BOXSCORE: 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1953 Philadelphia-AL Athletics 9/16/1953
Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
D.Mueller RF 4 1 1 0 .360 J.Piersall CF 3 1 1 0 .242
A.Dark SS 4 0 1 0 .303 B.Avila 2B 4 0 0 0 .270
M.Vernon 1B 4 1 1 2 .310 G.Hodges 1B 2 0 1 0 .292
B.Thomson CF 4 0 1 0 .288 H.Thompson LF 4 1 0 0 .242
Y.Berra C 4 0 1 0 .276 I.Noren RF 3 1 1 0 .284
D.Ennis LF 4 0 1 0 .268 W.Jones 3B 3 0 0 1 .228
R.Jackson 3B 4 0 0 0 .256 S.White C 4 0 2 2 .217
R.Schoendienst 2B 2 0 2 0 .291 J.Logan SS 4 1 1 1 .259
R.Gomez P 0 0 0 0 .319 F.Dorish P 4 0 1 0 .188
N.Garver P 1 0 0 0 .286
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Totals 31 2 8 2 Totals 31 4 7 4
Pirates......... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 0
Athletics....... 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 4 7 0
Pirates (79-55) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
R.Gomez LOSS(12-8) 5 4 3 3 5 1 0 96 3.53 A1 C6
N.Garver 3 3 1 1 0 1 1 41 5.38 C7
Totals 8 7 4 4 5 2 1
Athletics (64-70) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
F.Dorish WIN(7-6) 9 8 2 2 1 4 1 124 5.08 A1
Totals 9 8 2 2 1 4 1
ATTENDANCE- 1,696 DATE- Thursday, September 16th 1953 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:06
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 5 Athletics: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 0 Athletics: 2
TRIPLES- R.Schoendienst(3rd)
HOME RUNS- M.Vernon(12th), J.Logan(9th)
RBIs- M.Vernon-2(73rd), W.Jones(50th), S.White-2(41st), J.Logan(42nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Gomez-2
WALKS- R.Schoendienst, J.Piersall, G.Hodges-2, I.Noren, W.Jones
STRIKE OUTS- A.Dark, M.Vernon, R.Jackson, N.Garver, W.Jones, F.Dorish
GIDP- M.Vernon, R.Jackson
2-out RBI- W.Jones, S.White-2
RLISP 2-out- J.Logan, D.Mueller-2, H.Thompson, A.Dark
TEAM RISP- Pirates: 0 for 5 Athletics: 1 for 5
Fritz Dorish tossed a complete game as the Philadelphia-AL Athletics bested
the Pittsburgh Pirates 4 to 2 at Connie Mack Stadium.
Philadelphia-AL drew first blood jumping out to an early lead in the first
inning as they scored 3 runs on 1 base hits. That early scoring held up.
Philadelphia-AL rapped out 7 hits for the night.
The victory went to Dorish(7-6) who went the distance allowing 2 runs. Ruben
Gomez(12-8) was given the loss. He pitched 5 innings allowing 4 hits and 5
walks.
SCORESHEET: 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1953 Philadelphia-AL Athletics
D.Muelle-A1 A1:Si B1:F/8 C1:F/9 D1:G/31
A.Dark-A1 A2:K *3*:Si C2:G/43 *8*:P/4
M.Vernon-A1 A3:HR>1# B3:G-DP/1 *6*:G/3 D3:K
b# 63>1o
B.Thomso-A1 A4:Si B4:G/43 C4:F/9 D4:P/6
Y.Berra-A1 A5:Force/ *4*:G/53 C5:Si *9*:F/8
46>1o b1
D.Ennis-A1 A6:P/6 B6:Si C6:F/8 D6:G/63
R.Jackso-A1 *2*:F/9 B7:G-DP/3 *7*:G/43 D7:K
63>1o
R.Schoen-A1 A8:Si *5*:W>b1 C8:Tr
R.Gomez-A1 A9:Sac/34 B9:Sac/54 C9:K
N.Garver-C7 >12 >12
J.Piersa-A1 A1:W>b1 B1:G/3>12 C1:G/53 D1:Si
B.Avila-A1 A2:L/5 B2:G/13 C2:G/63 D2:F/7
G.Hodges-A1 A3:W>12 b B3:IW>b1 *5*:Si *7*:G/53
1
H.Thomps-A1 A4:Force/ B4:P/4 C4:Force/ D4:F/7
36>23 1o 36>1o b1
b1
I.Noren-A1 A5:W>12 b *3*:G/43 C5:Force/ D5:Si
1 36>1o b1
W.Jones-A1 A6:W>3# 2 B6:F/7 C6:K D6:P/6
3 12 b1
S.White-A1 A7:Si>3# B7:Si *6*:G/63 *8*:G/63
2# 12
J.Logan-A1 A8:G/43 B8:F/8 C8:HR>b# D8:G/53
F.Dorish-A1 *2*:Si *4*:G/53 C9:K D9:FO/2