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Philadelphia Athletics @ Washington Senators

1954-08-14 · Night game · Griffith Stadium · 11 innings · Att: 2708 · 2:20

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Washington Senators 6–4. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 3rd. Charlie Bishop earned the win. Bill Wilson went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
PHA	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	11
WS1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	6

W: Charlie Bishop L: Bob Porterfield SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Eddie Hurley · 1B: Frank Umont · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Grieve · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe DeMaestri	5	1	1	0	0	2
Lou Limmer	5	1	2	0	0	0
Jim Finigan	4	1	1	0	1	0
Bill Renna	5	1	4	2	0	0
Vic Power	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Wilson	4	2	2	1	1	0
Pete Suder	4	0	0	0	0	1
Billy Shantz	2	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Bishop	5	0	0	0	0	1
Elmer Valo	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Robertson	2	0	0	0	0	0
Don Bollweg	1	0	1	2	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Yost	3	2	1	0	2	0
Pete Runnels	4	2	1	0	2	0
Mickey Vernon	2	0	0	0	1	0
Jim Busby	4	0	2	3	0	0
Roy Sievers	3	0	0	1	1	1
Tom Umphlett	4	0	0	0	1	1
Ed FitzGerald	4	0	2	0	0	0
Wayne Terwilliger	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Porterfield	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tom Wright	1	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Pesky	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Charlie Bishop	11.0	6	7	3

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Porterfield	11.0	11	2	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Joe DeMaestri: K
Lou Limmer: S9
Jim Finigan: 64(1)/FO
Bill Renna: 6/P

Bot 1

Eddie Yost: W
Pete Runnels: W.1-2
Mickey Vernon: 3/SH.2-3;1-2
Jim Busby: S8.3-H;2-3;B-2(E2)
Roy Sievers: 8/SF.3-H
Tom Umphlett: 43

Top 2

Vic Power: 53
Bill Wilson: HR/8
Pete Suder: K
Billy Shantz: 53

Bot 2

Ed FitzGerald: HP
Wayne Terwilliger: 13/SH.1-2
Bob Porterfield: 43.2-3
Eddie Yost: W
Pete Runnels: 5/FL

Top 3

Charlie Bishop: 53
Joe DeMaestri: S8
Lou Limmer: 8
Jim Finigan: S9.1-2
Bill Renna: S8.2-H;1-H(E8/TH)(NR)(UR);B-3
Vic Power: 8

Bot 3

Mickey Vernon: 8
Jim Busby: 8
Roy Sievers: K

Top 4

Bill Wilson: 7
Pete Suder: 63
Billy Shantz: 53

Bot 4

Tom Umphlett: K/C
Ed FitzGerald: S5
Wayne Terwilliger: 4/P
Bob Porterfield: K/C

Top 5

Charlie Bishop: 13
Joe DeMaestri: 63
Lou Limmer: D9
Jim Finigan: W
Bill Renna: S8.2-H;1-3
Elmer Valo: 43

Bot 5

Eddie Yost: S6
Pete Runnels: 6/P
Mickey Vernon: W.1-2
Jim Busby: S8.2-H;1-2
Roy Sievers: W.2-3;1-2
Tom Umphlett: 5/FL
Ed FitzGerald: 8

Top 6

Bill Wilson: S8
Pete Suder: 34/SH.1-2
Jim Robertson: 53
Charlie Bishop: K

Bot 6

Wayne Terwilliger: 53
Bob Porterfield: 53
Eddie Yost: 8

Top 7

Joe DeMaestri: 8
Lou Limmer: 4/P
Jim Finigan: 63

Bot 7

Pete Runnels: D9
Mickey Vernon: 3/SH.2-3
Jim Busby: 7/SF.3-H
Roy Sievers: 53

Top 8

Bill Renna: S7
Elmer Valo: 36(1)/FO
Bill Wilson: 14(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Tom Umphlett: 8
Ed FitzGerald: 8
Wayne Terwilliger: 7

Top 9

Pete Suder: 8
Jim Robertson: 5/FL
Charlie Bishop: 13

Bot 9

Bob Porterfield: 53
Eddie Yost: 53
Pete Runnels: W
Mickey Vernon: 3/G

Top 10

Joe DeMaestri: K
Lou Limmer: 8
Jim Finigan: 53

Bot 10

Jim Busby: 63
Roy Sievers: 7
Tom Umphlett: W
Ed FitzGerald: S6/G.1-3
Tom Wright: 3/G

Top 11

Bill Renna: D8
Elmer Valo: 4/P
Bill Wilson: W
Pete Suder: 3/FL
Don Bollweg: D7.2-H;1-H
Charlie Bishop: 63

Bot 11

Johnny Pesky: 8
Eddie Yost: HP
Pete Runnels: 46(1)3/GDP

Notes & reviews

Billy Shantz struck by foul ball and suffered a broken third finger of his right hand
Vic Power ejected by HP umpire Eddie Hurley for throwing dirt at the umpire as he was preparing to bat

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