BOXSCORE: 1954 Cleveland Indians At 1954 New York-AL Yankees 7/3/1954 Indians AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG J.Busby CF 4 0 0 1 .232 S.Gordon 3B 5 1 1 2 .299 G.Baker 2B 4 0 0 0 .227 B.Cox 2B 3 1 2 0 .385 M.Grissom P 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Minoso LF 1 0 0 0 .279 D-R.Jackson PH 1 0 0 0 .282 H.Aaron RF 4 1 2 2 .257 H.Wilhelm P 0 0 0 0 .000 S.Burgess C 3 0 1 0 .347 J.Cunningham 1B 3 0 0 0 .208 D.Fondy 1B 4 0 2 0 .239 T.Williams LF 2 1 1 0 .324 G.Strickland SS 3 0 1 0 .215 E-A.Kaline RF 0 0 0 0 .307 R.Ashburn CF 2 0 1 0 .258 D.Ennis RF 4 0 1 0 .188 B-W.Post PH,CF 2 0 0 0 .163 F-C.Diering LF 0 0 0 0 .207 A.Portocarrero P 3 0 0 0 .029 C.Courtney C 4 0 0 0 .232 D.Jolly P 0 0 0 0 .154 C.Carrasquel SS 3 2 2 0 .216 G-P.Cavarretta PH 0 0 0 0 .390 G.Kell 3B 3 0 1 1 .155 H-S.Jacobs PR 0 1 0 0 .273 D.Mossi P 0 0 0 0 .000 C-C.Michaels 2B 1 0 0 0 .247 G.Zuverink P 0 0 0 0 .083 A-W.Jones 3B 1 0 1 0 .262 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 30 3 6 2 Totals 30 4 10 4 A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Zuverink In 6th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Ashburn In 6th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Mossi In 7th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Grissom In 9th Inning E-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Williams In 9th Inning F-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Ennis In 9th Inning G-Pinch Hit For Jolly In 9th Inning H-Pinch Ran For Cavarretta In 9th Inning INJURY: Phil Cavarretta INJURED (for 0 more games) in 9th inning Indians......... 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 6 0 Yankees......... 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 4 10 2 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET G.Zuverink 5 2/3 8 2 2 4 1 1 99 5.40 A1 C7 D.Mossi 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 21 3.26 C8 D3 M.Grissom 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 21 3.02 D4 D8 H.Wilhelm L(1-4) BS(2nd) 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 9 3.02 D9 Totals 8 10 4 4 6 3 2 Yankees (43-38) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET A.Portocarre 8 6 3 1 5 4 0 140 2.36 A1 D7 D.Jolly WIN(4-1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 4.26 D8 Totals 9 6 3 1 5 4 0 ATTENDANCE- 49,631 DATE- Saturday, July 3rd 1954 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average T- 2:08 LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 8 Yankees: 9 DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 3 Yankees: 1 ERRORS- S.Gordon-2 DOUBLES- H.Aaron(10th), G.Strickland(13th) HOME RUNS- S.Gordon(12th), H.Aaron(5th) RBIs- J.Busby(21st), G.Kell(11th), S.Gordon-2(37th), H.Aaron-2(31st) SACRIFICE HITS- G.Zuverink, W.Jones SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Busby WALKS- J.Cunningham, T.Williams-2, C.Carrasquel, G.Zuverink, B.Cox, M.Minoso-3, S.Burgess, G.Strickland HIT BY PITCH- P.Cavarretta STRIKE OUTS- J.Busby, G.Baker, D.Ennis, G.Kell, G.Strickland, W.Post, A.Portocarrero GIDP- G.Baker, M.Minoso, H.Aaron, D.Fondy 2-out RBI- G.Kell, H.Aaron RLISP 2-out- J.Busby-2, S.Gordon, C.Courtney, W.Post-2, H.Aaron, R.Jackson TEAM RISP- Indians: 1 for 5 Yankees: 2 for 7 In a thrilling finish the New York-AL Yankees won in dramatic fashion coming back to beat the Cleveland Indians by the count of 4 to 3. New York-AL scored the decisive runs in a big 9th inning plating 2 runs. Phil Cavarretta led off and got things going when he was hit by a pitch. Sid Gordon came to the plate and popped a two-run clout over the fence resulting in an exciting win for New York-AL and a raucous post-game celebration by the home town fans. New York-AL finished with 10 hits while Cleveland ended up with 6. Dave Jolly(4-1) was the winner allowing no runs in 1 inning. Hoyt Wilhelm(1-4) was hit with the loss in relief. He gave up 1 hit and no walks without retiring a batter. SCORESHEET: 1954 Cleveland Indians at 1954 New York-AL Yankees J.Busby-A1 A1:K B1:Force/ C1:F/7 D1:P/6 E1:SF/7>3 46>1o b1 # G.Baker-A1 A2:G/43 *3*:K *5*:F/7 D2:G-DP/6 E2:P/6 M.Grisso-D3 43>1o R.Jackso-E2+ J.Cunnin-A1 A3:F/7 B3:FO/2 C3:W>b1 *8*:G/31 T.Willia-A1 *2*:W>b1 B4:W>b1 C4:F/8 D4:Si A.Kaline-E3 D.Ennis-A1 A5:F/8 B5:Si>12 C5:K D5:FO/6 C.Dierin-E3 C.Courtn-A1 A6:F/9 B6:F/8 *6*:G/43 D6:G/43 C.Carras-A1 A7:Si+E/5 *4*:Si C7:F/8 *9*:W>b1 >1# G.Kell-A1 A8:Si>3# B8:F/7 C8:K D8:E/5>12 D.Mossi-C9 C.Michae-D3 G.Zuveri-A1 A9:W>12 b B9:Sac/54 *7*:Si D9:Sac/24 W.Jones-C9 1 >12 >23 12 S.Gordon-A1 A1:G/53 B1:G/53 C1:G/23 D1:F/8 E1:HR>1# b# B.Cox-A1 A2:Si *3*:Si C2:P/6 D2:W>b1 M.Minoso-A1 A3:W>12 b B3:G-DP/6 *6*:W>b1 D3:W>12 b 1 43>1o 1 H.Aaron-A1 A4:Do>2# B4:HR>b# C4:G-DP/6 D4:G/63 13 43>1o S.Burges-A1 A5:IW>b1 B5:F/9 C5:Si *8*:F/8 D.Fondy-A1 A6:G-DP/4 *4*:G/3 C6:Si>13 D6:Si 63>1o G.Strick-A1 *2*:Do B7:G/53 C7:W>12 b D7:K 1 R.Ashbur-A1 A8:Si>2o B8:G/63 C8:P/6 D8:K W.Post-C8 A.Portoc-A1 A9:K *5*:G/43 *7*:G/13 *9*:HBP D.Jolly-D9 P.Cavarr-D9+