8/15/1953, WOR53-HOO53, Briggs Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Grays 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 2 1 9 17 1 16 1 1953 Thunderbolts 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 10 3 9 0 Grays AB R H BI AVG Thunderbolts AB R H BI AVG Yost 3b 5 2 3 0 .234 Joost ss 3 1 0 1 .333 Delsing cf 5 2 2 0 .298 Nicholson ph 1 0 1 0 .293 Hodges 1b 6 1 2 3 .274 Martin,Bi 2b 3 0 1 0 .261 Bell rf 6 2 3 1 .306 Easter ph 1 0 1 0 .326 Mullin lf 4 2 2 2 .231 O'Brien,J pr 1 0 0 0 .260 McGhee ph 1 0 0 0 .344 Souchock lf 3 0 0 0 .264 Seminick c 3 0 1 0 .261 Rhodes ph 1 0 0 0 .286 Thompson,D ph 1 0 1 1 .287 Koslo p 0 0 0 0 .059 Tipton c 2 0 0 0 .217 Branca p 0 0 0 0 .143 Dittmer 2b 5 0 2 0 .241 Cox 3b 4 0 0 1 .315 Strickland ss 4 0 1 1 .270 Irvin cf 5 2 4 0 .350 Nuxhall p 0 0 0 0 .280 Batts c 3 1 2 0 .230 Madison p 3 0 0 0 .000 Atwell ph 1 0 0 0 .189 Sisler ph 1 0 0 0 .417 Slaughter rf 4 1 0 1 .285 Holloman p 0 0 0 0 .000 Bilko 1b 3 1 0 1 .226 Vollmer ph 1 0 0 1 .200 Shea p 2 1 1 3 .122 Gray p 0 0 0 0 .208 Surkont p 1 0 0 0 .269 Smith,F p 0 0 0 0 .000 Elliott,B ph 1 0 0 0 .218 47 9 17 9 37 7 10 7 Grays INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Nuxhall 1.1 4 5 5 2 0 40 20 4.60 Madison 3.2 3 1 1 0 1 46 30 7.03 Holloman W 6-1 2.0 1 1 1 4 2 53 27 4.61 Gray H 2 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 3.10 Smith,F S 10 1.2 2 0 0 0 0 19 12 3.60 9.0 10 7 7 6 3 164 92 Thunderbolts INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Shea 5.2 10 5 5 3 1 100 59 4.26 Surkont BS 1, L 8-12 2.1 5 3 2 1 0 66 41 3.66 Koslo 0.0 2 1 1 1 0 18 9 3.97 Branca 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 15 9 4.84 9.0 17 9 8 5 2 199 118 WOR: Thompson,D batted for Seminick in the 6th Sisler batted for Madison in the 6th Tipton inserted at c in the 6th Vollmer batted for Holloman in the 8th McGhee batted for Mullin in the 9th McGhee moved to lf in the 9th HOO: Easter batted for Martin,Bi in the 6th O'Brien,J ran for Easter in the 6th Rhodes batted for Souchock in the 6th O'Brien,J moved to 2b in the 7th Rhodes moved to lf in the 7th Atwell batted for Batts in the 7th Atwell moved to c in the 8th Elliott,B batted for Surkont in the 8th Nicholson batted for Joost in the 8th Nicholson moved to lf in the 9th Cox moved to ss in the 9th Elliott,B moved to 3b in the 9th E-Hodges, Joost, Martin,Bi, Souchock. 2B-Yost(19), Bell(26), Martin,Bi(13), Irvin(15). 3B-Shea(1). HR-Hodges(17). RBI-Hodges 3(63), Bell(59), Mullin 2(3), Strickland(39), Thompson,D(18), Vollmer(22), Joost(15), Cox(32), Slaughter(33), Bilko(40), Shea 3(8). SB-Irvin(3). K-Hodges, Tipton, Batts, Bilko 2. BB-Yost, Delsing, Mullin, Dittmer, Strickland, Joost, Cox, Slaughter, Bilko, Rhodes, Atwell. GWRBI: Vollmer Temperature: 73, Field: wet, Sky: threatening, Wind: out to left at 11 MPH, Rain Delays: 15 minutes. 