5/25/1953, HOO53-WOR53, Cleveland Municipal Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Thunderbolts 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 8 12 1 7 1 1953 Grays 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 7 10 1 6 1 Thunderbolts AB R H BI AVG Grays AB R H BI AVG Martin,Bi 2b 4 2 2 0 .261 Yost 3b 5 1 1 3 .250 Rhodes lf 5 1 3 0 .292 O'Connell 2b 5 1 3 1 .286 Erskine pr 0 1 0 0 .100 Hodges 1b 5 0 1 0 .222 Bilko 1b 0 0 0 0 .122 Seminick c 5 1 2 1 .268 Belardi 1b 5 1 2 3 .273 Vollmer lf 3 1 0 0 .215 Elliott,B 3b 0 0 0 0 .217 Delsing cf 3 2 1 0 .254 Nicholson rf 3 0 2 3 .333 McGhee rf 2 1 1 0 .358 Wade p 0 0 0 0 .000 Bell ph 1 0 0 0 .312 Nieman ph 1 1 1 0 .323 Strickland ss 3 0 0 0 .266 Souchock cf 5 0 1 1 .309 Garcia p 4 0 1 2 .357 Hofman 3b 5 0 0 0 .267 Milliken p 0 0 0 0 .000 Flowers p 0 0 0 0 .000 36 7 10 7 Black p 0 0 0 0 .250 Batts c 4 0 0 0 .176 DeMaestri ss 2 0 0 0 .220 Slaughter ph 1 0 0 0 .284 Irvin rf 1 0 0 0 .292 Koslo p 2 0 0 0 .000 Garagiola ph 0 1 0 0 .294 Joost ss 1 1 1 0 .400 39 8 12 7 Thunderbolts INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Koslo 6.0 7 5 3 2 3 95 57 4.26 Wade W 5-1 2.0 2 2 2 1 1 29 15 5.13 Flowers 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 7.80 Black S 2 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 7 6 2.91 9.0 10 7 5 3 5 135 81 Grays INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Garcia 8.0 9 6 6 3 6 121 79 3.34 Milliken BS 3, L 2-2 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 17 10 5.48 9.0 12 8 8 3 6 138 89 HOO: Slaughter batted for DeMaestri in the 7th Garagiola batted for Koslo in the 7th Irvin inserted at rf in the 7th Joost inserted at ss in the 7th Erskine ran for Rhodes in the 9th Nieman batted for Wade in the 9th Bilko inserted at 1b in the 9th Elliott,B inserted at 3b in the 9th Nieman moved to lf in the 9th WOR: Bell batted for McGhee in the 7th Bell moved to rf in the 8th E-Belardi, Strickland. 2B-Rhodes(4), Nicholson(2), Nieman(10). 3B-Nicholson(1). HR-Yost(6), O'Connell(2), Seminick(8). RBI-Belardi 3(13), Nicholson 3(5), Souchock(18), Yost 3(31), O'Connell(18), Seminick(21), Garcia 2(6). SB-Martin,Bi(1). K-Rhodes, Belardi, Hofman 2, Batts, Koslo, Yost, Hodges 3, Garcia. BB-Martin,Bi, Nicholson, Garagiola, Vollmer, Delsing, Strickland. SH-McGhee. WP-Milliken. GWRBI: Souchock Temperature: 77, Sky: clear, Wind: none. 5/25/1953, HOO53-WOR53, Cleveland Municipal Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Thunderbolts 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 8 12 1 7 1 1953 Grays 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 7 10 1 6 1 Thunderbolts -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Martin,Bi 2b 1>S S 5>W 8 Milliken 8 Rhodes lf k S.1-3 SB2 S.1-2 D.1-3 note 1 Erskine pr Bilko 1b Belardi 1b k 8.3-H S S.2-H;1-3 note 2 Elliott,B 3b Nicholson rf T.1-H W.1-2 8 D.3-H;1-H Wade p Nieman ph wp.3-H D Souchock cf 5/fl 53 6>63 8 S.2-H;B-2 Hofman 3b 2>8 4>k k(23) 8>8 31 Flowers p Black p Batts c 53 e6.B-2 k 43 DeMaestri ss 63 7 Slaughter ph 7>63 Irvin rf 9 Koslo p 3>43 k Garagiola ph W Joost ss 9>S 1: 8/dp.2x3(85) 2: 3/g.3-H;2-3 Grays -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Yost 3b 1>7 HR.2-H;1-H 43 k 4 O'Connell 2b S 43 5>53 7>Wade 9>Flowers HR S Hodges 1b S.1-2 3>k 9 k Black k Seminick c 7 S 53 HR 143/gdp Vollmer lf 43 7 6>e3.B-1 W Delsing cf 2>S 8 W.1-2 46/f.B-1 McGhee rf S.1-2 4>3/g note 1 Bell ph 9 Strickland ss 1/b W 5/fl 8>3/g