5/19/1954, WOR54-KCB54, game 1, Griffith Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E LOB DP 1954 Grays 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 11 0 10 1 1954 Blues 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 9 1 8 2 Grays AB R H BI AVG Blues AB R H BI AVG Yost 3b 6 1 2 1 .263 Runnels ss 4 0 1 0 .252 Smith,A lf 5 0 3 1 .259 Adcock 1b 5 0 0 0 .309 Bell cf 5 0 0 0 .295 Mueller lf 3 1 1 1 .350 Hodges 1b 5 1 1 0 .289 Evers lf 0 0 0 0 .000 Dittmer 2b 4 1 0 0 .214 Pesky ph 1 0 0 0 .158 Sarni c 5 0 2 0 .311 King,C lf 0 0 0 0 .000 Delsing rf 3 1 0 0 .349 Kaline rf 5 0 0 0 .250 Strickland ss 2 0 0 0 .245 Courtney c 5 0 1 1 .288 Amoros ph 1 0 0 0 .400 Jacobs 2b 5 0 4 0 .268 Dente ss 0 0 0 0 .229 Post cf 4 0 0 0 .233 Tipton ph 1 0 1 1 .600 Command 3b 2 0 1 0 .240 Portocarrero p 2 0 0 0 .211 Wertz ph 1 0 0 0 .308 Vollmer ph 1 0 1 0 .364 Baker,F 3b 1 0 0 0 .067 Nuxhall p 0 0 0 0 .188 McDonald p 0 0 0 0 .000 Zuverink p 0 0 0 0 .100 Staley p 0 0 0 0 .000 O'Connell ph 1 0 0 0 .230 Consuegra p 2 0 0 0 .176 Smith,F p 0 0 0 0 .000 Campanella ph 0 1 0 0 .213 Alston ph 1 1 1 2 .286 Liddle p 0 0 0 0 .111 McCall p 0 0 0 0 .000 Marrero p 0 0 0 0 .000 42 5 11 5 Lepcio ph 1 0 1 0 .203 39 2 9 2 Grays INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Portocarrero 7.0 5 1 0 1 5 90 59 3.90 Nuxhall 0.1 0 1 1 2 1 18 9 3.36 Zuverink 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 10 8 5.25 Smith,F W 2-2 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 37 22 1.42 McCall S 6 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 6 4 2.13 11.0 9 2 1 4 7 161 102 Blues INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Consuegra 8.0 6 1 1 0 0 91 61 2.15 Liddle BS 2 0.2 2 1 1 1 0 15 8 4.41 Marrero 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 14 8 6.53 McDonald L 0-1 0.1 0 3 3 3 0 21 6 2.53 Staley 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 17 10 7.40 11.0 11 5 5 5 0 158 93 WOR: Amoros batted for Strickland in the 8th Vollmer batted for Portocarrero in the 8th Dente inserted at ss in the 8th Tipton batted for Dente in the 9th O'Connell batted for Zuverink in the 9th Tipton moved to ss in the 9th Alston batted for Smith,F in the 11th KCB: Wertz batted for Command in the 8th Campanella batted for Consuegra in the 8th Baker,F inserted at 3b in the 9th Evers inserted at lf in the 9th Lepcio batted for Marrero in the 10th Pesky batted for Evers in the 10th King,C inserted at lf in the 11th Lepcio moved to 3b in the 11th E-Runnels. 2B-Smith,A(8), Alston(1). HR-Yost(7). RBI-Yost(20), Smith,A(22), Tipton(7), Alston 2(2), Mueller(16), Courtney(22). K-Runnels, Adcock, Kaline 2, Consuegra, Wertz, Pesky. BB-Bell, Dittmer, Delsing 2, Tipton, Runnels, Mueller, Post, Campanella. SH-Smith,A. PB-Sarni. GWRBI: Alston Temperature: 84, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: in from center at 1 MPH. 5/19/1954, WOR54-KCB54, game 1, Griffith Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E LOB DP 1954 Grays 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 11 0 10 1 1954 Blues 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 9 1 8 2 Grays -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Yost 3b 1>53 4>HR 9 8 0>S Smith,A lf 4 8 D.1-3 S.1-2 34/SH.1-2 Bell cf 6 8 63 6/f W Hodges 1b 2>9 53 7>53 9>Liddle 463/gdp S Dittmer 2b 8 5>3/g 8 43.1-2 1>McDonald W Sarni c 31 S S 9 5/fl Delsing rf 3>8 463/gdp 43 W W.1-2 Strickland ss 3/L 6>63 Amoros ph 8>9 Dente ss Tipton ph S.2-H;1-2 W.2-3;1-2 Portocarrero p 9 e6.B-1 Vollmer ph S Nuxhall p Zuverink p O'Connell ph Marrero 4 Smith,F p Staley Alston ph note 1 McCall p 1: D.3-H;2-H;1-3 Blues -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Runnels ss 1>41 k 6>31 W.1-2 S.1-2 Adcock 1b 31 4>7 k Zuverink 5/L 8.2-3 Mueller lf 43 W 53 S.3-H;1-3 Evers lf Pesky ph k King,C lf Kaline rf 2>7 k 7>k 9 63 Courtney c 63 pb.1-2 31 9>Smith,F 1>McCall note 1 9 8 Jacobs 2b S 5>S S 7 S Post cf 3/g 3/fl 54/f W 643/gdp Command 3b 3>9 S.1x3(85) 8>Nuxhall Wertz ph k Baker,F 3b 63 McDonald p Staley p Consuegra p 7 k Campanella ph W Liddle p Marrero p Lepcio ph 0>S 1: