BOXSCORE: 1954 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1954 Cincinnati Reds 7/8/1954 Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Reds AB R H RBI AVG D.Mueller RF 4 2 2 1 .293 G.Hamner 2B 3 1 0 0 .257 R.Schoendienst 2B 5 0 1 0 .268 P.Reese SS 3 1 2 1 .338 M.Vernon 1B 5 3 3 3 .279 L.Doby CF 1 0 1 0 .272 W.Mays CF 4 2 2 2 .360 B-E.Slaughter RF 1 0 0 1 .169 F-M.Irvin PH,LF 1 0 1 0 .226 D.Crandall C 4 0 0 0 .240 Y.Berra C 5 1 2 4 .272 T.Kluszewski 1B 2 0 0 0 .330 R.Kiner LF 3 0 0 0 .271 C-T.Alston 1B 2 0 0 0 .140 D-R.Repulski PR,LF,CF 0 0 0 0 .263 H.Bauer RF,CF 4 0 2 0 .306 J.Finigan 3B 2 0 0 0 .247 G.McDougald 3B 3 0 0 0 .226 B.Friend P 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Rivera LF 4 0 0 0 .271 A.Dark SS 4 1 1 0 .317 B.Keegan P 1 0 1 0 .208 B.Pierce P 3 1 2 0 .321 A-G.Hatton PH 1 0 0 0 .259 E-A.Carey 3B 1 0 0 0 .321 P.Minner P 1 0 0 0 .125 G-J.Garagiola PH 1 0 0 0 .250 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 37 10 14 10 Totals 31 2 6 2 A-Pinch Hit For Keegan In 5th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Doby In 6th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Kluszewski In 6th Inning D-Pinch Ran For Kiner In 7th Inning E-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Pierce In 7th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Mays In 9th Inning G-Pinch Hit For Minner In 9th Inning INJURY: Ralph Kiner INJURED (for 0 more games) in 7th inning Pirates......... 0 0 4 0 4 0 2 0 0 - 10 14 1 Reds............ 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 6 0 Pirates (47-34) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Pierce WIN(8-7) 6 3 1 1 2 4 1 101 5.29 A1 C4 B.Friend SAVE(3rd) 3 3 1 1 2 1 0 51 2.91 C5 Totals 9 6 2 2 4 5 1 Reds (44-41) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Keegan LOSS(5-8) 5 9 8 8 3 1 2 90 5.38 A1 C8 P.Minner 4 5 2 2 0 0 1 48 6.10 C9 Totals 9 14 10 10 3 1 3 ATTENDANCE- 14,170 DATE- Thursday, July 8th 1954 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 2:26 LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 4 Reds: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 2 Reds: 4 ERRORS- J.Finigan DOUBLES- M.Irvin(2nd), H.Bauer(6th) HOME RUNS- M.Vernon(10th), W.Mays(21st), Y.Berra(6th), P.Reese(4th) RBIs- D.Mueller(33rd), M.Vernon-3(41st), W.Mays-2(55th), Y.Berra-4(43rd), P.Reese(32nd), E.Slaughter(6th) SACRIFICE FLIES- E.Slaughter WALKS- D.Mueller, J.Finigan-2, G.Hamner, P.Reese, L.Doby, G.McDougald HIT BY PITCH- R.Kiner STRIKE OUTS- M.Vernon, D.Crandall, H.Bauer, G.McDougald, J.Rivera, G.Hatton GIDP- D.Mueller, R.Schoendienst, M.Vernon, J.Finigan, G.Hamner, J.Rivera 2-out RBI- M.Vernon-3 RLISP 2-out- B.Pierce, J.Rivera, D.Crandall, Y.Berra, J.Garagiola TEAM RISP- Pirates: 4 for 8 Reds: 0 for 5 Mickey Vernon cracked a homer and had 3 RBI as the Pittsburgh Pirates bested the Cincinnati Reds 10 to 2 at Crosley Field. Vernon had a big day against Cincinnati. He belted a three-run homer in the 3rd inning, hit a single in the 5th inning and lined a one-base hit in the 7th inning. Pittsburgh finished with 14 hits while Cincinnati ended up with 6. Billy Pierce(8-7) got the win allowing 1 run in 6 innings. Bob Friend was credited with his 3rd save. Bob Keegan(5-8) was given the loss. He was unable to control the Pittsburgh offense and allowed 9 hits and 3 walks in 5 innings. SCORESHEET: 1954 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1954 Cincinnati Reds D.Muelle-A1 A1:Si B1:Si>2# *5*:W>b1 D1:G-DP/4 E1:F/9 13 63>1o R.Schoen-A1 A2:G-DP/4 B2:G/31>1 C2:F/8 D2:L/6 *9*:Si 63>1o 2 M.Vernon-A1 A3:K B3:HR>3# C3:Si>12 *7*:Si E3:G-DP/6 2# b# 43>1o W.Mays-A1 *2*:G/13 B4:G/63 C4:Si>23 D4:HR>1# E4:Do M.Irvin-E4 12 b# Y.Berra-A1 A5:F/9 *4*:Si C5:HR>3# D5:G/63 E5:L/6 2# 1# b# R.Kiner-A1 A6:F/8 B6:Force/ C6:F/8 D6:HBP R.Repuls-D7 54>1o b1 J.Finiga-A1 *3*:F/7 B7:W>12 b C7:W>b1 D7:G-DP/6 B.Friend-D8 1 43>1o A.Dark-A1 A8:Si B8:F/8 C8:P/6 *8*:G/63 B.Pierce-A1 A9:Si>12 B9:P/2 *6*:Si D9:G/3 A.Carey-D8 G.Hamner-A1 A1:G/53 B1:G-DP/5 *6*:F/8 D1:W>b1 43>1o P.Reese-A1 A2:G/63 *4*:HR>b# C2:W>b1 D2:Si>13 L.Doby-A1 A3:Si B3:W>b1 C3:L/3 D3:SF/9>3 E.Slaugh-C1 # 12 D.Cranda-A1 A4:G/63 B4:P/4 C4:G/63 D4:K T.Klusze-A1 *2*:G/3 B5:F/8 *7*:FO/2 *9*:G/13 T.Alston-C1 H.Bauer-A1 A6:K B6:G/13 C6:Do D6:Si G.McDoug-A1 A7:K *5*:E/5 C7:G/63>2 D7:W>12 b 3 1 J.Rivera-A1 *3*:K B8:G-DP/4 C8:G/43 D8:Force/ 63>1o 64>23 1o b1 B.Keegan-A1 A9:Si B9:K *8*:P/4 D9:G/31 G.Hatton-B9 P.Minner-C1+