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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies

1953-07-10 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 6466 · 2:26

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 13–3. Philadelphia Phillies put up 4 in the 5th. Curt Simmons earned the win. Willie Jones went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	8
PHI	0	0	1	3	4	1	4	0		13	13

W: Curt Simmons L: Murry Dickson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry Goetz · 1B: Frank Dascoli · 2B: (none) · 3B: Frank Secory · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cal Abrams	4	0	0	0	1	2
Johnny O'Brien	5	1	1	0	0	0
Paul Smith	5	0	1	0	0	0
Danny O'Connell	4	0	1	0	1	0
Carlos Bernier	4	2	2	0	1	1
Vic Janowicz	4	0	1	0	1	3
Preston Ward	4	0	0	0	0	1
Eddie O'Brien	4	0	2	1	0	0
Murry Dickson	2	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Thomas	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Cole	0	0	0	0	1	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Waitkus	5	2	3	1	0	0
Richie Ashburn	4	1	1	1	1	0
Johnny Wyrostek	3	1	1	1	2	1
Del Ennis	5	0	0	1	0	1
Granny Hamner	5	2	2	0	0	0
Smoky Burgess	3	3	1	1	2	0
Willie Jones	3	3	2	2	2	0
Ted Kazanski	5	1	3	2	0	1
Curt Simmons	4	0	0	1	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Murry Dickson	4.2	9	4	2
Roger Bowman	2.0	3	2	1
Johnny Hetki	1.0	1	1	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Curt Simmons	9.0	8	5	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cal Abrams: K
Johnny O'Brien: 43
Paul Smith: 7

Bot 1

Eddie Waitkus: 8
Richie Ashburn: 7
Johnny Wyrostek: W
Del Ennis: 63

Top 2

Danny O'Connell: 9
Carlos Bernier: S8
Vic Janowicz: W.1-2
Preston Ward: 3/P
Eddie O'Brien: S8.2-H;1-3(E8)
Murry Dickson: 8

Bot 2

Granny Hamner: S1/BG
Smoky Burgess: 43.1-2
Willie Jones: 8
Ted Kazanski: K

Top 3

Cal Abrams: 7
Johnny O'Brien: E8/F.B-2
Paul Smith: 3/G.2-3
Danny O'Connell: W
Carlos Bernier: OA.3-H(E6/THH)(UR);1X1(2E3)
Carlos Bernier: K

Bot 3

Curt Simmons: 43
Eddie Waitkus: S57
Richie Ashburn: 43.1-2
Johnny Wyrostek: S9.2-H
Del Ennis: K

Top 4

Vic Janowicz: K
Preston Ward: 2/FL
Eddie O'Brien: 6/P

Bot 4

Granny Hamner: S9
Smoky Burgess: T9.1-H
Willie Jones: HR/7.3-H
Ted Kazanski: 7
Curt Simmons: 43
Eddie Waitkus: D
Richie Ashburn: 5/FL

Top 5

Murry Dickson: 7
Cal Abrams: 43
Johnny O'Brien: S67
Paul Smith: S7.1-2
Danny O'Connell: 13

Bot 5

Johnny Wyrostek: W
Del Ennis: 5/FL
Granny Hamner: E1/TH2.1-3(E8);B-2
Smoky Burgess: IW
Willie Jones: WP.3-H;2-3;1-2
Willie Jones: IW
Ted Kazanski: S1/BG.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Curt Simmons: 8.3-H(UR)
Eddie Waitkus: S9.2-H(UR);1-3
Richie Ashburn: CSH(2)

Top 6

Carlos Bernier: S8
Vic Janowicz: S/89.1-3
Preston Ward: 3/G.3-H(E3/TH2)(UR);1-2
Eddie O'Brien: S6.2-3
Frank Thomas: 3/P
Cal Abrams: W.1-2
Johnny O'Brien: 63

Bot 6

Richie Ashburn: W
Johnny Wyrostek: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Johnny Wyrostek: K/C
Del Ennis: 9.3-H(UR)
Granny Hamner: 7

Top 7

Paul Smith: 43
Danny O'Connell: D9
Carlos Bernier: W
Vic Janowicz: K
Preston Ward: K

Bot 7

Smoky Burgess: W
Willie Jones: S7.1-2
Ted Kazanski: S7.2-H;1-2
Curt Simmons: 54/SH.2-3;1-2
Eddie Waitkus: E5/TH.3-H(NR)(UR);2-H(NR)(UR);B-2
Richie Ashburn: S9.2-H(UR)
Johnny Wyrostek: 9
Del Ennis: 4(1)/FO

Top 8

Eddie O'Brien: 63
Dick Cole: W
Cal Abrams: K
Johnny O'Brien: 4(1)/FO

Bot 8

Granny Hamner: 5/P
Smoky Burgess: 8
Willie Jones: W
Ted Kazanski: S8.1-2
Curt Simmons: 63

Top 9

Paul Smith: 3/P
Danny O'Connell: 43
Carlos Bernier: E6
Vic Janowicz: K

Notes & reviews

on the attempted double steal, Smoky Burgess threw to 2B; the return throw was wild, allowing Johnny O'Brien to score; Burgess threw to 1B Eddie Waitkus missed the tag, allowing Carlos Bernier to return safely
Murray Dickson threw the ball into CF where Carlos Bernier kicked it

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