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