5/5/1953, KCB53-ROC53, Polo Grounds
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1953 Blues 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 4 0
1953 Arsenal 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 x 8 11 0 6 3
Blues AB R H BI AVG Arsenal AB R H BI AVG
Lund rf 4 0 1 0 .204 Fox 2b 4 1 0 1 .259
Courtney c 4 0 2 1 .323 Abrams lf 5 1 1 0 .278
Westlake lf 4 0 0 0 .284 Doby cf 3 1 2 4 .322
Adcock 1b 4 0 2 0 .307 Rosen 3b 4 2 2 1 .369
Bridges 3b 4 0 1 0 .276 Burgess c 4 0 1 0 .343
Evers cf 3 0 1 0 .179 Robinson,E 1b 3 1 1 1 .303
Runnels ss 3 0 0 0 .189 Kennedy,Bo rf 4 1 2 1 .268
Friend,O 2b 3 0 0 0 .262 Bolling ss 4 1 2 0 .167
McDonald p 0 1 0 0 .071 Pierce p 2 0 0 0 .043
Pesky ph 1 0 0 0 .328 33 8 11 8
Freeman p 0 0 0 0 .000
Campanella ph 1 0 0 0 .316
Moreno p 0 0 0 0 .000
31 1 7 1
Blues INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
McDonald L 1-6 4.0 7 6 6 1 1 68 37 4.93
Freeman 3.0 4 2 2 2 1 50 24 1.80
Moreno 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 9.00
8.0 11 8 8 3 2 127 67
Arsenal INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Pierce W 6-1 9.0 7 1 1 1 5 118 71 1.62
9.0 7 1 1 1 5 118 71
KCB: Pesky batted for McDonald in the 5th
Campanella batted for Freeman in the 8th
2B-Lund(3), Burgess(7). 3B-Evers(1). HR-Doby(13), Rosen(10), Robinson,E(3).
RBI-Courtney(4), Fox(12), Doby 4(30), Rosen(30), Robinson,E(18),
Kennedy,Bo(7). K-Westlake, Adcock, Bridges, Friend,O 2, Burgess, Robinson,E.
BB-McDonald, Fox, Doby, Robinson,E. SH-Pierce 2.
GWRBI: Doby
Temperature: 58, Sky: clear, Wind: out to left at 2 MPH.
5/5/1953, KCB53-ROC53, Polo Grounds
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1953 Blues 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 4 0
1953 Arsenal 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 x 8 11 0 6 3
Blues -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Lund rf 1>3/g D.1-3 8 7
Courtney c S S.3-H;2-3 9 43
Westlake lf 43/gdp k 6>3/fl 9>63
Adcock 1b 2>S k 43 S
Bridges 3b S/b.1-2 4>k 63 643/gdp
Evers cf 63/gdp.2-3 T 7>63
Runnels ss 7 13 63
Friend,O 2b 3>31 k k
McDonald p W
Pesky ph 5>9
Freeman p
Campanella ph 8>9
Moreno p
Arsenal -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Fox 2b 1>9 W 9.3-H;2-3 8 63
Abrams lf 7 S.2-3;1-2 63 5/fl 9
Doby cf S note 1 5>Freeman 7>W
63
Rosen 3b 3/fl 53 HR S.1-2
Burgess c 2>13 k D note 2
Robinson,E 1b 43 4>HR IW k
Kennedy,Bo rf 63 S 9 S.2-H;1-2
Bolling ss 3>S S.1-2 4 5
Pierce p 3/SH.1-2 note 3 6>7 8>Moreno
2/fl
1: HR.3-H;2-H;1-H 2: 15/f.1-2;B-1 3: 54/SH.2-3;1-2
Blues IN OUT ER Arsenal IN OUT ER
McDonald A1 C2 6 L 1-6 Pierce A1 D5 1 W 6-1
Freeman C3 D8 2
Moreno D9 E2 0
5/5/1953, KCB53-ROC53, Polo Grounds
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1953 Blues 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 4 0
1953 Arsenal 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 x 8 11 0 6 3
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, Blues batting
0-0 0 --- 10 Lund grounded out to first (BX)
0-0 1 --- 00 Courtney lined a single down the right field line (X)
0-0 1 1-- 20 Westlake grounded into a double play, Fox to Robinson,E
(BBX)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Arsenal batting
0-0 0 --- 12 Fox lined out to right (FBFX)
0-0 1 --- 10 Abrams flied out to left (BX)
0-0 2 --- 10 Doby grounded a single up the middle (BX)
0-0 2 1-- 12 Rosen popped out to first (CCBX)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Blues batting
0-0 0 --- 32 Adcock lined a single to right (CCBBBFX)
0-0 0 1-- 00 Bridges bunted for a single, Adcock to second (Xb)
0-0 0 12- 10 Evers grounded into a double play, Bolling to Robinson,E,
Adcock to third (BX)
0-0 2 --3 31 Runnels flied out to left (BBBCX)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Arsenal batting
0-0 0 --- 31 Burgess grounded out to the mound (FBBBX)
0-0 1 --- 20 Robinson,E grounded out to second (BBX)
0-0 2 --- 21 Kennedy,Bo grounded out to short (BBCX)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Blues batting
