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Cleveland Guardians @ Philadelphia Athletics

1954-05-06 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 3170 · 2:08

Cleveland Indians defeated Philadelphia Athletics 3–2. Early Wynn earned the win. Vic Power went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Early Wynn L: Arnie Portocarrero SV: (none)

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Avila	4	2	2	0	0	0
Al Smith	2	1	2	1	2	0
Wally Westlake	3	0	1	1	0	1
Al Rosen	3	0	0	1	0	0
Larry Doby	4	0	2	0	0	0
Dave Philley	3	0	0	0	1	0
George Strickland	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Hegan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Early Wynn	4	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe DeMaestri	4	0	1	0	0	2
Spook Jacobs	4	0	1	0	0	0
Vic Power	4	1	2	2	0	0
Gus Zernial	4	0	0	0	0	1
Don Bollweg	3	0	0	0	0	2
Bill Renna	3	0	2	0	1	0
Jim Finigan	2	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Robertson	3	0	0	0	0	2
Arnie Portocarrero	2	1	0	0	1	1
Lou Limmer	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ed McGhee	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Early Wynn	9.0	7	2	9

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Arnie Portocarrero	9.0	7	3	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bobby Avila: D7
Al Smith: W
Wally Westlake: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Al Rosen: 9/SF.3-H
Larry Doby: 9

Bot 1

Joe DeMaestri: K
Spook Jacobs: 31
Vic Power: 9

Top 2

Dave Philley: 8
George Strickland: 7
Jim Hegan: 8

Bot 2

Gus Zernial: 3/FL
Don Bollweg: K
Bill Renna: W
Jim Finigan: S8.1-2
Jim Robertson: K

Top 3

Early Wynn: 8
Bobby Avila: 4/P
Al Smith: S7
Wally Westlake: 31

Bot 3

Arnie Portocarrero: K
Joe DeMaestri: 63
Spook Jacobs: 8

Top 4

Al Rosen: 8
Larry Doby: 5/FL
Dave Philley: W
George Strickland: 23

Bot 4

Vic Power: 8
Gus Zernial: 9
Don Bollweg: 4/P

Top 5

Jim Hegan: 9
Early Wynn: 9
Bobby Avila: S5
Al Smith: PB.1-2
Al Smith: W
Wally Westlake: S7.2-H;1-2
Al Rosen: 9

Bot 5

Bill Renna: S7
Jim Finigan: 64(1)3/GDP
Jim Robertson: K

Top 6

Larry Doby: S8
Dave Philley: 8
George Strickland: 4(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Arnie Portocarrero: W
Joe DeMaestri: K
Spook Jacobs: S6.1-2
Vic Power: S9.2-H;1-2
Gus Zernial: K
Don Bollweg: K

Top 7

Jim Hegan: 7
Early Wynn: 8
Bobby Avila: 63

Bot 7

Bill Renna: S7
Jim Finigan: 34/SH.1-2
Jim Robertson: 2/FL/P
Arnie Portocarrero: 4/P

Top 8

Al Smith: HR/7
Wally Westlake: K
Al Rosen: 3/FL
Larry Doby: S9
Dave Philley: 3/G

Bot 8

Joe DeMaestri: S7.B-2(E7)
Spook Jacobs: 8(B)4(2)/DP
Vic Power: HR/7
Gus Zernial: 7

Top 9

George Strickland: 8
Jim Hegan: 53
Early Wynn: 7

Bot 9

Lou Limmer: 5/FL
Bill Renna: 5/FL
Ed McGhee: K