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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Cincinnati Reds

1954-08-28 · Day game · Crosley Field · Att: 2995 · 1:59

Cincinnati Redlegs defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 2–1. Cincinnati Redlegs put up 2 in the 6th. Corky Valentine earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Corky Valentine L: Paul LaPalme SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Curt Roberts	4	1	3	0	0	0
Preston Ward	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jerry Lynch	4	0	0	1	0	0
Frank Thomas	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sid Gordon	3	0	1	0	1	0
Toby Atwell	3	0	1	0	1	0
Dick Cole	4	0	0	0	0	2
Gair Allie	3	0	1	0	0	0
Paul LaPalme	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Skinner	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Adams	4	0	1	0	0	1
Roy McMillan	4	0	1	0	0	0
Gus Bell	2	1	0	0	2	0
Ted Kluszewski	4	1	1	1	0	0
Jim Greengrass	3	0	1	0	1	0
Johnny Temple	2	0	1	1	0	1
Bob Borkowski	3	0	0	0	0	1
Andy Seminick	3	0	0	0	0	0
Corky Valentine	3	0	0	0	0	2

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Paul LaPalme	6.0	5	2	3
Jake Thies	2.0	0	1	2

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Corky Valentine	9.0	7	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Curt Roberts: S7
Preston Ward: D/78.1-3
Jerry Lynch: 43.2-3;3-H
Frank Thomas: 7
Sid Gordon: W
Toby Atwell: W.1-2
Dick Cole: K

Bot 1

Bobby Adams: 53
Roy McMillan: 43
Gus Bell: 13

Top 2

Gair Allie: 7
Paul LaPalme: 5
Curt Roberts: 53

Bot 2

Ted Kluszewski: 43
Jim Greengrass: S8
Johnny Temple: PB.1-2#
Johnny Temple: K
Bob Borkowski: K23

Top 3

Preston Ward: 3/G
Jerry Lynch: 5
Frank Thomas: E5
Sid Gordon: S8.1XH(862)

Bot 3

Andy Seminick: 6
Corky Valentine: 4
Bobby Adams: S5
Roy McMillan: S/78.1-3
Gus Bell: 7

Top 4

Toby Atwell: 3/G
Dick Cole: K
Gair Allie: S8
Paul LaPalme: 46(1)/FO

Bot 4

Ted Kluszewski: 31
Jim Greengrass: W
Johnny Temple: S8.1-2
Bob Borkowski: 2/FL
Andy Seminick: 8

Top 5

Curt Roberts: S8
Preston Ward: 9
Jerry Lynch: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Corky Valentine: K
Bobby Adams: 7
Roy McMillan: 43

Top 6

Frank Thomas: 3
Sid Gordon: 6
Toby Atwell: 7

Bot 6

Gus Bell: W
Ted Kluszewski: D9.1-H
Jim Greengrass: 8.2-3
Johnny Temple: 9/SF.3-H
Bob Borkowski: 63

Top 7

Dick Cole: 2/FL
Gair Allie: 7
Bob Skinner: 31

Bot 7

Andy Seminick: 63
Corky Valentine: K
Bobby Adams: K

Top 8

Curt Roberts: D8
Preston Ward: 6
Jerry Lynch: 43.2-3
Frank Thomas: 5/FL

Bot 8

Roy McMillan: 5
Gus Bell: W
Ted Kluszewski: 7
Jim Greengrass: 63

Top 9

Sid Gordon: 7
Toby Atwell: S9
Dick Cole: 46(1)3/GDP