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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs

1954-05-02 · Day game · Wrigley Field · overcast, wet · 2:10

Chicago Cubs defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–3. Chicago Cubs put up 2 in the 3rd. Paul Minner earned the win. Hank Sauer went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	9
CHN	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0		5	10

W: Paul Minner L: Vern Law SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Jackowski · 1B: Jocko Conlan · 2B: (none) · 3B: Frank Secory · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cal Abrams	2	0	0	0	2	1
Dick Cole	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Skinner	4	0	1	0	0	1
Frank Thomas	4	2	3	0	0	0
Jerry Lynch	3	1	1	2	0	0
Jack Shepard	4	0	1	0	0	0
Curt Roberts	4	0	1	1	0	0
Gair Allie	3	0	2	0	1	0
Vern Law	1	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Pellagrini	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dick Smith	1	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bob Talbot	4	1	2	1	0	0
Dee Fondy	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ralph Kiner	3	1	1	0	1	0
Hank Sauer	4	1	2	3	0	1
Randy Jackson	3	0	0	0	1	1
Ernie Banks	4	0	0	0	0	0
Gene Baker	4	1	3	0	0	0
El Tappe	3	1	1	0	0	0
Paul Minner	2	0	0	1	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Law	4.0	8	2	1
Nellie King	3.0	1	0	2
Jake Thies	1.0	1	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Paul Minner	9.0	9	3	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cal Abrams: W
Dick Cole: 16(1)3/GDP
Bob Skinner: S
Frank Thomas: 53

Bot 1

Bob Talbot: S8
Dee Fondy: D7.1-3
Ralph Kiner: IW
Hank Sauer: S7.3-H;2XH(752);1-2
Randy Jackson: 5
Ernie Banks: 7

Top 2

Jerry Lynch: 7
Jack Shepard: 13
Curt Roberts: 63

Bot 2

Gene Baker: 9
El Tappe: 53
Paul Minner: K

Top 3

Gair Allie: S
Vern Law: 4(1)3/GDP
Cal Abrams: K

Bot 3

Bob Talbot: 3
Dee Fondy: 3
Ralph Kiner: S/L78
Hank Sauer: HR/F7D.1-H
Randy Jackson: W
Ernie Banks: 54(1)/FO

Top 4

Dick Cole: 53
Bob Skinner: 7
Frank Thomas: S
Jerry Lynch: 23

Bot 4

Gene Baker: S/BG
El Tappe: S8.1-3
Paul Minner: 7/F/SF.3-H
Bob Talbot: D9.1-H
Dee Fondy: WP.2-3
Dee Fondy: 43
Ralph Kiner: 5

Top 5

Jack Shepard: 4
Curt Roberts: 7
Gair Allie: S
Eddie Pellagrini: K/C

Bot 5

Hank Sauer: 6
Randy Jackson: K
Ernie Banks: 53

Top 6

Cal Abrams: W
Dick Cole: 46(1)3/GDP
Bob Skinner: K23

Bot 6

Gene Baker: S
El Tappe: 53/SH.1-2
Paul Minner: 13
Bob Talbot: 8

Top 7

Frank Thomas: S7
Jerry Lynch: 13/SH.1-2
Jack Shepard: S8/8S.2-3
Curt Roberts: 46(1)/FO/DP.3-H;BX2(34)

Bot 7

Dee Fondy: 4
Ralph Kiner: 13
Hank Sauer: K

Top 8

Gair Allie: W
Dick Smith: K
Cal Abrams: 7
Dick Cole: 63

Bot 8

Randy Jackson: 6
Ernie Banks: 8
Gene Baker: S
El Tappe: 13

Top 9

Bob Skinner: 8
Frank Thomas: D7
Jerry Lynch: HR/F89XD.2-H
Jack Shepard: 43
Curt Roberts: S
Gair Allie: 2

Notes & reviews

15 minute delay to prepare field after morning rain
Into Waveland Avenue
Ernie Banks throw to 1B was wild but the ball caromed off the wall to Dee Fondy; when Curt Roberts neared 2B, he saw Jack Shepard standing there and thought he would pass his teammate on the bases so he stopped just as Baker took Fondy's throw and chased Roberts back to 1B
Into RCF bleachers

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