5/21/1953, WOR53-KCB53, Griffith Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Grays 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 14 0 9 1 1953 Blues 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 5 0 Grays AB R H BI AVG Blues AB R H BI AVG Yost 3b 5 1 1 0 .255 Lund rf 4 0 1 0 .206 O'Connell 2b 5 1 2 2 .276 Courtney c 4 0 1 0 .304 Hodges 1b 5 0 1 0 .230 Westlake lf 3 0 0 0 .296 Seminick c 4 0 1 1 .274 Adcock 1b 3 0 0 0 .275 Vollmer lf 5 1 2 1 .224 Bridges 3b 4 0 0 0 .252 Bell cf 4 1 1 0 .325 Evers cf 3 0 0 0 .158 McGhee rf 5 1 2 1 .371 Runnels ss 2 0 0 0 .207 Strickland ss 4 1 3 1 .274 Friend,O 2b 3 0 1 0 .254 Gray p 4 1 1 1 .154 Raffensberger p 0 0 0 0 .000 41 7 14 7 Freeman p 0 0 0 0 .000 Mueller ph 1 0 0 0 .349 Newsom p 1 0 0 0 .000 Moreno p 0 0 0 0 .000 Campanella ph 1 0 0 0 .331 Erickson p 0 0 0 0 .000 29 0 3 0 Grays INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Gray W 6-2 9.0 3 0 0 3 8 125 79 3.66 9.0 3 0 0 3 8 125 79 Blues INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Raffensberger L 1-4 1.0 8 7 7 0 0 37 26 4.88 Freeman 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 24 17 2.20 Newsom 3.2 4 0 0 2 2 58 36 1.80 Moreno 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 13 9 5.40 Erickson 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 13 9 4.80 9.0 14 7 7 2 3 145 97 KCB: Mueller batted for Freeman in the 3rd Campanella batted for Moreno in the 8th E-Lund, Runnels, Friend,O. 2B-O'Connell 2(7), McGhee(8), Strickland(8). 3B-Strickland(2). HR-Vollmer(1). RBI-O'Connell 2(17), Seminick(20), Vollmer(14), McGhee(9), Strickland(20), Gray(1). K-Seminick, Vollmer, McGhee, Lund, Westlake, Adcock, Bridges, Friend,O, Mueller, Newsom, Campanella. BB-Seminick, Bell, Westlake, Adcock, Runnels. GWRBI: Vollmer Temperature: 74, Field: wet, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: right to left at 12 MPH. 5/21/1953, WOR53-KCB53, Griffith Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Grays 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 14 0 9 1 1953 Blues 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 5 0 Grays -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Yost 3b 1>9 S.1-2 9 6>2/fl 8>9 O'Connell 2b D D.2-H;1-H 4>Newsom 63 7 43 Hodges 1b 7 Freeman 63 S.B-2(e9) 6 63.2-3 Seminick c 53 S.3-H k W 9>Erickson 4/L Vollmer lf 2>HR 14/f.B-1 5>k e4/fl S 64/f Bell cf S 9 W 7>13 8 McGhee rf D.1-H 3>3/L 64/f.B-1 S k Strickland ss T.2-H e6.B-1 D.1-3 S.1x3(85) Gray p S.3-H 16/b/f.B-1 8 Moreno 64/f Blues -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Lund rf 1>S 13 6>k 3/fl Courtney c S.1-2 63 8 53 Westlake lf note 1 4>k W 9>43 Adcock 1b IW 63 64/f k Bridges 3b 46/f 43 7>3/fl k Evers cf 2>43 5>8 3 Runnels ss 63 6 W Friend,O 2b 7 S k Raffensberger p Freeman p Mueller ph 3>k Newsom p k Moreno p Campanella ph 8>k Erickson p 1: 643/gdp.2-3 Grays IN OUT ER Blues IN OUT ER Gray A1 D5 0 W 6-2 Raffensberger A1 B2 7 L 1-4 Freeman B3 C1 0 Newsom C2 D8 0 Moreno D9 E3 0 Erickson E4 E7 0 5/21/1953, WOR53-KCB53, Griffith Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Grays 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 14 0 9 1 1953 Blues 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 5 0 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Grays batting 0-0 0 --- 32 Yost flied out to right (SBBCFBFX) 0-0 1 --- 11 O'Connell lined a double down the right field line (BCX) 0-0 1 -2- 21 Hodges flied out to left (FBBX) 0-0 2 -2- 22 Seminick grounded out to third (CBBCX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Blues batting 0-0 0 --- 21 Lund reached on an infield single to the pitcher (BFBX) 0-0 0 1-- 21 Courtney lined a single to shallow left, Lund to second (BBFX) 0-0 0 12- 20 Westlake grounded into a double play, Strickland to O'Connell to Hodges, Lund to third (BBX) 0-0 2 --3 30 Adcock was walked intentionally (IIII) 0-0 2 1-3 30 Bridges grounded to second, forcing Adcock at second (BBBX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Grays batting 0-0 0 --- 10 Vollmer homered deep to left (BX) 1-0 0 --- 02 Bell lined a single between third and short (SSX) 1-0 0 1-- 12 McGhee doubled deep to right center, Bell scored (CCBX) 2-0 0 -2- 11 Strickland tripled deep to right center, McGhee scored (BFX) 3-0 0 --3 01 Gray reached on an infield single to first, Strickland scored (FX) 4-0 0 1-- 00 Yost lined a single to shallow right, Gray to second (X) 4-0 0 12- 01 O'Connell lined a