BOXSCORE: 1953 Cleveland Indians At 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers 9/18/1953 Indians AB R H RBI AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG S.Hemus 2B 3 1 0 0 .256 J.Gilliam 2B 5 0 0 0 .238 B.Henry P 0 0 0 0 .333 W.Lockman 1B 5 1 2 0 .305 B.Miller P 1 0 0 0 .250 S.Musial LF 2 1 0 0 .346 J.Busby CF 4 0 0 0 .254 A.Rosen 3B 5 0 1 0 .303 G.Kell 3B 4 1 2 1 .320 J.Jensen RF 5 2 2 2 .266 T.Williams LF 5 1 1 2 .451 S.Lopata C 5 0 3 2 .245 F-D.Philley LF 0 0 0 0 .244 B.Bruton CF 5 0 1 0 .232 J.Collins 1B 3 1 1 0 .281 R.McMillan SS 4 0 2 0 .216 H.Wilhelm P 1 0 0 0 .263 W.Nixon P 2 0 0 0 .000 E-C.Michaels 2B 1 0 0 0 .249 D-J.Dittmer PH 1 0 0 0 .154 W.Westlake RF 5 0 1 0 .317 J.Hughes P 1 0 0 0 .385 J.Garagiola C 1 0 0 1 .235 G-V.Wertz PH 1 0 0 0 .239 A-C.Courtney PR,C 3 0 1 0 .221 C.Carrasquel SS 5 1 1 0 .263 M.McDermott P 1 0 0 0 .301 B-F.Hatfield PH 1 0 0 0 .288 M.Fornieles P 0 0 0 0 .000 C-E.Torgeson PH,1B 3 0 2 1 .500 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 41 5 9 5 Totals 41 4 11 4 A-Pinch Ran For Garagiola In 4th Inning B-Pinch Hit For McDermott In 4th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Fornieles In 6th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Nixon In 6th Inning E-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Wilhelm In 9th Inning F-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Williams In 11th Inning G-Pinch Hit For Hughes In 11th Inning INJURY: Joe Garagiola INJURED (for 0 more games) in 4th inning INJURY: Joe Collins INJURED (for 0 more games) in 6th inning Indians......... 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 5 9 0 Dodgers......... 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 11 2 Indians (73-81) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET M.McDermott 3 2 3 3 2 1 0 45 3.53 A1 B4 M.Fornieles 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 31 3.86 B5 C4 H.Wilhelm 3 2 1 1 2 0 0 44 3.78 C5 D7 B.Henry 1 1/3 2 0 0 0 1 0 24 2.37 D8 E4 B.Miller WIN(4-2) 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 30 4.33 E5 Totals 11 11 4 4 5 4 0 Dodgers (75-79) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET W.Nixon 6 6 3 3 0 4 1 85 4.22 A1 C9 J.Hughes L(7-5) BS(4th) 5 3 2 2 1 4 0 78 3.28 D1 Totals 11 9 5 5 1 8 1 ATTENDANCE- 7,618 DATE- Saturday, September 18th 1953 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average T- 2:47 LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 9 Dodgers: 9 DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 2 Dodgers: 0 ERRORS- W.Lockman, A.Rosen DOUBLES- E.Torgeson(2nd), W.Lockman(20th), J.Jensen(31st) TRIPLES- J.Collins(3rd), J.Jensen(8th) HOME RUNS- T.Williams(12th) RBIs- G.Kell(71st), T.Williams-2(47th), J.Garagiola(17th), E.Torgeson(4th), J.Jensen-2(71st), S.Lopata-2(23rd) SACRIFICE HITS- S.Hemus, J.Busby-2 SACRIFICE FLIES- G.Kell WALKS- S.Hemus, J.Gilliam, S.Musial-3, R.McMillan HIT BY PITCH- J.Garagiola STRIKE OUTS- J.Busby-2, T.Williams-2, H.Wilhelm, C.Carrasquel-2, M.McDermott, S.Musial, S.Lopata, B.Bruton, W.Nixon GIDP- A.Rosen, J.Dittmer WILD PITCHES- J.Hughes-2 2-out RBI- J.Jensen-2, S.Lopata RLISP 2-out- F.Hatfield, W.Nixon-2, T.Williams, E.Torgeson, G.Kell, S.Lopata, J.Busby TEAM RISP- Indians: 0 for 11 Dodgers: 4 for 10 WEB GEMS- Top 8th: Jim Gilliam robbed Wally Westlake of a base hit. One run was the difference at Ebbets Field as the Cleveland Indians defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in 11 innings 5 to 4. Both teams had scored 4 runs after nine full innings. Cleveland came out on top in the 11th inning. Clint Courtney lined a base-hit. After an out was recorded, Earl Torgeson came up and he doubled scoring the run. Cleveland banged out 9 hits on the afternoon. Bob J. Miller(4-2) got the win allowing no runs in 1 and 2/3 innings. Jim Hughes(7-5) was hit with the loss in relief. He gave up 2 runs and 3 hits in 5 innings. SCORESHEET: 1953 Cleveland Indians at 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers S.Hemus-A1 A1:G/43 B1:F/8 *5*:E/3 *7*:W>b1 E1:Sac/14 F1:G/63 B.Henry-E4 >12 B.Miller-E7 J.Busby-A1 A2:K B2:G/63 C2:Sac/24 D2:Sac/54 E2:F/7 F2:K >12 >12 G.Kell-A1 A3:Si *4*:Si C3:G/43>2 D3:WP>23 E3:P/6 3 SF/9>3# T.Willia-A1 A4:G/31 B4:HR>1# C4:K D4:WP+K>b *10*:F/7 D.Phille-F3 b# 1 J.Collin-A1 *2*:Tr B5:G/31 *6*:F/9 D5:K E5:G/53 H.Wilhel-D1 C.Michae-E4 W.Westla-A1 A6:F/7 B6:Si C6:F/7 *8*:G/43 E6:L/4 J.Garagi-A1 A7:G/43>3 B7:HBP>12 C7:E/5 D7:G/43 *11*:Si C.Courtn-B8 # C.Carras-A1 A8:K B8:Force/ C8:Si>12 D8:K E8:Force/ 36>23 1o 56>1o b1 b1 M.McDerm-A1 *3*:K B9:P/3 C9:G/43 *9*:Si E9:Do>1# F.Hatfie-B9 M.Fornie-C1+ J.Gillia-A1 A1:W>b1 B1:G/63 *5*:L/3 *7*:F/9 E1:G/53 F1:G/43 W.Lockma-A1 A2:Force/ *3*:G/13 C2:Do D2:G/13 *10*:Si 46>1o b1 S.Musial-A1 A3:W>12 b B3:F/9 C3:IW>b1 D3:W>b1 E3:K 1 A.Rosen-A1 A4:F/9 B4:G/53 C4:G-DP/6 D4:G/63 E4:Si>12 43>1o J.Jensen-A1 A5:Tr>2# *4*:G/63 *6*:Do *8*:P/2 E5:L/6 1# S.Lopata-A1 A6:Si>3# B6:Si C6:Si>2# D6:F/7 E6:K B.Bruton-A1 A7:F/8 B7:Si>12 C7:F/8 D7:G/43 *11*:K R.McMill-A1 *2*:G/63 B8:Si>2o C8:W>12 b *9*:G/31 E8:Si 13 1 W.Nixon-A1 A9:K B9:L/4 C9:G-DP/4 D9:G/13 E9:F/7 J.Dittme-C9 63>1o J.Hughes-D1+