4/20/1953, DEV53-KCB53, Griffith Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Tigers 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 11 0 7 0 1953 Blues 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 x 7 11 0 10 0 Tigers AB R H BI AVG Blues AB R H BI AVG Avila 2b 5 1 2 1 .213 Mueller lf 5 1 1 0 .308 Dark ss 5 0 1 1 .346 Wertz rf 4 1 1 0 .275 McDougald 3b 4 0 1 0 .307 Adcock 1b 4 1 1 0 .326 Greengrass lf 4 1 1 0 .250 Campanella c 2 1 0 1 .345 Mele rf 4 1 1 1 .200 Pesky 2b 4 2 2 2 .435 Fain 1b 3 1 2 0 .288 Runnels ss 3 1 2 2 .179 Jeffcoat cf 3 0 1 1 .217 Lund cf 3 0 0 0 .286 Noren ph 1 0 0 0 .260 Boyd ph 1 0 1 0 .306 Hegan c 3 0 0 0 .131 Bridges 3b 4 0 2 0 .217 Carey ph 1 0 1 0 .583 Liddle p 3 0 0 0 .000 Byrd p 3 0 1 0 .333 Hoskins p 1 0 1 2 .500 Wilson,J p 0 0 0 0 .000 Kinder p 0 0 0 0 1.000 Pollet p 0 0 0 0 .500 34 7 11 7 Mize ph 1 0 0 0 .182 37 4 11 4 Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Byrd L 1-3 6.0 8 5 5 4 3 99 55 8.59 Wilson,J 1.0 2 2 2 1 1 24 15 7.50 Pollet 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 21 10 2.84 8.0 11 7 7 6 5 144 80 Blues INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Liddle W 1-0 6.0 9 4 4 1 5 81 52 7.07 Hoskins H 1 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 23 14 7.56 Kinder S 4 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 12 9 0.96 9.0 11 4 4 1 7 116 75 DEV: Noren batted for Jeffcoat in the 8th Noren moved to cf in the 8th Carey batted for Hegan in the 9th Mize batted for Pollet in the 9th KCB: Boyd batted for Lund in the 7th Boyd moved to cf in the 8th 2B-Avila(2), McDougald(4), Mele(1), Fain(4), Byrd(1), Adcock(4), Pesky(5). 3B-Greengrass(2). RBI-Avila(4), Dark(13), Mele(7), Jeffcoat(1), Campanella(17), Pesky 2(5), Runnels 2(9), Hoskins 2(2). K-Dark, McDougald, Greengrass, Jeffcoat, Byrd 2, Mize, Wertz, Adcock, Campanella, Lund, Liddle. BB-Fain, Wertz, Adcock, Campanella 3, Pesky. HBP-Runnels. HB-Wilson,J. GWRBI: Pesky Temperature: 59, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 12 MPH. 4/20/1953, DEV53-KCB53, Griffith Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Tigers 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 11 0 7 0 1953 Blues 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 x 7 11 0 10 0 Tigers -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Avila 2b 1>D note 1 5>43 7>Hoskins 3 43 Dark ss S.2-H 3>2/fl 6 k 64/f McDougald 3b 3 D k 43 Greengrass lf k 43.2-3 6>T 8>6 Mele rf 9 8 D.3-H 43 Fain 1b 2>W 4>S 7.2-3 D Jeffcoat cf k 63.1-2 S.3-H Kinder Noren ph 53 Hegan c 4 43.2-3 64/f.B-1 Carey ph 9>S Byrd p D.1-3 k k Wilson,J p Pollet p Mize ph k 1: S.3-H;2xH(92) Blues -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Mueller lf 1>S 3>7 4/L 6>6 8>Pollet 3/fl Wertz rf W.1-2 S 5>8 63 k Adcock 1b 63.2-3;1-2 54/f.B-1 W k D Campanella c 8.3-H;2-3 W.1-2 W.1-2 7>Wilson,J IW k Pesky 2b S.3-H 23 D.2-H;1-3 W 4 Runnels ss 43 4>S S.3-H;2-H HBP.1-2 Lund cf 2>k 6 46/f.B-1 Boyd ph S.2-3;1-2 Bridges 3b 43 S.1-2 S.1-2 6 Liddle p 13 k 43 Hoskins p note 1 Kinder p 1: S.3-H;2-H;1-3;Bx2(74) Tigers IN OUT ER Blues IN OUT ER Byrd A1 D3 5 L 1-3 Liddle A1 C9 4 W 1-0 Wilson,J D4 D9 2 Hoskins D1 D6 0 H 1 Pollet E1 E5 0 Kinder D7 E2 0 S 4 4/20/1953, DEV53-KCB53, Griffith Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Tigers 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 11 0 7 0 1953 Blues 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 x 7 11 0 10 0 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Tigers batting 0-0 0 --- 21 Avila lined a double to left center (CBBX) 0-0 0 -2- 01 Dark grounded a single between first and second, Avila scored (CX) 1-0 0 1-- 21 McDougald popped out to first (CBBX) 1-0 1 1-- 22 Greengrass struck out (B1BCFC) 1-0 2 1-- 31 Mele flied out to right (BBBCX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Blues batting 1-0 0 --- 22 Mueller grounded a single between first and second (BFBCX) 1-0 0 1-- 30 Wertz walked, Mueller to second (BBBB) 1-0 0 12- 00 Adcock grounded out to short, Mueller to third, Wertz to second (X) 1-0 1 -23 11 Campanella flied out to center, Mueller scored, Wertz to third (SBX) 1-1 2 --3 21 Pesky lined a single between first and second, Wertz scored (BFBX) 1-2 2 1-- 01 Runnels grounded out to second (CX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Tigers batting 1-2 0 --- 30 Fain walked (BBBB) 1-2 0 1-- 12 Jeffcoat struck out (Fb1CBC) 1-2 1 1-- 01 Hegan popped out to second (CX) 1-2 2 1-- 10 Byrd lined a double to left center, Fain to third (BX) 1-2 2 -23 10 Avila lined a single to shallow right, Fain scored, Byrd out at home (BX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Blues batting 2-2 