Pirates @ Phillies
August 14, 1954

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Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 8 12 0
Phillies 4 10 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 8 12 0
Phillies 4 10 2

Smoky Burgess Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .342
OBP .750 .404
At Bats 3 219
Hits 2 75
• Singles 1 52
• Doubles 1 16
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 1 24
RBI’s 0 29

Vern Law Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 10 1
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Connie Mack Stadium - August 14, 1954
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Walk
Vern Law
Jack Shepard
Bob Skinner
Dick Cole
Eddie Pellagrini
Gair Allie
Dick Hall
Frank Thomas
Sid Gordon
Smoky Burgess
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Burgess takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Torgeson hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skinner scoops it up and throws to first, with Law covering, for the out.
Top 9 Hall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morgan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Cole hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Shepard strikes out.
Top 9 Thornton Kipper now pitching. Gordon hits a fly ball into left field. Schell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Johnny Wyrostek pinch hits for Jim Konstanty. Wyrostek strikes out.
Bottom 8 Jones hits a line drive into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Thomas hits a fly ball into right field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Pellagrini bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Bottom 7 Schell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pellagrini fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Ennis hits a fly ball into left field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hamner hits a popup towards short. Allie settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Burgess hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gordon. Burgess reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Allie hits a line drive into left field. Schell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Law bunts towards the mound. Konstanty fields it and throws to first for the out. Hall moves to second.
Top 7 Hall hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play.
Top 7 Cole hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hamner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jim Konstanty now pitching. Shepard hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cole scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Ashburn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Floyd Baker pinch hits for Steve Ridzik. Baker hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Shepard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jones hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hall. Jones reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cole scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Gordon hits a popup towards first. Torgeson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Thomas for the out.
Top 6 Skinner hits a popup, foul, towards short. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Schell hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Allie fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Burgess moves to third.
Bottom 5 Hamner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Torgeson scores. Burgess moves to second.
Bottom 5 Burgess hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Torgeson moves to second.
Bottom 5 Torgeson bunts towards the mound. Law fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Pellagrini hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hamner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Allie hits a popup towards first. Torgeson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Law hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Schell. Law reaches second base with a double. Hall scores.
Top 5 Hall hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Schell. Hall reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Cole hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Allie fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Ridzik hits a ball on the ground towards short. Allie fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Schell tags and scores.
Bottom 4 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cole scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Schell moves to third.
Bottom 4 Schell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hall. Schell reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Shepard strikes out.
Top 4 Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Thomas hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Schell. Thomas reaches second base with a double. Skinner goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 Skinner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Pellagrini hits a fly ball into left field. Schell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Ennis hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hamner hits a popup towards short. Allie settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Burgess hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Torgeson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Steve Ridzik now pitching. Allie hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Law takes first base on ball four. Gordon scores. Shepard moves to third. Hall moves to second.
Top 3 Hall is walked intentionally.
Top 3 Cole hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Simmons fields it and throws to first for the out. Gordon moves to third. Shepard moves to second.
Top 3 Shepard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gordon moves to second.
Top 3 Gordon takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Simmons fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Ashburn hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Vern Law now pitching. Simmons hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Schell scores. Jones moves to second.
Bottom 2 Jones takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Shepard fires to first and picks off Morgan.
Bottom 2 Morgan takes first base on ball four. Schell moves to second.
Bottom 2 Schell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Ennis hits a line drive into left field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Skinner hits a line drive towards the mound. Simmons reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Pellagrini hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ennis. Pellagrini reaches second base with a double. Pepper scores. Allie goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Allie hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Pepper moves to second.
Top 2 Pepper hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Simmons fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Hall hits a popup towards short. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cole hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Hamner hits a line drive into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Ashburn scores.
Bottom 1 There goes Burgess. The throw from Shepard and he is out, Allie applying the tag. Ashburn moves to third.
Bottom 1 Burgess takes first base on ball four. Ashburn moves to second.
Bottom 1 Torgeson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cole fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Shepard hits a line drive into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gordon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Thomas hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned.
Top 1 Thomas hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Burgess settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Burgess.
Top 1 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson scoops it up and throws to first, with Simmons covering, for the out. Allie moves to third.
Top 1 Pellagrini hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pellagrini for the out. Allie moves to second.
Top 1 Allie takes first base on ball four.