7/9/1954, Pit54-NYN54, Polo Grounds
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1954 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 1
1954 New York (N) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 x 2 5 0 10 1
Pittsburgh AB R H BI AVG New York (N) AB R H BI AVG
Busby cf 4 1 1 1 .301 O'Connell 2b 3 1 1 0 .281
Shepard c 4 0 0 0 .298 Merriman lf 4 0 0 0 .198
Kiner lf 3 0 1 0 .250 Irvin rf 4 0 0 0 .253
Sauer rf 2 0 0 0 .262 Mays cf 3 1 1 0 .290
Clemente rf 1 0 0 0 .250 Skinner 1b 3 0 2 2 .222
Finigan 3b 3 0 0 0 .258 Lopez 3b 3 0 0 0 .282
Groat ss 2 0 0 0 .278 Tipton c 3 0 1 0 .172
Kryhoski 1b 3 0 0 0 .241 Cole ss 4 0 0 0 .228
Williams 2b 3 0 0 0 .235 Gross p 2 0 0 0 .167
Dickson p 2 0 0 0 .273 Hughes p 0 0 0 0 .000
Mele ph 1 0 0 0 .163 Gordon ph 1 0 0 0 .276
28 1 2 1 Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0 .000
30 2 5 2
Pittsburgh INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Dickson L 9-6 8.0 5 2 1 3 3 129 79 3.02
8.0 5 2 1 3 3 129 79
New York (N) INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Gross W 4-1 7.0 2 1 1 0 3 77 50 3.59
Hughes H 8 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 19 10 4.58
Wilhelm S 20 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 11 8 1.16
9.0 2 1 1 1 5 107 68
Pit: Clemente inserted at rf in the 4th
Mele batted for Dickson in the 9th
NYN: Gordon batted for Hughes in the 8th
E-Shepard, Finigan, Williams 3. 3B-Mays(5). HR-Busby(10). RBI-Busby(39),
Skinner 2(22). K-Busby, Shepard 2, Finigan 2, O'Connell, Merriman, Tipton.
BB-Groat, O'Connell, Mays, Tipton. SH-Gross. SF-Skinner. CI-Lopez.
GWRBI: Skinner
Hank Sauer was injured for this game only
Temperature: 81, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 8 MPH.
7/9/1954, Pit54-NYN54, Polo Grounds
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1954 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 1
1954 New York (N) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 x 2 5 0 10 1
Pittsburgh -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Busby cf 1>9 7 HR k
Shepard c 9 4>k 53 k
Kiner lf S 6 7>53
Sauer rf 54/f 31
Clemente rf 63
Finigan 3b 2>9 5>k k
Groat ss 7 53 8>Hughes
W
Kryhoski 1b 53 43 8
Williams 2b 3>43 6>63 463/gdp
Dickson p 63 8 9>Wilhelm
Mele ph 43
New York (N) -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
O'Connell 2b 1>W k S.1-3 63
Merriman lf 8 k 43 7>5/L
Irvin rf e4.1-2;B-1 3>8 5>163 31
Mays cf note 1 W 8 T
Skinner 1b note 2 S.1-3 e4.B-1 S.3-H
Lopez 3b note 3 note 4 53 64/f
Tipton c k 4>S 6>W 8>7
Cole ss 2>9 7 8 53
Gross p e5.B-1 26/b/f.B-1 23/SH.1-2
Hughes p
Gordon ph 13
Wilhelm p
1: e4.2-3;1-2;B-1 2: 8/SF.3-H;2-3 3: CI.1-2;B-1(e2) 4: 8/ldp.1x1(83)
Pittsburgh IN OUT ER New York (N) IN OUT ER
Dickson A1 D9 1 L 9-6 Gross A1 C5 1 W 4-1
Hughes C6 C8 0 H 8
Wilhelm C9 D2 0 S 20
7/9/1954, Pit54-NYN54, Polo Grounds
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1954 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 1
1954 New York (N) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 x 2 5 0 10 1
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, Pittsburgh batting
0-0 0 --- 21 Busby flied out to right (CBBX)
0-0 1 --- 02 Shepard flied out to right (CFX)
0-0 2 --- 00 Kiner lined a single to left center (X)
0-0 2 1-- 11 Sauer grounded to third, forcing Kiner at second (BFX)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, New York (N) batting
0-0 0 --- 32 O'Connell walked (CBFBFBB)
0-0 0 1-- 22 Merriman flied out to center (CBS1BX)
0-0 1 1-- 00 O'Connell to second, Irvin to first on an error by the
second baseman Williams (X)
0-0 1 12- 21 O'Connell to third, Irvin to second, Mays to first on an
error by the second baseman Williams (BBCX)
0-0 1 123 22 Skinner hit a sacrifice fly to center, O'Connell scored,
Irvin to third (CBCBX)
0-1 2 1-3 21 Lopez reached on catcher's interference, Mays to second,
Lopez to first on an error by the catcher Shepard (BBFX)
0-1 2 123 22 Tipton struck out (CBFBS)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Pittsburgh batting
