BOXSCORE: 1954 Chicago-NL Cubs At 1954 Pittsburgh Pirates 8/4/1954 Cubs AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG F.Fain 1B 3 0 1 0 .363 R.Repulski RF,LF 5 0 1 0 .280 C-W.Dropo PH,1B 2 0 0 0 .208 R.Schoendienst 2B 5 0 1 0 .269 D.Snider CF 3 1 0 0 .291 W.Cooper C 2 0 1 0 .294 F.Thomas LF 5 1 2 0 .307 B-Y.Berra C 1 0 0 0 .284 J.Robinson 2B 4 1 1 0 .300 W.Mays CF 3 0 0 1 .371 E.Mathews 3B 4 1 1 4 .234 R.Kiner LF 4 0 0 0 .253 E.Banks SS 5 0 1 0 .230 E-D.Mueller RF 1 0 0 0 .308 C.Furillo RF 5 0 1 0 .281 B.Skowron 1B 3 2 1 1 .323 B.Sarni C 4 0 1 0 .290 D-M.Vernon PH,1B 2 0 0 0 .283 J.Nuxhall P 1 0 0 0 .158 A.Dark SS 5 2 3 1 .315 M.Burtschy P 1 0 0 0 .091 A.Carey 3B 4 1 0 0 .281 A-A.Pafko PH 1 0 0 0 .293 R.Gomez P 3 0 1 0 .167 B.Tremel P 0 0 0 0 .250 J.Harshman P 0 0 0 0 .111 B.Chakales P 1 0 0 0 .375 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 39 4 8 4 Totals 38 5 8 3 A-Pinch Hit For Burtschy In 7th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Cooper In 8th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Fain In 8th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Skowron In 8th Inning E-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Kiner In 9th Inning INJURY: Walker Cooper INJURED (for 0 more games) in 7th inning Cubs............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 - 4 8 3 Pirates......... 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 8 0 Cubs (76-49) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET J.Nuxhall 2 2/3 1 1 0 3 2 0 49 5.08 A1 B4 M.Burtschy 3 1/3 5 3 1 0 2 1 56 3.66 B5 D1 B.Tremel 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 5.73 D2 D4 B.Chakales LOSS(4-2) 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 40 3.99 D5 Totals 10 8 5 2 5 7 2 Pirates (75-46) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET R.Gomez 7 5 0 0 2 0 0 81 2.92 A1 C9 J.Harshman W(6-6) BS(1st) 4 3 4 4 2 3 1 53 2.79 D1 Totals 11 8 4 4 4 3 1 ATTENDANCE- 29,288 DATE- Wednesday, August 4th 1954 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 3:03 LEFT ON BASE- Cubs: 7 Pirates: 8 DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 2 Pirates: 2 ERRORS- F.Fain-2, J.Robinson DOUBLES- R.Repulski(13th), A.Dark(21st) HOME RUNS- E.Mathews(36th), B.Skowron(8th), A.Dark(13th) RBIs- E.Mathews-4(85th), W.Mays(98th), B.Skowron(20th), A.Dark(57th) WALKS- D.Snider-2, J.Robinson, B.Sarni, W.Cooper-2, W.Mays-2, J.Harshman HIT BY PITCH- E.Mathews STRIKE OUTS- W.Dropo, E.Banks-2, R.Repulski, W.Cooper, W.Mays, R.Kiner-3, R.Gomez GIDP- D.Snider, C.Furillo, W.Mays PASSED BALLS- B.Sarni 2-out RBI- W.Mays RLISP 2-out- J.Nuxhall, R.Kiner-2, E.Mathews TEAM RISP- Cubs: 1 for 4 Pirates: 0 for 4 WEB GEMS- Bot 6th: Bill Sarni blocked the plate, saving a run! Al Dark slammed a homerun at Forbes Field where the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago-NL Cubs in 11 innings by the score of 5 to 4. The game was deadlocked at 4 after nine full innings. Pittsburgh was victorious in the 11th inning. Dark hit a bases-empty home run resulting in an exciting win for Pittsburgh and a raucous post-game celebration by the home town fans. Both teams totaled 8 hits on the afternoon. The victory was credited to Jack Harshman(6-6) who went 4 innings, allowing 4 runs. Bob Chakales(4-2) was the losing pitcher in relief. He pitched 3 innings giving up 2 hits and 2 walks. SCORESHEET: 1954 Chicago-NL Cubs at 1954 Pittsburgh Pirates F.Fain-A1 A1:Si *3*:F/9 *6*:F/9 *8*:K E1:F/8 W.Dropo-D1 D.Snider-A1 A2:G-DP/4 B2:G/31 C2:W>b1 D2:W>b1 *10*:G/63 63>1o F.Thomas-A1 A3:Si B3:G/63 C3:F/9 D3:Si>12 E3:FO/2 J.Robins-A1 A4:G/53 *4*:G/43 C4:Si>13 D4:W>23 1 E4:G/63 2 b1 E.Mathew-A1 *2*:HBP B5:F/9 C5:G/43 D5:HR>3# *11*:G/13 2# 1# b# E.Banks-A1 A6:Si>12 B6:F/7 *7*:F/8 D6:K E6:K C.Furill-A1 A7:G-DP/5 *5*:F/9 C7:F/8 D7:G/53 E7:Si 43>23 1o B.Sarni-A1 A8:IW>b1 B8:G/3 C8:Si *9*:G/43 E8:G/53 J.Nuxhal-A1 A9:F/9 B9:F/8 C9:F/8 D9:G/13 M.Burtsc-B4 A.Pafko-C9+ R.Repuls-A1 A1:G/63 B1:K C1:E/4>3# D1:Do>1o E1:L-DP/4 3>1o R.Schoen-A1 A2:G/63 B2:Si>13 C2:FO/2 *7*:F/9 E2:F/8 W.Cooper-A1 A3:W>b1 B3:W>12 b *5*:Si D3:K *10*:P/3 Y.Berra-D5 1 W.Mays-A1 A4:Force/ B4:W>3# 2 C4:G-DP/6 D4:K E4:W>b1 46>1o b1 3 12 b1 43>1o R.Kiner-A1 *2*:K B5:G/13 C5:K *8*:K E5:F/8 D.Muelle-D9 B.Skowro-A1 A6:F/7 *4*:E/3 *6*:HR>b# D6:P/4 E6:P/4 M.Vernon-D6 A.Dark-A1 A7:F/9 B7:Do>13 C7:F/8 D7:Si *11*:HR>b # A.Carey-A1 *3*:E/3 B8:G/53 C8:P/5 D8:G/63 R.Gomez-A1 A9:F/8 B9:PB>3# C9:Si *9*:W>b1 J.Harshm-D5 23 K