S.2-H;Bx2(854) Grays -----F------ -----G------ -----H------ -----I------ -----J------ Yost 3b note 1 Smith,A lf S.3-H;1-3 Bell cf 143 Hodges 1b Dittmer 2b Sarni c Delsing rf Strickland ss Amoros ph Dente ss Tipton ph Portocarrero p Vollmer ph Nuxhall p Zuverink p O'Connell ph Smith,F p Alston ph McCall p 1: 62.3xH;2-3;B-1 Blues -----F------ -----G------ -----H------ -----I------ -----J------ Runnels ss Adcock 1b Mueller lf Evers lf Pesky ph King,C lf Kaline rf Courtney c Jacobs 2b Post cf Command 3b Wertz ph Baker,F 3b McDonald p Staley p Consuegra p Campanella ph Liddle p Marrero p Lepcio ph Grays IN OUT ER Blues IN OUT ER Portocarrero A1 C7 0 Consuegra A1 D3 1 Nuxhall C8 D1 1 Liddle D4 D8 1 BS 2 Zuverink D2 D4 0 Marrero D9 E4 0 Smith,F D5 E4 0 W 2-2 McDonald E5 E8 3 L 0-1 McCall E5 E7 0 S 6 Staley E9 F3 0 5/19/1954, WOR54-KCB54, game 1, Griffith Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E LOB DP 1954 Grays 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 11 0 10 1 1954 Blues 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 9 1 8 2 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Grays batting 0-0 0 --- 00 Yost grounded out to third (X) 0-0 1 --- 00 Smith,A popped out to second (X) 0-0 2 --- 31 Bell popped out to short (BBSBX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Blues batting 0-0 0 --- 20 Runnels grounded out to second (BBX) 0-0 1 --- 11 Adcock grounded out to first (CBX) 0-0 2 --- 32 Mueller grounded out to second (BBBCCFX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Grays batting 0-0 0 --- 21 Hodges flied out to right (BBFX) 0-0 1 --- 12 Dittmer flied out to center (BCFX) 0-0 2 --- 12 Sarni grounded out to first (CFFBX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Blues batting 0-0 0 --- 20 Kaline flied out to left (BBX) 0-0 1 --- 11 Courtney grounded out to short (BCX) 0-0 2 --- 01 Jacobs lined a single to right center (CX) 0-0 2 1-- 01 Post grounded out to first (1CX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Grays batting 0-0 0 --- 02 Delsing flied out to center (CFFX) 0-0 1 --- 31 Strickland lined out to first (FBBBX) 0-0 2 --- 21 Portocarrero popped out to right (CBBX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Blues batting 0-0 0 --- 12 Command flied out to right (BSFFX) 0-0 1 --- 01 Consuegra flied out to left (CX) 0-0 2 --- 22 Runnels struck out (BSFBS) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Grays batting 0-0 0 --- 01 Yost homered deep to left (CX) 1-0 0 --- 10 Smith,A flied out to center (BX) 1-0 1 --- 00 Bell flied out to center (X) 1-0 2 --- 02 Hodges grounded out to third (CFX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Blues batting 1-0 0 --- 12 Adcock flied out to left (FFBX) 1-0 1 --- 30 Mueller walked (BBBB) 1-0 1 1-- 22 Kaline struck out (CBSBS) 1-0 2 1-- 12 Sarni allowed a passed ball, Mueller to second (BFFB) 1-0 2 -2- 32 Courtney lined a single to center, Mueller scored, Courtney out at second (BFFB.FFBX) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Grays batting 1-1 0 --- 12 Dittmer grounded out to first (FFBX) 1-1 1 --- 20 Sarni grounded a single between first and second (BBX) 1-1 1 1-- 00 Delsing grounded into a double play, Jacobs to Runnels to Adcock (X) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Blues batting 1-1 0 --- 00 Jacobs lined a single to left center (X) 1-1 0 1-- 00 Post popped out to first (X) 1-1 1 1-- 01 Command grounded a single up the middle, Jacobs out at third (FX) 1-1 2 1-- 12 Consuegra struck out (CFBC) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Grays batting 1-1 0 --- 11 Strickland grounded out to short (CBX) 1-1 1 --- 02 Portocarrero to first on an error by the shortstop Runnels (CCX) 1-1 1 1-- 00 Yost flied out to right (X) 1-1 2 1-- 00 Smith,A doubled down the right field line and shallow, Portocarrero to third (X) 1-1 2 -23 11 Bell grounded out to short (BCX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Blues batting 1-1 0 --- 01 Runnels grounded out to first (CX) 1-1 1 --- 22 Adcock struck out (BBSFS) 1-1 2 --- 21 Mueller grounded out to third (CBBX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Grays batting 1-1 0 --- 32 Hodges grounded out to third (SBCBBX) 1-1 1 --- 10 Dittmer flied out to center (BX) 1-1 2 --- 12 Sarni grounded a single between third and short (FBFFX) 1-1 2 1-- 12 Delsing grounded out to second (CBFX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Blues batting 1-1 0 --- 12 Kaline struck out (BCCS) 1-1 1 --- 11 Courtney grounded out to first (FBX) 1-1 2 --- 00 Jacobs grounded a single up the middle (X) 1-1 2 1-- 22 Post grounded to third, forcing Jacobs at second (CBFFFBX) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Grays batting Amoros pinch hitting for Strickland 1-1 0 --- 10 Amoros flied out to right (BX) Vollmer pinch hitting for Portocarrero 1-1 1 --- 00 Vollmer grounded a single up the middle (X) 1-1 1 1-- 12 Yost flied out to center (CCBX) 1-1 2 1-- 30 Smith,A lined a single to shallow center, Vollmer to second (BBBX) 1-1 2 12- 11 Bell grounded to short, forcing Smith,A at second (FBX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Blues batting Dente now playing shortstop Nuxhall now pitching Wertz pinch hitting for Command 1-1 0 --- 12 Wertz struck out (BCCS) Campanella pinch hitting for Consuegra 1-1 1 --- 32 Campanella walked (CFBBBFFB) 1-1 1 1-- 32 Runnels walked, Campanella to second (CBCBB>B) Zuverink now pitching 1-1 1 12- 02 Adcock flied out to center, Campanella to third (CFX) 1-1 2 1-3 12 Mueller grounded a single to right, Campanella scored, Runnels to third (BFFFX) 1-2 2 1-3 10 Kaline flied out to right (BX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Grays batting Baker,F now playing third base Liddle now pitching 1-2 0 --- 10 Hodges lined a single to shallow left (BX) Evers now playing left field 1-2 0 1-- 11 Dittmer grounded out to second, Hodges to second (CBX) 1-2 1 -2- 12 Sarni flied out to right (CBFX) 1-2 2 -2- 30 Delsing walked (BBBB) Tipton pinch hitting for Dente 1-2 2 12- 01 Tipton grounded a single up the middle, Hodges scored, Delsing to second (FX) O'Connell pinch hitting for Zuverink Marrero now pitching 2-2 2 12- 00 O'Connell popped out to second (X) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Blues batting Smith,F now pitching Tipton moved to shortstop 2-2 0 --- 12 Courtney flied out to right (CBFX) 2-2 1 --- 10 Jacobs flied out to left (BX) 2-2 2 --- 32 Post walked (BBCBCB) 2-2 2 1-- 32 Baker,F grounded out to short (BSCBFB>X) ************** Top of the 10th inning, Grays batting 2-2 0 --- 22 Yost lined a single to center (CCBBX) 2-2 0 1-- 00 Smith,A sacrifice bunted to first, Yost to second (Xb) 2-2 1 -2- 32 Bell walked (BBFBFB) 2-2 1 12- 00 Hodges grounded into a double play, Jacobs to Runnels to Adcock (X) ************** Bottom of the 10th inning, Blues batting Lepcio pinch hitting for Marrero 2-2 0 --- 12 Lepcio grounded a single between third and short (CCFBX) 2-2 0 1-- 00 Runnels reached on an infield single to short, Lepcio to second (>X) 2-2 0 12- 00 Adcock lined out to third (X) Pesky pinch hitting for Evers 2-2 1 12- 32 Pesky struck out (BBCBCS) 2-2 2 12- 22 Kaline grounded out to short (CBBCX) ************** Top of the 11th inning, Grays batting King,C now playing left field McDonald now pitching Lepcio moved to third base 2-2 0 --- 31 Dittmer walked (BBBCB) 2-2 0 1-- 32 Sarni popped out to third (BBCFBX) 2-2 1 1-- 32 Delsing walked, Dittmer to second (CFBBBB) 2-2 1 12- 30 Tipton walked, Dittmer to third, Delsing to second (BBBB) Staley now pitching Alston pinch hitting for Smith,F 2-2 1 123 11 Alston lined a double to right center, Dittmer scored, Delsing scored, Tipton to third (BFX) 4-2 1 -23 21 Yost grounded to short, Tipton out at home, Alston to third, Yost to first (CBBX) 4-2 2 1-3 11 Smith,A lined a single to right center, Alston scored, Yost to third (CBX) 5-2 2 1-3 32 Bell grounded out to the mound (BFBCFB>X) ************** Bottom of the 11th inning, Blues batting McCall now pitching 5-2 0 --- 10 Courtney lined out to center (BX) 5-2 1 --- 10 Jacobs grounded a single between third and short (BX) 5-2 1 1-- 01 Post grounded into a double play, Tipton to Dittmer to Hodges (CX)