7/3/1953, KCB53-HOO53, Briggs Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Blues 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 6 2 7 3 1953 Thunderbolts 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 10 0 7 0 Blues AB R H BI AVG Thunderbolts AB R H BI AVG Mueller lf 5 0 0 0 .321 Martin,Bi ss 3 1 1 0 .249 Wertz rf 4 0 0 0 .275 Rhodes ph 1 0 1 0 .286 Adcock 1b 4 1 1 0 .272 Surkont pr 0 0 0 0 .314 Campanella c 3 1 1 1 .321 DeMaestri ss 0 0 0 0 .273 Lund cf 4 0 1 0 .232 Cox 3b 3 1 1 0 .331 Pesky 2b 2 0 1 0 .320 Easter ph 1 0 0 0 .336 Westlake ph 0 0 0 0 .346 Irvin cf 4 0 2 0 .356 Kipper p 0 0 0 0 .000 Slaughter rf 3 0 2 2 .269 Liddle p 0 0 0 0 .040 Bilko 1b 3 0 1 0 .190 Kinder p 0 0 0 0 1.000 Elliott,B ph 1 0 0 0 .204 Runnels ss 4 0 1 1 .226 Hofman 2b 4 0 0 0 .195 Bridges 3b 3 0 0 0 .243 Souchock lf 4 0 1 0 .253 Raffensberger p 3 1 1 1 .065 Batts c 4 0 0 0 .204 Friend,O ss 1 0 0 0 .193 Shea p 2 0 1 0 .147 33 3 6 3 Joost ph 1 0 0 0 .333 Koslo p 0 0 0 0 .111 Wade p 0 0 0 0 .000 Newhouser p 0 0 0 0 .500 Nieman ph 1 0 0 0 .312 35 2 10 2 Blues INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Raffensberger W 2-8 7.0 9 2 2 0 0 78 56 5.74 Kipper 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 9.00 Liddle H 2 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 14 6 4.91 Kinder S 16 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 12 7 4.11 9.0 10 2 2 1 1 106 70 Thunderbolts INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Shea L 5-6 7.0 5 3 3 2 2 80 52 3.99 Koslo 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 3.00 Wade 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 12 6 6.02 Newhouser 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 16 9 10.32 9.0 6 3 3 4 2 112 69 KCB: Westlake batted for Pesky in the 8th Friend,O inserted at ss in the 8th Runnels moved to 2b in the 8th HOO: Joost batted for Shea in the 7th Rhodes batted for Martin,Bi in the 8th Surkont ran for Rhodes in the 8th Easter batted for Cox in the 8th Elliott,B batted for Bilko in the 8th DeMaestri inserted at ss in the 9th Easter moved to 1b in the 9th Elliott,B moved to 3b in the 9th Nieman batted for Newhouser in the 9th E-Adcock, Runnels. 2B-Adcock(17), Campanella(8), Slaughter(10). HR-Raffensberger(1). RBI-Campanella(44), Runnels(38), Raffensberger(1), Slaughter 2(20). K-Wertz, Runnels, Easter. BB-Campanella, Pesky, Bridges, Westlake, Slaughter. GWRBI: Runnels Temperature: 87, Sky: clear, Wind: out to left at 16 MPH. 7/3/1953, KCB53-HOO53, Briggs Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Blues 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 6 2 7 3 1953 Thunderbolts 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 10 0 7 0 Blues -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Mueller lf 1>63 63 7 46/f 63 Wertz rf 5/fl 4>8 k(23) 8>Koslo 7 Adcock 1b 43 D 7 Wade 53 Campanella c 2>8 D.2-H 6>8 W Lund cf 63 43.2-3 63 S.1-2 Pesky 2b S W 8 Newhouser Westlake ph W.2-3;1-2 Kipper p Liddle p Kinder p Runnels ss 9 S.3-H;1-2 7>k 6 Bridges 3b 3>43 5/fl W 9>7 Raffensberger p 8 5>HR 56/b/f.B-1 Friend,O ss 13 Thunderbolts -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Martin,Bi ss 1>S 63/gdp 6>3/g 8>Kipper Rhodes ph S Surkont pr DeMaestri ss Cox 3b 7 2/fl S Easter ph Liddle k Irvin cf 63.1-2 4>S S.1-2 53.1-2 