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Cleveland Guardians @ Philadelphia Athletics

1954-08-25 · Night game · Shibe Park · 10 innings · Att: 7311 · 2:55

Cleveland Indians defeated Philadelphia Athletics 4–3. Cleveland Indians put up 2 in the 8th. Bob Lemon earned the win and Mike Garcia picked up the save. Al Smith went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bob Lemon L: Al Sima SV: Mike Garcia

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Smith	5	1	2	1	0	0
Bobby Avila	4	1	2	0	1	0
Larry Doby	3	1	1	0	2	1
Al Rosen	5	0	0	0	0	0
Vic Wertz	3	0	1	1	1	1
Dave Philley	4	0	2	0	1	1
Sam Dente	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Hegan	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Lemon	5	0	1	0	0	3
Dale Mitchell	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hank Majeski	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Pope	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Glynn	0	1	0	0	1	0
Hal Naragon	1	0	1	1	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Spook Jacobs	4	1	1	0	1	1
Lou Limmer	4	1	1	0	1	0
Jim Finigan	5	0	1	1	0	0
Bill Renna	4	1	2	1	0	0
Vic Power	5	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Wilson	4	0	2	1	0	0
Joe DeMaestri	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Astroth	4	0	1	0	0	0
Sonny Dixon	3	0	1	0	0	0
Al Sima	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Lemon	9.2	9	2	1
Mike Garcia	0.1	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sonny Dixon	8.0	8	4	6
Al Sima	2.0	2	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Al Smith: HR/7
Bobby Avila: S7
Larry Doby: W.1-2
Al Rosen: 1(B)4(2)/LDP
Vic Wertz: K

Bot 1

Spook Jacobs: S7
Lou Limmer: D9.1-3
Jim Finigan: 3/G.3-H;2-3
Bill Renna: 8/SF.3-H
Vic Power: 7

Top 2

Dave Philley: 13
Sam Dente: 6/P
Jim Hegan: 2/FL/P

Bot 2

Bill Wilson: 63
Joe DeMaestri: 6/P
Joe Astroth: 2/FL/P

Top 3

Bob Lemon: K
Al Smith: 2/FL/P
Bobby Avila: W
Larry Doby: SB2
Larry Doby: K

Bot 3

Sonny Dixon: 43
Spook Jacobs: 53
Lou Limmer: W
Jim Finigan: 2/FL/P

Top 4

Al Rosen: 4/L
Vic Wertz: W
Dave Philley: S8.1-2
Sam Dente: 4(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Bill Renna: 53
Vic Power: 53
Bill Wilson: S8
Joe DeMaestri: 13

Top 5

Jim Hegan: 8
Bob Lemon: K
Al Smith: D7
Bobby Avila: 63

Bot 5

Joe Astroth: 63
Sonny Dixon: 13
Spook Jacobs: W
Lou Limmer: 3/L

Top 6

Larry Doby: 6/P
Al Rosen: 63
Vic Wertz: 31

Bot 6

Jim Finigan: 13
Bill Renna: S8
Vic Power: PB.1-2
Vic Power: 43.2-3
Bill Wilson: D7.3-H
Joe DeMaestri: 63

Top 7

Dave Philley: S9
Dale Mitchell: 13.1-2
Jim Hegan: K
Bob Lemon: 7

Bot 7

Joe Astroth: 53
Sonny Dixon: S8
Spook Jacobs: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Al Smith: 8
Bobby Avila: S9
Larry Doby: S9.1-2
Al Rosen: E5/G.2-H(NR);1-3;B-1
Vic Wertz: D9.3-H(UR);1-3
Dave Philley: W
Hank Majeski: 2(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Dave Pope: K

Bot 8

Lou Limmer: 43
Jim Finigan: 53
Bill Renna: S7
Vic Power: 7

Top 9

Bob Lemon: S8
Al Smith: 6/L
Bobby Avila: 64(1)/FO
Larry Doby: W.1-2
Al Rosen: 9

Bot 9

Bill Wilson: 7
Joe DeMaestri: 53
Joe Astroth: S9
Al Sima: 9

Top 10

Bill Glynn: W
Dave Philley: K
Hank Majeski: 7
Hal Naragon: T9.1-H
Bob Lemon: K

Bot 10

Spook Jacobs: K
Lou Limmer: 8
Jim Finigan: D8
Bill Renna: E6/G
Vic Power: 3/G

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