BOXSCORE: 1953 Philadelphia-AL Athletics At 1953 New York-AL Yankee 7/19/1953 Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG J.Piersall CF 5 0 3 2 .237 E.Yost 3B 5 0 0 0 .228 J.Pendleton SS 5 0 1 0 .306 R.Ashburn RF 4 0 2 0 .287 B.Boyd 1B 5 0 1 0 .344 J.Greengrass LF 4 1 2 0 .318 H.Thompson 3B 4 0 0 0 .253 M.Mantle CF 4 0 2 1 .269 H.Sauer LF 4 1 1 0 .302 D.Fondy 1B 4 0 0 0 .305 I.Noren RF 3 1 0 0 .258 A.Seminick C 4 0 1 0 .254 S.White C 3 1 1 0 .223 G.Hamner SS 4 0 1 0 .299 B.Avila 2B 3 1 1 2 .279 B.Cox 2B 4 1 2 0 .228 B.Hoeft P 3 0 0 0 .120 M.Fricano P 2 0 1 1 .111 A-C.Ryan PH 1 0 0 0 .214 S.Paige P 0 0 0 0 .000 B-B.Souchock PH 1 0 0 0 .283 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 35 4 8 4 Totals 37 2 11 2 A-Pinch Hit For Fricano In 6th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Paige In 9th Inning Athletics....... 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 8 0 Yankees......... 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 11 2 Athletics (39-40) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Hoeft WIN(7-4) 9 11 2 2 0 8 0 132 3.90 A1 Totals 9 11 2 2 0 8 0 Yankees (30-49) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET M.Fricano LOSS(4-6) 6 6 4 4 4 0 0 106 3.57 A1 D1 S.Paige 3 2 0 0 0 4 0 45 3.00 D2 Totals 9 8 4 4 4 4 0 ATTENDANCE- 37,959 DATE- Monday, July 19th 1953 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average T- 2:17 LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 8 Yankees: 8 DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 1 Yankees: 1 ERRORS- G.Hamner, B.Cox DOUBLES- J.Piersall(12th), J.Pendleton(3rd), S.White(8th), B.Avila(10th), R.Ashburn(12th), J.Greengrass(4th), M.Mantle(5th), B.Cox(11th), M.Fricano RBIs- J.Piersall-2(15th), B.Avila-2(19th), M.Mantle(32nd), M.Fricano CAUGHT STEALING- J.Piersall WALKS- I.Noren, S.White, B.Avila, B.Hoeft STRIKE OUTS- H.Thompson, I.Noren, B.Avila, B.Hoeft, E.Yost, J.Greengrass, M.Mantle, D.Fondy-4, A.Seminick GIDP- J.Pendleton 2-out RBI- M.Mantle, B.Avila-2, M.Fricano, J.Piersall-2 RLISP 2-out- D.Fondy-3, B.Hoeft, E.Yost-2, H.Thompson, J.Pendleton, J.Piersall, B.Boyd TEAM RISP- Athletics: 2 for 12 Yankees: 1 for 10 Billy Hoeft completed the game without help from the bullpen at Yankee Stadium where the Philadelphia-AL Athletics beat the New York-AL Yankees 4 to 2. In the top of the 4th inning Philadelphia-AL scored 2 runs. After two outs Sammy White began the rally when he drew a walk. Bobby Avila followed and he drew a walk. Hoeft then drew a walk to load the bases. Jim Piersall was up next and he stroked a single knocking home two runners. After the 4th inning, neither team was able to score. Hoeft(7-4) picked up the complete game victory, allowing 2 runs. The losing pitcher was Marion Fricano(4-6). He gave up 4 runs and 6 hits in 6 innings. SCORESHEET: 1953 Philadelphia-AL Athletics at 1953 New York-AL Yankees J.Piersa-A1 A1:E/6 *3*:Do C1:Si>3# D1:F/7 E1:Si 2# 13 J.Pendle-A1 A2:G-DP/4 B2:G/53 C2:F/8 *7*:E/4 E2:CS/24> 63>1o 1o Do B.Boyd-A1 A3:F/8 B3:L/4 *5*:Si D3:P/4 E3:FO/2 H.Thomps-A1 *2*:G/43 B4:G/31 C4:L/4 D4:K H.Sauer-A1 A5:Si *4*:G/53 C5:F/7 D5:Force/ 54>1o b1 I.Noren-A1 A6:W>12 b B6:F/8 C6:P/4 *8*:K 1 S.White-A1 A7:F/7 B7:W>b1 *6*:Do D7:F/8 B.Avila-A1 A8:Do>2# B8:W>12 b C8:G/63 D8:K 1# 1 B.Hoeft-A1 A9:G/63 B9:W>23 1 C9:G/43>2 *9*:K 2 b1 3 E.Yost-A1 A1:P/6 B1:P/6 *5*:K D1:F/8 E1:F/7 R.Ashbur-A1 A2:G/13 *3*:F/9 C2:Si *7*:Do J.Greeng-A1 A3:Si B3:Do C3:K D3:F-DP/8 5>2o M.Mantle-A1 A4:Do>1# B4:F/8 C4:Si>13 D4:K D.Fondy-A1 A5:K B5:K C5:K *8*:K A.Semini-A1 *2*:G/53 *4*:G/23 *6*:Si D6:K G.Hamner-A1 A7:F/8 B7:G/13 C7:Si>12 D7:G/63 B.Cox-A1 A8:Do B8:Si C8:L/4 *9*:G/63 M.Frican-A1 A9:Do>2# B9:G/63 C9:F/8 D9:G/63 C.Ryan-C9 S.Paige-D2+