double to right center, Gray scored, Yost scored (CX) Freeman now pitching 6-0 0 -2- 12 Hodges grounded out to short, O'Connell to third (BFSX) 6-0 1 --3 21 Seminick lined a single to left, O'Connell scored (BCBX) 7-0 1 1-- 02 Vollmer grounded to the mound, forcing Seminick at second, Vollmer to first (CSX) 7-0 2 1-- 21 Bell flied out to right (BBCX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Blues batting 7-0 0 --- 00 Evers grounded out to second (X) 7-0 1 --- 11 Runnels grounded out to short (CBX) 7-0 2 --- 12 Friend,O flied out to left (BCSX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Grays batting 7-0 0 --- 00 McGhee lined out to first (X) 7-0 1 --- 11 Strickland to first on an error by the shortstop Runnels (BCX) 7-0 1 1-- 00 Gray bunted into an out to the mound, forcing Strickland at second, Gray to first (Xb) 7-0 2 1-- 12 Yost flied out to right (BFFX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Blues batting Mueller pinch hitting for Freeman 7-0 0 --- 32 Mueller struck out (BBBFCFFFS) 7-0 1 --- 02 Lund grounded out to the mound (SFX) 7-0 2 --- 21 Courtney grounded out to short (BBFX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Grays batting Newsom now pitching 7-0 0 --- 11 O'Connell grounded out to second (CBX) 7-0 1 --- 01 Hodges grounded out to short (CX) 7-0 2 --- 12 Seminick struck out (CCBS) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Blues batting 7-0 0 --- 02 Westlake struck out (CFS) 7-0 1 --- 22 Adcock grounded out to short (BFFBFX) 7-0 2 --- 20 Bridges grounded out to second (BBX) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Grays batting 7-0 0 --- 32 Vollmer struck out (BSCBFBS) 7-0 1 --- 32 Bell walked (FBBFBB) 7-0 1 1-- 01 McGhee grounded to short, forcing Bell at second, McGhee to first (CX) 7-0 2 1-- 01 Strickland doubled deep down the right field line, McGhee to third (CX) 7-0 2 -23 11 Gray flied out to center (BSX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Blues batting 7-0 0 --- 12 Evers flied out to center (SBFX) 7-0 1 --- 10 Runnels popped out to short (BX) 7-0 2 --- 02 Friend,O grounded a single between third and short (CSX) 7-0 2 1-- 12 Newsom struck out (SBFFS) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Grays batting 7-0 0 --- 10 Yost popped out to the catcher (BX) 7-0 1 --- 11 O'Connell grounded out to short (CBX) 7-0 2 --- 00 Hodges lined a single to shallow right, Hodges to second on an error by the right fielder Lund (X) 7-0 2 -2- 30 Seminick walked (BBBB) 7-0 2 12- 01 Vollmer continues to bat after the second baseman Friend,O dropped a foul popup for an error (SXF) 7-0 2 12- 02 Vollmer grounded to short, forcing Seminick at second (SXF.X) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Blues batting 7-0 0 --- 22 Lund struck out (BFBFS) 7-0 1 --- 22 Courtney lined out to center (BBFSX) 7-0 2 --- 32 Westlake walked (BBCCBFB) 7-0 2 1-- 00 Adcock grounded to short, forcing Westlake at second (X) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Grays batting 7-0 0 --- 22 Bell grounded out to the mound (BBFFFFX) 7-0 1 --- 31 McGhee grounded a single up the middle (BCBBX) 7-0 1 1-- 11 Strickland grounded a single up the middle, McGhee out at third (SBX) Moreno now pitching 7-0 2 1-- 02 Gray grounded to short, forcing Strickland at second (FCFX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Blues batting 7-0 0 --- 01 Bridges popped out to first (CX) 7-0 1 --- 01 Evers popped out to first (CX) 7-0 2 --- 30 Runnels walked (BBBB) 7-0 2 1-- 22 Friend,O struck out (FFBFFFBS) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Grays batting 7-0 0 --- 00 Yost lined out to right (X) 7-0 1 --- 20 O'Connell flied out to left (BBX) 7-0 2 --- 22 Hodges popped out to short (SCBBX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Blues batting Campanella pinch hitting for Moreno 7-0 0 --- 32 Campanella struck out (CBFBFFFBS) 7-0 1 --- 00 Lund popped out to first (X) 7-0 2 --- 11 Courtney grounded out to third (BCX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Grays batting Erickson now pitching 7-0 0 --- 01 Seminick lined out to second (CX) 7-0 1 --- 11 Vollmer lined a single to shallow left (SBX) 7-0 1 1-- 10 Bell flied out to center (BX) 7-0 2 1-- 22 McGhee struck out (BBFCFC) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Blues batting 7-0 0 --- 01 Westlake grounded out to second (CX) 7-0 1 --- 02 Adcock struck out (FSS) 7-0 2 --- 12 Bridges struck out (BSSS)