BOXSCORE: 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1953 Cleveland Indians 9/5/1953
Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Indians AB R H RBI AVG
M.Irvin RF 4 0 2 2 .351 J.Busby CF 3 0 1 0 .257
R.Schoendienst 2B 4 0 0 0 .287 C.Michaels 2B 4 0 0 0 .243
M.Vernon 1B 4 0 0 0 .305 G.Kell 3B 4 1 1 0 .320
B.Thomson CF 4 1 1 0 .291 G.Zernial LF 3 0 0 0 .248
D.Ennis LF 4 1 1 2 .269 D.Gernert 1B 2 0 1 0 .236
R.Jackson 3B 4 0 0 0 .258 C-E.Torgeson PH,1B 1 0 0 0 .286
A.Dark SS 4 2 3 0 .303 W.Westlake RF 4 0 2 1 .320
R.Murray C 3 0 2 0 .315 C.Carrasquel SS 4 0 0 0 .266
V.Mizell P 2 0 0 0 .085 J.Garagiola C 4 0 0 0 .228
B.Friend P 0 0 0 0 .091 S.Gromek P 1 0 0 0 .150
A-D.Philley PH 1 0 0 0 .246
M.Fornieles P 0 0 0 0 .000
B-S.Hemus PH 0 0 0 0 .257
B.Miller P 0 0 0 0 .273
H.Wilhelm P 0 0 0 0 .278
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Totals 33 4 9 4 Totals 31 1 5 1
A-Pinch Hit For Gromek In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Fornieles In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Gernert In 8th Inning
Pirates......... 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 - 4 9 0
Indians......... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 5 0
Pirates (88-62) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
V.Mizell WIN(11-10) 7 5 1 1 4 9 0 112 4.48 A1 D2
B.Friend SAVE(2nd) 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 14 4.81 D3
Totals 9 5 1 1 4 12 0
Indians (70-80) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
S.Gromek LOSS(6-9) 5 4 2 2 2 2 1 67 4.09 A1 C3
M.Fornieles 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 27 3.83 C4 D2
B.Miller 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 4.41 D3 D5
H.Wilhelm 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 22 3.90 D6
Totals 9 9 4 4 2 3 1
ATTENDANCE- 9,774 DATE- Sunday, September 5th 1953 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:38
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 6 Indians: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 0 Indians: 0
DOUBLES- M.Irvin(25th), A.Dark-2(27th), J.Busby(33rd)
HOME RUNS- D.Ennis(30th)
RBIs- M.Irvin-2(68th), D.Ennis-2(100th), W.Westlake(35th)
SACRIFICE HITS- V.Mizell, B.Friend
WALKS- M.Irvin, R.Murray, J.Busby, G.Zernial, D.Gernert, S.Hemus
STRIKE OUTS- M.Vernon, V.Mizell-2, J.Busby-2, C.Michaels, G.Kell, G.Zernial,
D.Gernert, W.Westlake, C.Carrasquel-2, J.Garagiola-3
2-out RBI- W.Westlake, M.Irvin-2
RLISP 2-out- R.Schoendienst-2, V.Mizell, G.Zernial, D.Philley, C.Michaels
TEAM RISP- Pirates: 2 for 7 Indians: 1 for 8
In a game at Cleveland Stadium the very talented Pittsburgh Pirates got by the
Cleveland Indians by the score of 4 to 1.
Pittsburgh scored 2 runs in the 4th inning with the help of 3 hits. The
biggest moment was provided by Del Ennis who deflated the crowd as he bombed
a two-run dinger. Vinegar Bend Mizell(11-10) was helped out by Bob Friend
who pitched a perfect ninth and recorded his 2nd save.
Steve Gromek(6-9) was the loser. He surrendered 4 hits and 2 walks in 5
innings.
SCORESHEET: 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1953 Cleveland Indians
M.Irvin-A1 A1:G/63 B1:W>b1 *5*:G/13 D1:Do>2# E1:Si>3#
2o
R.Schoen-A1 A2:F/9 B2:F/8 C2:G/63 D2:F/9
M.Vernon-A1 A3:G/63 *4*:P/4 C3:K *8*:G/43
B.Thomso-A1 *2*:G/53 B4:Si *6*:G/63 D4:FO/2
D.Ennis-A1 A5:G/13 B5:HR>1# C5:G/53 D5:G/63
b#
R.Jackso-A1 A6:P/5 B6:G/53 C6:G/63 *9*:G/43
A.Dark-A1 *3*:F/8 B7:Do *7*:Do D7:Si
R.Murray-A1 A8:Si B8:IW>b1 C8:G/53 D8:Si>12
V.Mizell-A1 A9:Sac/34 B9:K C9:K D9:Sac/54
B.Friend-D6 >12 >23 12
J.Busby-A1 A1:K *4*:Do *6*:K D1:W>12 b
1
C.Michae-A1 A2:K B2:F/9>23 C2:G/63 D2:F/9
G.Kell-A1 A3:F/9 B3:K C3:Si *8*:G/13
G.Zernia-A1 *2*:K B4:FO/6 C4:W>12 b D4:FO/2
1
D.Gerner-A1 A5:K *5*:Si C5:W>23 1 D5:G/13
E.Torges-D5 2 b1
W.Westla-A1 A6:G/53 B6:Si>13 C6:Si>3# *9*:K
2o 13
C.Carras-A1 *3*:G/63 B7:K *7*:G/23 D7:K
J.Garagi-A1 A8:K B8:K C8:FO/4 D8:K
S.Gromek-A1 A9:F/8 B9:F/8 C9:W>b1
D.Phille-B9
M.Fornie-C1+