BOXSCORE: 1954 New York-AL Yankees At 1954 Washington Nationals 8/6/1954
Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG
R.Ashburn CF 5 1 2 0 .252 R.Campanella C 4 0 0 0 .197
P.Cavarretta 1B 5 1 2 1 .359 J.Temple 2B 4 1 1 0 .273
M.Minoso LF 5 1 2 0 .287 J.Groth RF 4 1 2 0 .375
H.Aaron RF 4 1 1 1 .266 H.Kuenn SS 4 0 2 0 .259
D.Rice C 2 0 0 2 .268 R.Jablonski 1B 4 0 1 1 .269
E.Yost 3B 4 1 3 1 .220 R.Sievers LF 3 0 0 0 .184
B.Cox 2B 4 0 1 0 .306 R.Boone 3B 3 0 0 0 .265
G.Strickland SS 3 0 0 0 .186 G.Bell CF 3 0 0 0 .245
H.Pollet P 4 0 1 0 .217 A.Houtteman P 2 0 1 0 .226
C.Erskine P 0 0 0 0 .118
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Totals 36 5 12 5 Totals 31 2 7 1
Yankees......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 - 5 12 1
Nationals....... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 7 1
Yankees (63-64) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
H.Pollet WIN(5-3) 8 7 2 1 4 5 0 126 4.31 A1 D5
C.Erskine SAVE(1st) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 6.36 D6
Totals 9 7 2 1 4 5 0
Nationals (43-76) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
A.Houtteman LOSS(2-9) 9 12 5 4 1 0 1 146 5.79 A1
Totals 9 12 5 4 1 0 1
ATTENDANCE- 7,052 DATE- Friday, August 6th 1954 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 1:58
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 7 Nationals: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 4 Nationals: 1
ERRORS- M.Minoso, R.Sievers
DOUBLES- H.Aaron(20th), J.Temple(17th)
TRIPLES- R.Ashburn(5th)
HOME RUNS- E.Yost(8th)
RBIs- P.Cavarretta(22nd), H.Aaron(61st), D.Rice-2(9th), E.Yost(39th),
R.Jablonski(19th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Rice-2
WALKS- G.Strickland, R.Sievers, R.Boone, G.Bell, A.Houtteman
STRIKE OUTS- R.Campanella, J.Temple, H.Kuenn, R.Sievers, A.Houtteman
GIDP- R.Campanella, J.Temple, R.Jablonski, G.Bell
RLISP 2-out- R.Boone, H.Pollet, B.Cox, M.Minoso, G.Bell
TEAM RISP- Yankees: 1 for 5 Nationals: 1 for 10
Eddie Yost went deep at Griffith Stadium as the New York-AL Yankees beat the
reeling Washington Nationals by the count of 5 to 2.
Howie Pollet(5-3) earned his pay with a solid performance for New York-AL. He
went 8 innings allowing 7 hits and 4 walks lowering his ERA from 4.77 to
4.31. Washington had a chance to come back in the 9th but they came up
short.
Pollet was helped out by Carl Erskine who recorded his 1st save. The losing
pitcher was Art Houtteman(2-9). He allowed 12 hits and 1 walk in 9 innings.
SCORESHEET: 1954 New York-AL Yankees at 1954 Washington Nationals
R.Ashbur-A1 A1:F/8 B1:G/31 C1:G/43 *8*:Tr E1:Si
P.Cavarr-A1 A2:G/43 *4*:L/4 C2:L/4 D2:Si>3# E2:Si>13
M.Minoso-A1 A3:L/5 B3:F/7 *7*:Si D3:Si>12 E3:F/7
H.Aaron-A1 *2*:G/63 B4:G/63 C4:Do+E/7 D4:Force/
>1# b3 14>23 1o
b1
D.Rice-A1 A5:F/8 *5*:G/63 C5:SF/8>3 D5:SF/9>3
# #
E.Yost-A1 A6:F/8 B6:HR>b# C6:Si D6:Si>12
B.Cox-A1 *3*:Si B7:G/53 C7:L/5 D7:P/6
G.Strick-A1 A8:L-DP/5 B8:G/53 C8:W>12 b *9*:G/53
3>1o 1
H.Pollet-A1 A9:Si *6*:G/63 C9:G/63 D9:G/13
C.Erskin-E4
R.Campan-A1 A1:K B1:G/63 C1:F/8 D1:G-DP/4
63>1o
J.Temple-A1 A2:K *4*:Do C2:G-DP/4 D2:F/8
63>1o
J.Groth-A1 A3:Si B3:E/7>2# *6*:F/8 *9*:Si
b2
H.Kuenn-A1 A4:G/53 B4:K C4:Si D4:Si>12
R.Jablon-A1 *2*:F/9 B5:G/63 C5:G-DP/6 D5:Si>2#
43>1o 12
R.Siever-A1 A6:G/43 B6:W>b1 *7*:K D6:F/7
R.Boone-A1 A7:G/53 B7:G/53 C7:W>b1 D7:F/7
G.Bell-A1 *3*:G/53 *5*:W>b1 C8:G-DP/4 D8:L/4
63>1o
A.Houtte-A1 A9:K B9:W>12 b *8*:Si
1