BOXSCORE: 1953 Washington Nationals At 1953 New York-AL Yankees 7/10/1953 Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG G.Bell CF 4 0 0 0 .281 E.Yost 3B 4 1 1 2 .222 A.Pafko LF 2 0 0 0 .287 R.Ashburn RF 4 0 1 0 .262 R.Campanella C 4 0 1 0 .279 J.Greengrass LF 3 0 0 0 .308 R.Boone 3B 4 0 0 0 .267 A-M.Minoso LF 0 0 0 0 .302 H.Kuenn SS 4 0 0 0 .283 M.Mantle CF 4 0 1 0 .250 F.Baumholtz RF 4 0 2 0 .392 B.Souchock 1B 3 0 1 0 .282 B.Martin 2B 4 0 0 0 .219 A.Seminick C 3 0 0 0 .233 R.Sievers 1B 3 0 1 0 .236 G.Hamner SS 2 0 0 0 .294 W.Spahn P 3 0 0 0 .174 B-P.Rizzuto SS 0 0 0 0 .264 B.Cox 2B 3 1 2 0 .267 C.Erskine P 3 0 0 0 .250 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 32 0 4 0 Totals 29 2 6 2 A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Greengrass In 9th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Hamner In 9th Inning Nationals....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0 Yankees......... 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 6 1 Nationals (46-52) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET W.Spahn LOSS(9-6) 8 6 2 2 2 1 1 122 2.71 A1 Totals 8 6 2 2 2 1 1 Yankees (42-60) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET C.Erskine WIN(9-9) 9 4 0 0 2 12 0 127 3.67 A1 Totals 9 4 0 0 2 12 0 ATTENDANCE- 54,727 DATE- Saturday, July 10th 1953 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average T- 2:04 LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 7 Yankees: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 1 Yankees: 0 ERRORS- E.Yost DOUBLES- B.Souchock(12th) HOME RUNS- E.Yost(4th) RBIs- E.Yost-2(14th) WALKS- A.Pafko-2, J.Greengrass, G.Hamner STRIKE OUTS- G.Bell-4, R.Campanella, R.Boone-3, H.Kuenn, F.Baumholtz, B.Martin, W.Spahn, C.Erskine GIDP- J.Greengrass 2-out RBI- E.Yost-2 RLISP 2-out- H.Kuenn, G.Hamner, A.Seminick, R.Campanella, E.Yost TEAM RISP- Nationals: 0 for 3 Yankees: 0 for 6 Carl Erskine retired 12 batters on strikeouts at Yankee Stadium as the New York-AL Yankees beat the Washington Nationals 2 to 0. Erskine(9-9) came through with a virtuoso performance against the Washington hitters. He was stingy on the mound, allowing just 4 hits and 2 walks in 9 innings dropping his ERA from 3.94 to 3.67. New York-AL had only 6 hits for the night. Warren Spahn(9-6) was given the loss. 'I've been working on a few things in my delivery, and I think I'm hitting a good groove.' Erskine said after the game. 'I'm ready to start another game tomorrow!' SCORESHEET: 1953 Washington Nationals at 1953 New York-AL Yankees G.Bell-A1 A1:K *3*:K C1:K *8*:K A.Pafko-A1 A2:E/5 B2:W>b1 C2:W>12 b D2:G/53 1 R.Campan-A1 A3:Si>13 B3:L/5 C3:K D3:G/53 R.Boone-A1 A4:K B4:K *6*:F/9 *9*:K H.Kuenn-A1 A5:K *4*:F/9 C5:F/8 D5:G/63 F.Baumho-A1 *2*:Si B6:K C6:G/13 D6:Si B.Martin-A1 A7:Force/ B7:L/4 *7*:G/63 D7:K 54>1o b1 R.Siever-A1 A8:P/4 *5*:Si C8:G/53 W.Spahn-A1 A9:F/9 B9:K C9:F/9 E.Yost-A1 A1:F/8 B1:G/53 C1:HR>1# D1:G/53 b# R.Ashbur-A1 A2:F/8 *4*:F/9 C2:G/43 *8*:Si J.Greeng-A1 A3:G/63 B3:W>b1 *6*:F/8 D3:G-DP/5 M.Minoso-D5 43>1o M.Mantle-A1 *2*:G/63 B4:Si>12 C4:G/53 D4:F/8 B.Soucho-A1 A5:Do B5:F/9>23 C5:G/63 A.Semini-A1 A6:F/7 B6:F/7 *7*:G/13 G.Hamner-A1 A7:F/8 *5*:F/9 C7:W>b1 P.Rizzut-D5 B.Cox-A1 *3*:G/53 B8:Si C8:Si>12 C.Erskin-A1 A9:G/63 B9:K C9:Force/ 14>23 1o b1