BOXSCORE: 1954 Washington Nationals At 1954 Philadelphia-AL Athleti 8/30/1954

  Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  R.Campanella C      2  0  0  0 .210     W.Moon LF           5  1  3  1 .287  
  J.Temple 2B         3  0  0  0 .273     B.Avila 2B          5  0  2  0 .318  
  J.Lemon RF          4  0  0  0 .233   C-F.Bolling 2B        0  0  0  0 .240  
  H.Kuenn SS          3  0  0  0 .256     M.Mantle CF         2  0  0  0 .238  
  J.Adcock 1B         4  1  0  0 .299   A-J.Piersall PH,CF    2  0  2  0 .303  
  R.Boone 3B          2  0  1  0 .270     A.Rosen 3B          2  1  1  0 .286  
B-W.Miranda PR,3B     1  0  0  0 .286   D-H.Thompson PH,3B    1  1  0  0 .246  
  V.Power LF          4  1  2  1 .217     I.Noren RF,1B       5  2  2  2 .278  
  G.Bell CF           3  0  0  0 .245     G.Hodges 1B         4  1  2  2 .255  
  M.Dickson P         3  0  0  0 .182   E-H.Sauer PH,RF       1  0  1  2 .232  
  V.Law P             0  0  0  0 .000     J.Logan SS          4  1  1  0 .248  
                                          S.White C           5  1  2  1 .244  
                                          B.Lemon P           4  0  1  0 .242  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      29  2  3  1                 Totals      40  8 17  8

A-Pinch Hit For Mantle In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Boone In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Avila In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Rosen In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Hodges In 8th Inning

INJURY: Ray Boone INJURED (for 0 more games) in 7th inning

Nationals....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 2  -  2  3  2
Athletics....... 4 0 1  0 1 0  0 2    -  8 17  1

Nationals (43-74)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
M.Dickson LOSS(7-11)      7 1/3  17   8   6   4   2   1 172   4.37  A1 E7
V.Law                     0 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.51  E8
Totals                    8      17   8   6   4   2   1

Athletics (80-53)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
B.Lemon WIN(15-8)         9       3   2   0   5   2   0 126   3.29  A1
Totals                    9       3   2   0   5   2   0

ATTENDANCE- 28,786 DATE- Monday, August 30th 1954 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:38
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 6  Athletics:12
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 2  Athletics: 1
ERRORS- J.Temple, J.Adcock, H.Sauer
DOUBLES- V.Power-2(6th), J.Piersall(18th), H.Sauer(14th)
TRIPLES- S.White(2nd)
HOME RUNS- G.Hodges(27th)
RBIs- V.Power(30th), W.Moon(35th), I.Noren-2(59th), G.Hodges-2(92nd),
      H.Sauer-2(58th), S.White(44th)
WALKS- R.Campanella-2, J.Temple, H.Kuenn, G.Bell, M.Mantle, A.Rosen-2, J.Logan
HIT BY PITCH- R.Boone
STRIKE OUTS- G.Bell, M.Dickson, M.Mantle-2
GIDP- M.Dickson, J.Logan, S.White
WILD PITCHES- B.Lemon
2-out RBI- I.Noren-2, G.Hodges-2, S.White, W.Moon, V.Power
RLISP 2-out- A.Rosen-2, R.Campanella, B.Lemon, I.Noren, B.Avila, J.Logan,
             V.Power, J.Lemon
TEAM RISP- Nationals: 0 for 4  Athletics: 3 for 11
WEB GEMS- Bot 7th: Johnny Temple robbed Sammy White of a base hit.

Bob Lemon allowed just 3 hits and Gil Hodges hit a homerun and had 2 RBI as
the Philadelphia-AL Athletics topped the floundering Washington Nationals by
a score of 8 to 2 at Connie Mack Stadium.

Philadelphia-AL wasted no time and took the lead in the first inning scoring 4
runners on 4 hits.  That was all the runs Lemon(15-8) needed.
Philadelphia-AL had a total of 17 hits for the game.  

Murry Dickson(7-11) was hit with the loss.  He was hit hard and gave up 17
hits and 4 walks in 7 and 1/3 innings.

SCORESHEET: 1954 Washington Nationals at 1954 Philadelphia-AL Athletics
R.Campan-A1  A1:F/8     B1:G/63    C1:W>b1    D1:W>b1
                                              
                                              
J.Temple-A1  A2:F/8     *4*:F/9    C2:F/7     D2:W>12 b
                                              1
                                              
J.Lemon-A1   A3:F/7     B3:G/53    C3:G/63    D3:P/6
                                              
                                              
H.Kuenn-A1   *2*:L/6    B4:P/6     *7*:F/8    *9*:W>b1
                                              
                                              
J.Adcock-A1  A5:F/8     *5*:F/8    C5:G/63    D5:Force/
                                              36>1o b1
                                              
R.Boone-A1   A6:G/53    B6:Si      C6:HBP     D6:P/3
W.Mirand-C7                                   
                                              
V.Power-A1   *3*:Do     B7:F/9     C7:WP>12   D7:Do+E/9
                                   G/53       >1# b#
                                              
G.Bell-A1    A8:W>b1    B8:P/3     *8*:K      D8:F/8
                                              
                                              
M.Dickso-A1  A9:G-DP/4  *6*:K      C9:F/8
V.Law-D4     63>23 1o              
                                   

W.Moon-A1    A1:Si      B1:Si      *4*:G/13   D1:Si>2#   E1:Force/
                                              13         54>1o b1
                                                         
B.Avila-A1   A2:L/6     B2:Si>13   C2:Si      D2:F/8     E2:G/3
F.Bollin-E3                                              
                                                         
M.Mantle-A1  A3:K       B3:W>12 b  C3:K       *6*:Do     *8*:Si
J.Piersa-D3             1                                
                                                         
A.Rosen-A1   A4:Si>13   B4:F/8     C4:W>12 b  D4:W>b1    E4:Force/
H.Thomps-E4                        1                     36>1o b1
                                                         
I.Noren-A1   A5:Si>3#   *3*:F/9    C5:F/9     D5:L/4     E5:Si+E/4
             2#                                          >13
                                                         
G.Hodges-A1  A6:HR>1#   B6:F/8     *5*:Si     D6:FO/2    E6:Do>3#
H.Sauer-E6   b#                                          2#
                                                         
J.Logan-A1   A7:F/8     B7:Si      C7:G-DP/6  D7:G/3     E7:W>b1
                                   43>1o                 
                                                         
S.White-A1   *2*:P/4    B8:Tr>1#   C8:Si      *7*:G/43   E8:G-DP/6
                                                         43>1o
                                                         
B.Lemon-A1   A9:G/23    B9:G/63    C9:E/3>12  D9:Si