BOXSCORE: 1954 Philadelphia-AL Athletics At 1954 Washington Nationa 9/19/1954 Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG J.Piersall CF 6 1 2 0 .300 R.Campanella C 5 0 0 0 .187 B.Avila 2B 4 3 2 2 .320 W.Miranda 2B 5 0 1 0 .213 G-F.Bolling 2B 0 0 0 0 .232 R.Sievers RF 0 0 0 0 .168 M.Mantle RF 3 2 2 2 .256 A-A.Smith PR,RF 2 1 1 0 .273 C-C.Maxwell PH,LF 1 1 0 0 .266 H.Kuenn SS 4 0 0 0 .259 G.Hodges 1B 2 1 0 1 .261 J.Adcock 1B 4 1 2 1 .294 D-H.Thompson PH,3B 1 0 1 0 .247 R.Boone 3B 4 1 1 0 .272 A.Rosen 3B 4 1 2 4 .283 V.Power LF 4 1 2 3 .216 E-I.Noren PH,1B 1 0 1 1 .288 G.Bell CF 2 0 0 0 .235 S.White C 5 0 2 0 .245 J.Podres P 2 0 0 0 .283 W.Moon LF 5 0 0 0 .287 B-L.Merriman PH 0 0 0 0 .273 C.Pascual P 0 0 0 0 .167 C.Valentine P 0 0 0 0 .125 J.Logan SS 5 1 2 0 .248 H-D.Williams PH 1 0 0 0 .000 V.Trucks P 3 2 1 0 .125 F-H.Sauer RF 1 1 1 2 .237 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 41 13 16 12 Totals 33 4 7 4 A-Pinch Ran For Sievers In 1st Inning B-Pinch Hit For Podres In 7th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Mantle In 8th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Hodges In 8th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Rosen In 8th Inning F-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Trucks In 8th Inning G-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Avila In 9th Inning H-Pinch Hit For Valentine In 9th Inning INJURY: Roy Sievers INJURED (for 0 more games) in 1st inning Athletics....... 1 0 1 0 6 2 0 1 2 - 13 16 0 Nationals....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 - 4 7 3 Athletics (88-58) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET V.Trucks WIN(4-8) 7 3 0 0 4 3 0 105 3.56 A1 D1 C.Pascual 2 4 4 4 0 1 1 31 7.10 D2 Totals 9 7 4 4 4 4 1 Nationals (50-96) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET J.Podres LOSS(5-11) 7 11 10 8 5 7 2 136 4.66 A1 D9 C.Valentine 2 5 3 3 1 0 1 39 5.27 E1 Totals 9 16 13 11 6 7 3 ATTENDANCE- 7,484 DATE- Sunday, September 19th 1954 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average T- 2:18 LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 8 Nationals: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 1 Nationals: 3 ERRORS- W.Miranda, R.Boone, J.Podres DOUBLES- V.Trucks, A.Smith(33rd) HOME RUNS- B.Avila(13th), A.Rosen(24th), H.Sauer(16th), V.Power(7th) RBIs- B.Avila-2(48th), M.Mantle-2(67th), G.Hodges(110th), A.Rosen-4(90th), I.Noren(65th), H.Sauer-2(65th), J.Adcock(65th), V.Power-3(40th) SACRIFICE FLIES- G.Hodges WALKS- B.Avila-2, M.Mantle, C.Maxwell, G.Hodges, V.Trucks, A.Smith, G.Bell-2, L.Merriman HIT BY PITCH- R.Sievers STRIKE OUTS- J.Piersall, G.Hodges, A.Rosen, S.White-2, W.Moon, V.Trucks, H.Kuenn, J.Adcock, R.Boone, D.Williams GIDP- C.Maxwell, S.White, V.Trucks, R.Campanella 2-out RBI- I.Noren, J.Adcock, V.Power-3 RLISP 2-out- J.Podres, A.Rosen-2, J.Piersall, W.Moon-2 TEAM RISP- Athletics: 6 for 12 Nationals: 2 for 5 Al Rosen smacked a grand slam as the potent Philadelphia-AL Athletics defeated the Washington Nationals by the score of 13 to 4 at Griffith Stadium. Philadelphia-AL jumped out to the early lead in the first inning plating an isolated run. Philadelphia-AL had many opportunities throughout the game and scored in 6 separate innings. The victory was credited to Virgil Trucks(4-8) who went 7 innings, allowing no runs. Johnny Podres(5-11) ended up with the loss. He was knocked around by Philadelphia-AL, allowing 11 hits and 5 walks in 7 innings. SCORESHEET: 1954 Philadelphia-AL Athletics at 1954 Washington Nationals J.Piersa-A1 A1:K B1:Si>23 C1:Si>13 D1:F/8 *8*:G/53 F1:FO/2 B.Avila-A1 A2:HR>b# B2:W>12 b C2:Si>3# *6*:W>b1 E2:P/2 F2:E/4 F.Bollin-F4 1 12 M.Mantle-A1 A3:F/9 B3:W>3# 2 C3:Si>2# D3:Si+E/5 E3:W>b1 F3:G-DP/4 C.Maxwel-E3 3 12 b1 12 >1# 63>1o G.Hodges-A1 A4:G/3 B4:K C4:W>23 1 D4:SF/9>3 E4:Si>13 H.Thomps-E4 2 b1 # A.Rosen-A1 *2*:P/6 B5:K C5:HR>3# D5:Si E5:Si>3# I.Noren-E5 2# 1# b# 12 S.White-A1 A6:K *4*:K C6:Si D6:G-DP/6 E6:Si>23 43>1o 12 W.Moon-A1 A7:FO/2 B7:K C7:E/1>12 *7*:F/8 E7:F/9 C.Pascua-E8 J.Logan-A1 *3*:G/13 B8:G/13 C8:F/8 D8:Si *9*:Si V.Trucks-A1 A9:Do *5*:W>b1 C9:K D9:G-DP/6 E9:HR>1# H.Sauer-E8 43>1o b# R.Campan-A1 A1:F/7 *3*:G/43 C1:G/53 D1:G-DP/6 E1:G/53 43>1o W.Mirand-A1 A2:G/31 B2:Si *6*:F/8 *8*:F/9 E2:F/9 R.Siever-A1 A3:HBP B3:Force/ C3:W>b1 D3:Do A.Smith-A4 54>1o b1 H.Kuenn-A1 A4:F/7 B4:G/63 C4:K D4:F/7>23 J.Adcock-A1 *2*:Si *4*:K C5:F/8 D5:Si>3# R.Boone-A1 A6:K B6:F/7 *7*:G/63 D6:Si>13 V.Power-A1 A7:F/9 B7:L/6 C7:Si D7:HR>3# 1# b# G.Bell-A1 A8:W>12 b *5*:G/43 C8:W>12 b D8:F/8 1 1 J.Podres-A1 A9:F/8 B9:G/43 C9:W>23 1 *9*:K L.Merrim-C9 2 b1 C.Valent-D2+