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Cleveland Guardians @ Philadelphia Athletics

1954-08-24 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 9175 · 2:17

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Cleveland Indians 4–1. Philadelphia Athletics put up 3 in the 3rd. Johnny Gray earned the win. Jim Finigan went 3-for-4 with 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Johnny Gray L: Mike Garcia SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Grieve · 1B: Johnny Stevens · 2B: Jim Honochick · 3B: Nestor Chylak · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Smith	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bobby Avila	3	0	0	0	1	1
Larry Doby	4	0	1	0	0	0
Al Rosen	3	1	0	0	1	0
Vic Wertz	3	0	1	0	1	2
Dave Philley	3	0	1	1	1	0
Sam Dente	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Hegan	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Garcia	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dale Mitchell	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dave Pope	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hank Majeski	2	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Glynn	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Lemon	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Westlake	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Spook Jacobs	3	1	0	0	1	0
Lou Limmer	3	1	0	0	1	0
Jim Finigan	4	1	3	1	0	0
Bill Renna	4	1	1	1	0	1
Vic Power	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bill Wilson	3	0	1	0	0	0
Joe DeMaestri	3	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Astroth	3	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Gray	3	0	0	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Garcia	4.0	6	2	0
Ray Narleski	3.0	0	0	1
Bob Hooper	1.0	1	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Gray	9.0	4	6	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Al Smith: W
Bobby Avila: K+PO1(23)/DP
Larry Doby: 7

Bot 1

Spook Jacobs: W
Lou Limmer: 8
Jim Finigan: D9.1-H
Bill Renna: 3/FL/P
Vic Power: 31

Top 2

Al Rosen: W
Vic Wertz: D7.1-3
Dave Philley: 43.3-H;2-3
Sam Dente: 5/FL/P
Jim Hegan: 6/P

Bot 2

Bill Wilson: 53
Joe DeMaestri: 5/FL/P
Joe Astroth: 63

Top 3

Mike Garcia: K
Al Smith: 3/G
Bobby Avila: 9/FL

Bot 3

Johnny Gray: 63
Spook Jacobs: 63
Lou Limmer: W
Jim Finigan: S7.1-3
Bill Renna: S1.3-H;1-H(NR)(E2/TH)(E4/TH);B-3
Vic Power: S8.3-H(UR)
Bill Wilson: S9.1X3(95)

Top 4

Larry Doby: 31
Al Rosen: 8
Vic Wertz: K

Bot 4

Joe DeMaestri: 6/L
Joe Astroth: S8
Johnny Gray: 3/FL/P
Spook Jacobs: 31

Top 5

Dave Philley: W
Dale Mitchell: W.1-2
Jim Hegan: 6/P
Dave Pope: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Al Smith: 54(1)/FO

Bot 5

Lou Limmer: 2/FL/P
Jim Finigan: 5/FL/P
Bill Renna: 2/P

Top 6

Bobby Avila: 7
Larry Doby: 63
Al Rosen: 8

Bot 6

Vic Power: 8
Bill Wilson: 7
Joe DeMaestri: 4/P

Top 7

Vic Wertz: W
Dave Philley: 7
Hank Majeski: S7.1-2
Jim Hegan: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Joe Astroth: 4/P
Johnny Gray: K
Spook Jacobs: 8

Top 8

Bill Glynn: 1/G
Al Smith: 5/FL/P
Bobby Avila: W
Larry Doby: S9.1-2
Al Rosen: 8

Bot 8

Lou Limmer: 43
Jim Finigan: S7
Bill Renna: K
Vic Power: 2/FL/P

Top 9

Vic Wertz: K23
Dave Philley: S8
Hank Majeski: E5.1-2
Bob Lemon: 6/P
Wally Westlake: 54(1)/FO