BOXSCORE: 1954 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1954 Washington Nationals 8/26/1954 Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG D.Mueller RF 6 2 3 1 .300 J.Temple 2B 5 2 4 0 .286 R.Schoendienst 2B 6 2 4 1 .271 J.Lemon RF 5 1 2 2 .267 M.Vernon 1B 6 1 1 2 .276 H.Kuenn SS 3 1 1 1 .266 W.Mays CF 5 1 3 2 .365 J.Adcock 1B 3 1 1 2 .308 Y.Berra C 5 0 2 0 .286 R.Boone 3B 4 0 0 0 .269 S.Amoros LF 4 1 1 1 .242 V.Power LF 4 1 1 0 .215 J.Finigan 3B 3 2 1 0 .258 G.Bell CF 4 0 1 0 .244 A.Dark SS 4 1 1 2 .323 J.Hegan C 3 0 0 0 .218 R.Gomez P 3 1 2 1 .189 A.Houtteman P 3 0 0 0 .207 B.Pierce P 1 0 0 0 .325 C.Valentine P 1 0 1 1 .143 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 43 11 18 10 Totals 35 6 11 6 Pirates......... 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 11 18 0 Nationals....... 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 - 6 11 1 Pirates (79-50) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET R.Gomez WIN(14-5) 7 6 3 3 2 4 1 99 2.89 A1 C9 B.Pierce 2 5 3 3 0 2 0 33 5.09 D1 Totals 9 11 6 6 2 6 1 Nationals (40-69) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET A.Houtteman LOSS(2-8) 8 17 11 9 3 3 1 155 5.99 A1 E8 C.Valentine 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 4.42 E9 Totals 9 18 11 9 3 3 1 ATTENDANCE- 7,252 DATE- Thursday, August 26th 1954 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average T- 2:18 LEFT ON BASE- Pirates:10 Nationals: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 2 Nationals: 2 ERRORS- A.Houtteman DOUBLES- D.Mueller(29th), W.Mays(28th), Y.Berra-2(17th), J.Finigan(13th) TRIPLES- M.Vernon(8th), J.Temple(7th), J.Lemon(1st), V.Power(1st) HOME RUNS- A.Dark(15th), J.Adcock(9th) RBIs- D.Mueller(46th), R.Schoendienst(39th), M.Vernon-2(69th), W.Mays-2(103rd), S.Amoros(22nd), A.Dark-2(64th), R.Gomez, J.Lemon-2(3rd), H.Kuenn(41st), J.Adcock-2(54th), C.Valentine SACRIFICE HITS- R.Gomez SACRIFICE FLIES- H.Kuenn WALKS- S.Amoros, J.Finigan-2, J.Adcock, J.Hegan HIT BY PITCH- A.Dark STRIKE OUTS- W.Mays, S.Amoros, J.Finigan, J.Lemon-2, H.Kuenn, R.Boone, J.Hegan, A.Houtteman GIDP- A.Dark, J.Adcock, R.Boone 2-out RBI- R.Gomez, R.Schoendienst, W.Mays, C.Valentine RLISP 2-out- D.Mueller, Y.Berra, J.Finigan, A.Houtteman, S.Amoros, J.Lemon TEAM RISP- Pirates: 9 for 18 Nationals: 2 for 7 The Pittsburgh Pirates had very little trouble at Griffith Stadium downing the awful Washington Nationals. The score was 11 to 6. Ruben Gomez(14-5) delivered a fine performance for Pittsburgh. He went 7 innings allowing 6 hits and 2 walks. Pittsburgh had 18 hits for the afternoon while Washington had 11. Art Houtteman(2-8) was hit with the loss. He got hit hard, allowing 17 hits and 3 walks in 8 innings. SCORESHEET: 1954 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1954 Washington Nationals D.Muelle-A1 A1:Do B1:G/31 C1:Si>3# D1:L/4 E1:Si>13 F1:P/6 2o 12 R.Schoen-A1 A2:Si>23 *2*:P/3 C2:Si>2# D2:Si E2:F-DP/9 F2:Si 13 2>3o M.Vernon-A1 A3:Tr>3# B3:F/7 C3:E/1>3# D3:F/9 *8*:F/8 F3:G/3 1# 12 W.Mays-A1 A4:Do>3# B4:Si C4:Si>2# *6*:K E4:F/7 13 Y.Berra-A1 A5:F/7 B5:F/8 C5:P/3 D5:Do E5:Do S.Amoros-A1 A6:Si>2# *3*:FO/2 *4*:W>b1 D6:K E6:F/8 J.Finiga-A1 A7:W>12 b B7:W>b1 C7:Force/ D7:K *9*:Do 1 64>1o b1 A.Dark-A1 A8:F/8 B8:HBP>12 C8:G-DP/4 *7*:G/53 E8:HR>2# 63>1o b# R.Gomez-A1 A9:Si>2# B9:Sac+FC *5*:G/63 D9:Si E9:G/13 B.Pierce-E7 12 >23 12 b1 J.Temple-A1 A1:Tr *3*:G/43 *6*:Si *8*:Si E1:Si>12 J.Lemon-A1 A2:Si>3# B2:K C2:K D2:Tr>1# E2:G/63 H.Kuenn-A1 A3:Force/ B3:K C3:Si>13 D3:SF/8>3 14>1o b1 # J.Adcock-A1 A4:HR>1# *4*:W>b1 C4:G-DP/6 D4:G/31 b# 43>1o R.Boone-A1 A5:F/7 B5:G-DP/6 *7*:G/53 D5:K 43>1o V.Power-A1 A6:G/31 B6:F/9 C6:G/13 *9*:Tr G.Bell-A1 *2*:F/8 *5*:L/4 C7:Si D7:F/9 J.Hegan-A1 A8:G/13 B8:G/3 C8:W>12 b D8:K 1 A.Houtte-A1 A9:G/53 B9:F/8 C9:K D9:Si>3# C.Valent-D6