BOXSCORE: 1953 Philadelphia-AL Athletics At 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers 7/1/1953
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG
J.Piersall CF 5 0 0 0 .221 B.Bruton CF 5 1 1 0 .238
J.Logan SS 5 1 2 0 .247 W.Lockman 1B 3 1 2 0 .289
G.Hodges 1B 4 2 3 3 .315 A.Rosen 3B 4 1 1 0 .308
H.Sauer LF 5 1 1 1 .293 S.Musial LF 4 1 3 1 .326
W.Jones 3B 4 0 1 0 .202 V.Wertz RF 3 0 1 2 .267
A.Smith RF 2 0 0 0 .253 B-S.Mele PH,RF 1 0 1 1 .333
B.Avila 2B 4 0 1 0 .283 S.Lollar C 3 0 0 0 .270
C.McCullough C 4 1 0 0 .171 R.McMillan SS 4 0 0 0 .221
L.Burdette P 2 0 2 0 .211 J.Gilliam 2B 3 0 0 0 .247
A-I.Noren PH 0 0 0 0 .269 C.Simmons P 2 0 0 0 .119
M.Martin P 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Labine P 1 0 0 0 .000
F.Dorish P 0 0 0 0 .167 D-R.Jablonski PH 1 0 0 0 .268
C-D.Rhodes PH 1 0 0 0 .195
J.Schmitz P 0 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 36 5 10 4 Totals 34 4 9 4
A-Pinch Hit For Burdette In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Wertz In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Dorish In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Labine In 9th Inning
Athletics....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 - 5 10 0
Dodgers......... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 4 9 3
Athletics (38-40) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
L.Burdette 6 6 2 2 1 1 0 89 4.46 A1 C6
M.Martin 1 1/3 2 2 2 1 1 0 30 2.87 C7 D4
F.Dorish WIN(5-4) 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 5.84 D5 D7
J.Schmitz SAVE(1st) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 12 4.20 D8
Totals 9 9 4 4 3 4 0
Dodgers (35-43) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
C.Simmons 6 2/3 5 1 0 4 2 0 117 3.67 A1 D1
C.Labine L(6-6) BS(5th) 2 1/3 5 4 4 0 0 3 50 3.00 D2
Totals 9 10 5 4 4 2 3
ATTENDANCE- 12,452 DATE- Thursday, July 1st 1953 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:03
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 8 Dodgers: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 2 Dodgers: 2
ERRORS- B.Bruton, A.Rosen-2
DOUBLES- W.Jones(9th), S.Musial(22nd)
HOME RUNS- G.Hodges-2(13th), H.Sauer(9th)
RBIs- G.Hodges-3(43rd), H.Sauer(33rd), S.Musial(45th), V.Wertz-2(37th),
S.Mele(3rd)
WALKS- G.Hodges, A.Smith-2, I.Noren, W.Lockman, S.Lollar, J.Gilliam
STRIKE OUTS- G.Hodges, H.Sauer, B.Bruton, S.Lollar, C.Simmons, C.Labine
GIDP- J.Logan, B.Avila, V.Wertz, R.Jablonski
2-out RBI- V.Wertz-2, G.Hodges-2
RLISP 2-out- R.McMillan-2, C.McCullough, H.Sauer, J.Logan-2
TEAM RISP- Athletics: 1 for 7 Dodgers: 3 for 8
WEB GEMS- Top 1st: Sherm Lollar blocked the plate, saving a run!
First baseman Gil Hodges ripped 2 homeruns and had 3 RBI at Ebbets Field as
the Philadelphia-AL Athletics pulled off a dramatic comeback beating the
Brooklyn Dodgers by the count of 5 to 4.
Philadelphia-AL scored the winning runs in the 9th inning plating 2 runs on 2
hits. After two were out Johnny Logan initiated the scoring spurt when he
stroked a base-hit. Hodges came next and he blasted a two-run home run.
Philadelphia-AL managed 10 hits in their victory.
The winning pitcher was Fritz Dorish(5-4) who allowed no runs in 2/3 of an
inning. Johnny Schmitz recorded the save, his 1st. Clem Labine(6-6) ended up
with the loss in relief. He allowed 3 homeruns in 2 and 1/3 innings of work.
Jim Murphy was all smiles after the game, 'To pull a game out in your last at
bats, is a beautiful feeling - and did you see how quiet it got out there?
You could have heard a pin drop when we took the lead. But, hey, that's what
makes baseball so great - as the great sage Yogi Berra says, 'it's not over
'til its over.'
SCORESHEET: 1953 Philadelphia-AL Athletics at 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers
J.Piersa-A1 A1:G/53 B1:Force/ C1:F/7 D1:E/8>2# E1:G/63
64>1o b1 13 b2
J.Logan-A1 A2:Si+E/5 B2:Force/ C2:G-DP/4 D2:G/63 E2:Si
14>1o b1 63>1o
G.Hodges-A1 A3:Si>2o B3:W>12 b *6*:K *8*:HR>b# E3:HR>1#
1 b#
H.Sauer-A1 A4:G/63 B4:Force/ C4:K D4:HR>b# E4:G/63
46>1o b1
W.Jones-A1 *2*:Do *4*:L/5 C5:L/6 D5:G/43
A.Smith-A1 A6:G/63 B6:W>b1 *7*:W>b1 D6:F/9
B.Avila-A1 A7:F/8 B7:Force/ C7:G-DP/6 D7:Si
54>1o b1 43>1o
C.McCull-A1 A8:F/8 B8:P/4 C8:E/5 D8:G/63
L.Burdet-A1 *3*:Si *5*:Si C9:W>12 b *9*:F/8
I.Noren-C9 1
M.Martin-D3+
B.Bruton-A1 A1:L/3 B1:G/3 C1:F/8 *8*:Si E1:K
W.Lockma-A1 A2:G/3 *3*:Si C2:Si D2:W>12 b
1
A.Rosen-A1 A3:Si B3:Force/ C3:F/8 D3:F/9>23
36>1o b1
S.Musial-A1 A4:Do>13 B4:Si>12 *6*:G/63 D4:Si>3#
13
V.Wertz-A1 A5:Si>3# B5:G-DP/4 C5:G/63 D5:Si>3#
S.Mele-D5 2# 63>1o 12
S.Lollar-A1 A6:W>12 b *4*:P/6 C6:G/31 D6:K
1
R.McMill-A1 A7:G/43 B7:G/31 *7*:G/13 D7:G/63
J.Gillia-A1 *2*:G/43 B8:G/53 C8:P/6 *9*:W>b1
C.Simmon-A1 A9:K *5*:G/43 C9:K D9:G-DP/6
C.Labine-C7 43>1o
R.Jablon-D9