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St. Louis Browns @ Philadelphia Athletics

1953-05-12 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 7483 · 2:11

St. Louis Browns defeated Philadelphia Athletics 7–3. St. Louis Browns put up 2 in the 1st. Don Larsen earned the win. Les Moss went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLA	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	7	14
PHA	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	8

W: Don Larsen L: Bobby Shantz SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jim Honochick · 1B: Bill McGowan · 2B: Joe Paparella · 3B: Bill McKinley · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Groth	5	1	2	0	0	0
Billy Hunter	5	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Dyck	4	1	2	1	1	0
Bob Elliott	5	1	2	0	0	0
Vic Wertz	5	1	2	1	0	0
Les Moss	5	1	2	2	0	0
Roy Sievers	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Young	3	2	2	1	1	0
Bobo Holloman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Don Larsen	3	0	1	1	0	0
Dick Kryhoski	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Eddie Joost	4	0	0	0	1
Dave Philley	4	0	0	0	1
Loren Babe	3	0	2	0	1
Eddie Robinson	4	0	1	0	0
Kite Thomas	4	0	0	0	0
Ed McGhee	4	1	1	0	0
Pete Suder	4	2	2	0	0
Joe Astroth	3	0	1	1	1
Bobby Shantz	2	0	0	1	0
Carl Scheib	1	0	0	0	0
Tom Hamilton	1	0	1	1	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobo Holloman	1.1	3	3	0
Don Larsen	7.2	5	1	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobby Shantz	5.2	12	1	1
Carl Scheib	3.1	2	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Groth: D9
Billy Hunter: 6/L
Jim Dyck: D9.2-H
Bob Elliott: S1.2-3
Vic Wertz: S9.3-H;1-2
Les Moss: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Eddie Joost: W
Dave Philley: W.1-2
Loren Babe: W.2-3;1-2
Eddie Robinson: 6/P
Kite Thomas: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Roy Sievers: 63
Bobby Young: 63
Bobo Holloman: 8

Bot 2

Ed McGhee: S9
Pete Suder: S9.1-3
Joe Astroth: S9.3-H;1-3
Bobby Shantz: 9.3-H;1-2
Eddie Joost: 7
Dave Philley: 7

Top 3

Johnny Groth: 5/FL
Billy Hunter: D9
Jim Dyck: WP.2-3
Jim Dyck: W
Bob Elliott: 16(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Loren Babe: S5/BG
Eddie Robinson: 7
Kite Thomas: 63.1-2
Ed McGhee: 63

Top 4

Vic Wertz: 8
Les Moss: HR/9
Roy Sievers: 43
Bobby Young: S8
Don Larsen: T8.1-H
Johnny Groth: 31

Bot 4

Pete Suder: 8
Joe Astroth: 8
Bobby Shantz: 8

Top 5

Billy Hunter: 9
Jim Dyck: S7
Bob Elliott: CS2(26)#
Bob Elliott: 2/FL

Bot 5

Eddie Joost: 9#
Dave Philley: 2/FL
Loren Babe: S7
Eddie Robinson: 4/P

Top 6

Vic Wertz: D9
Les Moss: 4/P
Roy Sievers: K/C
Bobby Young: S.2-H;B-2(THH)
Don Larsen: WP.2-3
Don Larsen: E5.3-H(UR)(NR)
Johnny Groth: S8.1-2
Billy Hunter: 13

Bot 6

Kite Thomas: 8/L
Ed McGhee: 5/P
Pete Suder: 43#

Top 7

Jim Dyck: 53#
Bob Elliott: D9
Vic Wertz: E7/F.2-3
Les Moss: S7.3-H;1-3;B-2(E7)
Dick Kryhoski: 9
Bobby Young: IW
Don Larsen: 4/L

Bot 7

Joe Astroth: 43
Carl Scheib: 9
Eddie Joost: 53

Top 8

Johnny Groth: 4/L
Billy Hunter: 3/P
Jim Dyck: 6/P

Bot 8

Dave Philley: 2/FL
Loren Babe: 8/L
Eddie Robinson: S7
Kite Thomas: 9

Top 9

Bob Elliott: 63
Vic Wertz: 8
Les Moss: 53

Bot 9

Ed McGhee: 53
Pete Suder: D9
Joe Astroth: W
Tom Hamilton: S8.2-H;1-3
Eddie Joost: 3/P
Dave Philley: 43

Notes & reviews

to match daily/TSN/NYT, arbitrary 8 to 9
to match daily/NYT, arbitrary 63 to 43
to match daily/NYT, arbitrary 63 to 53

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