BOXSCORE: 1953 Washington Nationals At 1953 Cleveland Indians 6/21/1953 Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Indians AB R H RBI AVG S.Gordon LF 3 2 1 0 .281 S.Hemus 2B 4 1 0 0 .285 G-G.Bell LF 1 0 0 0 .325 J.Busby CF 5 0 1 1 .268 H.Kuenn SS 5 2 2 0 .303 G.Kell 3B 4 0 0 0 .319 J.Adcock 1B 5 1 2 2 .287 G.Zernial LF 3 1 2 1 .212 H-R.Sievers 1B 0 0 0 0 .571 H.Wilhelm P 0 0 0 0 .273 R.Campanella C 2 2 1 1 .260 J-C.Michaels PH 1 0 0 0 .241 R.Repulski CF 3 0 0 1 .302 J.Collins 1B,RF 3 1 1 1 .263 A.Pafko RF 5 0 1 1 .300 C.Abrams RF 2 0 0 0 .250 B.Martin 2B 4 0 0 0 .187 B.Miller P 1 1 1 0 .500 R.Boone 3B 3 0 3 1 .281 D-W.Westlake RF,LF 1 1 1 0 .350 I-B.Adams 3B 1 0 0 0 .353 J.Garagiola C 0 0 0 0 .221 S.Shea P 3 0 0 0 .100 A-C.Courtney PR,C 3 0 1 1 .191 M.Dickson P 0 0 0 0 .129 C.Carrasquel SS 3 1 1 2 .251 E-D.Rice PH 1 0 0 0 .333 A.Kellner P 1 0 0 0 .348 J.Nuxhall P 1 0 1 0 .364 B-D.Philley RF 1 0 0 0 .244 C-T.Williams PH 1 0 0 0 .407 S.Consuegra P 0 0 0 0 .000 F-D.Gernert 1B 0 0 0 0 .222 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 37 7 11 6 Totals 33 6 8 6 A-Pinch Ran For Garagiola In 2nd Inning B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Kellner In 5th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Philley In 6th Inning D-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Miller In 7th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Dickson In 7th Inning F-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Consuegra In 8th Inning G-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Gordon In 8th Inning H-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Adcock In 8th Inning I-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Boone In 8th Inning J-Pinch Hit For Wilhelm In 9th Inning INJURY: Joe Garagiola INJURED (for 0 more games) in 2nd inning Nationals....... 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 - 7 11 0 Indians......... 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 - 6 8 0 Nationals (31-26) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET S.Shea WIN(5-4) 5 6 4 4 3 2 2 109 3.35 A1 C7 M.Dickson HOLD(1st) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3.70 C8 D1 J.Nuxhall SAVE(5th) 3 2 2 2 1 0 1 49 6.35 D2 Totals 9 8 6 6 4 2 3 Indians (33-32) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET A.Kellner LOSS(2-7) 4 6 6 6 4 1 0 82 6.48 A1 C4 B.Miller 2 1 0 0 3 2 0 43 2.86 C5 D5 S.Consuegra 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 16 4.50 D6 E2 H.Wilhelm 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 33 2.53 E3 Totals 9 11 7 7 9 4 0 ATTENDANCE- 33,284 DATE- Monday, June 21st 1953 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 2:45 LEFT ON BASE- Nationals:13 Indians: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 