Garcia p k/b 2/b S.3-H;2-H 8 Milliken p 1: 14/SH.2-3;1-2 Thunderbolts IN OUT ER Grays IN OUT ER Koslo A1 D1 3 Garcia A1 D9 6 Wade D2 E1 2 W 5-1 Milliken E1 E6 2 BS 3, L 2-2 Flowers E2 E2 0 Black E3 E4 0 S 2 5/25/1953, HOO53-WOR53, Cleveland Municipal Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Thunderbolts 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 8 12 1 7 1 1953 Grays 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 7 10 1 6 1 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Thunderbolts batting 0-0 0 --- 12 Martin,Bi reached on an infield single to short (CBCX) 0-0 0 1-- 12 Rhodes struck out (CBFFS) 0-0 1 1-- 12 Belardi struck out (CSFBC) 0-0 2 1-- 10 Nicholson lined a triple down the first base line, Martin,Bi scored (BX) 1-0 2 --3 22 Souchock popped out to third (BBFFX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Grays batting 1-0 0 --- 01 Yost flied out to left (SX) 1-0 1 --- 10 O'Connell lined a single to left center (BX) 1-0 1 1-- 32 Hodges grounded a single between third and short, O'Connell to second (BFFBBFFFX) 1-0 1 12- 21 Seminick lined out to left (BBFX) 1-0 2 12- 10 Vollmer grounded out to second (BX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Thunderbolts batting 1-0 0 --- 10 Hofman flied out to center (BX) 1-0 1 --- 01 Batts grounded out to third (FX) 1-0 2 --- 10 DeMaestri grounded out to short (BX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Grays batting 1-0 0 --- 21 Delsing lined a single to left center (BCBX) 1-0 0 1-- 10 McGhee reached on an infield single to the catcher, Delsing to second (BX) 1-0 0 12- 20 Strickland popped out on a bunt to the mound (BbBbXb) 1-0 1 12- 22 Garcia struck out on a fouled bunt (FbBbBbSbFb) 1-0 2 12- 01 Yost homered deep to left, Delsing scored, McGhee scored (SX) 1-3 2 --- 22 O'Connell grounded out to second (BCBFX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Thunderbolts batting 1-3 0 --- 01 Koslo grounded out to second (SX) 1-3 1 --- 01 Martin,Bi lined a single to shallow center (CX) 1-3 1 1-- 10 Rhodes singled to left center, Martin,Bi to third (BX) 1-3 1 1-3 32 Belardi lined out to center, Martin,Bi scored (BBSFBX) 2-3 2 1-- 30 Nicholson walked, Rhodes to second (BBBB) 2-3 2 12- 12 Souchock grounded out to third (BSFX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Grays batting 2-3 0 --- 12 Hodges struck out (CBFC) 2-3 1 --- 32 Seminick lined a single to shallow center (BBFBFX) 2-3 1 1-- 11 Vollmer flied out to left (CBX) 2-3 2 1-- 00 Delsing lined out to center (X) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Thunderbolts batting 2-3 0 --- 02 Hofman struck out (SFS) 2-3 1 --- 11 Batts to second on an error by the shortstop Strickland (BCX) 2-3 1 -2- 02 DeMaestri flied out to left (CSX) 2-3 2 -2- 12 Koslo struck out (BFFS) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Grays batting 2-3 0 --- 00 McGhee grounded out to first (X) 2-3 1 --- 31 Strickland walked (BBBCB) 2-3 1 1-- 00 Garcia popped out on a bunt to the catcher (Xb) 2-3 2 1-- 11 Yost grounded out to second (CBX) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Thunderbolts batting 2-3 0 --- 31 Martin,Bi walked (BBCBB) 2-3 0 1-- 00 Martin,Bi stole second (>B) 2-3 0 -2- 22 Rhodes flied out into a double play, Delsing to Yost, Martin,Bi out at third (>B.SSBX) 2-3 2 --- 10 Belardi lined a single to shallow left (BX) 2-3 2 1-- 11 Nicholson flied out to center (FBX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Grays