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Cincinnati Reds @ Philadelphia Phillies

1954-06-18 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 8589 · night · 2:36

Cincinnati Redlegs defeated Philadelphia Phillies 2–1. Corky Valentine earned the win and Frank Smith picked up the save. Wally Post went 4-for-4 with 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CIN	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	11
PHI	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	7

W: Corky Valentine L: Curt Simmons SV: Frank Smith

Umpires — HP: Artie Gore · 1B: Augie Donatelli · 2B: Jocko Conlan · 3B: Tom Gorman · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Adams	3	0	2	0	1	0
Roy McMillan	5	0	1	0	0	0
Gus Bell	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bob Borkowski	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Greengrass	4	1	1	0	0	1
Johnny Temple	2	1	1	0	1	0
Wally Post	4	0	4	2	0	0
Andy Seminick	4	0	0	0	0	1
Corky Valentine	4	0	1	0	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Willie Jones	4	0	0	0	0	0
Richie Ashburn	3	0	0	0	1	0
Earl Torgeson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Del Ennis	3	0	1	0	1	0
Granny Hamner	4	0	2	0	0	1
Smoky Burgess	4	1	2	0	0	0
Johnny Wyrostek	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bobby Morgan	3	0	1	0	1	1
Curt Simmons	3	0	1	1	0	0
Danny Schell	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Corky Valentine	8.1	7	4	2
Frank Smith	0.2	0	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Curt Simmons	9.0	11	2	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bobby Adams: 9
Roy McMillan: 63
Gus Bell: K

Bot 1

Willie Jones: 53
Richie Ashburn: 63
Earl Torgeson: 3/G

Top 2

Bob Borkowski: 8
Jim Greengrass: 6
Johnny Temple: S8
Wally Post: S7.1-2
Andy Seminick: K

Bot 2

Del Ennis: 8
Granny Hamner: K/C
Smoky Burgess: S9
Johnny Wyrostek: 9

Top 3

Corky Valentine: 31
Bobby Adams: W
Roy McMillan: 6#
Gus Bell: S7.1-2
Bob Borkowski: K/C

Bot 3

Bobby Morgan: S7
Curt Simmons: 6/L
Willie Jones: 3/G.1-2
Richie Ashburn: 4/L

Top 4

Jim Greengrass: 143#
Johnny Temple: W
Wally Post: D9.1-H
Andy Seminick: 7(B)4(2)/LDP

Bot 4

Earl Torgeson: 9
Del Ennis: 13
Granny Hamner: 13

Top 5

Corky Valentine: 53
Bobby Adams: T9
Roy McMillan: 53
Gus Bell: HP
Bob Borkowski: 54(1)/FO

Bot 5

Smoky Burgess: D9
Johnny Wyrostek: 3/G.2-3
Bobby Morgan: W
Curt Simmons: S8.3-H;1-2
Willie Jones: 8.2-3
Richie Ashburn: 6

Top 6

Jim Greengrass: S7
Johnny Temple: 34/SH.1-2
Wally Post: S8.2-H
Andy Seminick: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Earl Torgeson: 4/FL
Del Ennis: S5/BG
Granny Hamner: S7.1-2
Smoky Burgess: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Corky Valentine: K23#
Bobby Adams: S9
Roy McMillan: S7.1-3
Gus Bell: 5
Bob Borkowski: 3/FL

Bot 7

Johnny Wyrostek: 8/L
Bobby Morgan: 63
Curt Simmons: 63

Top 8

Jim Greengrass: K
Johnny Temple: 53
Wally Post: S9
Andy Seminick: 13

Bot 8

Willie Jones: 63
Richie Ashburn: W
Earl Torgeson: CS2(26)
Earl Torgeson: K/C

Top 9

Corky Valentine: S
Bobby Adams: 34/SH.1-2
Roy McMillan: 9/FL
Gus Bell: 5/FL

Bot 9

Del Ennis: W
Granny Hamner: S7.1-2
Smoky Burgess: 9/L
Johnny Wyrostek: W.2-3;1-2
Bobby Morgan: K
Danny Schell: 7#

Notes & reviews

to match daily/TSN, arbitrary 5 to 6
To match TSN/daily, arbitrary 43 to 143
to match dilay/TSN, arbitrary K to K23
Earl Torgeson ejected by HP umpire Artie Gore
to match daily/TSN, arbitrary 8 to 7

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