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Chicago Cubs @ Philadelphia Phillies

1954-08-06 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 7060 · night · 2:37

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Chicago Cubs 7–4. Philadelphia Phillies put up 3 in the 1st. Curt Simmons earned the win. Granny Hamner went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	8
PHI	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0		7	10

W: Curt Simmons L: Howie Pollet SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Engeln · 1B: Bill Stewart · 2B: Babe Pinelli · 3B: Dusty Boggess · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bob Talbot	5	0	1	0	0	1
Eddie Miksis	4	1	1	0	0	0
Gene Baker	4	1	1	0	0	0
Ralph Kiner	4	1	2	1	0	0
Hank Sauer	3	0	1	1	0	0
Ernie Banks	3	1	2	1	1	1
Steve Bilko	4	0	0	0	0	1
Clyde McCullough	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Zick	2	0	0	0	0	0
Walker Cooper	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hal Jeffcoat	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Richie Ashburn	3	1	1	2	2	0
Bobby Morgan	4	1	2	1	0	0
Stan Lopata	3	1	0	0	2	1
Granny Hamner	5	1	3	2	0	0
Del Ennis	5	1	1	1	0	0
Danny Schell	3	0	2	0	1	0
Earl Torgeson	2	1	1	0	2	1
Willie Jones	3	0	0	1	1	0
Curt Simmons	4	1	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Howie Pollet	1.2	4	4	0
Bob Zick	4.1	5	2	1
Hal Jeffcoat	2.0	1	2	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Curt Simmons	9.0	8	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bob Talbot: 53
Eddie Miksis: 7
Gene Baker: 53

Bot 1

Richie Ashburn: 63
Bobby Morgan: 6
Stan Lopata: W
Granny Hamner: D8.1-H
Del Ennis: D7.2-H
Danny Schell: W
Earl Torgeson: W.2-3;1-2
Willie Jones: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Curt Simmons: 7

Top 2

Ralph Kiner: 7
Hank Sauer: 53#
Ernie Banks: D7
Steve Bilko: 43

Bot 2

Richie Ashburn: 43
Bobby Morgan: D7
Stan Lopata: 43.2-2#
Granny Hamner: S7.2-H
Del Ennis: 7

Top 3

Clyde McCullough: W
Bob Zick: 9
Bob Talbot: 8
Eddie Miksis: 6

Bot 3

Danny Schell: 5/L
Earl Torgeson: W
Willie Jones: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Gene Baker: S9
Ralph Kiner: S8.1-3
Hank Sauer: 8/SF.3-H;1-2
Ernie Banks: S7.2-H;B-2(TH)
Steve Bilko: WP.2-3#
Steve Bilko: K
Clyde McCullough: E9/F.3-H(NR)(UR);B-2
Bob Zick: 63

Bot 4

Curt Simmons: 43
Richie Ashburn: W
Bobby Morgan: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Bobby Morgan: D7.3-H
Stan Lopata: K
Granny Hamner: S6.2-3
Del Ennis: 7

Top 5

Bob Talbot: D9.BX3(845)
Eddie Miksis: 53
Gene Baker: 8

Bot 5

Danny Schell: S8
Earl Torgeson: S8.1-3
Willie Jones: 9
Curt Simmons: FC6.3XH(62);1-2
Richie Ashburn: T9.2-H;1-H
Bobby Morgan: 6/L

Top 6

Ralph Kiner: 7
Hank Sauer: 8/L
Ernie Banks: W
Steve Bilko: 43

Bot 6

Stan Lopata: 53
Granny Hamner: 63
Del Ennis: 2/FL

Top 7

Clyde McCullough: 7
Walker Cooper: 8
Bob Talbot: 13#

Bot 7

Danny Schell: S9
Earl Torgeson: K/C
Willie Jones: 14(1)/FO.B-2(E4/TH1)
Curt Simmons: 63

Top 8

Eddie Miksis: D7
Gene Baker: 9.2-3
Ralph Kiner: S8.3-H
Hank Sauer: S7.1-2
Ernie Banks: K
Steve Bilko: 15(2)/FO.1-2

Bot 8

Richie Ashburn: W
Bobby Morgan: 34/SH.1-2
Stan Lopata: PO2(E1).2-3#
Stan Lopata: W
Granny Hamner: 2/FL
Del Ennis: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Clyde McCullough: 9#
Hal Jeffcoat: 2#
Bob Talbot: K

Notes & reviews

to match daily/TSN, arbitrary 63 to 53
to match daily/TSN, arbitrary 63 to 13
The next few Chicago batters may be wrong because it appears from the scoresheet that the scorer missed an out.
to match daily/TSN, arbitrary 9 to 7
to match daily/TSN, arbitrary 9 to 2

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