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