9/1/1953, HOO53-BRK53, Ebbets Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Thunderbolts 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 9 0 3 3 1953 Royal Giants 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 5 1 Thunderbolts AB R H BI AVG Royal Giants AB R H BI AVG Joost ss 4 1 2 0 .324 Ashburn cf 3 0 1 1 .351 Slaughter rf 4 0 0 0 .287 Hermanski lf 4 0 1 0 .269 Souchock lf 4 1 1 2 .269 Torgeson 1b 3 0 0 0 .261 Nieman lf 0 0 0 0 .317 Ryan 2b 3 0 1 0 .312 Cox 3b 3 2 1 0 .328 Rogovin p 0 0 0 0 .034 Irvin cf 4 2 2 1 .351 Stephens,V 3b 1 0 0 0 .251 Batts c 4 0 1 1 .235 Repulski rf 4 0 1 0 .245 Bilko 1b 4 0 2 2 .226 Hunter ss 4 0 1 0 .167 O'Brien,J 2b 4 0 0 0 .268 McCullough c 4 1 3 0 .285 Martin,Bi 2b 0 0 0 0 .260 Dyck 3b 2 1 0 0 .217 Branca p 3 0 0 0 .118 Bickford p 0 0 0 0 .000 Rhodes ph 1 0 0 0 .283 Cavarretta ph 1 0 0 0 .087 Black p 0 0 0 0 .250 Cain p 1 0 0 0 .294 Koslo p 0 0 0 0 .095 Hemus ph 1 1 1 2 .293 35 6 9 6 Church p 0 0 0 0 .250 Cole,Di 2b 1 0 0 0 .302 32 3 9 3 Thunderbolts INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Branca W 4-8 8.0 7 3 3 2 3 113 64 4.73 Black H 2 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 6 4 5.74 Koslo S 1 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 3.92 9.0 9 3 3 2 3 127 73 Royal Giants INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Cain L 2-7 5.0 4 4 4 1 3 70 44 5.43 Church 1.0 3 2 2 0 1 14 12 6.19 Rogovin 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 16 10 7.41 Bickford 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 23 15 8.20 9.0 9 6 6 1 4 123 81 HOO: Nieman inserted at lf in the 8th Rhodes batted for Branca in the 9th Martin,Bi inserted at 2b in the 9th BRK: Hemus batted for Cain in the 5th Cole,Di inserted at 2b in the 7th Stephens,V inserted at 3b in the 8th Cavarretta batted for Bickford in the 9th 2B-Joost(9), Ryan(13). 3B-Irvin(3), Hemus(6). HR-Souchock(16). RBI-Souchock 2(49), Irvin(68), Batts(31), Bilko 2(51), Ashburn(24), Hemus 2(61). K-Souchock 2, Batts, Branca, Torgeson, Ryan, Hunter. BB-Cox, Torgeson, Dyck. SH-Ashburn. GWRBI: Irvin Temperature: 76, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: out to center at 15 MPH. 9/1/1953, HOO53-BRK53, Ebbets Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Thunderbolts 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 9 0 3 3 1953 Royal Giants 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 5 1 Thunderbolts -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Joost ss 1>13 3>D 43 S Slaughter rf 8 63 2/fl 9 Souchock lf k HR.2-H 6>Church 63 k Nieman lf Cox 3b 2>W 53 S 8>Bickford 63 Irvin cf T.1-H 63 S.1-3 7 Batts c 53 4>k S.3-H;1-3 8 Bilko 1b S.3-H 13 8.3-H 9>S O'Brien,J 2b 8 8 43 463/gdp Martin,Bi 2b Branca p 5 5>k 7>Rogovin 43 Rhodes ph 43 Black p Koslo p Royal Giants -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Ashburn cf 1>63 63 53/SH.3-H 8>S/b Hermanski lf S 4>13 63 7 Torgeson 1b 463/gdp 9 6>k W.1-2 Ryan 2b 2>k D 13 Rogovin p Stephens,V 3b 643/gdp Repulski rf 7 53 13 9>Black S Hunter ss S 5>9 7>k 63.1-2 McCullough c 8 S S S.2-3 Dyck 3b 3>13 W.1-2 8 Bickford p Cavarretta ph Koslo 543/gdp Cain p 43 Hemus ph T.2-H;1-H Church p Cole,Di 2b 7 Thunderbolts IN OUT ER Royal Giants IN OUT ER Branca A1 D4 3 W 4-8 Cain A1 C2 4 L 2-7 Black D5 D7 0 H 2 Church C3 C8 2 Koslo D8 D8 0 S 1 Rogovin C9 D3 0 Bickford D4 D9 0 9/1/1953, HOO53-BRK53, Ebbets Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1953 Thunderbolts 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 9 0 3 3 1953 Royal Giants 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 5 1 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Thunderbolts batting 0-0 0 --- 21 Joost grounded out to the mound (CBBX) 0-0 1 --- 10 Slaughter flied out to center (BX) 0-0 2 --- 02 Souchock struck out (CFFS) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Royal Giants batting 0-0 0 --- 22 Ashburn grounded out to short (SBBSX) 0-0 1 --- 32 Hermanski grounded a single up the middle (BCBBCX) 0-0 1 1-- 00 Torgeson grounded into a double play, O'Brien,J to Joost to Bilko (X) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Thunderbolts batting 0-0 0 --- 32 Cox walked (BBBFCB) 0-0 0 1-- 01 Irvin grounded a triple down the first base line, Cox scored (FX) 1-0 0 --3 00 Batts grounded out to third (X) 1-0 1 --3 10 Bilko lined a single to shallow right, Irvin scored (BX) 2-0 1 1-- 22 O'Brien,J popped out to center (CSBFBFX) 2-0 2 1-- 11 Branca popped out to third (1BFX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Royal Giants batting 