BOXSCORE: 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1953 Philadelphia-AL Athletics 7/25/1953

  Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Mueller RF        4  1  1  0 .338     J.Piersall CF       4  0  0  0 .227  
  A.Dark SS           4  0  0  0 .293     J.Logan SS          4  1  1  0 .251  
  M.Vernon 1B         4  1  1  0 .285     G.Hodges 1B         3  0  0  0 .311  
  B.Thomson CF        4  0  4  2 .282     H.Sauer LF          4  0  1  0 .310  
  Y.Berra C           4  0  0  0 .281     W.Jones 3B          3  0  0  0 .218  
  D.Ennis LF          4  0  2  0 .244     A.Smith RF          2  0  1  0 .291  
  R.Jackson 3B        4  0  0  0 .276   B-D.Rhodes PH,RF      1  0  0  0 .197  
  R.Schoendienst 2B   4  0  0  0 .277     B.Avila 2B          3  0  1  0 .275  
  E.Lopat P           2  0  0  0 .114     C.McCullough C      3  0  0  0 .215  
A-B.Renna PH          1  0  0  0 .364     L.Burdette P        2  0  0  0 .154  
  J.Coleman P         0  0  0  0 .000     M.Martin P          0  0  0  0 .000  
  E.Kinder P          0  0  0  0 .000   C-H.Thompson PH       1  0  0  0 .254  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      35  2  8  2                 Totals      30  1  4  0

A-Pinch Hit For Lopat In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Smith In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Martin In 9th Inning

Pirates......... 0 0 0  0 0 1  0 0 1  -  2  8  2
Athletics....... 1 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  4  0

Pirates (57-39)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
E.Lopat                   7       3   1   0   0   1   0  82   3.45  A1 C5
J.Coleman WIN(4-0)        1       1   0   0   0   1   0   8   0.00  C6 C8
E.Kinder SAVE(19th)       1       0   0   0   1   0   0  18   2.27  C9
Totals                    9       4   1   0   1   2   0

Athletics (48-52)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
L.Burdette LOSS(2-7)      8       7   2   2   0   2   0 123   4.51  A1 D4
M.Martin                  1       1   0   0   0   0   0  17   2.67  D5
Totals                    9       8   2   2   0   2   0

ATTENDANCE- 11,552 DATE- Sunday, July 25th 1953 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:19
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 6  Athletics: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 2  Athletics: 0
ERRORS- A.Dark, R.Jackson
DOUBLES- B.Thomson(21st), J.Logan(8th)
TRIPLES- M.Vernon(10th)
RBIs- B.Thomson-2(68th)
WALKS- G.Hodges
STRIKE OUTS- D.Ennis, R.Schoendienst, G.Hodges, D.Rhodes
GIDP- C.McCullough-2
PASSED BALLS- Y.Berra
2-out RBI- B.Thomson
RLISP 2-out- W.Jones, R.Jackson, R.Schoendienst, H.Sauer
TEAM RISP- Pirates: 2 for 8  Athletics: 1 for 4
WEB GEMS- Bot 2nd: Del Ennis robbed Al Smith of an extra base hit.

Bobby Thomson had 4 hits and 2 RBI and Eddie Lopat had a strong outing as the
Pittsburgh Pirates outscored the Philadelphia-AL Athletics 2 to
1.

Pittsburgh scored the deciding run in the 9th inning.  Mickey Vernon tripled.
Thomson was next and he laced a one-base hit scoring the run.  For the game
Pittsburgh out-hit Philadelphia-AL 8 to 4.  

The winning pitcher was Joe Coleman(4-0) who allowed no runs in 1 inning.
Coleman was helped out by Ellis Kinder who recorded his 19th save.  The
losing pitcher was Lew Burdette(2-7).  


SCORESHEET: 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1953 Philadelphia-AL Athletics
D.Muelle-A1  A1:G/43    B1:F/7     *6*:Si     D1:F/8
                                              
                                              
A.Dark-A1    A2:G/53    *4*:G/63   C2:G/3>12  D2:F/8
                                              
                                              
M.Vernon-A1  A3:F/9     B3:G/63    C3:G/43>2  *9*:Tr
                                   3          
                                              
B.Thomso-A1  *2*:Do     B4:Si      C4:Si>3#   D4:Si>3#
                                              
                                              
Y.Berra-A1   A5:F/8     B5:G/31    C5:Force/  D5:L/4
                                   64>1o b1   
                                              
D.Ennis-A1   A6:K       *5*:Si     *7*:L/4    D6:Si>12
                                              
                                              
R.Jackso-A1  A7:G/53    B7:F/9     C7:G/43    D7:L/5
                                              
                                              
R.Schoen-A1  *3*:P/4    B8:F/8     C8:K       D8:G/13
                                              
                                              
E.Lopat-A1   A9:G/53    B9:G/31    *8*:G/3
B.Renna-C9                         
J.Colema-D3+                       

J.Piersa-A1  A1:G/43    B1:G/63    C1:G/53    D1:G/63
                                              
                                              
J.Logan-A1   A2:Do      B2:G/43    C2:G/43    D2:E/5
                                              
                                              
G.Hodges-A1  A3:K       *4*:G/63   *7*:G/53   D3:W>12 b
                                              1
                                              
H.Sauer-A1   A4:Si+E/6  B4:F/7     C4:F/8     D4:G/63
             >2#                              
                                              
W.Jones-A1   A5:PB>23   B5:G/53    C5:L/5
             F/7                   
                                   
A.Smith-A1   *2*:F/7    *5*:Si     *8*:K
D.Rhodes-C6                        
                                   
B.Avila-A1   A7:G/43    B7:FO/6    C7:Si
                                   
                                   
C.McCull-A1  A8:G/43    B8:G-DP/6  C8:G-DP/4
                        43>1o      63>1o
                                   
L.Burdet-A1  *3*:G/43   *6*:G/63   *9*:L/4
M.Martin-C9                        
H.Thomps-C9