEFT ON BASE- Cubs:15 Nationals:10 DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 1 Nationals: 0 ERRORS- B.Adams-2 DOUBLES- B.Adams-2(8th), B.Sarni(5th), G.Bell(5th) HOME RUNS- J.Robinson(3rd), E.Banks(3rd), D.Snider(8th), E.Mathews-2(11th), B.Sarni(2nd) RBIs- J.Robinson-2(12th), E.Banks(21st), D.Snider(23rd), E.Mathews-4(30th), C.Furillo(17th), B.Sarni-3(16th), G.Bell(7th) SACRIFICE HITS- B.Sarni, W.Ford WALKS- J.Collins, E.Banks, T.Lepcio, D.Snider, G.Woodling, J.Temple, A.Smith, H.Kuenn, R.Jablonski, R.Sievers-2, R.Boone HIT BY PITCH- B.Adams STRIKE OUTS- G.Woodling, E.Mathews, C.Furillo-2, B.Adams, B.Sarni, W.Ford, A.Smith-2, R.Boone, B.Rush, J.Podres GIDP- H.Kuenn 2-out RBI- B.Sarni-2, G.Bell, C.Furillo RLISP 2-out- H.Kuenn, E.Mathews-2, B.Rush-2, W.Ford, J.Podres, A.Pafko, G.Woodling-2, J.Sain, A.Smith-2 TEAM RISP- Cubs: 5 for 14 Nationals: 0 for 6 Third baseman Eddie Mathews launched 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI as the Chicago-NL Cubs smashed the overmatched Washington Nationals, 12 to 1. Mathews had a big day with his bat. He lost the ball over the fence for three runs in the 1st inning and ripped a solo home run in the 6th inning. Chicago-NL lit up the scoreboard in the 6th inning with 4 runs on 5 hits. The Chicago-NL offense man-handled the Washington pitching staff as they scored in 7 of the 9 innings. The winning pitcher was Whitey Ford(5-1) who allowed 1 run in 7 innings. The losing pitcher was Bob Rush(2-3). He was touched for 4 homeruns in his 5 innings of work. SCORESHEET: 1954 Chicago-NL Cubs at 1954 Washington Nationals J.Robins-A1 A1:G/53 B1:Si C1:Si>3# *6*:HR>b# *7*:P/6 F1:W>b1 J.Collin-F1 E.Banks-A1 A2:W>b1 B2:F/7 C2:Force/ D2:HR>b# E2:Si F2:W>12 b T.Lepcio-E2 46>1o b1 1 D.Snider-A1 A3:W>12 b B3:G/3 C3:Si>13 D3:HR>b# E3:W>12 b F3:K G.Woodli-E3 1 1 E.Mathew-A1 A4:HR>2# *3*:K C4:G/31 D4:HR>b# E4:F/7 *9*:Si V.Stephe-E4 1# b# C.Furill-A1 A5:K B5:P/6 *5*:K D5:Si E5:Si>2# F5:Force/ 13 36>1o b1 F.Thomas-A1 A6:Si B6:Si C6:F/7 D6:F/9 E6:F/8 F6:Si>12 A.Pafko-E6 B.Adams-A1 A7:F/9 B7:K C7:Do D7:HBP>12 *8*:Do F7:Force/ 14>23 1o b1 B.Sarni-A1 *2*:HR>b# *4*:Do C8:Si>2# D8:K E8:Sac/54 F8:Si>3# >23 12 W.Ford-A1 A9:G/43 B9:Sac/34 C9:F/9 D9:Force/ E9:K F9:F/7 J.Sain-F4 >23 64>1o b1 J.Temple-A1 A1:W>b1 B1:E/4 *5*:G/43 *7*:G/53 E1:F/8 A.Smith-A1 A2:Force/ B2:W>12 b C2:G/63 D2:K E2:K 16>1o b1 1 H.Kuenn-A1 A3:G-DP/5 B3:F/7 C3:W>b1 D3:F/9 43>1o R.Campan-A1 *2*:G/53 *4*:Si C4:Force/ *8*:G/43 64>1o b1 R.Jablon-A1 A5:W>b1 B5:L/6 *6*:FO/5 D5:G/63 R.Siever-A1 A6:F/7 B6:W>12 b C6:W>b1 D6:F/7 1 R.Boone-A1 A7:P/6 B7:W>23 1 C7:K *9*:Si 2 b1 G.Bell-A1 *3*:G/31 B8:P/4 C8:Do>1# D8:F/7 B.Rush-A1 A9:K B9:G/53 C9:K D9:E/4>13 J.Podres-C5 b2 J.Adcock-D9 SCORESHEET: 1954 Chicago-NL Cubs at 1954 Washington Nationals J.Robins-A1 J.Collin-F1 E.Banks-A1 T.Lepcio-E2 D.Snider-A1 G.Woodli-E3 E.Mathew-A1 V.Stephe-E4 C.Furill-A1 F.Thomas-A1 A.Pafko-E6 B.Adams-A1 B.Sarni-A1 W.Ford-A1 J.Sain-F4 J.Temple-A1 A.Smith-A1 H.Kuenn-A1 R.Campan-A1 R.Jablon-A1 R.Siever-A1 R.Boone-A1 G.Bell-A1 B.Rush-A1 J.Podres-C5 J.Adcock-D9