9/4/1953, EKL53-HOO53, game 1, Briggs Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Larks 5 0 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 14 21 1 9 0 1953 Thunderbolts 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 0 8 14 2 15 1 Larks AB R H BI AVG Thunderbolts AB R H BI AVG Kuenn ss 6 1 2 1 .268 Joost ss 1 1 0 0 .326 Michaels 2b 4 0 0 0 .249 Rhodes ph 1 0 0 0 .276 Delock p 1 0 1 0 .250 Hofman 2b 2 0 0 0 .190 Scarborough p 0 0 0 0 .000 Elliott,B 3b 3 0 1 0 .215 Adams 3b 5 2 2 1 .270 Belardi ph 1 0 0 0 .269 Thomson rf 6 3 4 2 .289 DeMaestri ss 0 0 0 0 .265 Mantle lf 4 3 3 3 .279 Martin,Bi 2b 2 0 1 1 .259 Lown p 0 0 0 0 .067 O'Brien,J ph 2 1 1 0 .281 Hatfield 2b 2 0 0 0 .228 Black p 0 0 0 0 .250 Sievers 1b 4 3 3 1 .293 Jolly p 0 0 0 0 .000 Busby cf 5 1 2 2 .299 Branca p 0 0 0 0 .118 Moss c 5 0 1 2 .308 Garagiola ph 1 0 0 0 .262 Murray c 0 0 0 0 .293 Lane p 0 0 0 0 .000 Ford p 2 1 1 1 .196 Atwell ph 1 0 1 0 .259 Glynn lf 2 0 2 0 .316 Irvin cf 1 0 0 0 .353 46 14 21 13 Slaughter ph 2 1 0 0 .290 Souchock rf 3 1 1 0 .270 Nicholson ph 3 0 0 0 .268 Batts c 5 1 2 3 .236 Nieman lf 5 3 4 4 .326 Bilko 1b 4 0 1 0 .226 Lopat p 1 0 0 0 .115 Newhouser p 0 0 0 0 .500 Triandos ph 1 0 0 0 .216 Wade p 0 0 0 0 .143 Easter ph 1 0 1 0 .329 Cox 3b 1 0 1 0 .333 Pisoni ph 1 0 0 0 .500 42 8 14 8 Larks INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Ford 4.0 7 6 5 4 4 81 47 4.53 Lown 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 31 18 5.14 Delock W 4-1 3.2 5 1 1 3 5 74 46 2.31 Scarborough 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 5.30 9.0 14 8 7 8 10 191 114 Thunderbolts INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Lopat L 7-9 2.1 9 8 7 1 0 53 35 3.55 Newhouser 1.2 3 1 1 1 0 33 19 9.69 Wade 1.0 2 3 3 2 1 22 9 6.38 Black 0.0 2 2 2 0 0 3 3 6.13 Jolly 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 23 11 4.75 Branca 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 4.69 Lane 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 23 15 5.94 9.0 21 14 13 4 2 160 95 EKL: Glynn inserted at lf in the 5th Hatfield inserted at 2b in the 6th Murray inserted at c in the 8th HOO: Triandos batted for Newhouser in the 4th O'Brien,J batted for Martin,Bi in the 5th Slaughter batted for Irvin in the 5th Easter batted for Wade in the 5th Rhodes batted for Joost in the 5th Belardi batted for Elliott,B in the 5th Hofman inserted at 2b in the 6th DeMaestri inserted at ss in the 6th Slaughter moved to cf in the 6th Cox inserted at 3b in the 6th Nicholson batted for Souchock in the 6th Nicholson moved to rf in the 7th Garagiola batted for Branca in the 7th Pisoni batted for Cox in the 9th Atwell batted for Lane in the 9th E-Michaels, Joost, Souchock. 2B-Kuenn 2(15), Adams(11), Mantle(17), Delock(1), Batts 2(8), O'Brien,J(9). 3B-Glynn(2). HR-Thomson(13), Mantle(9), Busby(12), Nieman 3(9). RBI-Kuenn(28), Adams(39), Thomson 2(79), Mantle 3(46), Sievers(31), Busby 2(65), Moss 2(21), Ford(7), Martin,Bi(52), Batts 3(34), Nieman 4(44). K-Michaels, Busby, Joost, Elliott,B, Souchock, Bilko 3, Belardi, Hofman, Nicholson, Garagiola. BB-Michaels, Adams, Sievers, Ford, Joost 2, Irvin, Bilko, Slaughter 2, DeMaestri 2. PB-Moss. GWRBI: Adams Temperature: 82, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: left to right at 9 MPH. 9/4/1953, EKL53-HOO53, game 1, Briggs Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Larks 5 0 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 