8/28/1953, HOO53-BRK53, game 1, Ebbets Field
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1953 Thunderbolts 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 10 1 10 1
1953 Royal Giants 0 1 0 2 1 5 0 3 x 12 16 2 8 1
Thunderbolts AB R H BI AVG Royal Giants AB R H BI AVG
Joost ss 4 1 1 0 .326 Ashburn cf 4 3 3 0 .353
Slaughter rf 4 1 1 0 .298 Hermanski lf 4 1 2 2 .400
Souchock lf 5 1 2 0 .266 Stephens,V 3b 5 0 1 1 .254
Cox 3b 4 1 2 2 .334 Ryan 2b 4 1 2 2 .313
Irvin cf 4 0 1 2 .349 Repulski rf 5 1 2 1 .242
Batts c 4 0 0 0 .237 Hunter ss 5 1 3 1 .169
Nicholson ph 1 0 0 0 .295 Torgeson 1b 4 2 1 0 .258
Bilko 1b 4 0 0 0 .229 McCullough c 5 3 2 4 .280
O'Brien,J 2b 3 0 2 0 .269 Cain p 2 0 0 0 .313
Belardi ph 1 1 1 1 .280 Hemus ph 1 0 0 0 .296
Martin,Bi 2b 0 0 0 0 .262 Church p 0 0 0 0 .250
Shea p 2 0 0 0 .130 St. Claire ph 1 0 0 0 .158
Wade p 0 0 0 0 .143 Rogovin p 0 0 0 0 .036
Lane p 0 0 0 0 .000 40 12 16 11
Rhodes ph 1 0 0 0 .280
Nevel p 0 0 0 0 .000
Black p 0 0 0 0 .250
37 5 10 5
Thunderbolts INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Shea L 7-9 5.0 9 7 7 1 3 94 62 4.56
Wade 0.2 3 2 2 0 0 22 13 6.06
Lane 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 19 14 6.39
Nevel 0.2 2 3 3 2 0 19 9 11.37
Black 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 15 9 5.57
8.0 16 12 12 4 4 169 107
Royal Giants INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Cain W 2-6 6.0 6 3 3 1 3 87 56 5.27
Church H 1 1.0 1 1 1 2 0 20 7 6.02
Rogovin 2.0 3 1 1 1 0 25 17 7.73
9.0 10 5 5 4 3 132 80
HOO: Belardi batted for O'Brien,J in the 8th
Rhodes batted for Lane in the 8th
Martin,Bi inserted at 2b in the 8th
Nicholson batted for Batts in the 9th
BRK: Hemus batted for Cain in the 6th
St. Claire batted for Church in the 7th
E-Irvin, Ryan, Torgeson. 2B-Souchock(12), Ryan 2(12), Repulski(13).
HR-Cox(13), Belardi(9), McCullough 2(5). RBI-Cox 2(44), Irvin 2(67),
Belardi(32), Hermanski 2(4), Stephens,V(43), Ryan 2(36), Repulski(58),
Hunter(16), McCullough 4(23). SB-Joost(1). K-Joost, O'Brien,J, Shea,
Hermanski 2, Ryan, Hunter. BB-Joost, Slaughter, Cox, Irvin, Ashburn,
Hermanski, Ryan, Torgeson. SH-Shea. WP-Shea. BALK-Shea.
GWRBI: Stephens,V
Temperature: 66, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 11 MPH.
