BOXSCORE: 1954 Cleveland Indians At 1954 New York-AL Yankees 9/3/1954 Indians AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG J.Busby CF 4 1 1 0 .240 E.Yost 3B 3 2 1 0 .221 G.Baker 2B 3 0 0 0 .246 W.Post CF 4 2 2 2 .225 I-R.Jackson PH 1 0 0 1 .304 M.Minoso LF 3 1 0 0 .281 J.Cunningham 1B 4 1 1 2 .219 J.Greengrass RF 3 1 1 2 .167 J-C.Michaels PH 0 0 0 1 .213 B-R.Ashburn RF 1 1 1 1 .254 T.Williams LF 4 0 1 0 .341 G.Zernial 1B 3 0 0 0 .262 C-C.Diering PR,LF 1 0 0 0 .216 E-P.Cavarretta PH,1B 0 0 0 0 .364 D.Ennis RF 3 1 1 1 .196 A.Seminick C 3 0 0 0 .222 A-A.Kaline RF 1 0 0 0 .299 F-S.Burgess PH 0 0 0 0 .369 C.Courtney C 4 0 1 0 .234 G-D.Rice PH,C 1 0 1 2 .267 D.Johnson P 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Goodman 2B 4 0 1 0 .280 D.Mossi P 0 0 0 0 .000 G.Strickland SS 3 0 1 0 .189 C.Carrasquel SS 3 1 0 0 .230 W.Nixon P 3 0 0 0 .309 G.Kell 3B 3 0 0 0 .169 W.McCall P 0 0 0 0 .091 H-C.Abrams PH 1 0 0 0 .222 B.Hoeft P 2 0 0 0 .185 M.Grissom P 0 0 0 0 .500 M.Martin P 0 0 0 0 .286 D-J.Shepard C 0 1 0 0 .331 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 34 5 5 5 Totals 31 7 8 7 A-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Ennis In 6th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Greengrass In 8th Inning C-Pinch Ran For Williams In 8th Inning D-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Martin In 8th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Zernial In 8th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Seminick In 8th Inning G-Pinch Hit For Burgess In 8th Inning H-Pinch Hit For Kell In 9th Inning I-Pinch Hit For Baker In 9th Inning J-Pinch Hit For Cunningham In 9th Inning Indians......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 - 5 5 0 Yankees......... 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 - 7 8 4 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Hoeft LOSS(2-8) 7 6 5 5 1 6 2 87 5.36 A1 D1 M.Grissom 0 1/3 0 1 1 1 0 0 10 3.98 D2 D3 M.Martin 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 3.75 D4 D4 D.Johnson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 3.33 D5 D5 D.Mossi 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 2.38 D6 Totals 8 8 7 7 3 6 2 Yankees (70-81) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET W.Nixon WIN(10-8) 8 1/3 5 5 2 4 2 2 133 3.59 A1 E1 W.McCall SAVE(1st) 0 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 1.91 E2 Totals 9 5 5 2 5 2 2 ATTENDANCE- 15,183 DATE- Friday, September 3rd 1954 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average T- 2:35 LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 8 Yankees: 3 DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 1 Yankees: 1 ERRORS- W.Post, M.Minoso, B.Goodman-2 DOUBLES- T.Williams(17th) HOME RUNS- J.Cunningham(12th), D.Ennis(12th), W.Post(7th), J.Greengrass(4th) RBIs- R.Jackson(14th), J.Cunningham-2(34th), C.Michaels(14th), D.Ennis(44th), W.Post-2(38th), J.Greengrass-2(12th), R.Ashburn(28th), D.Rice-2(11th) SACRIFICE HITS- C.Carrasquel WALKS- J.Busby, G.Baker, C.Michaels, B.Hoeft, J.Shepard, E.Yost, M.Minoso, P.Cavarretta STRIKE OUTS- G.Baker, B.Hoeft, E.Yost, W.Post, M.Minoso, J.Greengrass, G.Strickland, W.Nixon GIDP- C.Diering RLISP 2-out- T.Williams, G.Baker-2, C.Courtney-2 TEAM RISP- Indians: 2 for 13 Yankees: 2 for 3 In a two run game the New York-AL Yankees halted a 6 game slide and got by the Cleveland Indians by the score of 7 to 5. New York-AL jumped out to the early lead in the first inning when they tallied 2 runs on 2 hits. The big moment was provided by Wally Post who electrified Yankee Stadium when he bombed a two-run dinger. New York-AL had 8 hits overall, while Cleveland had 5. The victory went to Willard Nixon(10-8) who went 8 and 1/3 innings, allowing 5 runs. Nixon was helped out by Windy McCall who recorded his 1st save. Billy Hoeft(2-8) was the losing pitcher. He gave up 6 hits and 1 walk in 7 innings. SCORESHEET: 1954 Cleveland Indians at 1954 New York-AL Yankees J.Busby-A1 A1:G/63 *4*:F/7 C1:Si>23 *8*:E/8>b E1:W>23 1 12 2 2 b1 G.Baker-A1 A2:F/8 B2:W>b1 C2:F/8 D2:K E2:E/4>3# R.Jackso-E2 23 12 J.Cunnin-A1 A3:P/4 B3:G/3>12 *6*:E/4 D3:HR>2# E3:W>3# 2 C.Michae-E3 b# 3 12 b1 T.Willia-A1 *2*:G/43 B4:G/3 C4:G/43>1 D4:Do E4:G-DP/4 C.Dierin-D5 2 63>1o D.Ennis-A1 A5:G/63 *5*:HR>b# C5:G/63 D5:G/3>23 A.Kaline-C7 C.Courtn-A1 A6:P/4 B6:Si C6:F/7 D6:FO/3 D.Johnso-D7 D.Mossi-D7 C.Carras-A1 *3*:G/63 B7:Sac/54 *7*:F/9 *9*:E/7>b >12 2 G.Kell-A1 A8:G/13 B8:G/53 C8:P/6 D8:F/8 C.Abrams-D8 B.Hoeft-A1 A9:K B9:W>b1 C9:G/13 D9:W>b1 M.Grisso-D7 M.Martin-D7+ E.Yost-A1 A1:Si *3*:F/7 C1:K *8*:W>b1 W.Post-A1 A2:HR>1# B2:K *6*:Si D2:F/7 b# M.Minoso-A1 A3:F/7 B3:F/7 C3:K D3:W>12 b 1 J.Greeng-A1 A4:K *4*:G/63 C4:HR>1# D4:Si>2# R.Ashbur-D1 b# 13 G.Zernia-A1 A5:G/53 B5:F/9 C5:F/9 D5:W>12 b P.Cavarr-D5 1 A.Semini-A1 *2*:G/43 B6:FO/2 C6:G/13 D6:Si>3# S.Burges-D6 2# 13 D.Rice-D6 B.Goodma-A1 A7:Si *5*:G/43 *7*:G/13 D7:F-DP/9 2>3o 12 G.Strick-A1 A8:Force/ B8:Si C8:K 14>1o b1 W.Nixon-A1 A9:K B9:F/8 C9:G/43 W.McCall-D8