4/18/1953, HOO53-EKL53, game 1, County Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP 1953 Thunderbolts 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 11 1 8 0 1953 Larks 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 2 8 2 Thunderbolts AB R H BI AVG Larks AB R H BI AVG Joost ss 3 1 2 0 .545 Kuenn ss 2 1 1 0 .277 Easter ph 1 0 0 0 .393 Cox ss 3 0 0 0 .143 DeMaestri ss 1 0 0 0 .158 Busby cf 2 0 1 0 .258 Martin,Bi 2b 5 1 2 0 .214 Sievers 1b 2 1 1 0 .615 Irvin cf 4 1 0 0 .339 Shuba ph 1 0 0 0 .200 Souchock rf 5 0 2 0 .371 Glynn 1b 4 0 1 1 .172 Elliott,B 3b 4 1 1 1 .283 Thomson rf 5 0 0 1 .261 Slaughter lf 5 0 2 3 .264 Umphlett lf 4 0 2 0 .280 Batts c 5 0 0 0 .138 Hatfield 3b 4 0 0 0 .136 Belardi 1b 4 1 1 0 .273 Michaels 2b 3 0 1 0 .208 Bilko 1b 0 0 0 0 .179 Bucha c 4 0 0 0 .125 Shea p 2 0 1 0 .333 Simmons p 2 0 1 0 .400 Nieman ph 1 0 0 0 .314 Masterson p 0 0 0 0 .000 Wade p 0 0 0 0 .000 Murray ph 1 0 0 0 .467 40 5 11 4 Scarborough p 0 0 0 0 .000 Hooper p 0 0 0 0 .000 Adams ph 1 0 0 0 .354 Lown p 0 0 0 0 .000 38 2 8 2 Thunderbolts INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Shea 8.0 7 2 2 1 0 83 55 5.49 Wade W 2-0 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 28 18 5.25 10.0 8 2 2 1 3 111 73 Larks INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Simmons 6.0 7 2 1 0 2 86 56 2.12 Masterson 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 16 11 3.09 Scarborough 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 17 10 8.53 Hooper 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 3.00 Lown L 0-1 1.0 2 3 3 2 0 26 13 4.32 10.0 11 5 4 2 4 149 93 HOO: Easter batted for Joost in the 7th DeMaestri inserted at ss in the 7th Nieman batted for Shea in the 9th Bilko inserted at 1b in the 10th EKL: Cox inserted at ss in the 4th Sievers inserted at 1b in the 4th Glynn moved to lf in the 4th Umphlett moved to cf in the 4th Murray batted for Masterson in the 7th Adams batted for Hooper in the 9th Shuba batted for Sievers in the 10th E-Martin,Bi, Bucha, Sievers. 2B-Souchock(2), Slaughter(5), Shea(1), Umphlett(1), Sievers(3). 3B-Slaughter(2). RBI-Elliott,B(7), Slaughter 3(6), Glynn(1), Thomson(16). K-Martin,Bi, Irvin 2, Belardi, Glynn, Thomson, Adams. BB-Irvin, Elliott,B, Michaels. SH-Shea, Glynn. GWRBI: Slaughter Temperature: 54, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: in from left at 6 MPH. 4/18/1953, HOO53-EKL53, game 1, County Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP 1953 Thunderbolts 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 11 1 8 0 1953 Larks 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 2 8 2 Thunderbolts -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Joost ss 1>S 3>7 S.2-3;1-2 Easter ph 31 DeMaestri ss 0>Lown 9 Martin,Bi 2b S.1-2 63 note 1 8>note 2 S k Irvin cf k 13 7 k W.1-2 Souchock rf S.2-3;1-2 4>D 6>43 e2.B-1 8.2-3 Elliott,B 3b note 3 63 S 4/L W.1-2 Slaughter lf 8 63 463/gdp 9>D note 4 Batts c 2>63 43 7>Masterson Hooper 43 9 3/fl Belardi 1b k 5>S 63 3/g.2-3 Bilko 1b Shea p 63 note 5 D Nieman ph 9 Wade p 1: 43/gdp.3-H;2-3 2: Scarborough 3: 53.3-H;2-3;1-2 4: T.3-H;2-H;1-H 5: e3/SH.1-2;B-1 Larks -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Kuenn ss 1>S 7 Cox ss 43 43 4 Busby cf S.1-2 3>8 Sievers 1b 6>D 8>4/L Shuba ph 0>8 Glynn 1b S.2-H;1-2 8 14/SH.2-3 63 k Thomson rf 43.2-3;1-2 53 8.3-H e4.B-1 k Umphlett lf 9 4>7 D S.1-3 Hatfield 3b 8 63 43 4 Michaels 2b 2>7 7 7>W 9>Wade S Bucha c 3/fl 5>63 63.1-2 6 Simmons p S 9 