Slaughter rf D.2-H 163/gdp note 1 W Bilko 1b 2/fl S 63 Elliott,B ph Kinder note 2 Hofman 2b 2>63 8 7>3/fl 8 Souchock lf 63 5>e3.B-1 S 9>63 Batts c 7 64/f.B-1 7 53 Shea p 3>S 463/gdp Joost ph 3/g Koslo p Wade p Newhouser p Nieman ph 63 1: S.2-H;1-3;Bx2(936) 2: e4.2-3;1-2;B-1 Blues IN OUT ER Thunderbolts IN OUT ER Raffensberger A1 C9 2 W 2-8 Shea A1 D1 3 L 5-6 Kipper D1 D1 0 Koslo D2 D2 0 Liddle D2 D4 0 H 2 Wade D3 D5 0 Kinder D5 D9 0 S 16 Newhouser D6 E1 0 7/3/1953, KCB53-HOO53, Briggs Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Blues 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 6 2 7 3 1953 Thunderbolts 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 10 0 7 0 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Blues batting 0-0 0 --- 00 Mueller grounded out to short (X) 0-0 1 --- 11 Wertz popped out to third (BSX) 0-0 2 --- 20 Adcock grounded out to second (BBX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Thunderbolts batting 0-0 0 --- 12 Martin,Bi lined a single to shallow left (CFBX) 0-0 0 1-- 02 Cox flied out to left (CFX) 0-0 1 1-- 20 Irvin grounded out to short, Martin,Bi to second (BBX) 0-0 2 -2- 11 Slaughter lined a double to right center, Martin,Bi scored (BCX) 0-1 2 -2- 11 Bilko popped out to the catcher (BFX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Blues batting 0-1 0 --- 00 Campanella flied out to center (X) 0-1 1 --- 11 Lund grounded out to short (BFX) 0-1 2 --- 00 Pesky grounded a single up the middle (X) 0-1 2 1-- 01 Runnels lined out to right (CX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Thunderbolts batting 0-1 0 --- 12 Hofman grounded out to short (CBSX) 0-1 1 --- 00 Souchock grounded out to short (X) 0-1 2 --- 01 Batts flied out to left (CX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Blues batting 0-1 0 --- 20 Bridges grounded out to second (BBX) 0-1 1 --- 01 Raffensberger flied out to center (CX) 0-1 2 --- 12 Mueller grounded out to short (CFBX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Thunderbolts batting 0-1 0 --- 01 Shea lined a single to left (FX) 0-1 0 1-- 01 Martin,Bi grounded into a double play, Runnels to Adcock (FX) 0-1 2 --- 00 Cox popped out to the catcher (X) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Blues batting 0-1 0 --- 10 Wertz flied out to center (BX) 0-1 1 --- 00 Adcock lined a double to right center (X) 0-1 1 -2- 12 Campanella doubled deep to right, Adcock scored (FFBX) 1-1 1 -2- 11 Lund grounded out to second, Campanella to third (BFX) 1-1 2 --3 32 Pesky walked (BBBCFFB) 1-1 2 1-3 20 Runnels reached on an infield single to the pitcher, Campanella scored, Pesky to second (BBX) 2-1 2 12- 10 Bridges popped out to third (BX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Thunderbolts batting 2-1 0 --- 01 Irvin grounded a single between first and second (CX) 2-1 0 1-- 10 Slaughter grounded into a double play, Raffensberger to Runnels to Adcock (BX) 2-1 2 --- 10 Bilko lined a single to shallow center (BX) 2-1 2 1-- 00 Hofman flied out to center (X) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Blues batting 2-1 0 --- 00 Raffensberger homered deep to left (X) 3-1 0 --- 02 Mueller flied out to left (FFX) 3-1 1 --- 02 Wertz struck out, Batts to Bilko (FFS) 3-1 2 --- 01 Adcock flied out to left (FX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Thunderbolts