0 --- 22 Lund struck out (BSFBC) 2-2 1 --- 01 Bridges grounded out to second (CX) 2-2 2 --- 22 Liddle grounded out to the mound (FBBCFFX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Tigers batting 2-2 0 --- 02 Dark popped out to the catcher (CFX) 2-2 1 --- 00 McDougald lined a double to right center (X) 2-2 1 -2- 10 Greengrass grounded out to second, McDougald to third (BX) 2-2 2 --3 00 Mele flied out to center (X) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Blues batting 2-2 0 --- 00 Mueller lined out to left (X) 2-2 1 --- 10 Wertz reached on an infield single to third (BX) 2-2 1 1-- 10 Adcock grounded to third, forcing Wertz at second, Adcock to first (BX) 2-2 2 1-- 32 Campanella walked, Adcock to second (FBFFBFB>B) 2-2 2 12- 10 Pesky grounded out to the catcher (BX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Tigers batting 2-2 0 --- 22 Fain reached on an infield single to short (BFFBX) 2-2 0 1-- 32 Jeffcoat grounded out to short, Fain to second (BBFFBFX) 2-2 1 -2- 21 Hegan grounded out to second, Fain to third (BCBX) 2-2 2 --3 22 Byrd struck out (BCCBFS) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Blues batting 2-2 0 --- 00 Runnels grounded a single up the middle (X) 2-2 0 1-- 00 Lund popped out to short (X) 2-2 1 1-- 10 Bridges grounded a single up the middle, Runnels to second (BX) 2-2 1 12- 12 Liddle struck out (FbFBS) 2-2 2 12- 00 Mueller lined out to second (X) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Tigers batting 2-2 0 --- 00 Avila grounded out to second (X) 2-2 1 --- 11 Dark popped out to short (BFX) 2-2 2 --- 22 McDougald struck out (BFBSS) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Blues batting 2-2 0 --- 31 Wertz flied out to center (BSBBX) 2-2 1 --- 32 Adcock walked (SBBFBB) 2-2 1 1-- 31 Campanella walked, Adcock to second (BBBFB) 2-2 1 12- 01 Pesky lined a double down the right field line, Adcock scored, Campanella to third (CX) 2-3 1 -23 11 Runnels lined a single to left center, Campanella scored, Pesky scored (BFX) 2-5 1 1-- 00 Lund grounded to second, forcing Runnels at second, Lund to first (X) 2-5 2 1-- 21 Bridges grounded a single up the middle, Lund to second (BBFX) 2-5 2 12- 32 Liddle grounded out to second (FCBBB>X) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Tigers batting 2-5 0 --- 01 Greengrass tripled deep to right center (CX) 2-5 0 --3 00 Mele doubled deep to right center, Greengrass scored (X) 3-5 0 -2- 00 Fain flied out to left, Mele to third (X) 3-5 1 --3 00 Jeffcoat lined a single down the right field line, Mele scored (X) 4-5 1 1-- 00 Hegan grounded to short, forcing Jeffcoat at second, Hegan to first (1X) 4-5 2 1-- 02 Byrd struck out (SSS) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Blues batting 4-5 0 --- 10 Mueller popped out to short (BX) 4-5 1 --- 20 Wertz grounded out to short (BBX) 4-5 2 --- 22 Adcock struck out (BCBCS) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Tigers batting Hoskins now pitching 4-5 0 --- 22 Avila grounded out to second (BCFFBX) 4-5 1 --- 22 Dark struck out (BBFCS) 4-5 2 --- 00 McDougald grounded out to second (X) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Blues batting Wilson,J now pitching 4-5 0 --- 12 Campanella struck out (BCCC) 4-5 1 --- 32 Pesky walked (CFBBBB) 4-5 1 1-- 00 Runnels was hit by a pitch, Pesky to second (H) Boyd pinch hitting for Lund 4-5 1 12- 12 Boyd reached on an infield single to third, Pesky to third, Runnels to second (BSFFX) 4-5 1 123 22 Bridges popped out to short (BBFCFFX) 4-5 2 123 00 Hoskins singled to left center, Pesky scored, Runnels scored, Boyd to third, Hoskins out at second (X) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Tigers batting Boyd moved to center field 4-7 0 --- 10 Greengrass popped out to short (BX) 4-7 1 --- 21 Mele grounded out to second (BBFX) 4-7 2 --- 22 Fain grounded a double down the first base line (BCBCX) Kinder now pitching Noren pinch hitting for Jeffcoat 4-7 2 -2- 01 Noren grounded out to third (CX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Blues batting Pollet now pitching Noren moved to center field 4-7 0 --- 12 Mueller popped out to first (CBCX) 4-7 1 --- 22 Wertz struck out (CSBBC) 4-7 2 --- 32 Adcock doubled deep to left center (BBCBFX) 4-7 2 -2- 30 Campanella was walked intentionally (IIII) 4-7 2 12- 10 Pesky popped out to second (BX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Tigers batting Carey pinch hitting for Hegan 4-7 0 --- 00 Carey reached on an infield single to third (X) Mize pinch hitting for Pollet 4-7 0 1-- 22 Mize struck out (BFCFBC) 4-7 1 1-- 00 Avila popped out to first (X) 4-7 2 1-- 10 Dark grounded to short, forcing Carey at second (BX)