BOXSCORE: 1953 Philadelphia-AL Athletics At 1953 Cincinnati Reds 5/27/1953 Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Reds AB R H RBI AVG J.Piersall CF 5 1 4 1 .224 J.Gilliam 2B 4 0 1 0 .202 J.Logan SS 5 1 2 1 .275 E.Slaughter RF 3 0 1 0 .241 G.Hodges 1B 4 1 2 0 .303 T.Kluszewski 1B 3 0 1 0 .284 A-I.Noren PH,RF 1 0 0 0 .128 R.Kiner LF 4 0 2 0 .221 H.Sauer LF 2 1 0 0 .317 L.Doby CF 4 0 0 0 .183 C-B.Boyd 1B 0 0 0 0 .353 P.Runnels SS 3 0 1 0 .239 W.Jones 3B 5 1 2 1 .247 D.Crandall C 4 0 1 0 .250 A.Smith RF 3 0 1 0 .364 G.McDougald 3B 3 0 0 0 .290 B-G.Woodling PH,LF 1 0 0 0 .327 P.Minner P 2 0 0 0 .375 B.Avila 2B 4 0 1 2 .326 J.Lindell P 2 0 0 0 .417 G.Triandos C 4 1 1 0 .129 B.Lemon P 4 0 1 0 .118 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 38 6 14 5 Totals 32 0 7 0 A-Pinch Hit For Hodges In 9th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Smith In 9th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Sauer In 9th Inning Athletics....... 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 - 6 14 1 Reds............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 1 Athletics (13-13) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Lemon WIN(2-4) 9 7 0 0 4 3 0 139 3.96 A1 Totals 9 7 0 0 4 3 0 Reds (11-19) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET P.Minner LOSS(1-3) 6 2/3 12 6 6 3 4 0 123 4.46 A1 D6 J.Lindell 2 1/3 2 0 0 1 0 0 33 0.00 D7 Totals 9 14 6 6 4 4 0 ATTENDANCE- 13,011 DATE- Thursday, May 27th 1953 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average T- 2:20 LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 9 Reds: 9 DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 3 Reds: 4 ERRORS- G.Triandos, P.Minner DOUBLES- J.Piersall(3rd), J.Logan(3rd), G.Hodges(6th), W.Jones(2nd), G.Triandos(1st) RBIs- J.Piersall(3rd), J.Logan(10th), W.Jones(11th), B.Avila-2(7th) WALKS- H.Sauer-3, A.Smith, E.Slaughter, T.Kluszewski, P.Runnels, G.McDougald STRIKE OUTS- J.Piersall, A.Smith-2, B.Lemon, L.Doby, D.Crandall, G.McDougald GIDP- J.Logan, H.Sauer, B.Avila-2, T.Kluszewski, R.Kiner, P.Minner RLISP 2-out- L.Doby, B.Avila, J.Lindell-2 TEAM RISP- Athletics: 6 for 13 Reds: 0 for 6 Center fielder Jim Piersall had 4 hits and Bob Lemon tossed a complete game shutout as the Philadelphia-AL Athletics bested the floundering Cincinnati Reds 6 to 0 at Crosley Field. Lemon(2-4) gave Philadelphia-AL a solid outing. He went 9 innings and surrended up 7 hits and 4 walks seeing his ERA drop from 4.78 to 3.96. Philadelphia-AL banged out 14 hits on the night. Paul Minner(1-3) was the loser. He was hit hard and gave up 12 hits and 3 walks in 6 and 2/3 innings. SCORESHEET: 1953 Philadelphia-AL Athletics at 1953 Cincinnati Reds J.Piersa-A1 A1:K B1:Si>2# C1:Si *7*:Do E1:Si>12 J.Logan-A1 A2:Si B2:F/8 C2:G/63 D2:Do>2# E2:G-DP/6 43>1o G.Hodges-A1 A3:F/8 B3:Force/ *6*:Do D3:Si>23 *9*:G/63 I.Noren-E3 64>1o b1 H.Sauer-A1 A4:G/63 *4*:W>b1 C4:W>b1 D4:G-DP/5 E4:W>b1 B.Boyd-E7 43>3# 1o W.Jones-A1 *2*:F/9 B5:Si>13 C5:Do>2# D5:E/1>b2 E5:P/3 13 A.Smith-A1 A6:W>b1 B6:K C6:K D6:Si>23 E6:F/8 G.Woodli-E6 B.Avila-A1 A7:G-DP/6 B7:G-DP/1 C7:Si>3# D7:G/63 43>1o 63>1o 2# G.Triand-A1 *3*:Do *5*:G/53 C8:P/6 *8*:G/3 B.Lemon-A1 A9:L/5 B9:G/43 C9:K D9:Si J.Gillia-A1 A1:F/8 *4*:G/13 *6*:Si D1:G/63 E.Slaugh-A1 A2:W>b1 B2:G/63 C2:Force/ D2:Si 64>1o b1 T.Klusze-A1 A3:G-DP/4 B3:Si C3:W>12 b D3:F/8 63>1o 1 R.Kiner-A1 *2*:F/9 B4:Si>12 C4:G-DP/1 *9*:Si 63>1o L.Doby-A1 A5:K B5:G/43 *7*:G/31 D5:Force/ 64>1o b1 P.Runnel-A1 A6:G/43 *5*:G/3 C6:Si D6:W>12 b 1 D.Cranda-A1 *3*:G/53 B7:Si C7:F/7 D7:K G.McDoug-A1 A8:K B8:W>12 b C8:G/13 D8:E/2>23 1 12 P.Minner-A1 A9:G/63 B9:G-DP/6 *8*:F/9 D9:Force/ J.Lindel-C5 43>1o 64>1o b1