2-0 0 --- 32 Ryan struck out (FFBFFBBS) 2-0 1 --- 00 Repulski flied out to left (X) 2-0 2 --- 22 Hunter grounded a single up the middle (FFBBX) 2-0 2 1-- 11 McCullough flied out to center (CBX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Thunderbolts batting 2-0 0 --- 31 Joost doubled deep to right center (BFBBX) 2-0 0 -2- 00 Slaughter grounded out to short (X) 2-0 1 -2- 32 Souchock homered deep to left, Joost scored (BFBFBX) 4-0 1 --- 00 Cox grounded out to third (X) 4-0 2 --- 21 Irvin grounded out to short (BFBX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Royal Giants batting 4-0 0 --- 32 Dyck grounded out to the mound (BBBCCX) 4-0 1 --- 10 Cain grounded out to second (BX) 4-0 2 --- 11 Ashburn grounded out to short (FBX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Thunderbolts batting 4-0 0 --- 12 Batts struck out (BCSS) 4-0 1 --- 10 Bilko grounded out to the mound (BX) 4-0 2 --- 00 O'Brien,J lined out to center (X) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Royal Giants batting 4-0 0 --- 21 Hermanski grounded out to the mound (BBFX) 4-0 1 --- 21 Torgeson flied out to right (BBCX) 4-0 2 --- 12 Ryan doubled deep to right (CSBX) 4-0 2 -2- 01 Repulski grounded out to third (FX) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Thunderbolts batting 4-0 0 --- 12 Branca struck out (SBSC) 4-0 1 --- 10 Joost grounded out to second (BX) 4-0 2 --- 32 Slaughter popped out to the catcher (CFFFBFBBX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Royal Giants batting 4-0 0 --- 32 Hunter flied out to right (BSBBCX) 4-0 1 --- 11 McCullough grounded a single up the middle (BFX) 4-0 1 1-- 31 Dyck walked, McCullough to second (BFBBB) Hemus pinch hitting for Cain 4-0 1 12- 10 Hemus lined a triple to right center, McCullough scored, Dyck scored (BX) 4-2 1 --3 00 Ashburn sacrifice bunted to third, Hemus scored (Xb) 4-3 2 --- 00 Hermanski grounded out to short (X) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Thunderbolts batting Church now pitching 4-3 0 --- 02 Souchock struck out (FFS) 4-3 1 --- 10 Cox lined a single to left center (BX) 4-3 1 1-- 02 Irvin lined a single to right center, Cox to third (FFX) 4-3 1 1-3 01 Batts singled to left center, Cox scored, Irvin to third (CX) 5-3 1 1-3 11 Bilko flied out to center, Irvin scored (BCX) 6-3 2 1-- 00 O'Brien,J grounded out to second (X) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Royal Giants batting 6-3 0 --- 22 Torgeson struck out (CFBFBS) 6-3 1 --- 31 Ryan grounded out to the mound (BBBCX) 6-3 2 --- 10 Repulski grounded out to the mound (BX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Thunderbolts batting Cole,Di now playing second base Rogovin now pitching 6-3 0 --- 20 Branca grounded out to second (BBX) 6-3 1 --- 32 Joost grounded a single up the middle (SFFBBBX) 6-3 1 1-- 01 Slaughter popped out to right (CX) 6-3 2 1-- 12 Souchock grounded out to short (FBFX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Royal Giants batting 6-3 0 --- 32 Hunter struck out (CSBBBS) 6-3 1 --- 32 McCullough lined a single to right center (BBCCBX) 6-3 1 1-- 11 Dyck flied out to center (CBX) 6-3 2 1-- 22 Cole,Di flied out to left (FBCBX) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Thunderbolts batting Stephens,V now playing third base Bickford now pitching 6-3 0 --- 32 Cox grounded out to short (FFBFFBBX) 6-3 1 --- 22 Irvin flied out to left (BFBFX) 6-3 2 --- 01 Batts flied out to center (CX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Royal Giants batting Nieman now playing left field 6-3 0 --- 00 Ashburn bunted for a single (Xb) 6-3 0 1-- 00 Hermanski popped out to left (>X) 6-3 1 1-- 31 Torgeson walked, Ashburn to second (1FBBBB) 6-3 1 12- 00 Stephens,V grounded into a double play, Joost to O'Brien,J to Bilko (X) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Thunderbolts batting 6-3 0 --- 11 Bilko lined a single to right (BCX) 6-3 0 1-- 21 O'Brien,J grounded into a double play, Cole,Di to Hunter to Torgeson (CBBX) Rhodes pinch hitting for Branca 6-3 2 --- 00 Rhodes grounded out to second (X) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Royal Giants batting Martin,Bi now playing second base Black now pitching 6-3 0 --- 20 Repulski lined a single to left (BBX) 6-3 0 1-- 01 Hunter grounded out to short, Repulski to second (CX) 6-3 1 -2- 00 McCullough grounded a single between third and short, Repulski to third (X) Cavarretta pinch hitting for Bickford Koslo now pitching 6-3 1 1-3 32 Cavarretta grounded into a double play, Cox to Martin,Bi to Bilko (FBBCFFBX)