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Cincinnati Reds @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1953-06-05 · Night game · Forbes Field · Att: 12229 · 2:36

Cincinnati Reds defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 7–4. Cincinnati Reds put up 2 in the 6th. Herm Wehmeier earned the win. Gus Bell went 3-for-5 with 2 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CIN	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	7	12
PIT	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	5

W: Herm Wehmeier L: Roger Bowman SV: (none)

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

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Grady Hatton	3	0	0	0	0	2
Bobby Adams	5	2	3	1	0	1
Gus Bell	5	2	3	3	0	0
Jim Greengrass	5	1	1	0	0	0
Ted Kluszewski	4	0	1	2	0	0
Willard Marshall	2	0	0	0	0	0
Andy Seminick	3	0	0	0	1	0
Roy McMillan	4	1	1	1	0	3
Herm Wehmeier	4	1	2	0	0	1
Bob Borkowski	2	0	1	0	0	1
Johnny Temple	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Paul Smith	4	0	0	0	0	0
Danny O'Connell	4	2	2	0	0	0
Preston Ward	3	1	1	0	1	0
Frank Thomas	3	1	1	2	1	0
Gene Hermanski	3	0	0	0	1	0
Toby Atwell	4	0	1	2	0	1
Eddie Pellagrini	2	0	0	0	1	0
Dick Cole	3	0	0	0	0	0
Murry Dickson	0	0	0	0	1	0
Roger Bowman	1	0	0	0	0	1
Cal Abrams	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Addis	1	0	0	0	0	1
Felipe Montemayor	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Herm Wehmeier	9.0	5	5	5

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Murry Dickson	5.0	6	1	5
Roger Bowman	4.0	6	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Grady Hatton: K/S
Bobby Adams: 13
Gus Bell: 6/P

Bot 1

Paul Smith: 8/L
Danny O'Connell: S
Preston Ward: SB2
Preston Ward: W
Frank Thomas: W.2-3;1-2
Gene Hermanski: 7
Toby Atwell: S.3-H;2-H;1-2
Eddie Pellagrini: 64(1)/FO#

Top 2

Jim Greengrass: 63
Ted Kluszewski: 5/P
Willard Marshall: 63

Bot 2

Dick Cole: 8
Murry Dickson: W
Paul Smith: 8
Danny O'Connell: 43

Top 3

Andy Seminick: W
Roy McMillan: K/S
Herm Wehmeier: WP.1-2
Herm Wehmeier: K/S
Grady Hatton: K/S

Bot 3

Preston Ward: 8
Frank Thomas: HR
Gene Hermanski: 8/L
Toby Atwell: 7

Top 4

Bobby Adams: S
Gus Bell: D.1-3
Jim Greengrass: 3/P
Ted Kluszewski: 163.3-H;2-3
Willard Marshall: 7

Bot 4

Eddie Pellagrini: W
Dick Cole: 7
Murry Dickson: 14/SH.1-2#
Paul Smith: 8/L

Top 5

Andy Seminick: 7
Roy McMillan: HR
Herm Wehmeier: S
Grady Hatton: 6/P
Bobby Adams: K/S

Bot 5

Danny O'Connell: S
Preston Ward: S.1-3
Frank Thomas: CS2(26)
Frank Thomas: 8.3-H
Gene Hermanski: W
Toby Atwell: 4/P

Top 6

Gus Bell: HR
Jim Greengrass: T
Ted Kluszewski: D.3-H
Bob Borkowski: K/S
Andy Seminick: 9
Roy McMillan: K/C

Bot 6

Eddie Pellagrini: 53
Dick Cole: 63
Roger Bowman: K/S

Top 7

Herm Wehmeier: 63
Johnny Temple: 31
Bobby Adams: S
Gus Bell: HR.1-H
Jim Greengrass: 53

Bot 7

Paul Smith: 9
Danny O'Connell: 5
Preston Ward: 8

Top 8

Ted Kluszewski: 31
Bob Borkowski: S
Andy Seminick: WP.1-2
Andy Seminick: 43.2-3
Roy McMillan: K/S

Bot 8

Frank Thomas: 53
Gene Hermanski: 6/P
Toby Atwell: K/S

Top 9

Herm Wehmeier: S
Johnny Temple: E4/SH.1-2
Bobby Adams: S.2-H;1-2
Gus Bell: 46(1)3/GDP.2-3
Jim Greengrass: 9

Bot 9

Cal Abrams: K/S
Bob Addis: K/S
Felipe Montemayor: K/S

Notes & reviews

Atwell's bat slipped out of his hands during his at bat and hit Castiglione in the groin while he as waiting in the on-deck circle; Castiglione had to leave the game

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