BOXSCORE: 1953 Cleveland Indians At 1953 Philadelphia-AL Athletics 9/7/1953 Indians AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG D.Philley RF,LF 4 0 0 0 .249 J.Piersall CF 3 0 1 0 .242 F.Sullivan P 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Avila 2B 4 0 0 0 .268 J.Busby CF 3 0 0 0 .260 E.Robinson 1B 3 0 1 0 .244 G.Kell 3B 4 0 1 0 .314 D.Rhodes LF 3 0 0 0 .213 G.Zernial LF 3 0 1 0 .248 E.Valo RF 2 1 0 0 .143 B.Henry P 0 0 0 0 .333 P.Suder 3B 3 0 0 0 .000 M.Fornieles P 0 0 0 0 .000 S.White C 3 1 1 1 .213 B-T.Williams PH,LF 1 0 0 0 .465 J.Logan SS 3 1 2 2 .257 D.Gernert 1B 3 0 1 0 .238 J.Schmitz P 3 0 0 0 .000 C.Michaels 2B 4 0 0 0 .249 J.Garagiola C 4 0 0 0 .237 C.Carrasquel SS 4 0 1 0 .263 M.Grissom P 0 0 0 0 .029 A-W.Westlake PH,RF 0 0 0 0 .298 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 30 0 4 0 Totals 27 3 5 3 A-Pinch Hit For Grissom In 6th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Fornieles In 8th Inning Indians......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 2 Athletics....... 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 3 5 0 Indians (68-78) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET M.Grissom LOSS(7-8) 5 4 2 2 2 4 1 67 4.21 A1 C2 B.Henry 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 12 2.47 C3 C5 M.Fornieles 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 17 3.87 C6 C9 F.Sullivan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 2.19 D1 Totals 8 5 3 3 3 7 2 Athletics (68-81) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET J.Schmitz WIN(5-7) 9 4 0 0 4 5 0 111 4.84 A1 Totals 9 4 0 0 4 5 0 ATTENDANCE- 2,750 DATE- Tuesday, September 7th 1953 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average T- 2:10 LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 8 Athletics: 3 DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 3 Athletics: 0 ERRORS- D.Gernert, J.Garagiola DOUBLES- E.Robinson(5th) TRIPLES- D.Gernert(2nd) HOME RUNS- S.White(15th), J.Logan(11th) RBIs- S.White(42nd), J.Logan-2(51st) SACRIFICE HITS- M.Grissom WALKS- J.Busby, D.Gernert, W.Westlake-2, J.Piersall, E.Robinson, E.Valo STRIKE OUTS- T.Williams, C.Michaels, J.Garagiola-3, J.Piersall, B.Avila, D.Rhodes-2, S.White, J.Schmitz-2 GIDP- E.Robinson-2 2-out RBI- J.Logan-2 RLISP 2-out- D.Rhodes, J.Busby, B.Avila, G.Zernial, C.Carrasquel, T.Williams-2 TEAM RISP- Indians: 0 for 8 Athletics: 1 for 4 Johnny Schmitz hurled a fine complete game shutout as the Philadelphia-AL Athletics defeated the Cleveland Indians by a score of 3 to 0 at Connie Mack Stadium. Schmitz(5-7) was very good in the win. He gave up just 4 hits and 4 walks in 9 innings lowering his ERA from 5.40 to 4.84. Philadelphia-AL had only 5 hits for the game. Marv Grissom(7-8) suffered the loss. He pitched 5 innings allowing 4 hits and 2 walks. SCORESHEET: 1953 Cleveland Indians at 1953 Philadelphia-AL Athletics D.Phille-A1 A1:FO/2 B1:F/7 C1:P/1 D1:Force/ F.Sulliv-D5 54>1o b1 J.Busby-A1 A2:G/13 B2:G/63 C2:F/7 D2:W>12 b 1 G.Kell-A1 A3:G/63 *4*:F/7 C3:Si>12 D3:G/43>2 3 12 G.Zernia-A1 *2*:Si B4:L/5 C4:F/9 D4:K B.Henry-C5 M.Fornie-C9+ D.Gerner-A1 A5:FO/2 B5:G/63 *7*:Tr *9*:W>b1 C.Michae-A1 A6:Force/ *5*:F/8 C6:K D6:F/7 54>1o b1 J.Garagi-A1 A7:K B7:K C7:K D7:F/8 C.Carras-A1 *3*:Si B8:F/8 C8:G/63 D8:F/7 M.Grisso-A1 A9:Sac/54 *6*:W>b1 *8*:W>b1 W.Westla-B9 >12 J.Piersa-A1 A1:K *3*:W>b1 C1:Si+E/3 *8*:FO/2 B.Avila-A1 A2:G/31 B2:K C2:F/7 D2:E/2 E.Robins-A1 A3:Do B3:G-DP/4 *6*:W>b1 D3:G-DP/4 63>1o 63>1o D.Rhodes-A1 A4:F/9 *4*:K C4:K E.Valo-A1 *2*:W>b1 B5:F/7 C5:L-DP/4 3>1o P.Suder-A1 A6:G/43>1 B6:G/31 *7*:G/63 2 S.White-A1 A7:G/63 *5*:HR>b# C7:K J.Logan-A1 A8:Si>2# B8:F/7 C8:HR>b# J.Schmit-A1 A9:F/8 B9:K C9:K