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