8/28/1953, HOO53-BRK53, game 2, Ebbets Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Thunderbolts 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 10 1 9 2 1953 Royal Giants 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 2 9 0 Thunderbolts AB R H BI AVG Royal Giants AB R H BI AVG Joost ss 2 1 0 0 .321 Ashburn cf 5 1 2 0 .354 O'Brien,J 2b 5 1 2 2 .274 Hermanski lf 4 0 0 0 .286 Martin,Bi 2b 0 0 0 0 .262 Repulski rf 4 0 3 0 .246 Cox 3b 5 0 0 0 .329 Dyck 3b 4 0 2 1 .219 Irvin cf 5 1 2 0 .350 Torgeson 1b 4 0 2 0 .260 Nieman lf 5 1 3 2 .318 Hunter ss 4 0 1 0 .170 Slaughter rf 4 0 0 0 .294 Church p 0 0 0 0 .250 Batts c 3 1 1 1 .238 Scheib p 0 0 0 0 .333 Bilko 1b 4 0 0 0 .225 McCullough c 3 0 1 0 .281 Lopat p 4 0 2 0 .118 Rogovin p 0 0 0 0 .036 37 5 10 5 Byrne p 0 0 0 0 .000 Bickford p 0 0 0 0 .000 Cole,Di ss 1 0 1 0 .310 Hemus 2b 2 0 0 0 .294 Ryan ph 1 0 0 0 .311 Martin,M p 2 0 0 0 .078 Yvars c 2 0 0 0 .309 36 1 12 1 Thunderbolts INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Lopat W 7-8 9.0 12 1 1 1 5 140 92 3.20 9.0 12 1 1 1 5 140 92 Royal Giants INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Martin,M L 3-9 6.0 6 3 3 1 0 89 52 4.57 Rogovin 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 21 12 7.65 Byrne 0.2 1 0 0 1 1 16 7 7.09 Bickford 0.2 0 1 1 1 0 15 6 8.58 Church 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 7 5 6.00 Scheib 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 3.40 9.0 10 5 4 4 2 150 84 HOO: Martin,Bi inserted at 2b in the 9th BRK: Yvars inserted at c in the 7th Cole,Di inserted at ss in the 9th Ryan batted for Hemus in the 9th E-O'Brien,J, Torgeson, Hemus. 2B-O'Brien,J(7), Nieman 3(26), Lopat(2). RBI-O'Brien,J 2(12), Nieman 2(37), Batts(30), Dyck(17). CS-Torgeson. K-O'Brien,J, Nieman, Hermanski 2, Torgeson, Hunter, Yvars. BB-Joost 3, Batts, Hemus. GWRBI: Nieman Temperature: 70, Sky: clear, Wind: none. 8/28/1953, HOO53-BRK53, game 2, Ebbets Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Thunderbolts 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 10 1 9 2 1953 Royal Giants 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 2 9 0 Thunderbolts -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Joost ss 1>31 W.1-2 7 W W O'Brien,J 2b 8 note 1 8 k Church D.1-H Martin,Bi 2b Cox 3b 7 3>7 6>e4.B-1 8 63 Irvin cf 2>S 31 9 8>Byrne e3.2-3;B-1 S Nieman lf D.1-H 31 D.1-3 k Scheib note 2 Slaughter rf 43.2-3 4>43 9 36/f.B-1 Batts c S.3-H 53 7 W.1-2 Bilko 1b 8 31 7>Rogovin Bickford 8 43 Lopat p S.1-3 5>8 D 9>4 1: S.3-H;2xH(72);1-2 2: D.3-H;1xH(942) Royal Giants -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Ashburn cf 1>9 3>S 5>S 43.2-3 54/f Hermanski lf k k 363/gdp 53 Repulski rf S S.1-2 7 8>S Dyck 3b S.1x2(3) S.2-H;1-3 6>43 7 Torgeson 1b 2>S 643/gdp S k Hunter ss S.1-2 4>7 k 64/f Church p Scheib p McCullough c note 1 S 6/L 7 Rogovin p Byrne p Bickford p Cole,Di ss 9>S Hemus 2b W 2/fl 7>e4.B-1 Ryan ph 3/fl Martin,M p 6 8 Yvars c 31.1-2 k 1: CS3(25).1-2 Thunderbolts IN OUT ER Royal Giants IN OUT ER Lopat A1 E1 1 W 7-8 Martin,M A1 C7 3 L 3-9 Rogovin C8 D3 0 Byrne D4 D7 0 Bickford D8 E1 1 Church E2 E4 0 Scheib E5 E5 0 