5/18/1953, HOO53-ROC53, Polo Grounds
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1953 Thunderbolts 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 8 12 3 4 1
1953 Arsenal 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 6 1 8 1
Thunderbolts AB R H BI AVG Arsenal AB R H BI AVG
Martin,Bi 2b 5 1 1 2 .255 Fox 2b 4 1 1 0 .273
Nieman lf 5 1 4 1 .324 Abrams lf 5 0 0 0 .260
Easter 1b 5 1 2 1 .327 Doby cf 3 1 1 0 .299
Bilko 1b 0 0 0 0 .111 Rosen 3b 4 0 0 1 .344
Souchock cf 4 1 2 2 .321 Burgess c 4 0 1 0 .330
Irvin cf 0 0 0 0 .284 Philley rf 4 1 2 0 .322
Hofman 3b 4 1 1 1 .310 Robinson,E 1b 4 0 1 1 .292
Slaughter rf 0 0 0 0 .286 McMillan ss 3 0 0 0 .239
Rhodes rf 4 0 0 0 .288 Fricano p 1 0 0 1 .000
Elliott,B 3b 0 0 0 0 .217 Larsen p 2 0 0 0 .476
Garagiola c 4 1 1 0 .298 Hatton ph 0 0 0 0 .273
Batts c 0 0 0 0 .200 34 3 6 3
DeMaestri ss 3 2 1 1 .208
Erskine p 3 0 0 0 .100
37 8 12 8
Thunderbolts INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Erskine W 6-3 9.0 6 3 2 2 6 131 84 2.74
9.0 6 3 2 2 6 131 84
Arsenal INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Fricano L 1-2 4.2 9 7 1 0 3 73 52 3.13
Larsen 4.1 3 1 1 0 2 55 38 6.39
9.0 12 8 2 0 5 128 90
HOO: Slaughter inserted at rf in the 8th
Elliott,B inserted at 3b in the 8th
Batts inserted at c in the 8th
Irvin inserted at cf in the 9th
Bilko inserted at 1b in the 9th
ROC: Hatton batted for Larsen in the 9th
E-Hofman, DeMaestri 2, Robinson,E. 3B-Nieman(2). HR-Martin,Bi(3),
Souchock(5), Hofman(2), DeMaestri(2). RBI-Martin,Bi 2(14), Nieman(13),
Easter(13), Souchock 2(15), Hofman(5), DeMaestri(3), Rosen(40),
Robinson,E(26), Fricano(1). K-Easter 2, Souchock 2, Rhodes, Fox, Abrams 2,
Robinson,E, Larsen 2. BB-Doby, Hatton. SH-DeMaestri, Erskine, McMillan.
HBP-Fox. HB-Erskine.
GWRBI: Nieman
Temperature: 63, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 13 MPH.
5/18/1953, HOO53-ROC53, Polo Grounds
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1953 Thunderbolts 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 8 12 3 4 1
1953 Arsenal 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 6 1 8 1
Thunderbolts -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Martin,Bi 2b 1>9 HR 63.3-H 53 9
Nieman lf S S T.2-H 7>8 S
Easter 1b k 8 S.3-H S k
Bilko 1b
Souchock cf k 4>S HR.1-H k
Irvin cf
Hofman 3b 2>7 7 HR 64/f
Slaughter rf
Rhodes rf k 363/gdp Larsen 8>43
7
Elliott,B 3b
Garagiola c 63 5>S 6>9 63
Batts c
DeMaestri ss 3>53 note 1 HR 63
Erskine p 53 note 2 8 9>9
1: e3/SH.1-2;B-1 2: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Arsenal -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Fox 2b 1>HBP k 43 S note 1
Abrams lf k 3>63 6/L k 43
Doby cf S.1-3 e5.B-1 6>W 46/f
Rosen 3b note 2 7 7 8>8
Burgess c 8 43 9 S
Philley rf 2>S 4>63 S.1-3 9
Robinson,E 1b S.1-2 43 note 3 k
McMillan ss note 4 63 43 9>e6.B-2
Fricano p 63.3-H
Larsen p 5>k 7>k
Hatton ph W
1: 543/gdp.2-3 2: 36/f.3-H;1x2;B-1 3: e6.3-H;1-2;B-1 4: 54/SH.2-3;1-2
Thunderbolts IN OUT ER Arsenal IN OUT ER
Erskine A1 E2 2 W 6-3 Fricano A1 C5 1 L 1-2
Larsen C6 E3 1
5/18/1953, HOO53-ROC53, Polo Grounds
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1953 Thunderbolts 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 8 12 3 4 1
1953 Arsenal 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 6 1 8 1
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, Thunderbolts batting
0-0 0 --- 32 Martin,Bi flied out to right (BCSBBX)
0-0 1 --- 00 Nieman lined a single up the middle (X)
0-0 1 1-- 32 Easter struck out (BBFBFS)
0-0 2 1-- 12 Souchock struck out (CFFFBC)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Arsenal batting
0-0 0 --- 01 Fox was hit by a pitch (CH)
0-0 0 1-- 02 Abrams struck out (>FSbS)
0-0 1 1-- 11 Doby lined a single to left center, Fox to third (BSX)
0-0 1 1-3 10 Rosen grounded to first, forcing Doby at second, Fox
scored, Doby out at second, Rosen to first (BX)
0-1 2 1-- 01 Burgess flied out to center (CX)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Thunderbolts batting
0-1 0 --- 00 Hofman flied out to left (X)
0-1 1 --- 12 Rhodes struck out (CBFFS)
0-1 2 --- 00 Garagiola grounded out to short (X)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Arsenal batting
0-1 0 --- 22 Philley reached on an infield single to short (BCFBX)
0-1 0 1-- 00 Robinson,E lined a single between first and second,
Philley to second (X)
0-1 0 12- 10 McMillan sacrifice bunted to third, Philley to third,
Robinson,E to second (BbXb)
0-1 1 -23 01 Fricano grounded out to short, Philley scored (FX)
0-2 2 -2- 12 Fox struck out (FBFFS)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Thunderbolts batting
