BOXSCORE: 1953 Cleveland Indians At 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates 6/7/1953 Indians AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG D.Philley RF,LF 5 0 0 0 .235 M.Irvin RF 4 0 2 2 .338 J.Busby CF 5 0 0 0 .262 R.Schoendienst 2B 5 0 0 1 .301 G.Kell 3B 5 1 3 0 .327 B.Borkowski 1B 5 0 1 1 .342 G.Zernial LF 2 1 0 0 .215 B.Thomson CF 5 1 2 0 .247 C-C.Abrams PH,RF 1 0 0 0 .248 B.Hofman 3B 1 1 0 0 .385 D.Gernert 1B 4 2 2 1 .253 F-R.Jackson PH,3B 1 0 1 1 .283 D-J.Collins 1B 1 0 0 0 .264 D.Ennis LF 3 1 0 0 .231 C.Michaels 2B 5 1 2 1 .248 A.Dark SS 3 1 1 0 .269 C.Carrasquel SS 4 0 1 2 .248 R.Murray C 3 1 0 1 .271 J.Garagiola C 2 0 1 0 .259 E.Kinder P 0 0 0 0 .000 A-W.Westlake PH 1 0 0 0 .364 B.Pierce P 0 1 0 0 .059 B-C.Courtney C 1 0 1 0 .203 G-Y.Berra PH,C 1 0 1 0 .284 M.McDermott P 3 0 1 1 .316 E-S.Hemus PH 1 0 0 0 .276 H.Wilhelm P 0 0 0 0 .308 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 40 5 11 5 Totals 31 6 8 6 A-Pinch Hit For Garagiola In 5th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Westlake In 5th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Zernial In 7th Inning D-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Gernert In 7th Inning E-Pinch Hit For McDermott In 8th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Hofman In 8th Inning G-Pinch Hit For Pierce In 9th Inning Indians......... 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 11 1 Pirates......... 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 6 8 2 Indians (37-35) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET M.McDermott 7 5 5 4 5 2 0 129 2.69 A1 D4 H.Wilhelm LOSS(8-2) 2 2/3 3 1 1 1 1 0 35 2.38 D5 Totals 9 2/3 8 6 5 6 3 0 Pirates (39-33) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Pierce 9 11 5 3 1 7 0 148 3.54 A1 E4 E.Kinder WIN(2-3) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2.50 E5 Totals 10 11 5 3 1 7 0 ATTENDANCE- 13,790 DATE- Monday, June 7th 1953 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad T- 2:40 LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 8 Pirates: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 4 Pirates: 0 ERRORS- M.McDermott, M.Irvin, B.Hofman DOUBLES- G.Kell(20th), D.Gernert(5th), C.Michaels-2(6th), J.Garagiola(8th) TRIPLES- G.Kell(1st), B.Thomson(5th) RBIs- D.Gernert(14th), C.Michaels(14th), C.Carrasquel-2(21st), M.McDermott, M.Irvin-2(32nd), R.Schoendienst(24th), B.Borkowski(9th), R.Jackson(26th), R.Murray(12th) SACRIFICE HITS- C.Abrams, B.Pierce-3 SACRIFICE FLIES- C.Carrasquel, R.Murray WALKS- G.Zernial, M.Irvin, B.Hofman-2, R.Jackson, D.Ennis, A.Dark STRIKE OUTS- J.Busby-3, G.Kell, C.Abrams, D.Gernert, J.Garagiola, B.Borkowski, B.Hofman, R.Murray GIDP- M.Irvin, B.Thomson, D.Ennis, A.Dark WILD PITCHES- B.Pierce-2 PASSED BALLS- R.Murray 2-out RBI- M.McDermott, D.Gernert, C.Michaels, M.Irvin-2, C.Carrasquel, R.Jackson RLISP 2-out- G.Zernial, D.Philley, C.Carrasquel, J.Busby, W.Westlake, M.Irvin, C.Michaels TEAM RISP- Indians: 4 for 16 Pirates: 4 for 8 13,790 fans were treated to a fine game at Forbes Field as only one run separated the combatants at game's end. The Pittsburgh Pirates won by the slimmest of margins, 6 to 5. The score was knotted at 5 after nine innings. Pittsburgh came out on top in the 10th inning. After two were out Bobby Thomson tripled. Randy Jackson was next and he delivered a single giving Pittsburgh the victory as 13,790 happy fans celebrated wildly. Pittsburgh won despite being out-hit by Cleveland 11 hits to 8. Ellis Kinder(2-3) picked up the victory, allowing no runs in 1 inning. Hoyt Wilhelm(8-2) was the loser in relief. The winning ways continue for Pittsburgh. They now have a record of 9-1 in recent days. With this loss, Cleveland has a 5-5 record of late, 37-35 overall. SCORESHEET: 1953 Cleveland Indians at 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates D.Phille-A1 A1:F/9 B1:F/8 C1:G/53 D1:L/5 E1:G/63 J.Busby-A1 A2:G/63 *3*:K C2:K D2:G/53 *9*:K G.Kell-A1 A3:Tr B3:Do *5*:P/6 *7*:Si E3:K G.Zernia-A1 A4:G/53 B4:L/5 C4:W>b1 D4:Sac/54 E4:K C.Abrams-D4 >12 D.Gerner-A1 *2*:E/5 B5:Do>2# C5:Si>12 D5:WP>23 *10*:F/7 J.Collin-D7 K C.Michae-A1 A6:Do>13 B6:Do>2# C6:WP>23 D6:G/53 E6:G/63 12 P/6 C.Carras-A1 A7:SF/8>3 B7:PB>23 C7:Si>3# *8*:G/53 E7:G/63 # F/7 23 J.Garagi-A1 A8:K *4*:Do C8:P/2 D8:Si W.Westla-C8 C.Courtn-C9 M.McDerm-A1 A9:Si+E/9 B9:F/7 *6*:G/13 D9:L/4 S.Hemus-D9 >2# H.Wilhel-E2 M.Irvin-A1 A1:W>b1 B1:Si>23 C1:Si>3# D1:F/8 E1:G-DP/6 12 2# 43>1o R.Schoen-A1 A2:L/6 B2:Force/ C2:F/7 *7*:P/6 *10*:F/7 54>3# 23 1o b1 B.Borkow-A1 A3:F/8 B3:Si>3# *5*:F/8 D3:G/43 E3:K 13 B.Thomso-A1 A4:G/63 B4:G-DP/6 C4:Si D4:G/63 E4:Tr 43>1o B.Hofman-A1 *2*:K *4*:W>b1 C5:W>12 b *8*:W>b1 E5:Si>3# R.Jackso-D5 1 D.Ennis-A1 A6:F/7 B6:W>12 b C6:G-DP/6 D6:F/7 1 43>1o A.Dark-A1 A7:G/63 B7:W>23 1 *6*:Si D7:G-DP/4 2 b1 63>1o R.Murray-A1 *3*:E/1 B8:SF/8>3 C8:K *9*:G/63 E.Kinder-E2 # B.Pierce-A1 A9:Sac+FC B9:Sac/34 C9:Sac/54 D9:Si Y.Berra-D9 >12 b1 >23 12 >12