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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies

1953-07-12 · Day game · Shibe Park · 1:47

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 6–4. Philadelphia Phillies put up 2 in the 3rd. Robin Roberts earned the win. Del Ennis went 3-for-3 with 2 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	9
PHI	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	0		6	11

W: Robin Roberts L: Roy Face SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Cal Abrams	4	2	3	1	1
Johnny O'Brien	4	0	1	0	1
Danny O'Connell	4	1	0	0	0
Hal Rice	4	1	3	1	0
Paul Smith	4	0	2	1	0
Carlos Bernier	4	0	0	0	1
Vic Janowicz	3	0	0	0	2
Eddie O'Brien	3	0	0	0	1
Roy Face	2	0	0	0	0
Toby Atwell	1	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Roy Face	7.0	11	1	2
Johnny Hetki	1.0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Robin Roberts	9.0	9	0	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cal Abrams: K/C
Johnny O'Brien: K
Danny O'Connell: 53

Bot 1

Eddie Waitkus: 8
Richie Ashburn: S8
Johnny Wyrostek: 4/P
Del Ennis: D7.1-3
Granny Hamner: 43

Top 2

Hal Rice: S8
Paul Smith: S9.1-3(E9)
Carlos Bernier: 4(1)3/GDP.3-H(NR)(UR)
Vic Janowicz: K23

Bot 2

Smoky Burgess: 8
Willie Jones: E6
Ted Kazanski: 9/L
Robin Roberts: 6/FL

Top 3

Eddie O'Brien: K
Roy Face: 63
Cal Abrams: HR/7
Johnny O'Brien: 63

Bot 3

Eddie Waitkus: 43
Richie Ashburn: S7
Johnny Wyrostek: 3/G.1-2
Del Ennis: HR/7.2-H
Granny Hamner: 7/L

Top 4

Danny O'Connell: 63
Hal Rice: S8
Paul Smith: S9.1-2
Carlos Bernier: 4(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 4

Smoky Burgess: S9
Willie Jones: WP.1-2#
Willie Jones: K
Ted Kazanski: K/C
Robin Roberts: 43

Top 5

Vic Janowicz: K
Eddie O'Brien: 43
Roy Face: 5/FL

Bot 5

Eddie Waitkus: 8
Richie Ashburn: S8
Johnny Wyrostek: 9
Del Ennis: W.1-2
Granny Hamner: D7.2-H;1-H
Smoky Burgess: S9.2XH(92)

Top 6

Cal Abrams: T7
Johnny O'Brien: 9
Danny O'Connell: 9/DP.3XH(92)

Bot 6

Willie Jones: 5/FL
Ted Kazanski: 3/FL
Robin Roberts: S4
Eddie Waitkus: T9.1-H
Richie Ashburn: 5/P

Top 7

Hal Rice: 43
Paul Smith: 43
Carlos Bernier: 7/L

Bot 7

Johnny Wyrostek: 8
Del Ennis: HR/7
Granny Hamner: 8
Smoky Burgess: 43

Top 8

Vic Janowicz: 2/FL
Eddie O'Brien: 9
Toby Atwell: 43

Bot 8

Willie Jones: 7/L
Ted Kazanski: 4/P
Robin Roberts: 7

Top 9

Cal Abrams: S3/BG
Johnny O'Brien: S7.1-2
Danny O'Connell: 14(1)/FO.2-3
Hal Rice: D7.3-H;1-3
Paul Smith: 3/G.3-H;2-3
Carlos Bernier: K/C