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Baltimore Orioles @ Philadelphia Athletics

1954-07-25 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 4021 · 2:08

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Baltimore Orioles 6–4. Philadelphia Athletics put up 4 in the 7th. Sonny Dixon earned the win and Al Sima picked up the save. Don Larsen went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BAL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	12
PHA	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1		6	9

W: Sonny Dixon L: Don Larsen SV: Al Sima

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

Baltimore Orioles — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cal Abrams	5	1	2	0	0	0
Eddie Waitkus	4	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Diering	5	0	0	0	0	0
Vern Stephens	4	1	3	1	0	0
Clint Courtney	4	0	2	1	0	0
Gil Coan	3	0	1	0	1	0
Bobby Young	4	0	1	0	0	0
Billy Hunter	3	0	1	0	0	0
Don Larsen	3	1	1	1	0	1
Dick Kryhoski	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Brideweser	1	1	1	0	0	0
Sam Mele	0	0	0	1	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Spook Jacobs	4	0	1	1	0	0
Lou Limmer	4	1	1	1	0	0
Vic Power	4	0	2	0	0	0
Elmer Valo	3	1	0	0	0	0
Bill Wilson	3	1	1	0	1	0
Jim Finigan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe DeMaestri	3	1	1	1	0	0
Joe Astroth	3	1	1	2	0	0
Sonny Dixon	3	1	2	1	0	1

Baltimore Orioles — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Don Larsen	7.0	7	0	1
Howie Fox	1.0	2	1	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sonny Dixon	8.0	12	1	1
Al Sima	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cal Abrams: D7
Eddie Waitkus: 9
Chuck Diering: 7
Vern Stephens: S7.2-H
Clint Courtney: D7.1-H
Gil Coan: 3/G

Bot 1

Spook Jacobs: 2/FL
Lou Limmer: 5/P
Vic Power: 8/L

Top 2

Bobby Young: 9
Billy Hunter: 53
Don Larsen: HR/7
Cal Abrams: S4
Eddie Waitkus: 8

Bot 2

Elmer Valo: 23
Bill Wilson: 7
Jim Finigan: 8

Top 3

Chuck Diering: 8
Vern Stephens: S7
Clint Courtney: S7.1-2
Gil Coan: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Bobby Young: 9

Bot 3

Joe DeMaestri: 13
Joe Astroth: 53
Sonny Dixon: K

Top 4

Billy Hunter: 2/FL
Don Larsen: K
Cal Abrams: 3/G

Bot 4

Spook Jacobs: 53
Lou Limmer: 63
Vic Power: 3/FL

Top 5

Eddie Waitkus: 31
Chuck Diering: 7
Vern Stephens: S7
Clint Courtney: 41

Bot 5

Elmer Valo: 5/FL
Bill Wilson: 13
Jim Finigan: 13

Top 6

Gil Coan: S8
Bobby Young: 46(1)3/GDP
Billy Hunter: S7
Don Larsen: 53

Bot 6

Joe DeMaestri: 63
Joe Astroth: 7
Sonny Dixon: D7
Spook Jacobs: S8.2-H
Lou Limmer: PB.1-2
Lou Limmer: 2/FL

Top 7

Cal Abrams: 3/G
Eddie Waitkus: 31
Chuck Diering: 2/FL

Bot 7

Vic Power: S7
Elmer Valo: 156(1)/FO
Bill Wilson: D7.1-3
Jim Finigan: 3/FL
Joe DeMaestri: S6.3-H;2-3
Joe Astroth: T8.3-H;1-H
Sonny Dixon: S1.3-H
Spook Jacobs: 9

Top 8

Vern Stephens: 7
Clint Courtney: 8
Gil Coan: W
Bobby Young: S9.1-3
Dick Kryhoski: 9

Bot 8

Lou Limmer: HR/9
Vic Power: D9
Elmer Valo: 14/SH.2-3
Bill Wilson: W
Jim Finigan: 36(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Jim Brideweser: T8
Cal Abrams: 8
Sam Mele: 7/SF.3-H
Chuck Diering: 63