8/2/1953, KCB53-RIV53, Yankee Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Blues 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 9 2 11 0 1953 Rugrats 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 x 8 9 1 7 2 Blues AB R H BI AVG Rugrats AB R H BI AVG Mueller lf 4 2 4 0 .326 Young 2b 4 2 1 0 .241 Wertz rf 3 0 1 0 .276 Bauer rf 5 1 2 2 .286 Adcock 1b 3 0 0 0 .288 Littlefield p 0 0 0 0 .273 Courtney c 4 0 0 2 .294 Burdette p 0 0 0 0 .083 Post cf 3 0 0 0 .000 Mathews 3b 5 2 1 1 .325 Campanella ph 1 1 1 0 .333 Berra c 3 0 0 0 .241 Kaline cf 1 0 0 0 .000 Thomas,F lf 4 2 2 2 .238 Pesky 2b 4 0 1 1 .304 Montemayor lf 0 0 0 0 .000 Runnels ss 4 0 2 0 .215 Miranda ss 2 1 2 1 .262 Baker,F 3b 3 0 0 0 .227 Dropo 1b 4 0 1 2 .251 McDonald p 2 0 0 0 .152 Groth cf 4 0 0 0 .215 Boyd ph 1 0 0 0 .343 Feller p 3 0 0 0 .077 Erickson p 0 0 0 0 .000 Valo rf 0 0 0 0 .246 Lund ph 1 0 0 0 .229 34 8 9 8 34 3 9 3 Blues INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA McDonald L 4-8 6.0 5 4 3 5 3 107 60 3.87 Erickson 2.0 4 4 2 0 1 25 18 3.90 8.0 9 8 5 5 4 132 78 Rugrats INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Feller W 6-5 8.0 9 2 1 3 0 128 71 2.54 Littlefield 0.1 0 1 1 2 0 19 8 4.55 Burdette 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 3.91 9.0 9 3 2 5 0 153 82 KCB: Boyd batted for McDonald in the 7th Campanella batted for Post in the 8th Kaline inserted at cf in the 8th Lund batted for Erickson in the 9th RIV: Montemayor inserted at lf in the 8th Valo inserted at rf in the 9th E-Wertz, Post, Thomas,F. 2B-Pesky(16), Runnels(10), Miranda(2), Dropo(18). HR-Bauer(7), Thomas,F(17). RBI-Courtney 2(19), Pesky(23), Bauer 2(37), Mathews(58), Thomas,F 2(53), Miranda(4), Dropo 2(37). K-Thomas,F, Dropo, Groth, Feller. BB-Wertz 2, Adcock 2, Courtney, Young, Berra, Miranda 2, Feller. HBP-Mueller, Baker,F. PB-Berra. HB-Feller, Littlefield. WP-Burdette. GWRBI: Dropo Temperature: 71, Field: wet, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: left to right at 10 MPH. 8/2/1953, KCB53-RIV53, Yankee Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Blues 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 9 2 11 0 1953 Rugrats 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 x 8 9 1 7 2 Blues -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Mueller lf 1>S 3>S 5>S S HBP Wertz rf 43.1-2 S.1-3 W.1-2 9 W.1-2 Adcock 1b W 8 note 1 8 W.2-3;1-2 Courtney c 9 63.3-H;1-2 IW 8>8 Burdette note 2 Post cf 31 5/L 6/f Campanella ph S Kaline cf wp.1-2 8 Pesky 2b 2>8 4>43 6>53 pb.1-2 D.2-H Runnels ss D S.B-2(e7) 63 2/fl Baker,F 3b 13 HBP 8 13 McDonald p 13 63/gdp Boyd ph 7>8 Erickson p 9>note 3 Lund ph 43 1: 643/gdp.2-3 2: 64/f.3-H;2-3;B-1 3: Littlefield Rugrats -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Young 2b 1>43 9 W 9 S Bauer rf 63 13 note 1 7>Erickson HR.1-H 3/g Littlefield p Burdette p Mathews 3b 9 4>S 8.3-H;2-3 e9.B-2 43 Berra c 2>43 7 IW 43.2-3 Thomas,F lf 53 S.1-3 k HR.3-H Montemayor lf Miranda ss W D.3-H;1-3 6>W S Dropo 1b 8 8.3-H;2-3 D.1-H k Groth cf 3>5/L 63 k 8>63 Feller p W 5>k 43.2-3 31 Valo rf 1: S.1-3;B-2(e8) Blues IN OUT ER Rugrats IN OUT ER McDonald A1 D1 3 L 4-8 Feller A1 D8 1 W 6-5 Erickson D2 