BOXSCORE: 1954 New York-AL Yankees At 1954 Cincinnati Reds 6/29/1954 Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Reds AB R H RBI AVG S.Gordon 3B 3 0 1 1 .301 N.Fox 2B 5 1 2 0 .298 E-E.Yost 3B 0 0 0 0 .183 P.Reese SS 5 1 1 0 .356 S.Jacobs 2B 4 0 2 0 .273 T.Kluszewski 1B 4 1 1 3 .332 M.Minoso LF 4 0 0 0 .269 L.Doby CF 4 0 3 0 .280 G.Zernial 1B 4 0 1 0 .287 G.Hatton 3B 4 0 1 0 .252 A-P.Cavarretta PH,1B 0 1 0 0 .390 J.Rivera RF 3 0 2 0 .268 W.Post RF 3 1 0 0 .167 J.McDonald P 0 0 0 0 .333 C-H.Aaron PH,RF 1 1 1 1 .245 J.Delsing LF 4 0 1 0 .218 A.Seminick C 4 0 0 0 .207 R.Wilson C 4 0 0 0 .301 D-S.Burgess PH 0 0 0 1 .346 M.McDermott P 3 0 1 0 .167 F-D.Rice C 0 0 0 0 .091 E.Johnson P 0 0 0 0 .167 R.Ashburn CF 4 1 1 0 .258 B-H.Bauer RF 1 0 0 0 .283 G.Strickland SS 4 1 2 1 .214 W.Nixon P 5 0 1 1 .278 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 36 5 9 5 Totals 37 3 12 3 A-Pinch Hit For Zernial In 9th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Johnson In 9th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Post In 9th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Seminick In 9th Inning E-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Gordon In 9th Inning F-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Burgess In 9th Inning Yankees......... 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 - 5 9 0 Reds............ 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 12 2 Yankees (39-37) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET W.Nixon WIN(4-2) 9 12 3 3 1 2 1 154 2.45 A1 Totals 9 12 3 3 1 2 1 Reds (35-33) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET M.McDermott 7 7 3 3 4 1 0 118 1.40 A1 D7 E.Johnson BS(2nd) 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 19 2.97 D8 E3 J.McDonald LOSS(2-3) 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 23 6.00 E4 Totals 9 9 5 5 6 2 0 ATTENDANCE- 9,666 DATE- Tuesday, June 29th 1954 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average T- 2:54 LEFT ON BASE- Yankees:13 Reds: 8 DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 0 Reds: 0 ERRORS- N.Fox, J.Delsing DOUBLES- S.Jacobs(1st), G.Zernial(6th), G.Strickland(10th), W.Nixon TRIPLES- H.Aaron(3rd), R.Ashburn(4th) HOME RUNS- T.Kluszewski(22nd) RBIs- S.Gordon(34th), H.Aaron(23rd), S.Burgess(36th), G.Strickland(10th), W.Nixon, T.Kluszewski-3(66th) CAUGHT STEALING- J.Rivera SACRIFICE FLIES- S.Gordon, S.Burgess WALKS- S.Gordon, S.Jacobs, M.Minoso, P.Cavarretta, W.Post, G.Strickland, J.Rivera HIT BY PITCH- R.Ashburn STRIKE OUTS- A.Seminick, W.Nixon, T.Kluszewski, L.Doby 2-out RBI- G.Strickland, W.Nixon RLISP 2-out- G.Zernial, R.Wilson-2, M.Minoso-3, J.Delsing-2, A.Seminick-3, S.Jacobs, W.Nixon TEAM RISP- Yankees: 1 for 17 Reds: 2 for 6 George Strickland had 2 base hits and Willard Nixon went the distance at Crosley Field where the New York-AL Yankees beat the Cincinnati Reds by the score of 5 to 3. New York-AL came up with the deciding runs in the top of the 9th inning with 2 runs. Phil Cavarretta led off and he drew a walk. Hank Aaron was next and he tripled bringing in a run. Smoky Burgess then reached on an error scoring the final run of the inning. New York-AL won despite being out-hit by Cincinnati 12 hits to 9. The win went to Nixon(4-2) who allowed 3 runs in the game. Jim McDonald(2-3) was charged with the loss in relief. He allowed 1 hit and 1 walk in 1 inning. The New York-AL ballclub's record now stands at 39-37. With this loss, Cincinnati has a 4-6 record of late, 35-33 overall. SCORESHEET: 1954 New York-AL Yankees at 1954 Cincinnati Reds S.Gordon-A1 A1:G/53 B1:W>b1 *5*:Si D1:F/7 E1:SF/8>3 E.Yost-F1 # S.Jacobs-A1 A2:Do B2:W>23 1 C2:Force/ D2:P/6 E2:Si>13 2 b1 64>1o b1 M.Minoso-A1 A3:F/7 B3:Force/ C3:W>12 b *7*:G/13 E3:G/63 64>1o b1 1 G.Zernia-A1 A4:G/43 *3*:G/31 C4:F/7 D4:Do *9*:W>b1 P.Cavarr-E4 W.Post-A1 *2*:W>b1 B5:G/13 C5:E/4>23 D5:G/63 E5:Tr>1# H.Aaron-E5 12 A.Semini-A1 A6:K B6:G/53 C6:L/4 D6:FO/2 E6:SF+E/7 S.Burges-E6 >3# b2 D.Rice-F1 R.Ashbur-A1 A7:F/8 *4*:G/43 *6*:HBP *8*:Tr E7:G/53 G.Strick-A1 A8:Do>1# B8:FO/2 C8:Si>13 D8:W>b1 E8:G/13 W.Nixon-A1 A9:Do>2# B9:G/43 C9:FC/52> D9:K E9:G/3 3o 12 N.Fox-A1 A1:Si B1:F/7 C1:L/4 D1:G/63 E1:Si P.Reese-A1 A2:Si>13 B2:G/63 C2:G/63 *7*:G/63 E2:L/5 T.Klusze-A1 A3:HR>3# *3*:L/4 *5*:K D3:G/43 1# b# L.Doby-A1 A4:Si B4:Si C4:Si D4:K G.Hatton-A1 A5:F/7 B5:Si>12 C5:P/4 *8*:F/7 J.Rivera-A1 A6:W>12 b B6:Force/ C6:Si>12 D6:Si J.McDona-D8 1 36>23 1o b1 J.Delsin-A1 A7:Si>2o B7:G/31 C7:F/8 D7:CS/26> 13 1o G/43 R.Wilson-A1 A8:G/13 *4*:G/53 *6*:P/6 *9*:G/63 M.McDerm-A1 *2*:G/13 B9:Si C9:F/7 D9:G/63 E.Johnso-D5 H.Bauer-D8