BOXSCORE: 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1953 Philadelphia-AL Athletics 9/17/1953
Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
M.Irvin RF 5 1 1 0 .358 J.Piersall CF 4 0 1 0 .242
A.Dark SS 5 2 3 1 .306 B.Avila 2B 3 0 0 0 .268
B.Borkowski 1B 4 1 2 2 .330 G.Hodges 1B 4 0 0 0 .289
B.Thomson CF 3 1 1 1 .288 H.Sauer LF 3 0 1 0 .323
D-B.Renna PH,CF 1 0 0 0 .338 F-I.Noren PH 1 0 0 0 .283
B.Hofman 3B 2 1 2 1 .346 W.Jones 3B 4 0 0 0 .226
B-B.Serena PH,3B 2 0 0 0 .000 A.Smith RF 2 1 1 0 .285
D.Ennis LF 5 0 1 1 .267 C-D.Rhodes PH,RF 2 1 2 1 .217
R.Schoendienst 2B 5 1 1 0 .290 C.McCullough C 4 0 0 0 .213
R.Murray C 4 2 3 3 .290 J.Logan SS 3 1 1 2 .259
E.Lopat P 1 0 1 0 .160 J.Schmitz P 1 0 0 0 .000
B.Friend P 1 0 1 0 .100 A-J.Pendleton PH 1 0 1 0 .284
F.Smith P 0 0 0 0 .222 M.Garcia P 0 0 0 0 .250
E-H.Thompson PH 1 0 0 0 .241
L.Burdette P 0 0 0 0 .143
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Totals 38 9 16 9 Totals 33 3 7 3
A-Pinch Hit For Schmitz In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Hofman In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Smith In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Thomson In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Garcia In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Sauer In 9th Inning
Pirates......... 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 - 9 16 1
Athletics....... 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 - 3 7 0
Pirates (80-55) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
E.Lopat WIN(11-7) 5 4 2 2 1 1 1 66 3.58 A1 C2
B.Friend HOLD(4th) 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 36 5.30 C3 D3
F.Smith 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 12 5.52 D4
Totals 9 7 3 3 1 2 2
Athletics (64-71) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Schmitz LOSS(4-7) 5 12 7 7 2 0 1 90 5.35 A1 D1
M.Garcia 3 4 2 2 0 3 1 41 3.60 D2 E5
L.Burdette 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 4.06 E6
Totals 9 16 9 9 2 3 2
ATTENDANCE- 927 DATE- Friday, September 17th 1953 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:20
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 8 Athletics: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 1 Athletics: 1
ERRORS- B.Hofman
DOUBLES- B.Hofman(8th), R.Schoendienst(30th), E.Lopat
TRIPLES- A.Dark(10th)
HOME RUNS- B.Borkowski(4th), R.Murray(2nd), D.Rhodes(9th), J.Logan(10th)
RBIs- A.Dark(79th), B.Borkowski-2(15th), B.Thomson(94th), B.Hofman(29th),
D.Ennis(83rd), R.Murray-3(16th), D.Rhodes(20th), J.Logan-2(44th)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Thomson, E.Lopat-2
SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Hofman
WALKS- B.Borkowski, R.Murray, B.Avila
STRIKE OUTS- M.Irvin, B.Thomson, B.Serena, G.Hodges, J.Schmitz
GIDP- B.Borkowski, C.McCullough
2-out RBI- B.Thomson, D.Ennis, A.Dark, B.Borkowski, R.Murray-2, D.Rhodes
RLISP 2-out- R.Schoendienst, M.Irvin-2, D.Ennis, A.Dark
TEAM RISP- Pirates: 6 for 16 Athletics: 1 for 1
WEB GEMS- Top 7th: Bobby Avila robbed Del Ennis of a base hit.
Top 8th: Willie Jones robbed Bill Renna of a base hit.
In a lop-sided win the Pittsburgh Pirates ripped the Philadelphia-AL Athletics
by a 9 to 3 count.
Philadelphia-AL fell behind quickly as the Pittsburgh offense came through in
the first inning when they came up with 2 runs on 5 hits. Pittsburgh
dominated offensively as they scored in 6 different innings.
Eddie Lopat(11-7) got the win allowing 2 runs in 5 innings. Johnny
Schmitz(4-7) suffered the loss. He got hit pretty hard, allowing 12 hits and
2 walks in 5 innings.
SCORESHEET: 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1953 Philadelphia-AL Athletics
M.Irvin-A1 A1:Si B1:G/43>2 C1:G/63 D1:F/8 E1:K
3
A.Dark-A1 A2:Si>12 B2:Tr>3# *4*:Si *6*:G/53 E2:F/7
B.Borkow-A1 A3:G-DP/6 B3:Si>3# C3:W>12 b D3:HR>b# *8*:G/3
43>23 1o 1
B.Thomso-A1 A4:Si>3# B4:L/4 C4:Sac/54 D4:K E4:G/53
B.Renna-E4 >23 12
B.Hofman-A1 A5:Si>13 *3*:Do C5:SF/9>3 D5:K E5:G/63
B.Serena-D5 # 23
D.Ennis-A1 A6:Si>3# B6:G/63 C6:G/13 *7*:G/43 *9*:G/53
12
R.Schoen-A1 A7:G/31 B7:G/63 *5*:G/53 D7:Do E7:G/43
R.Murray-A1 *2*:Si B8:HR>2# C8:W>b1 D8:Si>2# E8:G/53
b#
E.Lopat-A1 A9:Sac/34 B9:Do C9:Sac/34 D9:Si>12
B.Friend-D6 >12 >12
F.Smith-E9
J.Piersa-A1 A1:F/7 B1:G/43 C1:L/5 D1:Si
B.Avila-A1 A2:W>b1 B2:F/8 C2:G/63 D2:F/8
G.Hodges-A1 A3:P/6 *4*:F/8 *6*:G/53 D3:K
H.Sauer-A1 A4:Si>13 B4:G/53 C4:F/8 *9*:P/6
I.Noren-D4
W.Jones-A1 *2*:P/6 B5:L/5 C5:P/2 D5:F/8
A.Smith-A1 A6:G/63 *5*:Si *7*:Si D6:HR>b#
D.Rhodes-C6
C.McCull-A1 A7:E/5 B7:G/43>1 C7:G-DP/5 D7:G/31
2 43>1o
J.Logan-A1 A8:L/6 B8:HR>2# C8:F/8
b#
J.Schmit-A1 *3*:K B9:Si *8*:F/7
J.Pendle-B9
M.Garcia-C3+