8/15/1953, WOR53-HOO53, Briggs Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Grays 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 2 1 9 17 1 16 1 1953 Thunderbolts 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 10 3 9 0 Grays -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Yost 3b 1>D S S 6>W 7>13 Delsing cf 7 S.1-3 S.1-2 7 9 Hodges 1b 53 HR.3-H;1-H note 1 k 6 Bell rf 9 13 4 S.1-3 8>D Mullin lf 2>43 W 5>43 Surkont S.2-H S.3-H;1-3 McGhee ph Seminick c 7 S.1-3 7 Thompson,D ph S.3-H;1-2 Tipton c 53.1-2 Dittmer 2b W 9 S note 2 S.2-3 Strickland ss 46/f 4>43 S.1-3 note 3 W.1-2 Nuxhall p Madison p 3>63 6 43 Sisler ph 3/g Holloman p Vollmer ph 8.3-H Gray p Smith,F p 1: e4.2-3;1-2;B-1 2: e6.2-3;1-2;B-1 3: e7.3-H;2-3;1-2;B-1 Thunderbolts -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Joost ss 1>43 8.3-H 4>4/L W Smith,F Nicholson ph S Martin,Bi 2b D e3.B-1 63 Easter ph S.1-3 O'Brien,J pr 54/f.B-1 Souchock lf 63 Madison 53 63.1-2 Rhodes ph W.1-2 4/L Koslo p Branca p Cox 3b 43 63 5>3/g note 1 9>8 Irvin cf 2>S 3>S S 5/f D Batts c S.1-2 SB2 k S.2-3 Atwell ph 7>W 9 Slaughter rf W.2-3;1-2 53.3-H;1-2 9 643/gdp 9 Bilko 1b note 2 43.2-3 6>Holloman k k Shea p note 3 31 Surkont p 43 8>Gray Elliott,B ph 8 1: W.3-H;2-3;1-2 2: W.3-H;2-3;1-2 3: T.3-H;2-H;1-H Grays -----F------ -----G------ -----H------ -----I------ -----J------ Yost 3b 4 Delsing cf 9>Koslo W Hodges 1b S.1-3 Bell rf S.3-H;1-2 Mullin lf McGhee ph Branca 6 Seminick c Thompson,D ph Tipton c k Dittmer 2b 43 Strickland ss Nuxhall p Madison p Sisler ph Holloman p Vollmer ph Gray p Smith,F p Thunderbolts -----F------ -----G------ -----H------ -----I------ -----J------ Joost ss Nicholson ph Martin,Bi 2b Easter ph O'Brien,J pr Souchock lf Rhodes ph Koslo p Branca p Cox 3b Irvin cf Batts c Atwell ph Slaughter rf Bilko 1b Shea p Surkont p Elliott,B ph Grays IN OUT ER Thunderbolts IN OUT ER Nuxhall A1 B2 5 Shea A1 D4 5 Madison B3 C7 1 Surkont D5 F1 2 BS 1, L 8-12 Holloman C8 D8 1 W 6-1 Koslo F2 F4 1 Gray D9 D9 0 H 2 Branca F5 F7 0 Smith,F E1 E7 0 S 10 8/15/1953, WOR53-HOO53, Briggs Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Grays 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 2 1 9 17 1 16 1 1953 Thunderbolts 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 10 3 9 0 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Grays batting 0-0 0 --- 00 Yost lined a double down the third base line (X) 0-0 0 -2- 20 Delsing flied out to left (BBX) 0-0 1 -2- 12 Hodges grounded out to third (SSBX) 0-0 2 -2- 32 Bell flied out to right (BBSBFX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Thunderbolts batting 0-0 0 --- 31 Joost grounded out to second (BBFBX) 0-0 1 --- 00 Martin,Bi grounded a double down the third base line (X) 0-0 1 -2- 11 Souchock grounded out to short (BFX) 0-0 2 -2- 10 Cox grounded out to second (BX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Grays batting 0-0 0 --- 10 Mullin grounded out to second (BX) 0-0 1 --- 32 Seminick flied out to left (BCBFBX) 0-0 2 --- 31 Dittmer walked (BBBCB) 0-0 2 1-- 10 Strickland grounded to second, forcing Dittmer at second (BX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Thunderbolts batting 0-0 0 --- 10 Irvin grounded a single up the middle (BX) 0-0 0 1-- 11 Batts lined a single to shallow center, Irvin to second (BFX) 0-0 0 12- 31 Slaughter walked, Irvin to third, Batts to second (BBBCB) 0-0 0 123 30 Bilko walked, Irvin scored, Batts to third, Slaughter to second (BBBB) 0-1 0 123 11 Shea tripled deep to right center, Batts scored, Slaughter scored, Bilko scored (BFX) 0-4 0 --3 22 Joost flied out to center, Shea scored (SBFBX) 0-5 1 --- 22 Martin,Bi to first on an error