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