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Cleveland Guardians @ Philadelphia Athletics

1954-05-04 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 6071 · 2:19

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Cleveland Indians 3–2. Philadelphia Athletics put up 2 in the 6th. Bob Trice earned the win. Al Rosen went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	8
PHA	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		3	8

W: Bob Trice L: Mike Garcia SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Red Flaherty · 1B: Johnny Stevens · 2B: Eddie Rommel · 3B: Larry Napp · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Avila	4	0	1	0	0	1
Al Smith	3	0	2	0	1	0
Wally Westlake	4	0	0	0	0	1
Al Rosen	3	1	1	1	1	0
Larry Doby	4	1	2	0	0	0
Dave Philley	4	0	1	1	0	0
George Strickland	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Hegan	4	0	1	0	0	1
Mike Garcia	3	0	0	0	0	1
Dale Mitchell	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bill Glynn	1	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Easter	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe DeMaestri	4	2	2	0	0	0
Spook Jacobs	1	0	1	0	2	0
Vic Power	4	0	1	1	0	0
Gus Zernial	4	0	1	1	0	0
Don Bollweg	3	0	0	0	1	1
Bill Renna	3	0	0	0	0	2
Pete Suder	3	0	1	0	0	1
Billy Shantz	3	0	1	0	0	1
Bob Trice	3	1	1	0	0	2

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Garcia	8.0	8	3	7

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Trice	9.0	8	3	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bobby Avila: K
Al Smith: W
Wally Westlake: 8
Al Rosen: 8

Bot 1

Joe DeMaestri: 5/FL
Spook Jacobs: W
Vic Power: PO1(23)
Vic Power: 3/FL

Top 2

Larry Doby: T9
Dave Philley: 3/G.3-H
George Strickland: K
Jim Hegan: S7
Mike Garcia: 4/P

Bot 2

Gus Zernial: 8
Don Bollweg: K
Bill Renna: K

Top 3

Bobby Avila: 9
Al Smith: T8
Wally Westlake: K
Al Rosen: W
Larry Doby: 43

Bot 3

Pete Suder: 63
Billy Shantz: 163
Bob Trice: K

Top 4

Dave Philley: D9
George Strickland: 5/P
Jim Hegan: 5/FL
Mike Garcia: 63

Bot 4

Joe DeMaestri: D7
Spook Jacobs: 14/SH.2-3
Vic Power: S1.3-3
Gus Zernial: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Bobby Avila: S6
Al Smith: 5/FL
Wally Westlake: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Don Bollweg: W
Bill Renna: 46(1)3/GDP
Pete Suder: K

Top 6

Al Rosen: HR/7
Larry Doby: D8
Dave Philley: 8
George Strickland: 53
Jim Hegan: K

Bot 6

Billy Shantz: S7
Bob Trice: S8.1-2
Joe DeMaestri: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Spook Jacobs: S5/BG.2-H(NR)(E5/TH);1-3;B-2
Vic Power: 43.3-H(UR);2-3
Gus Zernial: 2/FL

Top 7

Mike Garcia: K
Bobby Avila: 3/FL
Al Smith: D7
Wally Westlake: BK.2-3
Wally Westlake: 53

Bot 7

Don Bollweg: 31
Bill Renna: K
Pete Suder: S6
Billy Shantz: K

Top 8

Al Rosen: 9
Larry Doby: 43
Dave Philley: 9

Bot 8

Bob Trice: K
Joe DeMaestri: S7
Spook Jacobs: W.1-2
Vic Power: 8
Gus Zernial: S7.2-H;1-2
Don Bollweg: 63

Top 9

Dale Mitchell: W
Jim Hegan: 16(1)/FO
Bill Glynn: 5/FL
Luke Easter: 9