BOXSCORE: 1953 Philadelphia-AL Athletics At 1953 Chicago-NL Cubs 9/4/1953
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Cubs AB R H RBI AVG
J.Piersall CF 5 1 3 1 .245 P.Reese SS 2 0 2 0 .253
B.Avila 2B 5 2 1 1 .272 B-E.Joost PH,SS 1 0 0 0 .125
G.Hodges 1B 4 2 2 1 .293 E.Mathews 3B 4 1 2 0 .304
H.Thompson LF 4 1 2 3 .248 D.Snider CF 4 1 1 0 .308
D.Rhodes RF 4 1 2 4 .214 G.Woodling LF 4 1 3 1 .322
W.Jones 3B 5 1 1 0 .230 F.Fain 1B 4 0 1 1 .252
S.White C 4 1 1 0 .214 C.Furillo RF 3 0 0 0 .332
J.Logan SS 4 1 1 0 .259 C-F.Thomas PH 1 0 0 0 .235
B.Lemon P 4 0 0 0 .265 J.Astroth C 2 0 0 0 .322
A-M.Batts PH,C 2 0 1 0 .288
D.O'Connell 2B 4 0 0 0 .328
J.Sain P 2 0 0 0 .164
J.Dobson P 1 0 0 0 .059
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Totals 39 10 13 10 Totals 34 3 10 2
A-Pinch Hit For Astroth In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Reese In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Furillo In 9th Inning
Athletics....... 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 0 1 - 10 13 1
Cubs............ 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 10 0
Athletics (64-70) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Lemon WIN(16-13) 9 10 3 2 1 5 0 135 3.73 A1
Totals 9 10 3 2 1 5 0
Cubs (91-43) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Sain LOSS(10-8) 6 1/3 9 8 8 2 6 1 111 4.94 A1 D3
J.Dobson 2 2/3 4 2 2 0 0 0 46 3.49 D4
Totals 9 13 10 10 2 6 1
ATTENDANCE- 31,179 DATE- Saturday, September 4th 1953 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:57
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 5 Cubs: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 3 Cubs: 0
ERRORS- H.Thompson
DOUBLES- G.Hodges(20th), H.Thompson(11th), M.Batts(11th)
TRIPLES- H.Thompson(5th)
HOME RUNS- D.Rhodes(9th)
RBIs- J.Piersall(30th), B.Avila(38th), G.Hodges(68th), H.Thompson-3(34th),
D.Rhodes-4(23rd), G.Woodling(53rd), F.Fain(53rd)
STOLEN BASES- P.Reese(14th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Rhodes
WALKS- G.Hodges, H.Thompson, P.Reese
STRIKE OUTS- J.Piersall, J.Logan-2, B.Lemon-3, D.Snider, F.Thomas, D.O'Connell,
J.Sain, J.Dobson
GIDP- D.Snider, F.Fain-2
2-out RBI- F.Fain, D.Rhodes-3
RLISP 2-out- D.Rhodes, W.Jones, D.O'Connell
TEAM RISP- Athletics: 6 for 11 Cubs: 2 for 7
WEB GEMS- Bot 9th: Johnny Logan robbed Ferris Fain of a base hit.
Dusty Rhodes blasted a homerun and had 4 RBI and Bob Lemon went the distance
at Wrigely Field where the Philadelphia-AL Athletics beat the Chicago-NL Cubs
10 to 3.
Philadelphia-AL had 7 runs cross the plate in the top of the 7th inning when
they came up with 6 base hits. The key at-bat was by Hank Thompson who
silenced Wrigely Field as he tripled emptying the bases. Philadelphia-AL
banged out 13 hits on the night.
The win was credited to Lemon(16-13) who went the whole way allowing 3 runs.
The losing pitcher was Johnny Sain(10-8). He allowed 9 hits and 2 walks in 6
and 1/3 innings.
The Philadelphia-AL ballclub's record now stands at 64-70. With the loss
Chicago-NL now has a record of 91-43.
SCORESHEET: 1953 Philadelphia-AL Athletics at 1953 Chicago-NL Cubs
J.Piersa-A1 A1:F/7 B1:K *6*:Si D1:Si>3# *9*:Si
23 12
B.Avila-A1 A2:G/31 *4*:G/13 C2:G/43>1 D2:Si>3# E2:Force/
2 23 12 64>1o b1
G.Hodges-A1 A3:Si B3:Do C3:F/9>23 D3:W>3# 2 E3:F/7
3 12 b1
H.Thomps-A1 A4:G/43 B4:F/9 C4:IW>b1 D4:Tr>3# E4:Do>13
2# 1#
D.Rhodes-A1 *2*:G/31 B5:HR>2# C5:F/9 D5:SF/8>3 E5:Si>3#
b# # 23
W.Jones-A1 A6:G/63 B6:F/9 *7*:Si D6:F/8 E6:F/7
S.White-A1 A7:G/53 *5*:L/5 C7:Si>12 *8*:F/9
J.Logan-A1 *3*:K B8:K C8:Si>23 D8:G/53
12
B.Lemon-A1 A9:K B9:K C9:K D9:F/7
P.Reese-A1 A1:Si *3*:W>b1 C1:Si *8*:P/2
E.Joost-D1
E.Mathew-A1 A2:SB>12 B2:Force/ C2:Si>12 D2:Si
G/43>23 64>1o b1
D.Snider-A1 A3:FC/12> B3:Si>12 C3:G-DP/5 D3:K
3o 4>2o 1o
G.Woodli-A1 A4:Si+E/7 B4:Si>2# *6*:Si D4:G/63
>1# 12
F.Fain-A1 A5:Si>2# B5:G-DP/4 C5:G-DP/4 *9*:G/63
63>1o 63>1o
C.Furill-A1 A6:F/8 *4*:G/43 C6:G/13 D6:K
F.Thomas-D6
J.Astrot-A1 *2*:G/63 B7:G/53 *7*:F/7 D7:Do
M.Batts-C7
D.O'Conn-A1 A8:G/43 B8:F/8 C8:G/63 D8:K
J.Sain-A1 A9:K *5*:F/7 C9:K
J.Dobson-C7