9/4/1953, EKL53-HOO53, game 2, Briggs Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Larks 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 11 0 8 0 1953 Thunderbolts 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 x 6 7 0 4 0 Larks AB R H BI AVG Thunderbolts AB R H BI AVG Kuenn ss 5 0 0 0 .265 Slaughter rf 4 1 1 0 .289 Michaels 2b 4 0 1 0 .249 Nieman lf 4 2 2 0 .328 Waitkus ph 1 0 0 0 .306 Cox 3b 4 0 0 0 .329 Thomson rf 5 1 1 0 .288 Irvin cf 3 2 1 1 .353 Mantle lf 3 1 1 1 .279 Bilko 1b 3 1 0 1 .223 Busby cf 4 1 2 1 .301 Martin,Bi 2b 3 0 1 1 .259 Adams 3b 4 0 3 0 .275 Belardi ph 1 0 1 3 .276 Hatfield 3b 0 0 0 0 .228 Wade p 0 0 0 0 .143 Glynn 1b 3 0 0 0 .313 Garagiola c 3 0 0 0 .257 Murray c 3 0 2 1 .299 DeMaestri ss 3 0 0 0 .261 Garver p 3 1 1 1 .125 Shea p 2 0 0 0 .125 Scarborough p 0 0 0 0 .000 Easter ph 1 0 1 0 .333 35 4 11 4 Erskine pr 0 0 0 0 .169 O'Brien,J 2b 0 0 0 0 .281 31 6 7 6 Larks INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Garver L 6-10 7.2 7 6 6 3 3 132 89 5.47 Scarborough 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5.25 8.0 7 6 6 3 3 133 90 Thunderbolts INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Shea W 8-9 8.0 11 4 4 2 3 125 74 4.56 Wade S 8 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 11 6 6.28 9.0 11 4 4 2 4 136 80 EKL: Hatfield inserted at 3b in the 8th Waitkus batted for Michaels in the 9th HOO: Easter batted for Shea in the 8th Erskine ran for Easter in the 8th Belardi batted for Martin,Bi in the 8th O'Brien,J inserted at 2b in the 9th 2B-Michaels(3), Thomson(21), Mantle(18), Murray(18), Nieman 2(29), Irvin(22). 3B-Belardi(3). HR-Garver(2). RBI-Mantle(47), Busby(66), Murray(19), Garver(3), Irvin(69), Bilko(53), Martin,Bi(53), Belardi 3(35). K-Thomson, Mantle, Glynn 2, Martin,Bi, DeMaestri, Shea. BB-Mantle, Murray, Irvin, Bilko, Garagiola. SH-Glynn, Garver. GWRBI: Belardi Temperature: 74, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 17 MPH. 9/4/1953, EKL53-HOO53, game 2, Briggs Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Larks 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 11 0 8 0 1953 Thunderbolts 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 x 6 7 0 4 0 Larks -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Kuenn ss 1>43 43.2-3 4 63 9>Wade 43 Michaels 2b 63 43 D.Bx3(765) 7>53 Waitkus ph 43 Thomson rf D 3>53 5>43 63 k Mantle lf D.2-H W k 7 Busby cf S.2-H 6 9 8>S Adams 3b S.1-2 S.1-3 6>S 8 Hatfield 3b Glynn 1b k 8 14/SH.1-2 k Murray c 2>S 4>53 W D.1-H Garver p 54/SH.1-2 HR 1/b 7 Scarborough p Thunderbolts -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Slaughter rf 1>S 43 43 36/f.B-1 Nieman lf 64/f.B-1 4>D 9 D.1-3 Cox 3b 9 43.2-3 6>63 9 Irvin cf 8 D.3-H 13 W Bilko 1b 2>63 3/g.2-3 7 note 1 Martin,Bi 2b k S.3-H 7>31 Belardi ph note 2 Wade p Garagiola c 3/g W.1-2 53 note 3 9 DeMaestri ss 3>3/g 5/f k Shea p 8 5>k Easter ph 8>S Erskine pr O'Brien,J 2b 1: W.3-H;2-3;1-2 2: T.3-H;2-H;1-H 3: Scarborough Larks IN OUT ER Thunderbolts IN OUT ER Garver A1 D6 6 L 6-10 Shea A1 D9 4 W 8-9 Scarborough D7 D7 0 Wade E1 E3 0 S 8 9/4/1953, EKL53-HOO53, game 2, Briggs Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Larks 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 11 0 8 0 1953 Thunderbolts 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 x 6 7 0 4 0 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Larks batting 0-0 0 --- 21 Kuenn grounded out to second (CBBX) 0-0 1 --- 31 Michaels grounded out to short (BBCBX) 0-0 2 --- 01 Thomson lined a double to left center (CX) 0-0 2 -2- 31 Mantle lined a double to left center, Thomson scored (BBFBX) 1-0 2 -2- 10 Busby lined a single to right, Mantle scored (BX) 2-0 2 1-- 01 Adams lined a single to left, Busby to second (CX) 2-0 2 12- 22 Glynn struck out (FFBBS) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Thunderbolts batting 2-0 0 --- 11 Slaughter lined a single to left (CBX) 2-0 0 1-- 31 Nieman grounded to short, forcing Slaughter at second, Nieman to first (BBBCX) 2-0 1 1-- 22 Cox lined out to right (CBFBFX) 2-0 2 1-- 01 Irvin flied out to center (CX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Larks batting 2-0 0 --- 32 Murray lined a single to shallow center (SCFBBBX) 2-0 0 1-- 01 Garver sacrifice bunted to third, Murray to second (FbXb) 2-0 1 -2- 32 Kuenn grounded out to second, Murray to third (CFBFFBFBX) 2-0 2 --3 12 