4/20/1954, Pit54-NYN54, Polo Grounds
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1954 Pittsburgh 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 2 5 1
1954 New York (N) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 x 4 8 0 8 1
Pittsburgh AB R H BI AVG New York (N) AB R H BI AVG
Busby cf 3 0 0 0 .241 O'Connell 2b 4 1 1 0 .407
Atwell c 4 0 0 0 .259 Merriman lf 3 0 0 0 .154
Kiner lf 4 1 1 0 .464 Irvin rf 4 0 3 1 .400
Sauer rf 4 1 1 0 .214 Mays cf 4 0 0 0 .190
Finigan 3b 3 0 1 0 .304 Skinner 1b 3 1 0 0 .071
Limmer 1b 3 0 1 1 .375 Lopez 3b 3 1 2 2 .292
Williams 2b 2 0 0 1 .150 Cole ss 4 0 0 0 .222
Diering ph 1 0 0 0 .000 White c 3 0 1 0 .250
Friend ss 2 0 1 0 .333 Peterson c 0 0 0 0 .000
Hoak ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Brewer p 3 1 1 0 .200
Groat ss 0 0 0 0 .100 Freeman p 0 0 0 0 .000
Palica p 2 0 1 0 .500 Gordon ph 1 0 0 0 .111
Kryhoski ph 1 0 0 0 .500 Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0 .000
Miller p 0 0 0 0 .000 32 4 8 3
30 2 6 2
Pittsburgh INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Palica L 0-1 6.0 6 4 3 3 2 109 66 6.52
Miller 2.0 2 0 0 1 0 23 12 0.00
8.0 8 4 3 4 2 132 78
New York (N) INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Brewer W 1-1 7.0 6 2 2 2 3 104 67 4.09
Freeman H 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 13 9 1.80
Wilhelm S 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 12 6 7.36
9.0 6 2 2 2 3 129 82
Pit: Hoak batted for Friend in the 7th
Kryhoski batted for Palica in the 7th
Groat inserted at ss in the 7th
Diering batted for Williams in the 9th
NYN: Gordon batted for Freeman in the 8th
Peterson inserted at c in the 9th
E-Sauer, Finigan. 2B-Sauer(1). HR-Lopez(2). RBI-Limmer(7), Williams(2),
Irvin(5), Lopez 2(4). K-Atwell, Kiner, Palica, O'Connell, Cole. BB-Busby,
Limmer, Merriman, Skinner, Lopez, White. SH-Finigan. SF-Williams.
GWRBI: Lopez
Temperature: 55, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 3 MPH.
4/20/1954, Pit54-NYN54, Polo Grounds
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1954 Pittsburgh 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 2 5 1
1954 New York (N) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 x 4 8 0 8 1
Pittsburgh -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Busby cf 1>13 3>43 W.1-2 9
Atwell c 8 6 k 8>Freeman
8
Kiner lf 13 k 6>S 6
Sauer rf 2>D 4>4 63.1-2 63
Finigan 3b 54/SH.2-3 5/L S.2-3 9>Wilhelm
8
Limmer 1b IW 63 S.3-H;1-2 43
Williams 2b 7/SF.3-H 5>9 463/gdp
Diering ph 4
Friend ss S.1-2 3/L
Hoak ph 7>43
Groat ss
Palica p k S
Kryhoski ph 7
Miller p
New York (N) -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
O'Connell 2b 1>63 note 1 5>k 9
Merriman lf 63 7 W 7>Miller
7
Irvin rf S S.2-H 9 S
Mays cf 4 36/f.B-1 7 543/gdp
Skinner 1b 2>7 43 6>W 8>13
Lopez 3b W 4>53 HR.1-H S
Cole ss 8 k e5.B-1 8
White c 54/f S 9 W.1-2
Peterson c
Brewer p 3>S 9 54/f.B-1
Freeman p
Gordon ph 5/fl
Wilhelm p
1: S.1-H(e9/th);B-2
Pittsburgh IN OUT ER New York (N) IN OUT ER
Palica A1 D1 3 L 0-1 Brewer A1 D1 2 W 1-1
Miller D2 D9 0 Freeman D2 D4 0 H 1
Wilhelm D5 D7 0 S 1
4/20/1954, Pit54-NYN54, Polo Grounds
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1954 Pittsburgh 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 2 5 1
1954 New York (N) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 x 4 8 0 8 1
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, Pittsburgh batting
0-0 0 --- 31 Busby grounded out to the mound (BBBCX)
0-0 1 --- 11 Atwell flied out to center (FBX)
0-0 2 --- 10 Kiner grounded out to the mound (BX)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, New York (N) batting
0-0 0 --- 21 O'Connell grounded out to short (BCBX)
0-0 1 --- 31 Merriman grounded out to short (BBBCX)
0-0 2 --- 10 Irvin grounded a single between first and second (BX)
0-0 2 1-- 12 Mays popped out to second (C1BCX)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Pittsburgh batting
0-0 0 --- 01 Sauer grounded a double down the first base line (CX)
0-0 0 -2- 00 Finigan sacrifice bunted to third, Sauer to third (Xb)
0-0 1 --3 30 Limmer was walked intentionally (IIII)
0-0 1 1-3 02 Williams hit a sacrifice fly to left, Sauer scored (FSX)
1-0 2 1-- 01 Friend grounded a single up the middle, Limmer to second
(CX)
1-0 2 12- 12 Palica struck out (CCBFFS)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, New York (N) batting