E3 2 Littlefield D9 E3 1 Burdette E4 E5 0 8/2/1953, KCB53-RIV53, Yankee Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Blues 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 9 2 11 0 1953 Rugrats 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 x 8 9 1 7 2 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Blues batting 0-0 0 --- 32 Mueller lined a single down the right field line (BCFBBFFFX) 0-0 0 1-- 00 Wertz grounded out to second, Mueller to second (>X) 0-0 1 -2- 31 Adcock walked (SBBBB) 0-0 1 12- 10 Courtney flied out to right (BX) 0-0 2 12- 11 Post grounded out to first (BFX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Rugrats batting 0-0 0 --- 00 Young grounded out to second (X) 0-0 1 --- 10 Bauer grounded out to short (BX) 0-0 2 --- 21 Mathews flied out to right (BFBX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Blues batting 0-0 0 --- 21 Pesky flied out to center (CBBX) 0-0 1 --- 21 Runnels doubled deep to right (FBBX) 0-0 1 -2- 11 Baker,F grounded out to the mound (BFX) 0-0 2 -2- 00 McDonald grounded out to the mound (X) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Rugrats batting 0-0 0 --- 32 Berra grounded out to second (BCBFFFBFX) 0-0 1 --- 11 Thomas,F grounded out to third (BFX) 0-0 2 --- 32 Miranda walked (CBBFBB) 0-0 2 1-- 00 Dropo flied out to center (X) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Blues batting 0-0 0 --- 11 Mueller lined a single to right center (BCX) 0-0 0 1-- 32 Wertz singled to right center, Mueller to third (FFBBBX) 0-0 0 1-3 10 Adcock flied out to center (BX) 0-0 1 1-3 21 Courtney grounded out to short, Mueller scored, Wertz to second (BFBX) 1-0 2 -2- 00 Post lined out to third (X) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Rugrats batting 1-0 0 --- 01 Groth lined out to third (CX) 1-0 1 --- 31 Feller walked (BBSBB) 1-0 1 1-- 21 Young flied out to right (BBCX) 1-0 2 1-- 11 Bauer grounded out to the mound (SBX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Blues batting 1-0 0 --- 32 Pesky grounded out to second (FBFFBBX) 1-0 1 --- 11 Runnels lined a single to shallow left, Runnels to second on an error by the left fielder Thomas,F (BSX) 1-0 1 -2- 01 Baker,F was hit by a pitch (CH) 1-0 1 12- 00 McDonald grounded into a double play, Miranda to Dropo (X) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Rugrats batting 1-0 0 --- 01 Mathews lined a single to shallow left (FX) 1-0 0 1-- 22 Berra lined out to left (BCCFBX) 1-0 1 1-- 01 Thomas,F grounded a single up the middle, Mathews to third (FX) 1-0 1 1-3 00 Miranda lined a double to left center, Mathews scored, Thomas,F to third (X) 1-1 1 -23 12 Dropo flied out to center, Thomas,F scored, Miranda to third (FFBX) 1-2 2 --3 10 Groth grounded out to short (BX) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Blues batting 1-2 0 --- 11 Mueller lined a single between first and second (CBX) 1-2 0 1-- 31 Wertz walked, Mueller to second (CBBBB) 1-2 0 12- 02 Adcock grounded into a double play, Miranda to Young to Dropo, Mueller to third (SbFX) 1-2 2 --3 30 Courtney was walked intentionally (IIII) 1-2 2 1-3 22 Post grounded to short, forcing Courtney at second (CSBBX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Rugrats batting 1-2 0 --- 12 Feller struck out (CFBFFC) 1-2 1 --- 30 Young walked (BBBB) 1-2 1 1-- 11 Bauer lined a single to shallow center, Young to third, Bauer to second on an error by the center fielder Post (BFX) 1-2 1 -23 10 Mathews flied out to center, Young scored, Bauer to third (BX) 1-3 2 --3 30 Berra was walked intentionally (IIII) 1-3 2 1-3 32 Thomas,F struck out (CBSBFB>F>S) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Blues batting 1-3 0 --- 22 Pesky grounded out to third (CFBBX) 1-3 1 --- 20 Runnels grounded out to short (BBX) 1-3 2 --- 32 Baker,F flied out to center (BFBFBX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Rugrats batting 1-3 0 --- 31 Miranda walked (CBBBB) 1-3 0 1-- 32 Dropo lined a double to left center, Miranda scored (BBCBCX) 1-4 0 -2- 12 Groth struck out (FCBC) 1-4 1 -2- 22 Feller grounded out to second, Dropo to third (BSBCX) 1-4 2 --3 11 Young flied out to right (BFX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Blues batting Boyd pinch hitting for McDonald 1-4 0 --- 32 Boyd flied out to center (FBBFBX) 1-4 1 --- 00 Mueller lined a single to shallow left (X) 1-4 1 1-- 00 Wertz flied out to right (X) 1-4 2 1-- 10 Adcock flied out to center (BX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Rugrats batting Erickson now pitching 1-4 0 --- 00 Bauer grounded out to first (X) 1-4 1 --- 00 Mathews to second on an error by the right fielder Wertz (X) 1-4 1 -2- 00 Berra grounded out to second, Mathews to third (X) 1-4 2 --3 00 Thomas,F homered deep to left, Mathews scored (X) 1-6 2 --- 11 Miranda lined a single to left (BFX) 1-6 2 1-- 22 Dropo struck out (BCSBS) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Blues batting Montemayor now playing left field 1-6 0 --- 21 Courtney flied out to center (CBBX) Campanella pinch hitting for Post 1-6 1 --- 21 Campanella lined a single between third and short (BCBX) 1-6 1 1-- 22 Berra allowed a passed ball, Campanella to second (FBBFFB) 1-6 1 -2- 32 Pesky doubled deep to right center, Campanella scored (FBBFFB.X) 2-6 1 -2- 22 Runnels popped out to the catcher (BCFFBX) 2-6 2 -2- 01 Baker,F grounded out to the mound (FX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Rugrats batting Kaline now playing center field 2-6 0 --- 01 Groth grounded out to short (CX) 2-6 1 --- 01 Feller grounded out to first (CX) 2-6 2 --- 20 Young grounded a single between first and second (BBX) 2-6 2 1-- 12 Bauer homered deep to right center, Young scored (BFFX) 2-8 2 --- 10 Mathews grounded out to second (BX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Blues batting Valo now playing right field Littlefield now pitching Lund pinch hitting for Erickson 2-8 0 --- 00 Lund grounded out to second (X) 2-8 1 --- 21 Mueller was hit by a pitch (CBBH) 2-8 1 1-- 31 Wertz walked, Mueller to second (BFBBB) 2-8 1 12- 32 Adcock walked, Mueller to third, Wertz to second (BFBSFFBFB) Burdette now pitching 2-8 1 123 00 Courtney grounded to short, forcing Adcock at second, Mueller scored, Wertz to third, Courtney to first (X) 3-8 2 1-3 00 Burdette threw a wild pitch, Courtney to second (B) 3-8 2 -23 31 Kaline flied out to center (B.SBBX)