5/23/1954, WOR54-KCB54, Griffith Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1954 Grays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 12 0 1954 Blues 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 x 3 7 3 4 0 Grays AB R H BI AVG Blues AB R H BI AVG Yost 3b 5 0 1 0 .254 Runnels ss 4 1 1 0 .261 Smith,A lf 4 0 1 0 .250 Adcock 1b 4 1 1 1 .294 Bell cf 4 0 0 0 .295 Mueller lf 4 0 1 0 .343 Hodges 1b 3 0 1 0 .304 Evers lf 0 0 0 0 .000 Dittmer 2b 3 0 0 0 .259 Kaline rf 4 0 0 1 .250 Sarni c 4 0 1 0 .283 Campanella c 3 0 0 0 .186 Delsing rf 4 0 1 0 .354 Jacobs 2b 3 0 1 0 .267 Tremel p 0 0 0 0 .000 Post cf 3 1 0 0 .222 Strickland ss 3 0 0 0 .236 Command 3b 3 0 2 0 .229 Gromek p 2 0 0 0 .130 Nixon p 3 0 1 1 .208 Amoros ph 1 0 0 0 .395 Baczewski p 0 0 0 0 .000 Smith,F p 0 0 0 0 .000 Strahs p 0 0 0 0 .000 Vollmer rf 1 0 0 0 .385 31 3 7 3 34 0 5 0 Grays INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Gromek L 5-5 6.0 4 2 2 0 6 78 54 4.35 Smith,F 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 14 9 1.77 Tremel 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 16 8 11.00 8.0 7 3 3 0 6 108 71 Blues INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Nixon W 4-3 7.2 4 0 0 4 6 133 77 3.45 Baczewski H 5 0.2 1 0 0 1 1 24 14 8.28 Strahs S 1 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 8 5 6.23 9.0 5 0 0 5 8 165 96 WOR: Amoros batted for Gromek in the 7th Vollmer inserted at rf in the 8th KCB: Evers inserted at lf in the 9th E-Runnels 2, Command. 2B-Delsing(6), Runnels(8), Adcock(18), Command(3). RBI-Adcock(26), Kaline(26), Nixon(2). K-Yost, Smith,A, Hodges, Sarni, Delsing, Strickland, Gromek, Amoros, Runnels, Adcock, Campanella, Command, Nixon 2. BB-Smith,A, Bell, Hodges, Dittmer, Strickland. GWRBI: Adcock Temperature: 83, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 17 MPH. 5/23/1954, WOR54-KCB54, Griffith Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1954 Grays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 12 0 1954 Blues 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 x 3 7 3 4 0 Grays -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Yost 3b 1>53 3>k 5>8 43 S.1-2 Smith,A lf W S 7 63 Strahs k Bell cf W.1-2 e6.1-2;B-1 e6.B-1 8>43 8 Hodges 1b note 1 k W.1-2 8 Dittmer 2b 8 54/f 9 W Sarni c 2>63 4>43 6>k S.1-3 Delsing rf e5.B-2 D 63 Baczewski k Tremel p Strickland ss 63.2-3 8 k 9>W Gromek p k 63 Amoros ph 7>k Smith,F p Vollmer rf 6/L 1: S.2xH(72);1-2 Blues -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Runnels ss 1>D 3>43 6>k 8 Adcock 1b D.2-H k 8 8>Tremel 53 Mueller lf 43.2-3 13 S 7 Evers lf Kaline rf 63.3-H 4>8 54/f 63 Campanella c k 4 7>Smith,F 63 Jacobs 2b 2>9 9 S Post cf 63 5>63 64/f.B-1 Command 3b D k S.1-3 Nixon p k k S.3-H;1-2 Baczewski p Strahs p Grays IN OUT ER Blues IN OUT ER Gromek A1 C4 2 L 5-5 Nixon A1 D6 0 W 4-3 Smith,F C5 D1 1 Baczewski D7 E1 0 H 5 Tremel D2 D4 0 Strahs E2 E3 0 S 1 5/23/1954, WOR54-KCB54, Griffith Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1954 Grays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 12 0 1954 Blues 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 x 3 7 3 4 0 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Grays batting 0-0 0 --- 10 Yost grounded out to third (BX) 0-0 1 --- 30 Smith,A walked (BBBB) 0-0 1 1-- 32 Bell walked, Smith,A to second (BFFFBBB) 0-0 1 12- 11 Hodges lined a single to shallow left, Smith,A out at home, Bell to second (FBX) 0-0 2 12- 11 Dittmer flied out to center (SBX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Blues batting 0-0 0 --- 10 Runnels grounded a double down the first base line (BX) 0-0 0 -2- 01 Adcock grounded a double down the first base line, Runnels scored (FX) 0-1 0 -2- 22 Mueller grounded out to second, Adcock to third (BBCFX) 0-1 1 --3 00 Kaline grounded out to short, Adcock scored (X) 0-2 2 --- 12 Campanella struck out (BSFS) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Grays batting 0-2 0 --- 22 Sarni grounded out to short (BFFBX) 0-2 1 --- 31 Delsing to second on an error by the third baseman Command (BBBFX) 0-2 1 -2- 00 