by the first baseman Hodges (CFFBFBX) Madison now pitching 0-5 1 1-- 22 Souchock grounded out to short, Martin,Bi to second (CBSFBX) 0-5 2 -2- 01 Cox grounded out to short (CX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Grays batting 0-5 0 --- 01 Madison grounded out to short (CX) 0-5 1 --- 00 Yost lined a single to left (X) 0-5 1 1-- 01 Delsing lined a single to left center, Yost to third (CX) 0-5 1 1-3 00 Hodges homered deep down the left-field line, Yost scored, Delsing scored (X) 3-5 1 --- 02 Bell grounded out to the mound (CCFX) 3-5 2 --- 31 Mullin walked (BBFBB) Started raining 3-5 2 1-- 32 Seminick grounded a single up the middle, Mullin to third (BFBFFB>X) Game delayed by rain for 15 minutes 3-5 2 1-3 20 Dittmer flied out to right (BBX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Thunderbolts batting 3-5 0 --- 22 Irvin grounded a single between first and second (CSBBX) 3-5 0 1-- 10 Irvin stole second (B>C) 3-5 0 -2- 22 Batts grounded a single between first and second, Irvin to third (B>C.FBX) 3-5 0 1-3 11 Slaughter grounded out to third, Irvin scored, Batts to second (BFX) 3-6 1 -2- 31 Bilko grounded out to second, Batts to third (BBBCX) Started raining 3-6 2 --3 10 Shea grounded out to first (BX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Grays batting 3-6 0 --- 20 Strickland grounded out to second (BBX) 3-6 1 --- 12 Madison popped out to short (CFBFX) 3-6 2 --- 10 Yost grounded a single between third and short (BX) 3-6 2 1-- 00 Delsing lined a single to shallow center, Yost to second (X) 3-6 2 12- 21 Yost to third, Delsing to second, Hodges to first on an error by the second baseman Martin,Bi (BCBX) 3-6 2 123 10 Bell popped out to second (BX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Thunderbolts batting 3-6 0 --- 10 Joost lined out to second (BX) 3-6 1 --- 11 Martin,Bi grounded out to short (BSX) 3-6 2 --- 00 Souchock grounded out to third (X) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Grays batting 3-6 0 --- 12 Mullin grounded out to second (CFBX) 3-6 1 --- 11 Seminick flied out to left (BSX) 3-6 2 --- 21 Dittmer lined a single between first and second (BCBX) 3-6 2 1-- 11 Strickland grounded a single between first and second, Dittmer to third (BCX) 3-6 2 1-3 01 Madison grounded out to second (CX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Thunderbolts batting 3-6 0 --- 11 Cox grounded out to first (BFX) 3-6 1 --- 01 Irvin grounded a single up the middle (SX) Stopped raining 3-6 1 1-- 12 Batts struck out (CBCC) 3-6 2 1-- 11 Slaughter flied out to right (CBX) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Grays batting 3-6 0 --- 31 Yost walked (BFBBB) 3-6 0 1-- 00 Delsing flied out to left (X) 3-6 1 1-- 12 Hodges struck out (C11BFS) 3-6 2 1-- 02 Bell grounded a single between first and second, Yost to third (11SFX) Surkont now pitching 3-6 2 1-3 32 Mullin grounded a single between first and second, Yost scored, Bell to third (1CBFBFFB>X) Thompson,D pinch hitting for Seminick 4-6 2 1-3 21 Thompson,D grounded a single between third and short, Bell scored, Mullin to second (1BCBX) 5-6 2 12- 02 Mullin to third, Thompson,D to second, Dittmer to first on an error by the shortstop Joost (FCFFFX) 5-6 2 123 22 Mullin scored, Thompson,D to third, Dittmer to