BOXSCORE: 1953 Philadelphia-AL Athletics At 1953 Cleveland Indians 6/10/1953 Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Indians AB R H RBI AVG J.Piersall CF 5 1 2 0 .235 F.Hatfield 3B 4 1 2 0 .299 J.Logan SS 4 1 1 0 .241 C.Abrams RF 2 0 1 1 .235 G.Hodges 1B 5 1 3 3 .301 A-D.Philley RF 2 1 1 0 .249 H.Thompson LF,RF 5 1 0 0 .271 S.Hemus 2B,SS 2 0 1 0 .314 I.Noren RF,LF 5 1 2 2 .268 G.Zernial LF 4 0 0 0 .207 W.Jones 3B 3 2 2 2 .187 J.Collins 1B 4 0 1 1 .253 S.White C 5 1 2 1 .226 J.Busby CF 4 0 0 0 .261 B.Avila 2B 3 0 0 0 .277 C.Courtney C 4 0 0 0 .197 L.Burdette P 4 0 1 0 .133 C.Carrasquel SS 2 0 0 0 .232 C-M.McDermott PR 0 0 0 0 .269 E-C.Michaels 2B 1 0 0 0 .250 S.Gromek P 1 0 0 0 .000 B-J.Garagiola PH 1 0 1 0 .231 S.Consuegra P 0 0 0 0 .000 D-D.Gernert PH 1 0 0 0 .231 M.Fornieles P 0 0 0 0 ---- B.Henry P 0 0 0 01.000 F-G.Kell PH 1 0 0 0 .333 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 39 8 13 8 Totals 33 2 7 2 A-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Abrams In 4th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Gromek In 5th Inning C-Pinch Ran For Carrasquel In 7th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Consuegra In 7th Inning E-Subbed Defensively (2B) For McDermott In 8th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Henry In 9th Inning INJURY: Cal Abrams INJURED (for 0 more games) in 3rd inning INJURY: Chico Carrasquel INJURED (for 0 more games) in 7th inning Athletics....... 0 0 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 - 8 13 1 Indians......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 7 1 Athletics (30-36) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET L.Burdette WIN(2-3) 9 7 2 2 2 3 0 128 4.60 A1 Totals 9 7 2 2 2 3 0 Indians (30-28) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET S.Gromek LOSS(1-3) 5 10 6 6 3 2 4 90 6.84 A1 C8 S.Consuegra 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 41 4.40 C9 D8 M.Fornieles 0 2/3 2 0 0 0 1 0 14 2.76 D9 E3 B.Henry 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 3.47 E4 Totals 9 13 8 7 4 5 5 ATTENDANCE- 24,984 DATE- Thursday, June 10th 1953 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good T- 2:38 LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 8 Indians: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 2 Indians: 1 ERRORS- J.Logan, J.Collins DOUBLES- S.White(7th), J.Garagiola(4th) TRIPLES- F.Hatfield(2nd) HOME RUNS- G.Hodges(7th), I.Noren(2nd), W.Jones-2(10th), S.White(10th) RBIs- G.Hodges-3(31st), I.Noren-2(15th), W.Jones-2(30th), S.White(23rd), C.Abrams(10th), J.Collins(23rd) WALKS- J.Logan, W.Jones-2, B.Avila, S.Hemus-2 HIT BY PITCH- C.Carrasquel STRIKE OUTS- J.Logan, G.Hodges-2, H.Thompson, I.Noren, J.Collins-2, D.Gernert GIDP- S.White, G.Zernial, J.Busby WILD PITCHES- S.Consuegra 2-out RBI- W.Jones, S.White RLISP 2-out- J.Collins, L.Burdette-2, G.Zernial, S.Hemus, B.Avila, H.Thompson TEAM RISP- Athletics: 2 for 7 Indians: 3 for 10 Willie Jones rocketed 2 homeruns and Lew Burdette completed the game without help from the bullpen at Cleveland Stadium where the Philadelphia-AL Athletics beat the Cleveland Indians by the score of 8 to 2. Burdette(2-3) earned his pay with a solid performance for Philadelphia-AL. He went 9 innings surrendering 7 hits and 2 walks dropping his ERA from 4.97 to 4.60. Philadelphia-AL rapped out 13 hits for the night. The losing pitcher was Steve Gromek(1-3). He served up 4 gopher balls in 5 innings. The Philadelphia-AL ballclub's record now stands at 30-36. With the loss, Cleveland has a record of 6-4 lately, 30-28 overall. SCORESHEET: 1953 Philadelphia-AL Athletics at 1953 Cleveland Indians J.Piersa-A1 A1:G/43 *3*:F/8 *5*:Si D1:G/43 E1:Si J.Logan-A1 A2:Si B2:G/63 C2:W>12 b D2:G/43 E2:K 1 G.Hodges-A1 A3:K B3:Si C3:HR>2# *7*:K E3:Si>12 1# b# H.Thomps-A1 A4:G/3 B4:K C4:G/3 D4:E/3 E4:G/43 I.Noren-A1 *2*:Si *4*:F/7 C5:G/63 D5:HR>1# *9*:K b# W.Jones-A1 A6:W>12 b B6:HR>b# C6:HR>b# D6:W>b1 E6:L/5 1 S.White-A1 A7:G-DP/6 B7:Do C7:HR>b# D7:F/8 E7:G/53 43>23 1o B.Avila-A1 A8:IW>b1 B8:P/6 C8:G/13 D8:WP>12 F/9 L.Burdet-A1 A9:G/53 B9:Si>2o *6*:G/63 *8*:F/7 F.Hatfie-A1 A1:Tr B1:P/5 C1:Si>23 D1:FO/2 C.Abrams-A1 A2:Si>3# B2:G/43>1 C2:F/9 *8*:Si D.Phille-B5 2 S.Hemus-A1 A3:Si>12 B3:W>b1 C3:G/43 D3:W>12 b 1 G.Zernia-A1 A4:G-DP/6 B4:G/53 *6*:G/53 D4:Force/ 43>23 1o 64>23 1o b1 J.Collin-A1 A5:K *4*:F/9 C5:K D5:Si>3# 12 J.Busby-A1 *2*:P/6 B6:F/7 C6:G/53 D6:G-DP/6 43>1o C.Courtn-A1 A7:F/9 B7:G/23 *7*:G/13 *9*:G/43 C.Carras-A1 A8:G/31 *5*:G/53 C8:HBP D8:G/53 M.McDerm-C9 C.Michae-D2 S.Gromek-A1 *3*:E/6 B9:Do C9:K D9:G/63 J.Garagi-B9 S.Consue-C4+