8/28/1953, HOO53-BRK53, game 1, Ebbets Field
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1953 Thunderbolts 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 10 1 10 1
1953 Royal Giants 0 1 0 2 1 5 0 3 x 12 16 2 8 1
Thunderbolts -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Joost ss 1>S k 5>63 7>Church W
8
Slaughter rf 7 63 S W 64/f
Souchock lf SB2 3>D e3.1-2;B-1 53.1-2 9>S
7.2-3
Cox 3b HR.3-H 8.2-3 note 1 W S.1-2
Irvin cf W 3/g.3-H 43 S.2-H;1-2 note 2
Batts c e4.1-2;B-1 63 6>63 43
Nicholson ph 53
Bilko 1b 8 4>7 7 8>Rogovin
31
O'Brien,J 2b 2>S k S
Belardi ph HR
Martin,Bi 2b
Shea p 34/SH.1-2 7 k
Wade p
Lane p
Rhodes ph 63
Nevel p
Black p
1: 3/g.2-3;1-2 2: 463/gdp.2-3
Royal Giants -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Ashburn cf 1>8 3>S 5>S S.2-3;1-2 8>Nevel
W
Hermanski lf k wp.1-2 S.1-3 note 1 W.1-2
k
Stephens,V 3b S 63 note 2 3 note 3
Ryan 2b W.1-2 bk.2-3 k D.2-H D.3-H
5
Repulski rf 64/f 4>3/g 7 Lane D.2-H
S.2-3
Hunter ss 2>63 S 6>S k Black
S.2-H
Torgeson 1b 63 46/f.B-1 S.1-3 7>6 W.1-2
McCullough c HR HR.1-H note 4 9 64/f
Cain p 53 8 Wade
Hemus ph 8
Church p
St. Claire ph 53
Rogovin p
1: S.3-H;2-H;1-H(e8/th);B-2 2: 46/f.3-H;1x2;B-1 3: 543/gdp.2-3 4: FC.3-H;1-2;B-1
Thunderbolts IN OUT ER Royal Giants IN OUT ER
Shea A1 C8 7 L 7-9 Cain A1 C9 3 W 2-6
Wade C9 D4 2 Church D1 D6 1 H 1
Lane D5 D9 0 Rogovin D7 E6 1
Nevel E1 E5 3
Black E6 E8 0
8/28/1953, HOO53-BRK53, game 1, Ebbets Field
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1953 Thunderbolts 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 10 1 10 1
1953 Royal Giants 0 1 0 2 1 5 0 3 x 12 16 2 8 1
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, Thunderbolts batting
0-0 0 --- 00 Joost grounded a single between third and short (X)
0-0 0 1-- 10 Slaughter flied out to left (1BX)
0-0 1 1-- 00 Joost stole second (>B)
0-0 1 -2- 22 Souchock flied out to left, Joost to third (>B.BCCFX)
0-0 2 --3 01 Cox homered deep down the left-field line, Joost scored
(CX)
2-0 2 --- 30 Irvin walked (BBBB)
2-0 2 1-- 00 Irvin to second, Batts to first on an error by the second
baseman Ryan (X)
2-0 2 12- 12 Bilko popped out to center (CBCX)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Royal Giants batting
2-0 0 --- 11 Ashburn flied out to center (BFX)
2-0 1 --- 22 Hermanski struck out (CSBBS)
2-0 2 --- 02 Stephens,V lined a single to right (CCX)
2-0 2 1-- 31 Ryan walked, Stephens,V to second (BBBCB)
2-0 2 12- 10 Repulski grounded to short, forcing Ryan at second (BX)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Thunderbolts batting
2-0 0 --- 12 O'Brien,J lined a single between third and short (SCBX)
2-0 0 1-- 10 Shea sacrifice bunted to first, O'Brien,J to second (BbXb)
2-0 1 -2- 12 Joost struck out (CBFC)
2-0 2 -2- 21 Slaughter grounded out to short (BBCX)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Royal Giants batting
2-0 0 --- 00 Hunter grounded out to short (X)
2-0 1 --- 10 Torgeson grounded out to short (BX)
2-0 2 --- 11 McCullough homered deep to left (CBX)
2-1 2 --- 02 Cain grounded out to third (SCX)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Thunderbolts batting
2-1 0 --- 11 Souchock doubled deep to left center (BCX)
2-1 0 -2- 32 Cox flied out to center, Souchock to third (BFFBBFFX)
2-1 1 --3 00 Irvin grounded out to first, Souchock scored (X)
3-1 2 --- 01 Batts grounded out to short (CX)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Royal Giants batting
3-1 0 --- 11 Ashburn lined a single to right (FBX)
3-1 0 1-- 22 Shea threw a wild pitch, Ashburn to second (BFBSFB)
3-1 0 -2- 32 Hermanski struck out (BFBSFB.FFS)
3-1 1 -2- 12 Stephens,V grounded out to short (CSBX)
3-1 2 -2- 00 Shea balked, Ashburn to third
3-1 2 --3 00 Ryan popped out to third (X)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Thunderbolts batting
3-1 0 --- 10 Bilko lined out to left (BX)
3-1 1 --- 12 O'Brien,J struck out (SFBFS)
3-1 2 --- 32 Shea flied out to left (BFFBBFX)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Royal Giants batting
3-1 0 --- 30 Repulski grounded out to first (BBBX)
3-1 1 --- 22 Hunter lined a single to right (CFBFBX)
3-1 1 1-- 10 Torgeson grounded to second, forcing Hunter at second,
Torgeson to first (BX)
3-1 2 1-- 12 McCullough homered deep down the left-field line,
Torgeson scored (BFFFX)