Michaels grounded out to second (FBFFX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Thunderbolts batting 2-0 0 --- 12 Bilko grounded out to short (BFSX) 2-0 1 --- 02 Martin,Bi struck out (SFS) 2-0 2 --- 10 Garagiola grounded out to first (BX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Larks batting 2-0 0 --- 21 Thomson grounded out to third (BCBX) 2-0 1 --- 30 Mantle walked (BBBB) 2-0 1 1-- 10 Busby popped out to short (BX) 2-0 2 1-- 11 Adams grounded a single between first and second, Mantle to third (1FBX) 2-0 2 1-3 00 Glynn flied out to center (X) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Thunderbolts batting 2-0 0 --- 22 DeMaestri grounded out to first (FBCBX) 2-0 1 --- 12 Shea flied out to center (SBCX) 2-0 2 --- 22 Slaughter grounded out to second (BFBFX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Larks batting 2-0 0 --- 00 Murray grounded out to third (X) 2-0 1 --- 00 Garver homered deep down the left-field line (X) 3-0 1 --- 20 Kuenn popped out to second (BBX) 3-0 2 --- 01 Michaels lined a double to left center, Michaels out at third (FX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Thunderbolts batting 3-0 0 --- 01 Nieman doubled deep to right (FX) 3-0 0 -2- 21 Cox grounded out to second, Nieman to third (CBBX) 3-0 1 --3 11 Irvin doubled to left center, Nieman scored (CBX) 3-1 1 -2- 00 Bilko grounded out to first, Irvin to third (X) 3-1 2 --3 01 Martin,Bi lined a single to left, Irvin scored (CX) 3-2 2 1-- 32 Garagiola walked, Martin,Bi to second (FBFFFFFFBFFFFB>B) 3-2 2 12- 12 DeMaestri grounded to third, forcing Martin,Bi at third (BCFFX) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Larks batting 3-2 0 --- 21 Thomson grounded out to second (BBFX) 3-2 1 --- 22 Mantle struck out (BFCBC) 3-2 2 --- 32 Busby flied out to right (BBBCCFX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Thunderbolts batting 3-2 0 --- 22 Shea struck out (CFBBFS) 3-2 1 --- 01 Slaughter grounded out to second (CX) 3-2 2 --- 32 Nieman flied out to right (BBBCCFX) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Larks batting 3-2 0 --- 31 Adams lined a single to right center (BBBCX) 3-2 0 1-- 00 Glynn sacrifice bunted to the mound, Adams to second (Xb) 3-2 1 -2- 31 Murray walked (BBBCB) 3-2 1 12- 00 Garver popped out on a bunt to the mound (Xb) 3-2 2 12- 00 Kuenn grounded out to short (2X) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Thunderbolts batting 3-2 0 --- 01 Cox grounded out to short (CX) 3-2 1 --- 00 Irvin grounded out to the mound (X) 3-2 2 --- 12 Bilko flied out to left (CBCX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Larks batting 3-2 0 --- 00 Michaels grounded out to third (X) 3-2 1 --- 21 Thomson grounded out to short (BBCX) 3-2 2 --- 21 Mantle popped out to left (BFBX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Thunderbolts batting 3-2 0 --- 00 Martin,Bi grounded out to first (X) 3-2 1 --- 20 Garagiola grounded out to third (BBX) 3-2 2 --- 12 DeMaestri struck out (CCBS) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Larks batting 3-2 0 --- 32 Busby lined a single to left (CBBBFX) 3-2 0 1-- 11 Adams flied out to center (CB1X) 3-2 1 1-- 12 Glynn struck out (1F1CFBFF1S) 3-2 2 1-- 00 Murray doubled deep to right center, Busby scored (X) 4-2 2 -2- 00 Garver flied out to left (X) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Thunderbolts batting Hatfield now playing third base Easter pinch hitting for Shea 4-2 0 --- 21 Easter grounded a single between first and second (CBBX) Erskine pinch running for Easter 4-2 0 1-- 02 Slaughter grounded to first, forcing Erskine at second, Slaughter to first (CFX) 4-2 1 1-- 22 Nieman doubled deep to right center, Slaughter to third (CBCFBX) 4-2 1 -23 12 Cox flied out to right (CBFX) 4-2 2 -23 32 Irvin walked (BCBSBB) 4-2 2 123 32 Bilko walked, Slaughter scored, Nieman to third, Irvin to second (CBBBS>F>B) Belardi pinch hitting for Martin,Bi 4-3 2 123 00 Belardi tripled deep to right center, Nieman scored, Irvin scored, Bilko scored (X) Scarborough now pitching 4-6 2 --3 00 Garagiola flied out to right (X) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Larks batting Wade now pitching O'Brien,J now playing second base 4-6 0 --- 21 Kuenn grounded out to second (BCBX) Waitkus pinch hitting for Michaels 4-6 1 --- 00 Waitkus grounded out to second (X) 4-6 2 --- 32 Thomson struck out (BBFSBS)