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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Cincinnati Reds

1954-04-27 · Night game · Crosley Field · Att: 3634 · 2:12

Cincinnati Redlegs defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 8–7. Cincinnati Redlegs put up 3 in the 1st. Corky Valentine earned the win and Frank Smith picked up the save. Ted Kluszewski went 2-for-3 with 2 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Corky Valentine L: Max Surkont SV: Frank Smith

Umpires — HP: Bill Stewart · 1B: Babe Pinelli · 2B: Dusty Boggess · 3B: Bill Engeln · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Curt Roberts	5	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Skinner	4	0	0	0	0	1
Preston Ward	5	0	1	0	0	2
Frank Thomas	3	1	0	0	1	1
Hal Rice	2	1	0	0	2	1
Toby Atwell	4	3	3	3	0	0
Jerry Lynch	4	2	3	3	0	0
Gair Allie	3	0	1	1	1	0
Max Surkont	1	0	0	0	0	1
Eddie Pellagrini	1	0	0	0	0	1
Len Yochim	2	0	1	0	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chuck Harmon	3	2	0	0	1	0
Roy McMillan	2	0	0	0	0	1
Gus Bell	3	1	0	0	1	0
Ted Kluszewski	3	2	2	4	1	0
Jim Greengrass	4	1	1	1	0	0
Johnny Temple	4	1	1	0	0	0
Wally Post	4	1	1	1	0	1
Ed Bailey	3	0	1	0	1	0
Corky Valentine	3	0	1	1	0	0
Frank Smith	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Max Surkont	4.0	3	2	2
Len Yochim	4.0	4	2	1

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Corky Valentine	7.1	9	4	6
Frank Smith	1.2	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Curt Roberts: E5
Bob Skinner: 13/SH.1-2
Preston Ward: 3/G.2-3
Frank Thomas: 53

Bot 1

Chuck Harmon: 63
Roy McMillan: K23
Gus Bell: W
Ted Kluszewski: HR.1-H
Jim Greengrass: HR
Johnny Temple: 4

Top 2

Hal Rice: W
Toby Atwell: 36(1)1/GDP
Jerry Lynch: 9

Bot 2

Wally Post: K
Ed Bailey: 43
Corky Valentine: 5/P#

Top 3

Gair Allie: 4
Max Surkont: K
Curt Roberts: 8

Bot 3

Chuck Harmon: E8/F
Roy McMillan: 13/SH.1-2
Gus Bell: 43.2-3
Ted Kluszewski: HR.3-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Jim Greengrass: 63

Top 4

Bob Skinner: K
Preston Ward: 43
Frank Thomas: K

Bot 4

Johnny Temple: 8
Wally Post: 9
Ed Bailey: W
Corky Valentine: 3/FL

Top 5

Hal Rice: W
Toby Atwell: S.1-2
Jerry Lynch: S.1-2;2-H
Gair Allie: D.1-3;2-H
Eddie Pellagrini: K/C
Curt Roberts: FC5.3XH(52);2-3
Bob Skinner: 3/G

Bot 5

Chuck Harmon: W
Roy McMillan: 13/SH.1-2
Gus Bell: 43.2-3
Ted Kluszewski: W
Jim Greengrass: WP.1-2;3-H
Jim Greengrass: 9

Top 6

Preston Ward: K/C
Frank Thomas: W
Hal Rice: K
Toby Atwell: HR.1-H
Jerry Lynch: HR
Gair Allie: W
Len Yochim: S.1-2
Curt Roberts: 9

Bot 6

Johnny Temple: T
Wally Post: D.3-H
Ed Bailey: 4
Corky Valentine: S.2-H
Chuck Harmon: 46(1)/FO
Roy McMillan: SB2
Roy McMillan: 43

Top 7

Bob Skinner: 3/G
Preston Ward: S
Frank Thomas: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Gus Bell: 63
Ted Kluszewski: 1
Jim Greengrass: 63

Top 8

Hal Rice: 7
Toby Atwell: HR
Jerry Lynch: HR
Gair Allie: 9
Len Yochim: K/C

Bot 8

Johnny Temple: 9
Wally Post: 63
Ed Bailey: S
Frank Smith: K

Top 9

Curt Roberts: 3
Bob Skinner: 7
Preston Ward: K

Notes & reviews

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