0-1 0 --- 12 Finigan flied out to right (BFCX)
0-1 1 --- 00 Groat flied out to left (X)
0-1 2 --- 11 Kryhoski grounded out to third (CBX)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, New York (N) batting
0-1 0 --- 12 Cole flied out to right (CSBX)
0-1 1 --- 01 Gross to first on an error by the third baseman Finigan
(CX)
0-1 1 1-- 12 O'Connell struck out (CCFFFBS)
0-1 2 1-- 22 Merriman struck out (1CBFBS)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Pittsburgh batting
0-1 0 --- 00 Williams grounded out to second (X)
0-1 1 --- 11 Dickson grounded out to short (BCX)
0-1 2 --- 11 Busby flied out to left (FBX)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, New York (N) batting
0-1 0 --- 20 Irvin flied out to center (BBX)
0-1 1 --- 31 Mays walked (BBFBB)
0-1 1 1-- 00 Skinner lined a single to left center, Mays to third (X)
0-1 1 1-3 10 Lopez lined into a double play, Busby to Kryhoski,
Skinner out at first (B>X)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Pittsburgh batting
0-1 0 --- 32 Shepard struck out (BSBFBS)
0-1 1 --- 00 Kiner popped out to short (X)
0-1 2 --- 00 Sauer grounded out to first (X)
Sauer left the game with an injury
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, New York (N) batting
Clemente now playing right field
0-1 0 --- 00 Tipton grounded a single between third and short (X)
0-1 0 1-- 22 Cole flied out to left (BCFBX)
0-1 1 1-- 00 Gross bunted into an out to the catcher, forcing Tipton
at second, Gross to first (Xb)
0-1 2 1-- 32 O'Connell lined a single to right center, Gross to third
(1CBBBC>X)
0-1 2 1-3 01 Merriman grounded out to second (CX)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Pittsburgh batting
0-1 0 --- 32 Finigan struck out (BBBCFS)
0-1 1 --- 22 Groat grounded out to third (BBFSX)
0-1 2 --- 22 Kryhoski grounded out to second (CBBCFX)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, New York (N) batting
0-1 0 --- 22 Irvin grounded out to the mound (BFFBX)
0-1 1 --- 12 Mays lined out to center (BCCX)
0-1 2 --- 10 Skinner to first on an error by the second baseman
Williams (BX)
0-1 2 1-- 01 Lopez grounded out to third (SX)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Pittsburgh batting
0-1 0 --- 12 Williams grounded out to short (CFBFX)
0-1 1 --- 10 Dickson flied out to center (BX)
0-1 2 --- 11 Busby homered deep to left (CBX)
1-1 2 --- 21 Shepard grounded out to third (BFBX)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, New York (N) batting
1-1 0 --- 30 Tipton walked (BBBB)
1-1 0 1-- 12 Cole flied out to center (FbBSbX)
1-1 1 1-- 02 Gross sacrifice bunted to the catcher, Tipton to second
(FbFbXb)
1-1 2 -2- 11 O'Connell grounded out to short (BSX)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Pittsburgh batting
1-1 0 --- 11 Kiner grounded out to third (BCX)
1-1 1 --- 10 Clemente grounded out to short (BX)
1-1 2 --- 32 Finigan struck out (BBBCCFS)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, New York (N) batting
1-1 0 --- 01 Merriman lined out to third (CX)
1-1 1 --- 20 Irvin grounded out to first (BBX)
1-1 2 --- 01 Mays tripled deep to right center (CX)
1-1 2 --3 11 Skinner grounded a single between third and short, Mays
scored (CBX)
1-2 2 1-- 22 Lopez grounded to short, forcing Skinner at second
(SCBB1X)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Pittsburgh batting
Hughes now pitching
1-2 0 --- 32 Groat walked (BBFBFB)
1-2 0 1-- 22 Kryhoski flied out to center (B1FbFFFBFX)
1-2 1 1-- 31 Williams grounded into a double play, O'Connell to Cole
to Skinner (BBCBX)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, New York (N) batting
1-2 0 --- 21 Tipton flied out to left (FBBX)
1-2 1 --- 22 Cole grounded out to third (BCCFBX)
Gordon pinch hitting for Hughes
1-2 2 --- 10 Gordon grounded out to the mound (BX)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Pittsburgh batting
Wilhelm now pitching
Mele pinch hitting for Dickson
1-2 0 --- 11 Mele grounded out to second (CBX)
1-2 1 --- 22 Busby struck out (BBSFS)
1-2 2 --- 02 Shepard struck out (CCS)