14 21 1 9 0 1953 Thunderbolts 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 0 8 14 2 15 1 Larks -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Kuenn ss 1>D 2>7 3/fl note 1 7 Michaels 2b 6 9 W.2-3;1-2 k 7 Delock p Scarborough p Adams 3b D.2-H 9 54/f W 7>S Thomson rf S.2-3 3>S 4>63 HR.1-H S.1-2 Mantle lf HR.3-H;1-H note 2 D 8 Lown p Hatfield 2b Branca 8.2-3 Sievers 1b S IW S.2-H 6>Black 643/gdp S Busby cf S.1-2 3 5/fl HR.1-H 8>Lane k Moss c note 3 note 4 5 Jolly 7 13 Murray c Ford p 9 Newhouser 5>Wade S.3-H;1-2 W Glynn lf S T 1: D.1-H;Bx3(945) 2: S.1-3;B-2(e9) 3: 46/f.2-H;B-2(e6/th) 4: S.3-H;2-H;1-3 Thunderbolts -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Joost ss 1>W k W.1-2 Rhodes ph 1/L Hofman 2b 54/f.B-1 Elliott,B 3b pb.1-2 3>k 8 S.2-3 Belardi ph k DeMaestri ss W.1-2 Martin,Bi 2b 63.3-H;1-2 S O'Brien,J ph 5>D 9 Black p Jolly p Branca p Garagiola ph k Lane p Atwell ph Irvin cf W 9 Slaughter ph W 6>Delock 43 53 Souchock rf note 1 k S.2-3;1-2 Nicholson ph 31 8>k Batts c 8 4>8 note 2 D 43 Nieman lf 2>7 HR Lown S.2-3 HR HR.2-H Bilko 1b k S W k k Lopat p e4.B-1 Newhouser p Triandos ph 5 Wade p Easter ph S.1-2 Cox 3b 7>S Pisoni ph 9>8 1: 54/f.2-3;B-1 2: D.3-H;2-H;1-H Larks -----F------ -----G------ -----H------ -----I------ -----J------ Kuenn ss 43 Michaels 2b Delock p 9>D Scarborough p Adams 3b 9 Thomson rf 63.2-3 Mantle lf Lown p Hatfield 2b 6 Sievers 1b Busby cf Moss c Murray c Ford p Glynn lf Thunderbolts -----F------ -----G------ -----H------ -----I------ -----J------ Joost ss Rhodes ph Hofman 2b k Elliott,B 3b Belardi ph DeMaestri ss W Martin,Bi 2b O'Brien,J ph Black p Jolly p Branca p Garagiola ph Lane p Atwell ph S.1-2 Irvin cf Slaughter ph W.2-3;1-2 Souchock rf Nicholson ph note 1 43 Batts c Nieman lf Bilko 1b Lopat p Newhouser p Triandos ph Wade p Easter ph Cox 3b Pisoni ph 1: Scarborough Larks IN OUT ER Thunderbolts IN OUT ER Ford A1 C6 5 Lopat A1 B8 7 L 7-9 Lown C7 D3 1 Newhouser B9 C8 1 Delock D4 F4 1 W 4-1 Wade C9 D5 3 Scarborough F5 F5 0 Black D6 D7 2 Jolly D8 E4 0 Branca E5 E6 0 Lane E7 F5 0 9/4/1953, EKL53-HOO53, game 1, Briggs Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Larks 5 0 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 14 21 1 9 0 1953 Thunderbolts 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 0 8 14 2 15 1 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Larks batting 0-0 0 --- 22 Kuenn grounded a double down the first base line (BFBFX) 0-0 0 -2- 10 Michaels popped out to short (BX) 0-0 1 -2- 22 Adams doubled deep to right center, Kuenn scored (BFBFX) 1-0 1 -2- 00 Thomson reached on an infield single to second, Adams to third (X) 1-0 1 1-3 12 Mantle homered deep to left center, Adams scored, Thomson scored (CFBX) 4-0 1 --- 10 Sievers grounded a single between first and second (BX) 4-0 1 1-- 02 Busby grounded a single between third and short, Sievers to second (FFX) 4-0 1 12- 01 Moss grounded to second, forcing Busby at second, Sievers scored, Moss to second on an error by the shortstop Joost (SX) 5-0 2 -2- 01 Ford flied out to right (CX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Thunderbolts batting 5-0 0 --- 32 Joost walked (BCFFBBB) 5-0 0 1-- 00 Moss allowed a passed ball, Joost to second (B) 5-0 0 -2- 21 Elliott,B lined a single to shallow left, Joost to third (B.CBX) 5-0 0 1-3 20 Martin,Bi grounded out to short, Joost scored, Elliott,B to second (BBX) 5-1 1 -2- 30 Irvin walked (BBBB) 5-1 1 12- 00 Souchock grounded to third, forcing Irvin at second, Elliott,B to third, Souchock to first (X) 5-1 2 1-3 02 Batts popped out to center (CSX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Larks batting 5-1 0 --- 32 Kuenn popped out to left (CFBBBFX) 5-1 1 --- 12 Michaels flied out to right (CSBX) 5-1 2 --- 12 Adams flied out to right (BFCFX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Thunderbolts batting 5-1 0 --- 01 Nieman flied out to left (FX) 5-1 1 --- 12 Bilko struck out (BCCFS) 5-1 2 --- 00 Lopat to first on an error by the second baseman Michaels (X) 5-1 2 1-- 12 Joost struck out (BCFS) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Larks batting 5-1 0 --- 10 Thomson lined a single to right center (BX) 5-1 0 1-- 00 Mantle lined a single to shallow right, Thomson to third, Mantle to second on an error by the right fielder Souchock (X) 5-1 0 -23 30 Sievers was walked intentionally (IIII) 5-1 0 123 11 Busby popped out to first (BCX) 5-1 1 123 00 Moss lined a single down the left field line, Thomson scored, Mantle scored, Sievers to third (X) Newhouser now pitching 7-1 1 1-3 21 Ford lined a single to shallow left, Sievers scored, Moss to second (BBSX) 8-1 1 12- 11 Kuenn popped out to first (BFX) 8-1 2 12- 32 Michaels walked, Moss to third, Ford to second (BFBFB>B) 8-1 2 123 02 Adams grounded to third, forcing Michaels at second (CFX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Thunderbolts batting 8-1 0 --- 12 Elliott,B struck out (CSBS) 8-1 1 --- 00 Martin,Bi lined a single to shallow left (X) 8-1 1 1-- 22 Irvin flied out to right (BBFCX) 8-1 2 1-- 12 Souchock struck out (FBCFS) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Larks batting 8-1 0 --- 22 Thomson grounded out to short (BBCFX) 8-1 1 --- 22 Mantle grounded a double down the first base line (BBFFX) 8-1 1 -2- 20 Sievers lined a single to shallow left, Mantle scored (BBX) 9-1 1 1-- 10 Busby popped out to third (BX) 9-1 2 1-- 01 Moss popped out to third (CX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Thunderbolts batting 9-1 0 --- 20 Batts flied out to center (BBX) 9-1 1 --- 11 Nieman homered deep to left (CBX) 9-2 1 --- 01 Bilko grounded a single up the middle (FX) Triandos pinch hitting for Newhouser 9-2 1 1-- 11 Triandos popped out to third (BCX) 9-2 2 1-- 31 Joost walked, Bilko to second (BBBCB) 9-2 2 12- 00 Elliott,B flied out to center (X) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Larks batting Wade now pitching 9-2 0 --- 30 Ford walked (BBBB) 9-2 0 1-- 00 Kuenn lined a double to right center, Ford scored, Kuenn out at third (X) 10-2 1 --- 22 Michaels struck out (BBFFS) 10-2 2 --- 31 Adams walked (CBBBB) 10-2 2 1-- 21 Thomson homered deep down the left-field line, Adams scored (SBBX) 12-2 2 --- 11 Mantle flied out to center (CBX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Thunderbolts batting O'Brien,J pinch hitting for Martin,Bi 12-2 0 --- 21 O'Brien,J doubled deep to left center (CBBX) Slaughter pinch hitting for Irvin 12-2 0 -2- 30 Slaughter walked (BBBB) 12-2 0 12- 22 Souchock lined a single to shallow right, O'Brien,J to third, Slaughter to second (FBSFBX) 12-2 0 123 00 Batts lined a double to right center, O'Brien,J scored, Slaughter scored, Souchock scored (X) Glynn now playing left field Lown now pitching 12-5 0 -2- 21 Nieman homered deep to left, Batts scored (BBSX) 12-7 0 --- 31 Bilko walked (CBBBB) Easter pinch hitting for Wade 12-7 0 1-- 22 Easter lined a single to shallow right, Bilko to second (CBSBX) Rhodes pinch hitting for Joost 12-7 0 12- 00 Rhodes lined out to the mound (X) Belardi pinch hitting for Elliott,B 12-7 1 12- 22 Belardi struck out (BBFFFS) 12-7 2 12- 32 O'Brien,J flied out to right (CFFFFBBB>F>X) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Larks batting Hofman now playing second base DeMaestri now playing shortstop Black now pitching Slaughter moved to center field Cox now playing third base 12-7 0 --- 01 Sievers grounded a single up the middle (FX) 12-7 0 1-- 00 Busby homered deep to left, Sievers scored (X) Jolly now pitching 14-7 0 --- 21 Moss grounded out to the mound (FBBX) 14-7 1 --- 21 Glynn reached on an infield single to second (CBBX) 14-7 1 1-- 21 Kuenn flied out to left (BBCX) 14-7 2 1-- 10 Michaels flied out to left (BX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Thunderbolts batting Hatfield now playing second base Delock now pitching 14-7 0 --- 01 Slaughter grounded out to third (CX) Nicholson pinch hitting for Souchock 14-7 1 --- 12 Nicholson grounded out to first (BFFX) 14-7 2 --- 20 Batts doubled deep to right center (BBX) 14-7 2 -2- 10 Nieman lined a single to left, Batts to third (BX) 14-7 2 1-3 32 Bilko struck out (CBBFFB>S) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Larks batting Nicholson moved to right field 14-7 0 --- 21 Adams lined a single to left (FBBX) 14-7 0 1-- 31 Thomson lined a single to shallow center, Adams to second (BBFBX) Branca now pitching 14-7 0 12- 00 Hatfield flied out to center, Adams to third (X) 14-7 1 1-3 01 Sievers grounded into a double play, DeMaestri to Hofman to Bilko (CX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Thunderbolts batting 14-7 0 --- 10 Cox grounded a single up the middle (BX) 14-7 0 1-- 22 Hofman grounded to third, forcing Cox at second, Hofman to first (BSFFFFBFX) 14-7 1 1-- 32 DeMaestri walked, Hofman to second (BBBCFFFB) Garagiola pinch hitting for Branca 14-7 1 12- 02 Garagiola struck out (CSC) 14-7 2 12- 10 Slaughter grounded out to second (BX) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Larks batting Lane now pitching 14-7 0 --- 12 Busby struck out (FSFBS) 14-7 1 --- 21 Moss flied out to left (BBSX) 14-7 2 --- 21 Glynn tripled deep to left center (CBBX) 14-7 2 --3 11 Kuenn grounded out to second (BCX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Thunderbolts batting Murray now playing catcher 14-7 0 --- 22 Nicholson struck out (CBFFBS) 14-7 1 --- 00 Batts grounded out to second (X) 14-7 2 --- 00 Nieman homered deep to left (X) 14-8 2 --- 12 Bilko struck out (BSCC) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Larks batting 14-8 0 --- 00 Delock doubled deep to left (X) 14-8 0 -2- 01 Adams flied out to right (CX) 14-8 1 -2- 00 Thomson grounded out to short, Delock to third (X) 14-8 2 --3 20 Hatfield popped out to short (BBX) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Thunderbolts batting Pisoni pinch hitting for Cox 14-8 0 --- 00 Pisoni flied out to center (X) 14-8 1 --- 02 Hofman struck out (SFS) 14-8 2 --- 31 DeMaestri walked (BBBCB) Atwell pinch hitting for Lane 14-8 2 1-- 22 Atwell reached on an infield single to short, DeMaestri to second (CBBFX) 14-8 2 12- 32 Slaughter walked, DeMaestri to third, Atwell to second (BBBCF>B) Scarborough now pitching 14-8 2 123 22 Nicholson grounded out to second (CBBFX)