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Detroit Tigers @ Philadelphia Athletics

1954-06-12 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 2012 · 2:15

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Detroit Tigers 4–2. Philadelphia Athletics put up 3 in the 8th. Bob Trice earned the win and Sonny Dixon picked up the save. Wayne Belardi went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	10
PHA	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3		4	8

W: Bob Trice L: Ralph Branca SV: Sonny Dixon

Umpires — HP: Bill McKinley · 1B: Frank Umont · 2B: Hank Soar · 3B: Bill Summers · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Frank Bolling	3	0	1	0	0
Bill Tuttle	4	0	0	1	0
Bob Nieman	4	0	1	0	0
Ray Boone	4	0	1	0	0
Wayne Belardi	4	1	1	1	0
Al Kaline	3	0	2	0	0
Harvey Kuenn	4	0	0	0	0
Frank House	3	0	1	0	1
Ned Garver	1	0	1	0	0
Johnny Pesky	1	1	1	0	0
Fred Hatfield	1	0	1	0	1
Jim Delsing	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Spook Jacobs	4	2	2	0	0	0
Lou Limmer	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Finigan	2	1	1	0	2	0
Bill Renna	4	0	2	1	0	0
Elmer Valo	4	0	0	1	0	2
Bill Wilson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Joe DeMaestri	3	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Astroth	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Trice	3	0	1	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ned Garver	7.0	5	1	3
Ralph Branca	1.0	3	1	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Trice	8.2	10	3	0
Sonny Dixon	0.1	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frank Bolling: E5
Bill Tuttle: 8
Bob Nieman: S9.1-3;BX2(96)
Ray Boone: 53

Bot 1

Spook Jacobs: 53
Lou Limmer: 31
Jim Finigan: W
Bill Renna: S7.1-2
Elmer Valo: K/C

Top 2

Wayne Belardi: 8
Al Kaline: S8
Harvey Kuenn: 9
Frank House: 8

Bot 2

Bill Wilson: 8
Joe DeMaestri: S7
Joe Astroth: 54(1)/FO
Bob Trice: 1/L

Top 3

Ned Garver: S8
Frank Bolling: 7
Bill Tuttle: 9
Bob Nieman: 54(1)/FO

Bot 3

Spook Jacobs: S9
Lou Limmer: 7
Jim Finigan: S9.1-H(NR)(UR)(E9/TH);B-1
Bill Renna: 6/P
Elmer Valo: K

Top 4

Ray Boone: S7
Wayne Belardi: 4/P
Al Kaline: 13/SH.1-2
Harvey Kuenn: 9

Bot 4

Bill Wilson: K
Joe DeMaestri: 5/FL
Joe Astroth: 7

Top 5

Frank House: W
Ned Garver: 34/SH.1-2
Frank Bolling: S6.2-2
Bill Tuttle: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Bob Trice: S7
Spook Jacobs: 5/L
Lou Limmer: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Bob Nieman: 8
Ray Boone: 8
Wayne Belardi: 31

Bot 6

Jim Finigan: 43
Bill Renna: 4/P
Elmer Valo: 8

Top 7

Al Kaline: S7
Harvey Kuenn: 6(1)3/GDP
Frank House: 63

Bot 7

Bill Wilson: 8
Joe DeMaestri: 53
Joe Astroth: 8

Top 8

Johnny Pesky: S8
Fred Hatfield: D7.1-3
Bill Tuttle: 8/SF.3-H;2-3
Bob Nieman: 13
Ray Boone: 8

Bot 8

Bob Trice: K
Spook Jacobs: S7
Lou Limmer: S9.1-3;B-2(E9)
Jim Finigan: IW
Bill Renna: S7.3-H;2-3;1-2
Elmer Valo: 46(1)/FO.3-H;2-H(E6/TH)(UR);B-2
Bill Wilson: 2/FL

Top 9

Wayne Belardi: HR/9
Al Kaline: 9
Harvey Kuenn: 8
Frank House: S9
Jim Delsing: W.1-2
Fred Hatfield: W.2-3;1-2
Bill Tuttle: 8