1-0 0 --- 11 Skinner flied out to left (CBX)
1-0 1 --- 31 Lopez walked (BBBCB)
1-0 1 1-- 22 Cole popped out to center (BBCFFFX)
1-0 2 1-- 21 White grounded to third, forcing Lopez at second (FBBX)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Pittsburgh batting
1-0 0 --- 02 Busby grounded out to second (SCX)
1-0 1 --- 31 Atwell popped out to short (BBCBX)
1-0 2 --- 32 Kiner struck out (BFFBBC)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, New York (N) batting
1-0 0 --- 20 Brewer grounded a single between first and second (BBX)
1-0 0 1-- 12 O'Connell grounded a single between first and second,
Brewer scored on an error by the right fielder Sauer,
O'Connell to second (BFCX)
1-1 0 -2- 01 Merriman lined out to left (CX)
1-1 1 -2- 00 Irvin lined a single down the left field line, O'Connell
scored (X)
1-2 1 1-- 12 Mays grounded to first, forcing Irvin at second, Mays to
first (B1FFX)
1-2 2 1-- 00 Skinner grounded out to second (1X)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Pittsburgh batting
1-2 0 --- 31 Sauer popped out to second (CBBBX)
1-2 1 --- 02 Finigan lined out to third (CFX)
1-2 2 --- 11 Limmer grounded out to short (CBX)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, New York (N) batting
1-2 0 --- 22 Lopez grounded out to third (BBCSX)
1-2 1 --- 02 Cole struck out (FSFS)
1-2 2 --- 12 White lined a single up the middle (BFFX)
1-2 2 1-- 32 Brewer popped out to right (CFBFBB>F>X)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Pittsburgh batting
1-2 0 --- 11 Williams flied out to right (CBX)
1-2 1 --- 00 Friend lined out to first (X)
1-2 2 --- 11 Palica lined a single to left center (CBX)
1-2 2 1-- 32 Busby walked, Palica to second (SBBB1F>B)
1-2 2 12- 32 Atwell struck out (BBBCF>S)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, New York (N) batting
1-2 0 --- 12 O'Connell struck out (CBFS)
1-2 1 --- 30 Merriman walked (BBBB)
1-2 1 1-- 10 Irvin flied out to right (Bp1X)
1-2 2 1-- 11 Mays flied out to left (CBp1X)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Pittsburgh batting
1-2 0 --- 11 Kiner grounded a single between first and second (BFX)
1-2 0 1-- 01 Sauer grounded out to short, Kiner to second (CX)
1-2 1 -2- 32 Finigan lined a single to shallow center, Kiner to third
(BBCFBX)
1-2 1 1-3 22 Limmer lined a single to right, Kiner scored, Finigan to
second (CBBFX)
2-2 1 12- 32 Williams grounded into a double play, O'Connell to Cole
to Skinner (CBSBFBFFX)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, New York (N) batting
2-2 0 --- 31 Skinner walked (BBFBB)
2-2 0 1-- 00 Lopez homered deep to left, Skinner scored (1X)
2-4 0 --- 32 Cole to first on an error by the third baseman Finigan
(CCBBBFX)
2-4 0 1-- 12 White flied out to right (BFFX)
2-4 1 1-- 01 Brewer grounded to third, forcing Cole at second, Brewer
to first (SbX)
2-4 2 1-- 22 O'Connell popped out to right (CFBFBFX)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Pittsburgh batting
Hoak pinch hitting for Friend
2-4 0 --- 11 Hoak grounded out to second (BCX)
Kryhoski pinch hitting for Palica
2-4 1 --- 12 Kryhoski flied out to left (BCSFX)
2-4 2 --- 11 Busby flied out to right (BCX)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, New York (N) batting
Groat now playing shortstop
Miller now pitching
2-4 0 --- 00 Merriman flied out to left (X)
2-4 1 --- 10 Irvin grounded a single between third and short (BX)
2-4 1 1-- 22 Mays grounded into a double play, Finigan to Williams to
Limmer (CBC11FB1X)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Pittsburgh batting
Freeman now pitching
2-4 0 --- 12 Atwell flied out to center (FBFFX)
2-4 1 --- 22 Kiner popped out to short (BSFBFX)
2-4 2 --- 10 Sauer grounded out to short (BX)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, New York (N) batting
2-4 0 --- 00 Skinner grounded out to the mound (X)
2-4 1 --- 11 Lopez grounded a single between third and short (BCX)
2-4 1 1-- 10 Cole flied out to center (BX)
2-4 2 1-- 31 White walked, Lopez to second (1BBFBB)
Gordon pinch hitting for Freeman
2-4 2 12- 20 Gordon popped out to third (BBX)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Pittsburgh batting
Peterson now playing catcher
Wilhelm now pitching
2-4 0 --- 21 Finigan flied out to center (FBBX)
2-4 1 --- 31 Limmer grounded out to second (BBFBX)
Diering pinch hitting for Williams
2-4 2 --- 11 Diering popped out to second (CBX)