4/3/1953, DEV53-ROC53, game 1, Polo Grounds 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 10 1 10 0 1953 Arsenal 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 x 6 9 0 6 0 Tigers AB R H BI AVG Arsenal AB R H BI AVG Avila 2b 5 1 4 0 .429 Fox 2b 4 0 1 0 .143 Dark ss 4 0 1 2 .250 Abrams lf 4 1 1 1 .200 McDougald 3b 5 0 0 0 .333 Doby cf 2 2 1 1 .250 Greengrass lf 4 0 1 0 .500 Rosen 3b 4 1 3 2 .417 Mele rf 3 0 1 0 .200 Burgess c 4 0 0 2 .000 Fain 1b 3 0 1 0 .364 Philley rf 4 0 0 0 .250 Jeffcoat cf 2 0 0 0 .333 Robinson,E 1b 4 0 1 0 .273 Carey ph 1 0 0 0 .000 McMillan ss 4 1 2 0 .375 Noren rf 1 0 0 0 .200 Hoeft p 3 1 0 0 .000 Hegan c 4 0 1 0 .083 Dorish p 0 0 0 0 .000 Grissom p 2 0 0 0 .000 33 6 9 6 Janowicz ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Pollet p 0 0 0 0 .000 Wood ph 1 1 1 0 .500 36 2 10 2 Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Grissom L 0-1 6.0 8 4 2 1 1 97 58 3.00 Pollet 2.0 1 2 2 0 2 26 15 9.00 8.0 9 6 4 1 3 123 73 Arsenal INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Hoeft W 1-0 8.1 10 2 2 3 7 139 92 2.16 Dorish 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 12 7 0.00 9.0 10 2 2 3 7 151 99 DEV: Carey batted for Jeffcoat in the 6th Noren inserted at rf in the 6th Mele moved to cf in the 6th Janowicz batted for Grissom in the 7th Wood batted for Pollet in the 9th E-Fain. 2B-Avila(1), Fain(1), Abrams(1). 3B-Avila(1), Rosen(1). HR-Doby(1). RBI-Dark 2(2), Abrams(1), Doby(1), Rosen 2(3), Burgess 2(2). CS-Fain. K-McDougald, Greengrass 2, Hegan, Grissom 2, Noren, Abrams, Rosen, Hoeft. BB-Dark, Mele, Fain, Doby. SH-Hoeft. HBP-Doby. HB-Pollet. GWRBI: Burgess Temperature: 45, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 1 MPH. 4/3/1953, DEV53-ROC53, game 1, Polo Grounds 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 10 1 10 0 1953 Arsenal 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 x 6 9 0 6 0 Tigers -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Avila 2b 1>53 S S.1-2 T D.1-3 Dark ss S W.1-2 8 7.3-H Dorish 8.3-H;2-3 McDougald 3b k 8 8 53 63 Greengrass lf 4 4>S 6>k 8>k Mele rf 2>S 8 W 63 Fain 1b 64/f.B-1 43.1-2 D.1-3 W Jeffcoat cf 8 9 Carey ph 6 Noren rf k Hegan c CS2(24) 5>S 143 9>43 3>k Grissom p k k Janowicz ph 7>43 Pollet p Wood ph S Arsenal -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Fox 2b 1>3/g 3>8 S.2-3;1-2 9 Abrams lf D 1/L 7.3-H 7>Pollet k Doby cf W HR 2/fl HBP Rosen 3b S.2-3;1-2 k(23) S.2-H;1-2 T.1-H Burgess c 9.3-H;2-3 4>63 31 7.3-H Philley rf 54/f 13 6>8 43 Robinson,E 1b 2>13 3/fl S 8>43 McMillan ss 9 5>S S.1-2 63 Hoeft p 8 note 1 note 2 k Dorish p 1: e3/SH.1-2;B-1 2: 64/f.2-3;B-1 Tigers IN OUT ER Arsenal IN OUT ER Grissom A1 D1 2 L 0-1 Hoeft A1 E1 2 W 1-0 Pollet D2 D9 2 Dorish E2 E3 0 4/3/1953, DEV53-ROC53, game 1, Polo Grounds 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 10 1 10 0 1953 Arsenal 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 x 6 9 0 6 0 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Tigers batting 0-0 0 --- 00 Avila grounded out to third (X) 0-0 1 --- 01 Dark grounded a single up the middle (FX) 0-0 1 1-- 12 McDougald struck out (1CBFS) 0-0 2 1-- 00 Greengrass popped out to second (X) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Arsenal batting 0-0 0 --- 11 Fox grounded out to first (FBX) 0-0 1 --- 10 Abrams lined a double to left center (BX) 0-0 1 -2- 30 Doby walked (BBBB) 0-0 1 12- 20 Rosen lined a single to shallow right, Abrams to third, Doby to second (BBX) 0-0 1 123 21 Burgess flied out to right, Abrams scored, Doby to third (BBFX) 0-1 2 1-3 20 Philley grounded to third, forcing Rosen at second (BBX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Tigers batting 0-1 0 --- 21 Mele grounded a single between third and short (BCBX) 0-1 0 1-- 31 Fain grounded to short, forcing Mele at second, Fain to first (1BBBCX) 0-1 1 1-- 10 Jeffcoat flied out to center (BX) 0-1 2 1-- 00 Fain was caught stealing second (>C) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Arsenal batting 0-1 0 --- 12 Robinson,E grounded out to the mound (CCBX) 0-1 1 --- 00 McMillan flied out to right (X) 0-1 2 --- 22 Hoeft flied out to center (BSSBX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Tigers batting 0-1 0 --- 02 Hegan struck