Masterson p Murray ph 63 Scarborough p Hooper p Adams ph k Lown p Thunderbolts IN OUT ER Larks IN OUT ER Shea A1 D6 2 Simmons A1 C6 1 Wade D7 E4 0 W 2-0 Masterson C7 D1 0 Scarborough D2 D6 0 Hooper D7 D9 0 Lown E1 E7 3 L 0-1 4/18/1953, HOO53-EKL53, game 1, County Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP 1953 Thunderbolts 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 11 1 8 0 1953 Larks 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 2 8 2 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Thunderbolts batting 0-0 0 --- 10 Joost lined a single up the middle (BX) 0-0 0 1-- 01 Martin,Bi lined a single to shallow left, Joost to second (FX) 0-0 0 12- 32 Irvin struck out (CFBBBS) 0-0 1 12- 32 Souchock lined a single to center, Joost to third, Martin,Bi to second (FFBBFBX) 0-0 1 123 10 Elliott,B grounded out to third, Joost scored, Martin,Bi to third, Souchock to second (BX) 1-0 2 -23 20 Slaughter lined out to center (BBX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Larks batting 1-0 0 --- 10 Kuenn grounded a single up the middle (BX) 1-0 0 1-- 00 Busby lined a single to shallow left, Kuenn to second (1X) 1-0 0 12- 12 Glynn grounded a single between third and short, Kuenn scored, Busby to second (BSFX) 1-1 0 12- 00 Thomson grounded out to second, Busby to third, Glynn to second (>X) 1-1 1 -23 00 Umphlett flied out to right (X) 1-1 2 -23 00 Hatfield flied out to center (X) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Thunderbolts batting 1-1 0 --- 11 Batts grounded out to short (CBX) 1-1 1 --- 12 Belardi struck out (BSCC) 1-1 2 --- 11 Shea grounded out to short (CBX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Larks batting 1-1 0 --- 00 Michaels flied out to left (X) 1-1 1 --- 12 Bucha popped out to first (CFBX) 1-1 2 --- 01 Simmons reached on an infield single to short (SX) 1-1 2 1-- 10 Kuenn flied out to left (BX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Thunderbolts batting 1-1 0 --- 01 Joost flied out to left (CX) 1-1 1 --- 01 Martin,Bi grounded out to short (CX) 1-1 2 --- 10 Irvin grounded out to the mound (BX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Larks batting 1-1 0 --- 12 Busby flied out to center (CBFX) 1-1 1 --- 21 Glynn lined out to center (BBCX) 1-1 2 --- 01 Thomson grounded out to third (FX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Thunderbolts batting Cox now playing shortstop Sievers now playing first base Glynn moved to left field Umphlett moved to center field 1-1 0 --- 01 Souchock grounded a double down the third base line (CX) 1-1 0 -2- 12 Elliott,B grounded out to short (CBFX) 1-1 1 -2- 10 Slaughter grounded out to short (BX) 1-1 2 -2- 11 Batts grounded out to second (BCX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Larks batting 1-1 0 --- 11 Umphlett flied out to left (BCX) 1-1 1 --- 22 Hatfield grounded out to short (BBFFX) 1-1 2 --- 22 Michaels flied out to left (CBBFX) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Thunderbolts batting 1-1 0 --- 22 Belardi lined a single to shallow center (CFBBFX) 1-1 0 1-- 01 Belardi to second, Shea to first on an error by the first baseman Sievers (FbXb) 1-1 0 12- 12 Joost reached on an infield single to short, Belardi to third, Shea to second (CBCX) 1-1 0 123 12 Martin,Bi grounded into a double play, Michaels to Sievers, Belardi scored, Shea to third (FBFX) 2-1 2 --3 32 Irvin lined out to left (BSFBFBX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Larks batting 2-1 0 --- 00 Bucha grounded out to short (X) 2-1 1 --- 00 Simmons flied out to right (X) 2-1 2 --- 10 Cox grounded out to second (BX) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Thunderbolts batting 2-1 0 --- 21 Souchock grounded out to second (BCBX) 2-1 1 --- 22 Elliott,B lined a single to left center (BFBSX) 2-1 1 1-- 22 Slaughter grounded into a double play, Michaels to Cox to Sievers (BCBSX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Larks batting 2-1 0 --- 31 Sievers lined a double to left center (BBCBX) 2-1 0 -2- 00 Glynn sacrifice bunted to the mound, Sievers to third (Xb) 2-1 1 --3 10 Thomson flied out to center, Sievers scored (BX) 2-2 2 --- 00 Umphlett doubled deep to right center (X) 2-2 2 -2- 11 Hatfield grounded out to second (BCX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Thunderbolts batting Masterson now pitching 2-2 0 --- 02 Batts flied out to right (SCX) 2-2 1 --- 22 Belardi grounded out to short (FBBFX) 2-2 2 --- 22 Shea lined a double to left center (BFBSX) Easter pinch hitting for Joost 2-2 2 -2- 11 Easter grounded out to first (BCX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Larks batting DeMaestri now playing shortstop 2-2 0 --- 31 Michaels walked (BBBFB) 2-2 0 1-- 21 Bucha grounded out to short, Michaels to second (BbFb1Bp1>X) Murray pinch hitting for Masterson 2-2 1 -2- 00 Murray grounded out to short (X) 2-2 2 -2- 00 Cox grounded out to second (X) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Thunderbolts batting Scarborough now pitching 2-2 0 --- 32 Martin,Bi struck out (CBBCBS) 2-2 1 --- 22 Irvin struck out (BFBFC) 2-2 2 --- 00 Souchock to first on an error by the catcher Bucha (X) 2-2 2 1-- 21 Elliott,B lined out to second (1BBFX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Larks batting 2-2 0 --- 11 Sievers lined out to second (BCX) 2-2 1 --- 00 Glynn grounded out to short (X) 2-2 2 --- 00 Thomson to first on an error by the second baseman Martin,Bi (X) 2-2 2 1-- 32 Umphlett grounded a single between first and second, Thomson to third (BFBBF>X) 2-2 2 1-3 02 Hatfield popped out to second (CFX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Thunderbolts batting 2-2 0 --- 00 Slaughter lined a double to left center (X) Hooper now pitching 2-2 0 -2- 00 Batts popped out to first (X) 2-2 1 -2- 10 Belardi grounded out to first, Slaughter to third (BX) Nieman pinch hitting for Shea 2-2 2 --3 00 Nieman flied out to right (X) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Larks batting Wade now pitching 2-2 0 --- 32 Michaels lined a single to center (BBBCFX) 2-2 0 1-- 01 Bucha popped out to short (>F>X) Adams pinch hitting for Hooper 2-2 1 1-- 12 Adams struck out (CFBC) 2-2 2 1-- 00 Cox popped out to second (X) ************** Top of the 10th inning, Thunderbolts batting Lown now pitching 2-2 0 --- 00 DeMaestri flied out to right (X) 2-2 1 --- 00 Martin,Bi lined a single to left (X) 2-2 1 1-- 31 Irvin walked, Martin,Bi to second (BBBCB) 2-2 1 12- 01 Souchock flied out to center, Martin,Bi to third (CX) 2-2 2 1-3 32 Elliott,B walked, Irvin to second (BBBCC>F>B) 2-2 2 123 32 Slaughter tripled deep to left center, Martin,Bi scored, Irvin scored, Elliott,B scored (BBCFB>X) 5-2 2 --3 21 Batts grounded out to second (BFBX) ************** Bottom of the 10th inning, Larks batting Bilko now playing first base Shuba pinch hitting for Sievers 5-2 0 --- 21 Shuba flied out to center (CBBX) 5-2 1 --- 22 Glynn struck out (CBFBFS) 5-2 2 --- 22 Thomson struck out (BBFSS)