3-3 2 --- 01 Cain flied out to center (CX)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Thunderbolts batting
3-3 0 --- 12 Joost grounded out to short (FSBX)
3-3 1 --- 10 Slaughter lined a single to right center (BX)
3-3 1 1-- 10 Slaughter to second, Souchock to first on an error by the
first baseman Torgeson (BpX)
3-3 1 12- 10 Cox grounded out to first, Slaughter to third, Souchock
to second (BX)
3-3 2 -23 10 Irvin grounded out to second (BX)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Royal Giants batting
3-3 0 --- 12 Ashburn lined a single to left center (FCBX)
3-3 0 1-- 01 Hermanski grounded a single up the middle, Ashburn to
third (CX)
3-3 0 1-3 12 Stephens,V grounded to second, forcing Hermanski at
second, Ashburn scored, Hermanski out at second,
Stephens,V to first (CCBX)
3-4 1 1-- 22 Ryan struck out (CSBFBS)
3-4 2 1-- 01 Repulski flied out to left (FX)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Thunderbolts batting
3-4 0 --- 01 Batts grounded out to short (CX)
3-4 1 --- 31 Bilko flied out to left (BBFBX)
3-4 2 --- 01 O'Brien,J grounded a single up the middle (CX)
3-4 2 1-- 12 Shea struck out (CCBS)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Royal Giants batting
3-4 0 --- 12 Hunter lined a single to shallow center (FBFX)
3-4 0 1-- 31 Torgeson grounded a single between first and second,
Hunter to third (BCBBX)
3-4 0 1-3 21 McCullough reached on a fielder's choice to third, Hunter
scored, Torgeson to second, McCullough to first (>FBBX)
Wade now pitching
Hemus pinch hitting for Cain
3-5 0 12- 21 Hemus flied out to center (CBBX)
3-5 1 12- 21 Ashburn reached on an infield single to second, Torgeson
to third, McCullough to second (CBBX)
3-5 1 123 12 Hermanski grounded a single up the middle, Torgeson
scored, McCullough scored, Ashburn scored on an error
by the center fielder Irvin, Hermanski to second (FFBX)
3-8 1 -2- 21 Stephens,V popped out to first (BBFX)
3-8 2 -2- 22 Ryan lined a double to right center, Hermanski scored
(CFBFBX)
Lane now pitching
3-9 2 -2- 01 Repulski reached on an infield single to second, Ryan to
third (CX)
3-9 2 1-3 02 Hunter struck out (CFS)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Thunderbolts batting
Church now pitching
3-9 0 --- 20 Joost flied out to center (BBX)
3-9 1 --- 30 Slaughter walked (BBBB)
3-9 1 1-- 01 Souchock grounded out to third, Slaughter to second (CX)
3-9 2 -2- 31 Cox walked (BFBBB)
3-9 2 12- 21 Irvin lined a single to shallow left, Slaughter scored,
Cox to second (BBFX)
4-9 2 12- 10 Batts grounded out to second (BX)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Royal Giants batting
4-9 0 --- 32 Torgeson popped out to short (BFCBBFFFX)
4-9 1 --- 00 McCullough flied out to right (X)
St. Claire pinch hitting for Church
4-9 2 --- 21 St. Claire grounded out to third (BBSX)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Thunderbolts batting
Rogovin now pitching
4-9 0 --- 10 Bilko grounded out to first (BX)
Belardi pinch hitting for O'Brien,J
4-9 1 --- 10 Belardi homered deep down the right field line (BX)
Rhodes pinch hitting for Lane
5-9 1 --- 11 Rhodes grounded out to short (BCX)
5-9 2 --- 32 Joost walked (CBBFBB)
5-9 2 1-- 00 Slaughter grounded to short, forcing Joost at second (X)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Royal Giants batting
Martin,Bi now playing second base
Nevel now pitching
5-9 0 --- 32 Ashburn walked (CBFBFBB)
5-9 0 1-- 31 Hermanski walked, Ashburn to second (BBFBB)
5-9 0 12- 00 Stephens,V grounded into a double play, Cox to Martin,Bi
to Bilko, Ashburn to third (X)
5-9 2 --3 00 Ryan lined a double to right center, Ashburn scored (X)
5-10 2 -2- 22 Repulski lined a double down the right field line, Ryan
scored (BSFBX)
Black now pitching
5-11 2 -2- 22 Hunter grounded a single up the middle, Repulski scored
(BBFSX)
5-12 2 1-- 32 Torgeson walked, Hunter to second (CFBBB>F>F>B)
5-12 2 12- 01 McCullough grounded to short, forcing Torgeson at second
(FX)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Thunderbolts batting
5-12 0 --- 00 Souchock lined a single to shallow left (X)
5-12 0 1-- 12 Cox reached on an infield single to short, Souchock to
second (CCBX)
5-12 0 12- 02 Irvin grounded into a double play, Ryan to Hunter to
Torgeson, Souchock to third (CSX)
Nicholson pinch hitting for Batts
5-12 2 --3 02 Nicholson grounded out to third (CSX)