BOXSCORE: 1953 Philadelphia-AL Athletics At 1953 Washington Nationa 6/15/1953
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG
J.Piersall CF 4 0 0 0 .224 G.Bell CF 2 1 2 1 .324
G.Woodling LF 4 1 1 1 .313 A-R.Repulski PR,CF 2 1 2 1 .324
G.Hodges 1B 4 1 2 0 .309 A.Pafko LF 5 0 1 0 .300
H.Thompson 3B 3 0 1 1 .266 J.Adcock 1B 4 0 1 0 .263
S.Mele RF 5 0 0 0 .263 R.Campanella C 4 1 1 1 .266
S.White C 5 0 3 0 .237 R.Boone 3B 5 0 2 0 .254
B.Avila 2B 5 1 1 0 .285 H.Kuenn SS 4 1 2 0 .300
J.Logan SS 3 0 1 1 .236 F.Baumholtz RF 3 1 2 0 .400
L.Burdette P 2 0 0 0 .118 B.Martin 2B 3 0 0 1 .208
F.Dorish P 0 0 0 0 .167 B.Rush P 2 0 0 0 .000
M.Dickson P 0 0 0 0 .129
B-J.Rivera PH 1 0 0 0 .083
J.Nuxhall P 0 0 0 0 .231
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Totals 35 3 9 3 Totals 35 5 13 4
A-Pinch Ran For Bell In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Dickson In 7th Inning
INJURY: Gus Bell INJURED (for 0 more games) in 5th inning
Athletics....... 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 3 9 1
Nationals....... 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 - 5 13 3
Athletics (33-38) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
L.Burdette LOSS(2-4) 6 1/3 11 4 3 4 5 1 124 4.58 A1 D7
F.Dorish 1 2/3 2 1 1 0 1 0 23 6.03 D8
Totals 8 13 5 4 4 6 1
Nationals (34-29) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Rush WIN(1-0) 6 2/3 9 3 2 5 4 1 125 2.49 A1 D6
M.Dickson HOLD(1st) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.77 D7 D7
J.Nuxhall SAVE(6th) 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 36 5.44 D8
Totals 9 9 3 2 7 5 1
ATTENDANCE- 12,730 DATE- Tuesday, June 15th 1953 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:48
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics:13 Nationals:12
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 2 Nationals: 0
ERRORS- J.Logan, R.Campanella-2, R.Boone
DOUBLES- G.Hodges-2(13th)
TRIPLES- R.Repulski(1st)
HOME RUNS- G.Woodling(2nd), G.Bell(6th)
RBIs- G.Woodling(18th), H.Thompson(19th), J.Logan(20th), G.Bell(21st),
R.Repulski(17th), R.Campanella(52nd), B.Martin(30th)
STOLEN BASES- B.Avila-2(7th)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Piersall
SACRIFICE HITS- F.Dorish
WALKS- J.Piersall, G.Woodling, G.Hodges, H.Thompson-2, J.Logan, L.Burdette,
J.Adcock, R.Campanella, F.Baumholtz, B.Rush
HIT BY PITCH- G.Bell, B.Martin
STRIKE OUTS- G.Woodling, G.Hodges, S.Mele, J.Logan-2, J.Adcock-2,
R.Campanella-2, B.Rush-2
GIDP- A.Pafko
2-out RBI- R.Repulski, R.Campanella
RLISP 2-out- S.Mele-3, L.Burdette, J.Piersall, J.Adcock-2, B.Avila-3,
J.Rivera-2, G.Woodling
TEAM RISP- Athletics: 2 for 14 Nationals: 4 for 13
WEB GEMS- Bot 6th: Lew Burdette robbed Billy Martin of a base hit.
In a two run game the Washington Nationals got by the Philadelphia-AL
Athletics by the score of 5 to 3.
Washington scored 3 runs in the decisive 6th inning with the help of 3 hits.
They would hold up as the winning runs. Washington had 13 hits for the
afternoon while Philadelphia-AL had 9.
Bob Rush(1-0) got the win allowing 3 runs in 6 and 2/3 innings. Rush got
relief help from Joe Nuxhall who gained credit for his 6th save. Lew
Burdette(2-4) suffered the loss. He got hammered, allowing 11 hits and 4
walks in 6 and 1/3 innings.
'He gutted it out' Gordy Renaud said of Rush. 'I was very impressed by his
tenacity.'
SCORESHEET: 1953 Philadelphia-AL Athletics at 1953 Washington Nationals
J.Piersa-A1 A1:W>b1 *3*:G/63 C1:G/13 D1:F/7 E1:G/63
G.Woodli-A1 A2:CS/26> B2:W>b1 *5*:G/3 *7*:G/43 E2:K
1o HR>b#
G.Hodges-A1 A3:W>b1 B3:K C3:Do D3:Do *9*:F/7
H.Thomps-A1 A4:G/3>12 B4:W>12 b C4:F/9 D4:Si>2# E4:W>b1
1
S.Mele-A1 A5:F/7 B5:K C5:L/5 D5:F/7 E5:E/5>13
b2
S.White-A1 *2*:G/63 *4*:Si *6*:Si D6:Si>12 E6:F/7
B.Avila-A1 A7:Si B7:Force/ C7:Force/ D7:P/6 E7:G/13
54>1o b1 54>1o b1
J.Logan-A1 A8:SB+E/2 B8:K C8:SB+E/2 *8*:W>b1
>13 K 4>13 Si>3
#
L.Burdet-A1 A9:F/9 B9:W>12 b C9:P/5 D9:Sac/54
F.Dorish-D8 1 >12
G.Bell-A1 A1:HR>b# *3*:Si *5*:HBP D1:Si>3# *8*:Tr
R.Repuls-C2 23 12
A.Pafko-A1 A2:P/2 B2:Si>13 C2:G-DP/6 D2:E/6>3# E2:G/13
43>1o 23 12
J.Adcock-A1 A3:Si B3:W>b1 C3:K D3:G/43 E3:K
R.Campan-A1 A4:F/7 B4:K *6*:W>b1 *7*:K E4:Si>3#
R.Boone-A1 A5:Si>1o B5:F-DP/8 C5:F/9 D5:Si E5:F/8
2>3o 23 1
2
H.Kuenn-A1 *2*:G/63 *4*:G/53 C6:Si>12 D6:Si>12
F.Baumho-A1 A7:G/31 B7:W>b1 C7:Si>23 D7:Si>23
12 12
B.Martin-A1 A8:HBP B8:FO/2 C8:G/13>3 D8:Force/
# 23 12 52>3o 23
12 b1
B.Rush-A1 A9:K B9:K C9:W>b1 D9:G/13
M.Dickso-D4
J.Rivera-D9+