Cincinnati Redlegs vs New York Giants
June 15, 1954 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 15, 1954 at Polo Grounds V. The New York Giants defeated the Cincinnati Redlegs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Redlegs 3, New York Giants 5

Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Escalera rf 5 0 1 1
Adams 3b 4 0 0 0
Bell cf 5 0 1 0
Kluszewski 1b 2 1 1 1
Greengrass lf 4 1 2 0
Temple 2b 3 0 2 0
Bailey c 2 0 0 0
  Harmon pr 0 1 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Borkowski ph 1 0 0 0
  Perkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Judson p 0 0 0 0
  Collum p 0 0 0 0
McMillan ss 3 0 1 1
Baczewski p 2 0 0 0
  Seminick ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Lockman 1b 4 1 2 0
Dark ss 5 1 3 0
Thompson 3b 3 1 1 3
Irvin lf 3 0 0 0
Mueller rf 4 0 1 1
Mays cf 2 0 0 0
Williams 2b 4 0 1 0
Westrum c 3 1 1 1
  Gardner pr 0 1 0 0
Gomez p 3 0 0 0
  Grissom p 0 0 0 0
  Evers ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 5
Cincinnati 000 000 120380
New York 000 001 103591
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Baczewski   6.0 6 1 1 1 3
  Smith   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Perkowski  L(1-6) 1.1 0 2 2 4 1
  Judson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Collum   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.2
9
5
5
5
4
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Gomez   7.0 7 3 3 5 4
  Grissom  W(6-2) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
5
6

  E–Dark (13).  DP–Cincinnati 1. McMillan-Temple-Kluszewski, New York 1. Lockman-Dark-Gomez.  2B–Cincinnati Bell (15,off Gomez), New York Dark (11,off Baczewski).  HR–Cincinnati Kluszewski (16,8th inning off Gomez 0 on 0 out), New York Westrum (2,7th inning off Smith 0 on 1 out); Thompson (11,9th inning off Collum 2 on 2 out).  SH–McMillan (10,off Gomez); Temple (2,off Grissom); Thompson 2 (6,off Baczewski 2).  IBB–Kluszewski (6,by Gomez).  Team LOB–9.  Team–8.  CS–Greengrass (2,2nd base by Gomez/Westrum).  SB–Lockman (1,2nd base off Smith/Seminick).  U-HP–Bill Engeln, 1B–Babe Pinelli, 2B–Dusty Boggess, 3B–Bill Stewart.  T–2:56.  A–12,414.
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