BOXSCORE: 1954 New York-AL Yankees At 1954 Cleveland Indians 8/1/1954 Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Indians AB R H RBI AVG E.Yost 3B 5 1 0 0 .194 J.Busby CF 4 0 0 0 .228 B.Goodman 2B 5 2 2 0 .276 C.Carrasquel SS 4 0 0 0 .229 C-B.Cox 2B 0 0 0 0 .264 C.Michaels 2B 3 0 0 0 .224 J.Greengrass LF 2 2 1 1 .150 A.Kaline RF 3 0 0 0 .287 B-M.Minoso PH,LF 0 0 0 1 .282 D.Ennis LF 4 0 0 0 .180 G.Zernial 1B 5 2 3 4 .267 R.Jackson 3B 2 0 1 0 .318 D-P.Cavarretta 1B 0 0 0 0 .350 J.Shepard C 3 0 0 0 .344 W.Post RF 4 0 0 1 .198 G.Kell 1B 3 0 0 0 .167 D.Rice C 5 1 1 1 .267 B.Hoeft P 1 0 0 0 .176 R.Ashburn CF 2 1 0 0 .244 A-A.Grammas PH 1 0 0 0 .188 G.Strickland SS 4 0 2 1 .193 M.Grissom P 0 0 0 0 .500 H.Pollet P 4 0 0 0 .118 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 36 9 9 9 Totals 28 0 1 0 A-Pinch Hit For Hoeft In 8th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Greengrass In 9th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Goodman In 9th Inning D-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Zernial In 9th Inning Yankees......... 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 9 9 0 Indians......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 2 Yankees (57-61) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET H.Pollet WIN(4-2) 9 1 0 0 4 5 0 112 4.11 A1 Totals 9 1 0 0 4 5 0 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Hoeft LOSS(2-4) 8 7 7 7 3 6 3 142 4.13 A1 D9 M.Grissom 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 18 3.57 E1 Totals 9 9 9 7 3 6 3 ATTENDANCE- 14,006 DATE- Sunday, August 1st 1954 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average T- 2:13 LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 6 Indians: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 0 Indians: 0 ERRORS- R.Jackson, M.Grissom DOUBLES- B.Goodman(16th), G.Strickland-2(16th) TRIPLES- B.Goodman(6th) HOME RUNS- G.Zernial-2(12th), D.Rice(2nd) RBIs- J.Greengrass(9th), M.Minoso(58th), G.Zernial-4(36th), W.Post(15th), D.Rice(6th), G.Strickland(17th) SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Minoso, W.Post WALKS- J.Greengrass-2, R.Ashburn, C.Michaels, A.Kaline, R.Jackson, B.Hoeft HIT BY PITCH- R.Ashburn STRIKE OUTS- W.Post, R.Ashburn, G.Strickland-2, H.Pollet-2, J.Busby, C.Carrasquel, C.Michaels, D.Ennis, B.Hoeft PASSED BALLS- D.Rice-2 2-out RBI- G.Zernial-2 RLISP 2-out- E.Yost, J.Shepard, H.Pollet, J.Busby TEAM RISP- Yankees: 2 for 5 Indians: 0 for 4 WEB GEMS- Top 2nd: Chico Carrasquel robbed Del Rice of a base hit. Howie Pollet allowed 1 hit while blanking Cleveland and first baseman Gus Zernial blasted 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI at Municipal Stadium where the New York-AL Yankees beat the Cleveland Indians by the score of 9 to 0. Zernial enjoyed a big evening at the plate. He smashed a two-run homer in the 1st inning, cracked a two-run shot in the 3rd inning and ripped a base-knock in the 9th inning. New York-AL banged out 9 hits on the night. Pollet(4-2) was credited with the shutout. Billy Hoeft(2-4) absorbed the loss. He served up 3 gopher balls in 8 innings. SCORESHEET: 1954 New York-AL Yankees at 1954 Cleveland Indians E.Yost-A1 A1:G/63 B1:G/63 *4*:F/9 D1:G/63 *9*:E/1 B.Goodma-A1 A2:F/8 *3*:Tr C2:G/63 D2:P/3 E2:Do>13 B.Cox-E7 J.Greeng-A1 A3:W>b1 B3:Si>3# C3:W>b1 *7*:G/3 E3:SF/9>3 M.Minoso-E3 # G.Zernia-A1 A4:HR>1# B4:HR>1# C4:L/6 D4:E/5 E4:Si>23 P.Cavarr-E7 b# b# W.Post-A1 A5:G/53 B5:F/8 *5*:G/63 D5:K E5:SF/7>3 # D.Rice-A1 *2*:G/63 B6:HR>b# C6:L/4 D6:G/63 E6:G/63 R.Ashbur-A1 A7:W>b1 B7:K C7:HBP *8*:G/63 G.Strick-A1 A8:Do>1# B8:Do C8:K D8:K H.Pollet-A1 A9:P/3 B9:G/63 *6*:K D9:K J.Busby-A1 A1:G/53 B1:F/8 C1:F/9 D1:K C.Carras-A1 A2:P/3 *4*:K *6*:G/53 D2:G/63 C.Michae-A1 A3:G/53 B3:F/7 C3:W>b1 *9*:K A.Kaline-A1 *2*:G/63 B4:W>b1 C4:F/7 D4:G/43 D.Ennis-A1 A5:G/63 B5:P/6 C5:K D5:G/53 R.Jackso-A1 A6:W>b1 *5*:Si *7*:G/63 J.Shepar-A1 A7:PB>12 B7:PB>12 C7:F/7 F/9 G/43>23 G.Kell-A1 *3*:G/63 B8:G/53 C8:F/9 B.Hoeft-A1 A9:K B9:W>b1 *8*:G/53 A.Gramma-C9 M.Grisso-D3