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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1954-07-11 · Day game · Shibe Park · 2:25

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 18–0. Boston Red Sox put up 5 in the 4th. Frank Sullivan earned the win. Grady Hatton went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	1	0	3	5	5	3	0	0	1	18	22
PHA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5

W: Frank Sullivan L: Bob Trice SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Joe Paparella · 1B: Nestor Chylak · 2B: Jim Honochick · 3B: Bill McGowan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Milt Bolling	6	2	3	1	1	1
Jim Piersall	5	3	3	1	1	0
Ted Williams	2	4	2	3	3	0
Sammy White	6	1	2	0	0	0
Billy Goodman	6	3	3	1	0	0
Jackie Jensen	4	2	2	4	1	0
Ted Lepcio	6	1	2	3	0	0
Grady Hatton	5	1	2	4	0	1
Frank Sullivan	5	0	1	0	1	0
Charlie Maxwell	2	0	1	0	0	1
Karl Olson	1	0	0	0	0	1
Billy Consolo	1	1	1	0	0	0
Mickey Owen	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Spook Jacobs	3	0	1	0
Joe DeMaestri	3	0	1	0
Jim Finigan	4	0	0	2
Bill Renna	4	2	0	0
Gus Zernial	4	1	0	1
Bill Wilson	3	0	0	1
Lou Limmer	1	1	0	0
Joe Astroth	4	1	0	1
Bob Trice	1	0	0	0
Don Bollweg	3	0	0	0
Dutch Romberger	1	0	0	1
Sonny Dixon	1	0	0	1
Vic Power	1	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Frank Sullivan	9.0	5	2	7

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Trice	3.1	10	3	0
Dutch Romberger	1.2	7	3	0
Sonny Dixon	4.0	5	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Milt Bolling: 8
Jim Piersall: S4
Ted Williams: S9.1-2
Sammy White: 3/FL
Billy Goodman: S8.2-H;1-3
Jackie Jensen: 7/L

Bot 1

Spook Jacobs: W
Joe DeMaestri: 8
Jim Finigan: 9
Bill Renna: 5/FL

Top 2

Ted Lepcio: D7
Grady Hatton: 7
Frank Sullivan: 53
Milt Bolling: W
Jim Piersall: 8/L

Bot 2

Gus Zernial: K
Bill Wilson: 8
Lou Limmer: S9
Joe Astroth: S8.1-2
Bob Trice: 64(1)/FO

Top 3

Ted Williams: W
Sammy White: 9
Billy Goodman: S9.1-3
Jackie Jensen: D8.3-H;1-H
Ted Lepcio: 63
Grady Hatton: S8.2-H;B-2(TH)
Frank Sullivan: 8

Bot 3

Spook Jacobs: 53
Joe DeMaestri: 7
Jim Finigan: K

Top 4

Milt Bolling: S7
Jim Piersall: 53/SH.1-2
Ted Williams: IW
Sammy White: E1.2-H(NR);1-2
Billy Goodman: S4.2-3;1-2
Jackie Jensen: S7.3-H;2-H(UR);1-2
Ted Lepcio: D8.2-H;1-H;B-3(E6)
Grady Hatton: 3/G
Frank Sullivan: W
Milt Bolling: 2/FL

Bot 4

Bill Renna: D9
Gus Zernial: 9
Bill Wilson: 63.2-3
Don Bollweg: 43

Top 5

Jim Piersall: HR/7
Ted Williams: W
Sammy White: S8.1-2
Billy Goodman: 84(1)/FO.2-3
Jackie Jensen: W.1-2
Ted Lepcio: 64(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Grady Hatton: HR/9.3-H;1-H
Frank Sullivan: 8

Bot 5

Joe Astroth: 53
Dutch Romberger: K
Spook Jacobs: E1
Joe DeMaestri: W.1-2
Jim Finigan: 4/L

Top 6

Milt Bolling: S7
Jim Piersall: S9.1-2
Ted Williams: HR/9.2-H;1-H
Sammy White: S7
Billy Goodman: E4.1-2
Jackie Jensen: 64(1)3/GDP.2-3
Ted Lepcio: 5/L

Bot 6

Bill Renna: 4/L
Gus Zernial: S7
Bill Wilson: K
Don Bollweg: 4

Top 7

Grady Hatton: K
Frank Sullivan: D7
Milt Bolling: K
Jim Piersall: 8

Bot 7

Joe Astroth: 53
Sonny Dixon: K
Spook Jacobs: 7

Top 8

Charlie Maxwell: S9
Sammy White: 8
Billy Goodman: E3.1-3(E3/TH)
Karl Olson: K
Ted Lepcio: 54(1)/FO

Bot 8

Joe DeMaestri: 53
Jim Finigan: K
Bill Renna: S5
Gus Zernial: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Billy Consolo: D7
Frank Sullivan: 9/F.2-3
Milt Bolling: D7.3-H
Jim Piersall: W
Charlie Maxwell: K
Mickey Owen: 8

Bot 9

Bill Wilson: HP
Don Bollweg: 8
Joe Astroth: K
Vic Power: 53

Notes & reviews

Gus Zernial broke left collarbone diving for Consolo's double

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