batting 3-1 0 --- 00 Souchock to first on an error by the first baseman Adcock (X) 3-1 0 1-- 12 Batts grounded to short, forcing Souchock at second, Batts to first (FBFFX) 3-1 1 1-- 02 Shea grounded into a double play, Pesky to Runnels to Adcock (FFX) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Blues batting 3-1 0 --- 10 Campanella flied out to center (BX) 3-1 1 --- 21 Lund grounded out to short (BBFX) 3-1 2 --- 00 Pesky flied out to center (X) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Thunderbolts batting 3-1 0 --- 11 Martin,Bi grounded out to first (BCX) 3-1 1 --- 10 Cox reached on an infield single to second (BX) 3-1 1 1-- 32 Irvin lined a single to shallow left, Cox to second (BCFB+1BX) 3-1 1 12- 12 Slaughter grounded a single between first and second, Cox scored, Irvin to third, Slaughter out at second (CCFBX) 3-2 2 --3 22 Bilko grounded out to short (BFCBX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Blues batting 3-2 0 --- 22 Runnels struck out (BFFBFFFS) 3-2 1 --- 32 Bridges walked (BCBSBB) 3-2 1 1-- 00 Raffensberger bunted into an out to third, forcing Bridges at second, Raffensberger to first (Xb) 3-2 2 1-- 21 Mueller grounded to second, forcing Raffensberger at second (CBBX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Thunderbolts batting 3-2 0 --- 10 Hofman popped out to first (BX) 3-2 1 --- 11 Souchock lined a single down the right field line (BCX) 3-2 1 1-- 01 Batts lined out to left (CX) Joost pinch hitting for Shea 3-2 2 1-- 32 Joost grounded out to first (CFBBB>X) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Blues batting Koslo now pitching 3-2 0 --- 21 Wertz flied out to left (BBCX) Wade now pitching 3-2 1 --- 01 Adcock grounded out to third (SX) 3-2 2 --- 31 Campanella walked (BCBBB) 3-2 2 1-- 22 Lund grounded a single between third and short, Campanella to second (BCBFX) Newhouser now pitching Westlake pinch hitting for Pesky 3-2 2 12- 30 Westlake walked, Campanella to third, Lund to second (BBBB) 3-2 2 123 12 Runnels popped out to short (FCFBFX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Thunderbolts batting Friend,O now playing shortstop Kipper now pitching Runnels moved to second base Rhodes pinch hitting for Martin,Bi 3-2 0 --- 10 Rhodes lined a single to right (BX) Surkont pinch running for Rhodes Easter pinch hitting for Cox Liddle now pitching 3-2 0 1-- 32 Easter struck out (FBCBBS) 3-2 1 1-- 11 Irvin grounded out to third, Surkont to second (CBX) 3-2 2 -2- 31 Slaughter walked (BBSBB) Elliott,B pinch hitting for Bilko Kinder now pitching 3-2 2 12- 21 Surkont to third, Slaughter to second, Elliott,B to first on an error by the second baseman Runnels (BBC>X) 3-2 2 123 00 Hofman flied out to center (X) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Blues batting DeMaestri now playing shortstop Easter moved to first base Elliott,B moved to third base 3-2 0 --- 10 Bridges flied out to left (BX) 3-2 1 --- 11 Friend,O grounded out to the mound (CBX) 3-2 2 --- 00 Mueller grounded out to short (X) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Thunderbolts batting 3-2 0 --- 01 Souchock grounded out to short (FX) 3-2 1 --- 10 Batts grounded out to third (BX) Nieman pinch hitting for Newhouser 3-2 2 --- 20 Nieman grounded out to short (BBX)