8/28/1953, HOO53-BRK53, game 2, Ebbets Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Thunderbolts 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 10 1 9 2 1953 Royal Giants 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 2 9 0 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Thunderbolts batting 0-0 0 --- 22 Joost grounded out to first (BBCFX) 0-0 1 --- 22 O'Brien,J flied out to center (BSSBX) 0-0 2 --- 20 Cox flied out to left (BBX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Royal Giants batting 0-0 0 --- 21 Ashburn flied out to right (BCBX) 0-0 1 --- 32 Hermanski struck out (BBCBSFS) 0-0 2 --- 21 Repulski lined a single to right (BCBX) 0-0 2 1-- 10 Dyck singled , Repulski out at second (BX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Thunderbolts batting 0-0 0 --- 31 Irvin grounded a single between third and short (CBBBX) 0-0 0 1-- 32 Nieman doubled deep to left center, Irvin scored (CBBBFX) 1-0 0 -2- 11 Slaughter grounded out to second, Nieman to third (BCX) 1-0 1 --3 21 Batts grounded a single between third and short, Nieman scored (BFBX) 2-0 1 1-- 31 Bilko flied out to center (BBBFX) 2-0 2 1-- 31 Lopat lined a single to left center, Batts to third (BBSBX) 2-0 2 1-3 30 Joost walked, Lopat to second (BBBB) 2-0 2 123 10 O'Brien,J lined a single to shallow left, Batts scored, Lopat out at home, Joost to second (BX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Royal Giants batting 3-0 0 --- 22 Torgeson lined a single up the middle (BCBFX) 3-0 0 1-- 11 Hunter lined a single to shallow left, Torgeson to second (CBX) 3-0 0 12- 00 Torgeson was caught stealing third, Hunter to second (>S) 3-0 1 -2- 22 McCullough flied out to left (>S.CBBFX) 3-0 2 -2- 30 Hemus walked (BBBB) 3-0 2 12- 00 Martin,M popped out to short (X) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Thunderbolts batting 3-0 0 --- 01 Cox flied out to left (CX) 3-0 1 --- 10 Irvin grounded out to first (BX) 3-0 2 --- 11 Nieman grounded out to first (BFX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Royal Giants batting 3-0 0 --- 21 Ashburn lined a single to right (BbSBX) 3-0 0 1-- 22 Hermanski struck out (FFBBFS) 3-0 1 1-- 12 Repulski lined a single to left, Ashburn to second (BFSX) 3-0 1 12- 20 Dyck grounded a single up the middle, Ashburn scored, Repulski to third (BBX) 3-1 1 1-3 32 Torgeson grounded into a double play, Joost to O'Brien,J to Bilko (BCBFFBX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Thunderbolts batting 3-1 0 --- 10 Slaughter grounded out to second (BX) 3-1 1 --- 22 Batts grounded out to third (BCBSFFFFX) 3-1 2 --- 22 Bilko grounded out to first (BCBCFX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Royal Giants batting 3-1 0 --- 00 Hunter flied out to left (X) 3-1 1 --- 00 McCullough lined a single to shallow center (X) 3-1 1 1-- 12 Hemus popped out to the catcher (BFFX) 3-1 2 1-- 22 Martin,M flied out to center (SFBBFX) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Thunderbolts batting 3-1 0 --- 01 Lopat flied out to center (CX) 3-1 1 --- 00 Joost flied out to left (X) 3-1 2 --- 12 O'Brien,J flied out to center (SBFX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Royal