batting 2-3 0 --- 10 O'Connell grounded out to third (BX) 2-3 1 --- 01 Hodges flied out to right (CX) 2-3 2 --- 31 Seminick grounded out to third (BBBCX) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Thunderbolts batting 2-3 0 --- 22 Souchock grounded out to short (FFBBX) 2-3 1 --- 22 Hofman struck out, Seminick to Hodges (CBBSS) 2-3 2 --- 22 Batts struck out (CFBFBS) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Grays batting 2-3 0 --- 10 Vollmer to first on an error by the first baseman Belardi (BX) 2-3 0 1-- 32 Delsing walked, Vollmer to second (BCCFFBBB) 2-3 0 12- 01 McGhee sacrifice bunted to the mound, Vollmer to third, Delsing to second (FbXb) 2-3 1 -23 10 Strickland popped out to third (BX) 2-3 2 -23 01 Garcia grounded a single up the middle, Vollmer scored, Delsing scored (CX) 2-5 2 1-- 22 Yost struck out (BFBFFS) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Thunderbolts batting Slaughter pinch hitting for DeMaestri 2-5 0 --- 00 Slaughter grounded out to short (X) Garagiola pinch hitting for Koslo 2-5 1 --- 32 Garagiola walked (BBSBSFB) 2-5 1 1-- 00 Martin,Bi flied out to center (X) 2-5 2 1-- 11 Rhodes grounded a single between third and short, Garagiola to second (CBX) 2-5 2 12- 12 Belardi lined a single to left center, Garagiola scored, Rhodes to third (FCBX) 3-5 2 1-3 11 Nicholson lined a double to right center, Rhodes scored, Belardi scored (CBX) 5-5 2 -2- 00 Souchock lined out to center (X) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Grays batting Irvin now playing right field Joost now playing shortstop Wade now pitching 5-5 0 --- 10 O'Connell homered deep to left (BX) 5-6 0 --- 22 Hodges struck out (BSBSS) 5-6 1 --- 10 Seminick homered deep down the left-field line (BX) 5-7 1 --- 31 Vollmer walked (BBCBB) 5-7 1 1-- 10 Delsing grounded to second, forcing Vollmer at second, Delsing to first (BX) Bell pinch hitting for McGhee 5-7 2 1-- 12 Bell flied out to right (SBFX) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Thunderbolts batting Bell moved to right field 5-7 0 --- 02 Hofman flied out to center (CCX) 5-7 1 --- 00 Batts grounded out to second (X) 5-7 2 --- 11 Irvin lined out to right (BFX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Grays batting 5-7 0 --- 10 Strickland grounded out to first (BX) 5-7 1 --- 10 Garcia flied out to center (BX) 5-7 2 --- 22 Yost popped out to second (CBBFX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Thunderbolts batting 5-7 0 --- 11 Joost grounded a single up the middle (CBX) Milliken now pitching 5-7 0 1-- 32 Martin,Bi flied out to center (CBBSFBX) 5-7 1 1-- 10 Rhodes lined a double to right center, Joost to third (BX) Erskine pinch running for Rhodes 5-7 1 -23 00 Belardi grounded out to first, Joost scored, Erskine to third (X) Nieman pinch hitting for Wade 6-7 2 --3 00 Milliken threw a wild pitch, Erskine scored (B) 7-7 2 --- 10 Nieman lined a double to left center (B.X) 7-7 2 -2- 11 Souchock grounded a single between third and short, Nieman scored, Souchock to second (FBX) 8-7 2 -2- 10 Hofman grounded out to first (BX) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Grays batting Bilko now playing first base Elliott,B now playing third base Flowers now pitching Nieman moved to left field 8-7 0 --- 12 O'Connell reached on an infield single to third (BFSX) Black now pitching 8-7 0 1-- 12 Hodges struck out (CBSS) 8-7 1 1-- 02 Seminick grounded into a double play, Black to Martin,Bi to Bilko (CCX)