0-2 0 --- 11 DeMaestri grounded out to third (BCX)
0-2 1 --- 00 Erskine grounded out to third (X)
0-2 2 --- 00 Martin,Bi homered deep down the left-field line (X)
1-2 2 --- 10 Nieman grounded a single between first and second (BX)
1-2 2 1-- 12 Easter flied out to center (CFBFX)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Arsenal batting
1-2 0 --- 12 Abrams grounded out to short (BSCX)
1-2 1 --- 00 Doby to first on an error by the third baseman Hofman (X)
1-2 1 1-- 32 Rosen lined out to left (BFBBCFX)
1-2 2 1-- 02 Burgess grounded out to second (CCX)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Thunderbolts batting
1-2 0 --- 12 Souchock lined a single to shallow left (BFFX)
1-2 0 1-- 11 Hofman flied out to left (11CB1X)
1-2 1 1-- 11 Rhodes grounded into a double play, Robinson,E to
McMillan to Robinson,E (CBX)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Arsenal batting
1-2 0 --- 12 Philley grounded out to short (BCCX)
1-2 1 --- 01 Robinson,E grounded out to second (CX)
1-2 2 --- 00 McMillan grounded out to short (X)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Thunderbolts batting
1-2 0 --- 01 Garagiola lined a single down the right field line (CX)
1-2 0 1-- 21 Garagiola to second, DeMaestri to first on an error by
the first baseman Robinson,E (1BSBXb)
1-2 0 12- 01 Erskine sacrifice bunted to the mound, Garagiola to
third, DeMaestri to second (SbXb)
1-2 1 -23 12 Martin,Bi grounded out to short, Garagiola scored (FBCX)
2-2 2 -2- 11 Nieman tripled deep to center, DeMaestri scored (BFX)
3-2 2 --3 10 Easter grounded a single between first and second, Nieman
scored (BX)
4-2 2 1-- 22 Souchock homered deep to left, Easter scored (BSFBFFX)
6-2 2 --- 00 Hofman homered deep to left (X)
Larsen now pitching
7-2 2 --- 12 Rhodes flied out to left (SSBX)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Arsenal batting
7-2 0 --- 22 Larsen struck out (CCBBS)
7-2 1 --- 32 Fox grounded out to second (FBBCBX)
7-2 2 --- 10 Abrams lined out to short (BX)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Thunderbolts batting
7-2 0 --- 10 Garagiola flied out to right (BX)
7-2 1 --- 20 DeMaestri homered deep down the right field line (BBX)
8-2 1 --- 11 Erskine flied out to center (CBX)
8-2 2 --- 21 Martin,Bi grounded out to third (CBBX)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Arsenal batting
8-2 0 --- 30 Doby walked (BBBB)
8-2 0 1-- 31 Rosen flied out to left (BBCBX)
8-2 1 1-- 00 Burgess flied out to right (X)
8-2 2 1-- 12 Philley lined a single to right, Doby to third (BFFX)
8-2 2 1-3 21 Doby scored, Philley to second, Robinson,E to first on an
error by the shortstop DeMaestri (CBBX)
8-3 2 12- 00 McMillan grounded out to second (X)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Thunderbolts batting
8-3 0 --- 10 Nieman lined out to center (BX)
8-3 1 --- 01 Easter lined a single to left center (CX)
8-3 1 1-- 22 Souchock struck out (BSBCFC)
8-3 2 1-- 01 Hofman grounded to short, forcing Easter at second (CX)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Arsenal batting
8-3 0 --- 12 Larsen struck out (CBFS)
8-3 1 --- 20 Fox grounded a single between first and second (BBX)
8-3 1 1-- 02 Abrams struck out (SFFS)
8-3 2 1-- 10 Doby grounded to second, forcing Fox at second (BX)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Thunderbolts batting
8-3 0 --- 22 Rhodes grounded out to second (BFBSX)
8-3 1 --- 01 Garagiola grounded out to short (CX)
8-3 2 --- 22 DeMaestri grounded out to short (BBCFX)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Arsenal batting
Slaughter now playing right field
Elliott,B now playing third base
Batts now playing catcher
8-3 0 --- 31 Rosen flied out to center (BSBBX)
8-3 1 --- 12 Burgess lined a single to shallow center (FFBX)
8-3 1 1-- 21 Philley flied out to right (BBCX)
8-3 2 1-- 12 Robinson,E struck out (CBFS)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Thunderbolts batting
8-3 0 --- 02 Erskine flied out to right (CSX)
8-3 1 --- 22 Martin,Bi flied out to right (CBBFFX)
8-3 2 --- 11 Nieman lined a single to shallow right (CBX)
8-3 2 1-- 02 Easter struck out (SFS)
************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Arsenal batting
Irvin now playing center field
Bilko now playing first base
8-3 0 --- 12 McMillan to second on an error by the shortstop DeMaestri
(BCFX)
Hatton pinch hitting for Larsen
8-3 0 -2- 32 Hatton walked (CBFBBB)
8-3 0 12- 22 Fox grounded into a double play, Elliott,B to Martin,Bi
to Bilko, McMillan to third (CBCBX)
8-3 2 --3 12 Abrams grounded out to second (FFFBX)