0-0 0 --- 10 Friend,O grounded out to first (BX)
0-0 1 --- 32 McDonald walked (SBBBCFB)
0-0 1 1-- 10 Lund lined a double down the first base line, McDonald to
third (BX)
0-0 1 -23 21 Courtney grounded a single between third and short,
McDonald scored, Lund to third (BBCX)
1-0 1 1-3 22 Westlake struck out (CSBBS)
1-0 2 1-3 32 Adcock struck out (BBBCC>C)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Arsenal batting
1-0 0 --- 10 Bolling lined a single to shallow left (BX)
1-0 0 1-- 00 Pierce sacrifice bunted to first, Bolling to second (Xb)
1-0 1 -2- 32 Fox walked (BSBBSB)
1-0 1 12- 11 Abrams lined a single to left, Bolling to third, Fox to
second (BFX)
1-0 1 123 11 Doby homered deep down the right field line, Bolling
scored, Fox scored, Abrams scored (BFX)
1-4 1 --- 20 Rosen grounded out to third (BBX)
1-4 2 --- 22 Burgess struck out (CFBFBS)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Blues batting
1-4 0 --- 12 Bridges struck out (BCSS)
1-4 1 --- 22 Evers tripled deep to right center (BSFBX)
1-4 1 --3 01 Runnels grounded out to the mound (FX)
1-4 2 --3 22 Friend,O struck out (BCBFFS)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Arsenal batting
1-4 0 --- 11 Robinson,E homered deep to right (BFX)
1-5 0 --- 21 Kennedy,Bo grounded a single to right (BCBX)
1-5 0 1-- 10 Bolling reached on an infield single to third, Kennedy,Bo
to second (BX)
1-5 0 12- 11 Pierce sacrifice bunted to third, Kennedy,Bo to third,
Bolling to second (BbSbXb)
1-5 1 -23 21 Fox flied out to right, Kennedy,Bo scored, Bolling to
third (BFBX)
1-6 2 --3 21 Abrams grounded out to short (BFBX)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Blues batting
Pesky pinch hitting for McDonald
1-6 0 --- 10 Pesky flied out to right (BX)
1-6 1 --- 31 Lund flied out to center (BBFBX)
1-6 2 --- 22 Courtney flied out to right (BCBCFX)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Arsenal batting
Freeman now pitching
1-6 0 --- 10 Doby grounded out to short (BX)
1-6 1 --- 31 Rosen homered deep to left (BBSBX)
1-7 1 --- 11 Burgess lined a double to right center (CBX)
1-7 1 -2- 30 Robinson,E was walked intentionally (IIII)
1-7 1 12- 10 Kennedy,Bo lined out to right (BX)
1-7 2 12- 32 Bolling popped out to second (CFBBB>X)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Blues batting
1-7 0 --- 22 Westlake popped out to first (CSBBX)
1-7 1 --- 02 Adcock grounded out to second (CFX)
1-7 2 --- 32 Bridges grounded out to short (BBSSBX)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Arsenal batting
1-7 0 --- 00 Pierce flied out to left (X)
1-7 1 --- 21 Fox flied out to center (CBBX)
1-7 2 --- 32 Abrams popped out to third (BFCBFBX)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Blues batting
1-7 0 --- 11 Evers grounded out to short (CBX)
1-7 1 --- 00 Runnels grounded out to short (X)
1-7 2 --- 22 Friend,O struck out (CFBFBFS)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Arsenal batting
1-7 0 --- 30 Doby walked (BBBB)
1-7 0 1-- 10 Rosen lined a single to shallow right, Doby to second (BX)
1-7 0 12- 00 Burgess grounded to the mound, forcing Doby at third,
Rosen to second, Burgess to first (X)
1-7 1 12- 12 Robinson,E struck out (BCSFS)
1-7 2 12- 10 Kennedy,Bo grounded a single up the middle, Rosen scored,
Burgess to second (BX)
1-8 2 12- 10 Bolling popped out to third (BX)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Blues batting
Campanella pinch hitting for Freeman
1-8 0 --- 02 Campanella flied out to right (CFX)
1-8 1 --- 00 Lund flied out to left (X)
1-8 2 --- 01 Courtney grounded out to second (CX)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Arsenal batting
Moreno now pitching
1-8 0 --- 11 Pierce popped out to the catcher (FBX)
1-8 1 --- 11 Fox grounded out to short (BCX)
1-8 2 --- 11 Abrams flied out to right (SBX)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Blues batting
1-8 0 --- 31 Westlake grounded out to short (BSBBX)
1-8 1 --- 10 Adcock lined a single to shallow center (BX)
1-8 1 1-- 11 Bridges grounded into a double play, Bolling to Fox to
Robinson,E (CBX)