BOXSCORE: 1953 Chicago-NL Cubs At 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates 9/8/1953
Cubs AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG
P.Reese SS 5 1 1 0 .254 M.Irvin RF 3 0 0 1 .355
E.Mathews 3B 5 1 2 1 .303 R.Schoendienst 2B 4 1 0 0 .288
D.Lenhardt LF 5 2 3 2 .357 B.Borkowski 1B 2 1 0 0 .355
G-G.Woodling LF 0 0 0 0 .313 E-M.Vernon PH,1B 2 0 0 0 .307
D.Snider CF 5 1 3 3 .314 B.Thomson CF 5 0 3 1 .286
C.Furillo RF 5 1 1 0 .335 B.Hofman 3B 3 1 2 2 .351
M.Batts C 5 0 2 0 .291 F-B.Serena PH,3B 2 0 0 0 .231
D.Cole 1B 4 0 2 0 .315 D.Ennis LF 3 0 0 0 .269
C-F.Fain 1B 1 0 0 0 .248 A.Dark SS 4 1 1 0 .304
D.O'Connell 2B 3 1 1 0 .326 R.Murray C 2 1 1 0 .289
D-D.Williams 2B 1 0 1 1 .273 A-Y.Berra C 2 0 1 0 .277
W.Ford P 2 0 1 1 .281 B.Pierce P 3 0 1 1 .068
B-F.Thomas PH 1 0 0 0 .238 E.Kinder P 1 0 1 0 .250
T.Gorman P 1 1 0 0 .091
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Totals 43 8 17 8 Totals 36 5 10 5
A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Murray In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Ford In 6th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Cole In 7th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (2B) For O'Connell In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Borkowski In 7th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Hofman In 7th Inning
G-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Lenhardt In 9th Inning
INJURY: Ray Murray INJURED (for 0 more games) in 4th inning
Cubs............ 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 0 - 8 17 0
Pirates......... 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 - 5 10 0
Cubs (94-47) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
W.Ford 5 6 4 4 3 3 1 88 4.23 A1 C6
T.Gorman WIN(3-4) 4 4 1 1 1 1 0 60 5.03 C7
Totals 9 10 5 5 4 4 1
Pirates (83-61) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Pierce LOSS(12-11) 7 1/3 12 6 6 5 8 1 144 3.74 A1 E3
E.Kinder 1 2/3 5 2 2 0 1 1 24 3.26 E4
Totals 9 17 8 8 5 9 2
ATTENDANCE- 8,511 DATE- Wednesday, September 8th 1953 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 3:27
LEFT ON BASE- Cubs:14 Pirates: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 0 Pirates: 0
DOUBLES- D.Lenhardt(9th), W.Ford
TRIPLES- B.Thomson(8th), R.Murray(1st)
HOME RUNS- D.Lenhardt(13th), D.Snider(29th), B.Hofman(11th)
RBIs- E.Mathews(108th), D.Lenhardt-2(42nd), D.Snider-3(83rd), D.Williams(37th),
W.Ford, M.Irvin(66th), B.Thomson(97th), B.Hofman-2(32nd), B.Pierce
SACRIFICE FLIES- E.Mathews, M.Irvin
WALKS- P.Reese, D.Lenhardt, D.Snider, D.O'Connell, T.Gorman, M.Irvin,
R.Schoendienst, B.Borkowski, D.Ennis
STRIKE OUTS- E.Mathews, D.Lenhardt-2, D.Snider, C.Furillo, M.Batts, D.Cole,
F.Thomas, T.Gorman, M.Irvin-2, R.Schoendienst, B.Hofman
2-out RBI- B.Thomson, W.Ford, B.Hofman-2, D.Williams
RLISP 2-out- C.Furillo, D.Ennis, P.Reese, A.Dark, E.Mathews, D.O'Connell,
B.Serena, T.Gorman, R.Schoendienst
TEAM RISP- Cubs: 2 for 9 Pirates: 4 for 10
Left fielder Don Lenhardt touched them all and had 2 RBI as the Chicago-NL
Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 8 to 5 at Forbes Field.
Chicago-NL came up with the deciding runs in the top of the 8th inning scoring
5 runners on 5 hits. The key at-bat was by Duke Snider who silenced Forbes
Field as he belted a three-run homer. Overall Chicago-NL out-hit Pittsburgh
17 to 10.
Tom Gorman(3-4) went 4 innings allowing 1 run for the win. Billy Pierce(12-11)
was given the loss. He was touched for 12 hits and 5 walks in 7 and 1/3
innings.
SCORESHEET: 1953 Chicago-NL Cubs at 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates
P.Reese-A1 A1:G/53 B1:G/63 C1:W>b1 D1:P/6 E1:Si>13 *9*:F/8
E.Mathew-A1 A2:F/7 *3*:Si C2:K *7*:Si E2:SF/8>3 F2:G/13
#
D.Lenhar-A1 A3:Do B3:K *5*:K D3:HR>1# E3:W>12 b F3:Si
G.Woodli-F5 b# 1
D.Snider-A1 A4:W>b1 B4:K C4:Si D4:Si E4:HR>2# F4:G/31
1# b#
C.Furill-A1 A5:F/9 B5:G/3 C5:F/8 D5:K E5:Si
M.Batts-A1 *2*:Si *4*:P/6 C6:F/8 D6:K E6:Si>12
D.Cole-A1 A7:K B7:Si *6*:F/7 D7:Si>13 E7:F/7
F.Fain-D9
D.O'Conn-A1 A8:W>12 b B8:Force/ C8:Si D8:P/6 E8:Si>2#
D.Willia-D9 1 54>1o b1 13
W.Ford-A1 A9:Force/ B9:Do>1# C9:K *8*:W>b1 E9:K
F.Thomas-C9 56>2o 12
T.Gorman-D2 b1
M.Irvin-A1 A1:K B1:K C1:G/63 *7*:W>b1 E1:SF/9>3
# 23
R.Schoen-A1 A2:W>b1 B2:F/8 *5*:G/53 D2:G/43>1 E2:K
2
B.Borkow-A1 A3:G/43>1 *3*:G/63 C3:W>b1 D3:F/9 *9*:G/43
M.Vernon-D3 2
B.Thomso-A1 A4:Si>2# B4:Tr C4:F/9 D4:Si>23 E4:P/2
B.Hofman-A1 A5:Si>13 B5:K C5:HR>1# D5:F/8 E5:G/63
B.Serena-D5 b#
D.Ennis-A1 A6:L/5 B6:W>b1 C6:P/6 *8*:G/53
A.Dark-A1 *2*:F/7 B7:Force/ *6*:G/3 D7:Si
54>1o b1
R.Murray-A1 A8:Tr *4*:G/13 C8:FO/2 D8:Si>12
Y.Berra-C2
B.Pierce-A1 A9:Si>3# B9:FO/2 C9:G/63 D9:Si>23
E.Kinder-D6 12