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Philadelphia Athletics @ Cleveland Guardians

1953-06-06 · Day game · Cleveland Stadium · Att: 5801 · 2:05

Cleveland Indians defeated Philadelphia Athletics 2–0. Mike Garcia earned the win. Bobby Avila went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
CLE	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	9

W: Mike Garcia L: Harry Byrd SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry Napp · 1B: Art Passarella · 2B: Bill Grieve · 3B: Grover Froese · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Eddie Joost	4	1	0	0
Pete Suder	4	0	0	1
Eddie Robinson	4	0	0	0
Gus Zernial	3	0	1	1
Dave Philley	4	0	0	0
Cass Michaels	3	0	0	1
Ed McGhee	3	1	0	0
Joe Astroth	3	1	0	0
Harry Byrd	2	2	0	0
Elmer Valo	1	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dale Mitchell	4	0	2	0	0	0
Bobby Avila	3	1	1	1	0	0
Larry Doby	3	0	1	1	1	1
Al Rosen	4	0	1	0	0	1
Harry Simpson	4	0	2	0	0	0
Bill Glynn	4	0	1	0	0	1
George Strickland	4	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Tipton	3	1	1	0	0	0
Mike Garcia	2	0	0	0	1	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Byrd	7.0	8	2	3
Frank Fanovich	1.0	1	0	2

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Garcia	9.0	5	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Joost: S8
Pete Suder: K
Eddie Robinson: 2/FL
Gus Zernial: K

Bot 1

Dale Mitchell: 6/P
Bobby Avila: HR/7
Larry Doby: W
Al Rosen: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Dave Philley: 6/L
Cass Michaels: 9
Ed McGhee: 9

Bot 2

Harry Simpson: 63
Bill Glynn: 13
George Strickland: 8

Top 3

Joe Astroth: 5/FL
Harry Byrd: S8
Eddie Joost: 4(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Joe Tipton: S9
Mike Garcia: K
Dale Mitchell: D9.1-3
Bobby Avila: HP
Larry Doby: 7.3-H;2-3;1-2
Al Rosen: 53

Top 4

Pete Suder: 9
Eddie Robinson: 2/P
Gus Zernial: 8

Bot 4

Harry Simpson: 23
Bill Glynn: S8
George Strickland: 8
Joe Tipton: 6/P

Top 5

Dave Philley: 43
Cass Michaels: 43
Ed McGhee: 63

Bot 5

Mike Garcia: 63
Dale Mitchell: 7
Bobby Avila: 7/FL

Top 6

Joe Astroth: 53
Harry Byrd: S8
Eddie Joost: 36(1)/FO
Pete Suder: 9

Bot 6

Larry Doby: S9
Al Rosen: S7.1-2
Harry Simpson: S5.2-3;1-2
Bill Glynn: K
George Strickland: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Eddie Robinson: 43
Gus Zernial: W
Dave Philley: SB2
Dave Philley: 43.2-3
Cass Michaels: K

Bot 7

Joe Tipton: 8
Mike Garcia: W
Dale Mitchell: S9.1-2
Bobby Avila: 7
Larry Doby: K

Top 8

Ed McGhee: S1
Joe Astroth: S9.1-3
Elmer Valo: 7
Eddie Joost: 5/FL
Pete Suder: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Al Rosen: K
Harry Simpson: S7
Bill Glynn: 46(1)/FO
George Strickland: K

Top 9

Eddie Robinson: 4/P
Gus Zernial: 43
Dave Philley: 8