BOXSCORE: 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers At 1953 Cleveland Indians 8/25/1953 Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG Indians AB R H RBI AVG J.Gilliam 2B 5 1 1 0 .240 D.Philley RF 4 0 0 0 .246 W.Lockman 1B 5 0 1 0 .293 J.Busby CF 4 0 0 0 .259 S.Musial LF 5 1 2 0 .337 G.Kell 3B 4 0 0 0 .320 R.Jablonski 3B 3 0 0 1 .293 G.Zernial LF 4 1 2 1 .261 B-F.Baker 3B 1 0 0 0 .211 D.Gernert 1B 4 0 3 0 .229 V.Wertz RF 2 1 0 0 .254 C.Michaels 2B 2 0 1 0 .251 C-B.Bruton CF 2 1 1 0 .222 E-S.Hemus PH 0 0 0 0 .266 S.Lollar C 3 1 2 2 .259 C.Carrasquel SS 4 0 0 0 .269 J.Jensen CF,RF 4 1 3 2 .265 C.Courtney C 3 0 0 0 .228 R.McMillan SS 3 0 0 0 .210 S.Gromek P 1 0 0 0 .074 C.Simmons P 4 0 0 0 .082 A-W.Westlake PH 1 0 0 0 .347 J.Hughes P 0 0 0 0 .400 B.Miller P 0 0 0 0 .375 S.Consuegra P 0 0 0 0 .000 D-J.Collins PH 1 0 0 0 .274 B.Henry P 0 0 0 0 .333 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 37 6 10 5 Totals 32 1 6 1 A-Pinch Hit For Gromek In 5th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Jablonski In 7th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Wertz In 7th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Consuegra In 8th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Michaels In 9th Inning Dodgers......... 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 - 6 10 0 Indians......... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 3 Dodgers (55-65) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET C.Simmons WIN(10-5) 8 2/3 6 1 1 0 2 1 131 3.54 A1 D5 J.Hughes 0 1/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 1.93 D6 Totals 9 6 1 1 1 3 1 Indians (54-58) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET S.Gromek LOSS(5-7) 5 4 3 3 1 2 1 70 4.81 A1 C2 B.Miller 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 21 4.21 C3 D1 S.Consuegra 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 29 5.43 D2 E1 B.Henry 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 18 2.75 E2 Totals 9 10 6 5 3 3 1 ATTENDANCE- 12,652 DATE- Wednesday, August 25th 1953 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 2:38 LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers: 8 Indians: 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 0 Indians: 0 ERRORS- J.Busby, C.Michaels-2 DOUBLES- S.Musial(41st), S.Lollar(13th), D.Gernert-2(9th) TRIPLES- B.Bruton(3rd) HOME RUNS- J.Jensen(6th), G.Zernial(29th) RBIs- R.Jablonski(26th), S.Lollar-2(24th), J.Jensen-2(58th), G.Zernial(64th) SACRIFICE HITS- C.Michaels SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Jablonski WALKS- V.Wertz, S.Lollar, R.McMillan, S.Hemus STRIKE OUTS- F.Baker, V.Wertz, C.Simmons, C.Carrasquel-2, C.Courtney 2-out RBI- J.Jensen-2 RLISP 2-out- C.Simmons, C.Courtney, C.Michaels, J.Gilliam-3, B.Bruton, C.Carrasquel-2 TEAM RISP- Dodgers: 3 for 14 Indians: 0 for 4 Jackie Jensen hit a homerun and had 2 RBI at Cleveland Stadium where the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Cleveland Indians 6 to 1. Cleveland was unable to recover after Brooklyn went ahead in the top of the 4th inning as they scored 2 runs on 1 base hits. The crucial at-bat was provided by Jensen who silenced the crowd when he bombed a two-run dinger. Cleveland was out-hit by Brooklyn, 10 hits to 6. The victory was credited to Curt Simmons(10-5) who went 8 and 2/3 innings, allowing 1 run. Steve Gromek(5-7) absorbed the loss. He gave up 3 runs and 4 hits in 5 innings. Wth the win Brooklyn now has a record of 55-65. With the loss, Cleveland has a record of 5-5 lately, 54-58 overall. SCORESHEET: 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers at 1953 Cleveland Indians J.Gillia-A1 A1:Si *3*:F/9 C1:G/63 D1:G/31 E1:G/43 W.Lockma-A1 A2:Si>13 B2:F/7 C2:G/43 *7*:G/43 *9*:F/9 S.Musial-A1 A3:P/4 B3:G/3 *6*:Si+E/ D3:G/13 E3:Do 4 R.Jablon-A1 A4:SF/8>3 *4*:G/31 C4:F/8 D4:L/6 E4:K F.Baker-D5 # V.Wertz-A1 A5:K B5:F/7 C5:IW>b1 *8*:Tr E5:G/63 B.Bruton-D5 S.Lollar-A1 *2*:L/5 B6:W>b1 C6:Si+E/8 D6:Do>3# >2# 13 J.Jensen-A1 A7:Si B7:HR>1# C7:G/63 D7:Si>23 b# R.McMill-A1 A8:G/43>1 B8:G/63 C8:IW>b1 D8:FC/12> 2 3o 12 C.Simmon-A1 A9:K *5*:G/43 C9:E/4>3# D9:Force/ J.Hughes-E6 23 12 46>23 1o b1 D.Phille-A1 A1:G/3 B1:G/31 *6*:F/7 D1:F/9 J.Busby-A1 A2:P/6 B2:G/63 C2:FO/2 *9*:G/63 G.Kell-A1 A3:G/63 *4*:G/53 C3:P/6 D3:F/8 G.Zernia-A1 *2*:HR>b# B4:G/63 *7*:G/43 D4:Si D.Gerner-A1 A5:Si B5:Do C5:F/9 D5:Do>13 C.Michae-A1 A6:Sac/34 B6:G/13 C6:Si D6:W>b1 S.Hemus-D6 >12 C.Carras-A1 A7:G/53 *5*:K C7:F/7 D7:K C.Courtn-A1 A8:F/9 B8:K *8*:F/9 S.Gromek-A1 *3*:G/43 B9:F/7 C9:F/7 W.Westla-B9 B.Miller-C1+