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Philadelphia Athletics @ Cleveland Guardians

1953-09-03 · Day game · Cleveland Stadium · Att: 2647 · 2:20

Cleveland Indians defeated Philadelphia Athletics 9–4. Cleveland Indians put up 4 in the 4th. Dave Hoskins earned the win. Jim Hegan went 2-for-3 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Dave Hoskins L: Carl Scheib SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Red Flaherty · 1B: Eddie Rommel · 2B: Charlie Berry · 3B: Eddie Hurley · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Loren Babe	5	1	0	1	0	1
Dave Philley	5	0	2	1	0	0
Eddie Robinson	4	0	1	1	1	0
Gus Zernial	4	0	0	0	0	1
Carmen Mauro	3	0	1	0	1	0
Pete Suder	4	0	2	0	0	0
Joe DeMaestri	3	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Astroth	4	2	3	0	0	0
Carl Scheib	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Murray	0	0	0	0	1	0
Elmer Valo	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Hamilton	0	1	0	0	1	0
Neal Watlington	1	0	1	1	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Avila	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bill Glynn	5	0	2	2	0	1
Dale Mitchell	5	0	1	0	0	0
Al Rosen	4	1	2	0	1	0
Larry Doby	4	1	0	0	1	2
Wally Westlake	2	2	1	1	2	0
George Strickland	3	2	1	0	1	0
Jim Hegan	3	2	2	3	1	0
Dave Hoskins	3	1	1	2	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Carl Scheib	4.0	5	2	3
Joe Coleman	2.0	3	2	1
Frank Fanovich	2.0	3	2	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Hoskins	9.0	10	4	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Loren Babe: K
Dave Philley: S9
Eddie Robinson: W.1-2
Gus Zernial: 53.2-3;1-2
Carmen Mauro: 3/G

Bot 1

Bobby Avila: 7
Bill Glynn: 8
Dale Mitchell: S9
Al Rosen: S8.1-2
Larry Doby: K

Top 2

Pete Suder: S9
Joe DeMaestri: 4/L
Joe Astroth: 4/P
Carl Scheib: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Wally Westlake: 8
George Strickland: 9
Jim Hegan: 53

Top 3

Loren Babe: 3/G
Dave Philley: 7
Eddie Robinson: 3/P

Bot 3

Dave Hoskins: K
Bobby Avila: 6/P
Bill Glynn: K

Top 4

Gus Zernial: 6/P
Carmen Mauro: W
Pete Suder: S7.1-2
Joe DeMaestri: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Dale Mitchell: 3/FL
Al Rosen: S7
Larry Doby: W.1-2
Wally Westlake: S8.2-H;1-2
George Strickland: W.2-3;1-2
Jim Hegan: D7.3-H;2-H;1-H;B-3(TH)
Dave Hoskins: 2/FL
Bobby Avila: 8

Top 5

Joe Astroth: S8
Ray Murray: W.1-2
Loren Babe: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Dave Philley: 43.3-H;1-2
Eddie Robinson: S9.2-H
Gus Zernial: 8

Bot 5

Bill Glynn: S9
Dale Mitchell: WP.1-2
Dale Mitchell: 8
Al Rosen: W
Larry Doby: K
Wally Westlake: W.2-3;1-2
George Strickland: 4/P

Top 6

Carmen Mauro: 43
Pete Suder: 9
Joe DeMaestri: 6/P

Bot 6

Jim Hegan: S7
Dave Hoskins: HP.1-2
Bobby Avila: 24/SH.2-3;1-2
Bill Glynn: S9.3-H;2-H;B-2(TH)
Dale Mitchell: 9.2-3
Al Rosen: 8

Top 7

Joe Astroth: S4
Elmer Valo: 7
Loren Babe: 3/FL
Dave Philley: S7.1-3
Eddie Robinson: 9

Bot 7

Larry Doby: 13
Wally Westlake: W
George Strickland: S7.1-3;B-2(TH)
Jim Hegan: W
Dave Hoskins: S8.3-H;2-H;1-2
Bobby Avila: S7.2-H;1-2
Bill Glynn: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Gus Zernial: K
Carmen Mauro: S8
Pete Suder: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Dale Mitchell: 8
Al Rosen: 8
Larry Doby: 43

Top 9

Tom Hamilton: W
Joe Astroth: S8.1-3
Neal Watlington: S9.3-H;1-3
Loren Babe: 9.3-H
Dave Philley: 3/FL
Eddie Robinson: 2/FL