0 Indians: 0 DOUBLES- H.Kuenn(8th), R.Campanella(1st), A.Pafko(8th), J.Busby(16th), G.Zernial(3rd), B.Miller HOME RUNS- G.Zernial(16th), J.Collins(8th), C.Carrasquel(2nd) RBIs- J.Adcock-2(35th), R.Campanella(45th), R.Repulski(16th), A.Pafko(20th), R.Boone(32nd), J.Busby(16th), G.Zernial(29th), J.Collins(25th), C.Courtney(13th), C.Carrasquel-2(15th) SACRIFICE HITS- J.Collins SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Repulski WALKS- S.Gordon-2, H.Kuenn, R.Campanella-3, R.Repulski, B.Martin, R.Boone, S.Hemus, G.Kell, G.Zernial, D.Gernert HIT BY PITCH- J.Garagiola, C.Carrasquel STRIKE OUTS- J.Adcock, R.Campanella, R.Repulski, S.Shea, C.Abrams-2 WILD PITCHES- B.Miller-2, A.Kellner 2-out RBI- R.Boone, J.Busby, C.Carrasquel-2 RLISP 2-out- S.Shea-4, A.Kellner-2, R.Repulski-3, G.Kell, A.Pafko, H.Kuenn TEAM RISP- Nationals: 3 for 16 Indians: 1 for 4 WEB GEMS- Top 1st: Jim Busby robbed Sid Gordon of an extra base hit. Bot 3rd: Roy Campanella blocked the plate, saving a run! First baseman Joe Adcock had 2 base hits and 2 RBI as the Washington Nationals bested the Cleveland Indians 7 to 6 at Cleveland Stadium. Spec Shea(5-4) labored throughout the game but hung around to record a victory. He gave up 4 runs in 5 innings and surrendered 2 'round-trippers'. The Cleveland offense proved no trouble in the bottom of the 9th. Shea got help from Joe Nuxhall who was credited with his 5th save. Alex Kellner(2-7) suffered the loss. Washington scored big getting 6 runs off him in 4 innings. Washington now has a record of 31-26. With this loss, Cleveland has a 5-5 record of late, 33-32 overall. SCORESHEET: 1953 Washington Nationals at 1953 Cleveland Indians S.Gordon-A1 A1:F/8 *3*:G/53 *5*:W>b1 *6*:W>b1 *8*:Si F1:FC/42> G.Bell-E7 3o 12 H.Kuenn-A1 A2:G/43 B2:W>b1 C2:Do>13 D2:FO/2 E2:Si>13 F2:G/43 J.Adcock-A1 A3:G/53 B3:Si>13 C3:Si>3# D3:F/7 E3:K R.Siever-E7 2# R.Campan-A1 *2*:W>b1 B4:WP>3# C4:Do>1# D4:W>12 b E4:W>12 b 12 K 1 1 R.Repuls-A1 A5:W>12 b B5:G/63 C5:K D5:WP>23 E5:SF/7>3 1 12 G/63 # A.Pafko-A1 A6:L/5 *4*:P/2 C6:Do>3# *7*:G/53 E6:F/7 B.Martin-A1 A7:F/7 B7:P/6 C7:G/53 D7:G/63 *9*:W>b1 R.Boone-A1 A8:Si>2# B8:Si C8:IW>b1 D8:Si E8:F/8 B.Adams-E7 13 S.Shea-A1 A9:G/63 B9:F/7 C9:WP>23 D9:P/5 E9:Si>13 M.Dickso-D6 12 K D.Rice-D9+ S.Hemus-A1 A1:G/13 *3*:P/4 C1:W>b1 D1:F/7 E1:G/43 J.Busby-A1 A2:L/5 B2:F/8 C2:Do>1# *7*:F/7 *9*:G/13 G.Kell-A1 A3:F/8 B3:W>b1 C3:G/43 D3:P/6 E3:G/43 G.Zernia-A1 *2*:W>b1 B4:Do>1o *6*:HR>b# D4:G/43 E4:G/53 H.Wilhel-D5 C.Michae-E4 J.Collin-A1 A5:Sac/24 *4*:G/43 C5:HR>b# *8*:G/43 >12 C.Abrams-A1 A6:K B6:K C6:Do D6:Si B.Miller-B8 W.Westla-D2 J.Garagi-A1 A7:HBP B7:G/43 C7:Si>2# D7:F/9 C.Courtn-A8 C.Carras-A1 A8:HBP>23 *5*:G/63 C8:F/8 D8:HR>1# 12 b# A.Kellne-A1 A9:G/13 B9:F/8 C9:F/7 D9:W>b1 D.Phille-B8 T.Willia-C9+