second, Strickland to first on an error by the left fielder Souchock (FBBCFFFX) Sisler pinch hitting for Madison 6-6 2 123 00 Sisler grounded out to first (X) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Thunderbolts batting Tipton now playing catcher Holloman now pitching 6-6 0 --- 02 Bilko struck out (CCS) 6-6 1 --- 11 Surkont grounded out to second (BFX) 6-6 2 --- 31 Joost walked (CBBBB) Easter pinch hitting for Martin,Bi 6-6 2 1-- 32 Easter singled to right center, Joost to third (CBBBC>X) O'Brien,J pinch running for Easter Rhodes pinch hitting for Souchock 6-6 2 1-3 32 Rhodes walked, O'Brien,J to second (BCSBB>B) 6-6 2 123 30 Cox walked, Joost scored, O'Brien,J to third, Rhodes to second (BBBB) 6-7 2 123 12 Irvin grounded to third, forcing Rhodes at third (CFFFBFFX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Grays batting O'Brien,J moved to second base Rhodes moved to left field 6-7 0 --- 32 Yost grounded out to the mound (BCBFBFX) 6-7 1 --- 22 Delsing flied out to right (CFBBX) Started raining 6-7 2 --- 00 Hodges popped out to short (X) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Thunderbolts batting Atwell pinch hitting for Batts 6-7 0 --- 32 Atwell walked (BSBCBFB) 6-7 0 1-- 21 Slaughter grounded into a double play, Strickland to Dittmer to Hodges (BBCX) 6-7 2 --- 32 Bilko struck out (BFBCBFC) Stopped raining ************** Top of the 8th inning, Grays batting Atwell moved to catcher 6-7 0 --- 32 Bell lined a double to right center (BBCFBX) 6-7 0 -2- 00 Mullin lined a single up the middle, Bell scored (X) 7-7 0 1-- 22 Tipton grounded out to third, Mullin to second (>F1SBFBX) 7-7 1 -2- 32 Dittmer grounded a single between third and short, Mullin to third (BBCBFX) 7-7 1 1-3 30 Strickland walked, Dittmer to second (BBBB) Vollmer pinch hitting for Holloman 7-7 1 123 00 Vollmer flied out to center, Mullin scored (X) 8-7 2 12- 10 Yost popped out to second (BX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Thunderbolts batting Gray now pitching Elliott,B pinch hitting for Surkont 8-7 0 --- 32 Elliott,B flied out to center (FBCBBX) Smith,F now pitching Nicholson pinch hitting for Joost 8-7 1 --- 12 Nicholson grounded a single up the middle (BFFX) 8-7 1 1-- 21 O'Brien,J grounded to third, forcing Nicholson at second, O'Brien,J to first (BBSX) 8-7 2 1-- 22 Rhodes lined out to second (BFFBX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Grays batting Nicholson moved to left field Koslo now pitching Cox moved to shortstop Elliott,B moved to third base 8-7 0 --- 32 Delsing walked (BFBFBB) 8-7 0 1-- 32 Hodges grounded a single between first and second, Delsing to third (CBBCBFX) 8-7 0 1-3 12 Bell reached on an infield single to second, Delsing scored, Hodges to second (BFCX) McGhee pinch hitting for Mullin Branca now pitching, entered with a 1-0 count on McGhee 9-7 0 12- 32 McGhee popped out to short (Bb.BbFbSBX) 9-7 1 12- 22 Tipton struck out (2CBSBS) 9-7 2 12- 22 Dittmer grounded out to second (1BSFBX) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Thunderbolts batting McGhee moved to left field 9-7 0 --- 00 Cox flied out to center (X) 9-7 1 --- 10 Irvin doubled deep to right center (BX) 9-7 1 -2- 10 Atwell flied out to right (BX) 9-7 2 -2- 00 Slaughter flied out to right (X)