Strickland grounded out to short, Delsing to third (X) 0-2 2 --3 22 Gromek struck out (FBBCS) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Blues batting 0-2 0 --- 12 Jacobs flied out to right (CFBX) 0-2 1 --- 22 Post grounded out to short (CFBBX) 0-2 2 --- 02 Command doubled deep to left center (CSX) 0-2 2 -2- 22 Nixon struck out (CFBBS) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Grays batting 0-2 0 --- 22 Yost struck out (CBFBC) 0-2 1 --- 31 Smith,A grounded a single up the middle (BBCBX) 0-2 1 1-- 10 Smith,A to second, Bell to first on an error by the shortstop Runnels (BX) 0-2 1 12- 12 Hodges struck out (SFBS) 0-2 2 12- 02 Dittmer grounded to third, forcing Bell at second (CCFX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Blues batting 0-2 0 --- 12 Runnels grounded out to second (FCBFX) 0-2 1 --- 32 Adcock struck out (BBBCFC) 0-2 2 --- 01 Mueller grounded out to the mound (CX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Grays batting 0-2 0 --- 12 Sarni grounded out to second (BSSX) 0-2 1 --- 11 Delsing doubled deep to right center (SBX) 0-2 1 -2- 21 Strickland popped out to center (BSBX) 0-2 2 -2- 12 Gromek grounded out to short (FFFFBX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Blues batting 0-2 0 --- 22 Kaline flied out to center (BBFFX) 0-2 1 --- 00 Campanella popped out to second (X) 0-2 2 --- 00 Jacobs flied out to right (X) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Grays batting 0-2 0 --- 00 Yost flied out to center (X) 0-2 1 --- 20 Smith,A flied out to left (BBX) 0-2 2 --- 00 Bell to first on an error by the shortstop Runnels (X) 0-2 2 1-- 32 Hodges walked, Bell to second (1BCFBB>F>F>B) 0-2 2 12- 00 Dittmer flied out to right (X) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Blues batting 0-2 0 --- 12 Post grounded out to short (CSBX) 0-2 1 --- 32 Command struck out (BBBCFC) 0-2 2 --- 32 Nixon struck out (BBCFBFC) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Grays batting 0-2 0 --- 32 Sarni struck out (BBFCBC) 0-2 1 --- 01 Delsing grounded out to short (FX) 0-2 2 --- 32 Strickland struck out (CBBSBS) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Blues batting 0-2 0 --- 12 Runnels struck out (FBCS) 0-2 1 --- 10 Adcock flied out to center (BX) 0-2 2 --- 00 Mueller lined a single to left center (X) 0-2 2 1-- 02 Kaline grounded to third, forcing Mueller at second (CFX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Grays batting Amoros pinch hitting for Gromek 0-2 0 --- 22 Amoros struck out (SBBFFFC) 0-2 1 --- 22 Yost grounded out to second (BFBSX) 0-2 2 --- 10 Smith,A grounded out to short (BX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Blues batting Smith,F now pitching 0-2 0 --- 00 Campanella grounded out to short (X) 0-2 1 --- 01 Jacobs grounded a single between first and second (FX) 0-2 1 1-- 11 Post grounded to short, forcing Jacobs at second, Post to first (BCX) 0-2 2 1-- 01 Command lined a single down the right field line, Post to third (CX) 0-2 2 1-3 10 Nixon lined a single up the middle, Post scored, Command to second (BX) 0-3 2 12- 30 Runnels flied out to center (BBBX) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Grays batting 0-3 0 --- 32 Bell grounded out to second (BFBBFX) 0-3 1 --- 22 Hodges flied out to center (BCFBX) 0-3 2 --- 31 Dittmer walked (SBBBB) 0-3 2 1-- 02 Sarni singled to left center, Dittmer to third (FFX) Baczewski now pitching 0-3 2 1-3 32 Delsing struck out (BCBFFB>F>S) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Blues batting Vollmer now playing right field Tremel now pitching 0-3 0 --- 32 Adcock grounded out to third (BBBCSFX) 0-3 1 --- 20 Mueller flied out to left (BBX) 0-3 2 --- 32 Kaline grounded out to short (BBBCFX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Grays batting 0-3 0 --- 32 Strickland walked (BBCBFB) Evers now playing left field 0-3 0 1-- 32 Vollmer lined out to short (CBFBBX) 0-3 1 1-- 02 Yost grounded a single up the middle, Strickland to second (FFFX) Strahs now pitching 0-3 1 12- 12 Smith,A struck out (BFFS) 0-3 2 12- 21 Bell flied out to center (BFBX)