Giants batting 3-1 0 --- 01 Ashburn grounded a single between first and second (FX) 3-1 0 1-- 01 Hermanski grounded into a double play, Bilko to Joost to Bilko (SX) 3-1 2 --- 22 Repulski flied out to left (FBFFFBFX) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Thunderbolts batting 3-1 0 --- 00 Cox to first on an error by the second baseman Hemus (X) 3-1 0 1-- 10 Irvin lined out to right (BX) 3-1 1 1-- 00 Nieman doubled deep to left, Cox to third (X) 3-1 1 -23 10 Slaughter lined out to right (BX) 3-1 2 -23 12 Batts flied out to left (CFFBX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Royal Giants batting 3-1 0 --- 12 Dyck grounded out to second (BCFFX) 3-1 1 --- 12 Torgeson reached on an infield single to first (CFBX) 3-1 1 1-- 22 Hunter struck out (BFFFBFFFS) 3-1 2 1-- 01 McCullough lined out to short (CX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Thunderbolts batting Yvars now playing catcher Rogovin now pitching 3-1 0 --- 32 Bilko flied out to center (BBCBFX) 3-1 1 --- 12 Lopat grounded a double down the first base line (SBSX) 3-1 1 -2- 32 Joost walked (BCBBFB) 3-1 1 12- 12 O'Brien,J struck out (SBCC) 3-1 2 12- 00 Cox lined out to center (X) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Royal Giants batting 3-1 0 --- 20 Hemus to first on an error by the second baseman O'Brien,J (BBX) 3-1 0 1-- 00 Yvars grounded out to first, Hemus to second (>X) 3-1 1 -2- 21 Ashburn grounded out to second, Hemus to third (CBBX) 3-1 2 --3 12 Hermanski grounded out to third (BFFX) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Thunderbolts batting Byrne now pitching 3-1 0 --- 21 Irvin grounded a single between third and short (BCBX) 3-1 0 1-- 12 Nieman struck out (CSBS) 3-1 1 1-- 20 Slaughter grounded to first, forcing Irvin at second, Slaughter to first (BBX) 3-1 2 1-- 31 Batts walked, Slaughter to second (SBBBB) Bickford now pitching 3-1 2 12- 32 Bilko grounded out to second (BBCSB>X) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Royal Giants batting 3-1 0 --- 20 Repulski lined a single to left center (BBX) 3-1 0 1-- 10 Dyck lined out to left (BX) 3-1 1 1-- 12 Torgeson struck out (BCCC) 3-1 2 1-- 02 Hunter grounded to short, forcing Repulski at second (CFX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Thunderbolts batting 3-1 0 --- 20 Lopat popped out to second (BBX) 3-1 1 --- 32 Joost walked (CBSBBB) Cole,Di now playing shortstop Church now pitching 3-1 1 1-- 01 O'Brien,J lined a double to right center, Joost scored (CX) 4-1 1 -2- 00 Cox grounded out to short (X) 4-1 2 -2- 21 O'Brien,J to third, Irvin to first on an error by the first baseman Torgeson (BBFX) Scheib now pitching 4-1 2 1-3 01 Nieman grounded a double down the first base line, O'Brien,J scored, Irvin out at home (FX) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Royal Giants batting Martin,Bi now playing second base 5-1 0 --- 11 Cole,Di reached on an infield single to short (CBX) Ryan pinch hitting for Hemus 5-1 0 1-- 10 Ryan popped out to first (BX) 5-1 1 1-- 12 Yvars struck out (FBCFS) 5-1 2 1-- 01 Ashburn grounded to third, forcing Cole,Di at second (CX)