out (SFC) 0-1 1 --- 12 Grissom struck out (BCSFFS) 0-1 2 --- 21 Avila lined a single to left center (FBBX) 0-1 2 1-- 32 Dark walked, Avila to second (FFBBFB>B) 0-1 2 12- 32 McDougald lined out to center (BBCBF>X) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Arsenal batting 0-1 0 --- 00 Fox flied out to center (X) 0-1 1 --- 21 Abrams lined out to the mound (BFBX) 0-1 2 --- 32 Doby homered deep down the right field line (BCSBFFBFX) 0-2 2 --- 02 Rosen struck out, Hegan to Fain (SCS) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Tigers batting 0-2 0 --- 12 Greengrass lined a single to right center (SFBFFX) 0-2 0 1-- 32 Mele flied out to center (BSCBBFX) 0-2 1 1-- 22 Fain grounded out to second, Greengrass to second (BCSBFX) 0-2 2 -2- 12 Jeffcoat lined out to right (BSSX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Arsenal batting 0-2 0 --- 31 Burgess grounded out to short (BFBBX) 0-2 1 --- 11 Philley grounded out to the mound (CBX) 0-2 2 --- 02 Robinson,E popped out to first (CFX) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Tigers batting 0-2 0 --- 32 Hegan grounded a single up the middle (BSBBSX) 0-2 0 1-- 02 Grissom struck out (FbFC) 0-2 1 1-- 11 Avila singled to shallow center, Hegan to second (SBX) 0-2 1 12- 00 Dark flied out to center (X) 0-2 2 12- 02 McDougald flied out to center (SSX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Arsenal batting 0-2 0 --- 20 McMillan lined a single to shallow center (BBX) 0-2 0 1-- 00 McMillan to second, Hoeft to first on an error by the first baseman Fain (Xb) 0-2 0 12- 01 Fox lined a single to shallow left, McMillan to third, Hoeft to second (FbX) 0-2 0 123 00 Abrams flied out to left, McMillan scored (X) 0-3 1 12- 00 Doby popped out to the catcher (X) 0-3 2 12- 32 Rosen grounded a single up the middle, Hoeft scored, Fox to second (CCBFBB>X) 0-4 2 12- 32 Burgess grounded out to first (BFBBS>X) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Tigers batting 0-4 0 --- 12 Greengrass struck out (CBSFFS) 0-4 1 --- 32 Mele walked (FBBBSB) 0-4 1 1-- 10 Fain grounded a double down the first base line, Mele to third (BX) Carey pinch hitting for Jeffcoat 0-4 1 -23 12 Carey popped out to short (BFSFX) 0-4 2 -23 01 Hegan grounded out to the mound (FX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Arsenal batting Noren now playing right field Mele moved to center field 0-4 0 --- 22 Philley flied out to center (BBFFX) 0-4 1 --- 00 Robinson,E reached on an infield single to short (X) 0-4 1 1-- 20 McMillan lined a single to shallow left, Robinson,E to second (BBX) 0-4 1 12- 22 Hoeft grounded to short, forcing McMillan at second, Robinson,E to third, Hoeft to first (SBBSX) 0-4 2 1-3 12 Fox flied out to right (CFBFX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Tigers batting Janowicz pinch hitting for Grissom 0-4 0 --- 00 Janowicz grounded out to second (X) 0-4 1 --- 01 Avila tripled deep to center (FX) 0-4 1 --3 01 Dark flied out to left, Avila scored (SX) 1-4 2 --- 31 McDougald grounded out to third (BSBBX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Arsenal batting Pollet now pitching 1-4 0 --- 22 Abrams struck out (FSBBFS) 1-4 1 --- 10 Doby was hit by a pitch (BH) 1-4 1 1-- 00 Rosen tripled deep to right center, Doby scored (X) 1-5 1 --3 21 Burgess flied out to left, Rosen scored (BCBX) 1-6 2 --- 32 Philley grounded out to second (CBFBBX) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Tigers batting 1-6 0 --- 22 Greengrass struck out (CBBFS) 1-6 1 --- 01 Mele grounded out to short (SX) 1-6 2 --- 30 Fain walked (BBBB) 1-6 2 1-- 02 Noren struck out (FCS) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Arsenal batting 1-6 0 --- 10 Robinson,E grounded out to second (BX) 1-6 1 --- 10 McMillan grounded out to short (BX) 1-6 2 --- 02 Hoeft struck out (CFC) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Tigers batting 1-6 0 --- 01 Hegan grounded out to second (CX) Wood pinch hitting for Pollet 1-6 1 --- 21 Wood reached on an infield single to first (BBFX) 1-6 1 1-- 11 Avila grounded a double down the first base line, Wood to third (BCX) Dorish now pitching 1-6 1 -23 22 Dark flied out to center, Wood scored, Avila to third (BBSFX) 2-6 2 --3 32 McDougald grounded out to short (CBBBFFX)