Oct 16, 1953 Playoff - Game 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1953 Leckrone 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 12 2 1953 Sacramento 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 - 7 15 1 Leckrone AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR LOB Avg Sacramento AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR LOB Avg Jensen,J CF 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .667 Hemus SS 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .345 Avila 2B 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Fox,N 2B 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Renna LF 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 Musial CF-LF 4 1 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .286 Hofman PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Collins, J 1B 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 Woodling LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mueller LF 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Dark SS 5 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 Dorish P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Vernon, M 1B 5 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .462 Minoso 3B-CF 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .387 Nieman RF 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Clark,M RF 3 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .143 Astroth C 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Pillette P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Spahn PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Babe 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McDougald 3B 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .429 Lollar C 4 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .320 Garcia,M P 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Ridzik P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 Carey PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pesky PH 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .136 Labine P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Nuxhall P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 38 5 12 4 4 3 4 0 0 0 .275 Bauer RF 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217 37 7 15 7 3 5 1 1 0 0 .268 Leckrone IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Garcia,M 7.0 11 4 3 0 3 4 104 78 26 3.86 35 145(149) 42 Labine L(0-1) 1.0 4 3 3 0 0 1 17 11 6 27.00 7 70(75) 8.0 15 7 6 0 3 5 121 89 32 4.15 42 Sacramento IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Ridzik 6.0 6 1 0 0 2 2 105 70 35 0.68 26 125(132) + 58 Nuxhall 1.2 5 4 4 0 1 1 43 27 16 5.68 11 60(75) - Pillette W(1-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 6 6 0.00 2 75(75) Dorish S(3) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 8 4 4.91 4 75(75) 9.0 12 5 4 0 4 3 172 111 61 2.53 43 LEC: Hofman hit for Renna in the 7th Woodling moved to LF in the 7th Carey hit for Garcia in the 8th Spahn hit for Astroth in the 9th SAC: Pesky hit for Ridzik in the 6th Bauer moved to RF in the 8th Musial moved to LF in the 9th Minoso moved to CF in the 9th Babe moved to 3B in the 9th E-Astroth(2), Renna(1), Minoso(2) 2B-Avila(1), Garcia,M(1), Renna(1), Vernon, M(1), Minoso(2) 3B-Musial(2) CS-LEC Jensen(1) by Ridzik(1) and Lollar(1), 3rd RBI-LEC - Avila(1), Vernon, M(3), Dark 2(2) SAC - Mueller(3), Hemus(3), Musial 3(5), Lollar(3), Pesky(4) HBP-Jensen(LEC) by Ridzik(SAC) SH-Ridzik 2(2) WP-Dorish(1) Great-Nieman(1), Clark,M(1) Poor-Jensen,J(1), Minoso(1) LOB-LEC(11) - 19 SAC(11) - 21 DP-Leckrone 1 Sacramento 1 GWRBI-Musial Game MVP:Stan Musial Cleveland Stadium (03-24-2021 12:57:18) Time 2:35, 59ø, Cloudy, Light Rain, Wind: 4 MPH Out to LCF Playoff Game Oct 16, 1953 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1953 Leckrone 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 12 2 1953 Sacramento 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 - 7 15 1 1953 Leckrone Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Jensen,J CF 1>S 3>HBP 5>W W S 2 Avila 2B G3u,12 L9 B24/fo,B1 D,2H,13 W,12 3 Renna LF G3u,23 CS2(24)D S,13 Hofman PH P4 Woodling LF P4 4 Dark SS G43 G5/e5,3H K S,3H,2H,B2 9>G63 5 Vernon, M 1B 2>S G43 Fd9 D,2H S 6 Nieman RF G143/dp 4>G63 6>G63 G53 WP,12 Fd823 7 Astroth C W K G63 G43 Spahn PH G43 8 McDougald 3B S,13 S G63 8>K 9 Garcia,M P G46/fo G53 7>D Carey PH F8 Labine P 1953 Sacramento Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Hemus SS 1>S Fd8,3H G43 S,12 Fd9 2 Fox,N 2B G43,12 G463/dp 5>G43 S,23,12 S,12 3 Musial CF-LF W 3>L8 K Fd8,3H,3H T,2H,1H 4 Collins, J 1B F8 Fd9 S L6 G53 5 Mueller LF W,23,12 G43 G63 7>G63 S,3H Dorish P 6 Minoso 3B-CF Fd8 4>G63 6>D S K 7 Clark,M RF 2>W S K K Pillette P Babe 3B 8 Lollar C S,12 S,12 S,2H,B2,E7 K 9 Ridzik P E2,23,12,B1 B14,23,12 Pesky PH S,2H Nuxhall P Bauer RF 8>S Leckrone IN OUT Garcia,M AB1-1 AB4-8 Labine AB4-9 End Sacramento IN OUT Ridzik AB1-1 AB3-8 Nuxhall AB3-9 AB5-1 Pillette AB5-2 AB5-3 Dorish AB5-4 End Oct 16, 1953 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1953 Leckrone 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 12 2 1953 Sacramento 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 - 7 15 1 Inn Out B-S On LEC-SAC Result >Ridzik pitching 1 0 2-2 - 0-0 Jensen grounded a single between first and second 1 0 1-2 1 0-0 Avila grounded to first, Jensen to 2nd, 1 out 1 1 1-2 2 0-0 Renna grounded to first, Jensen to 3rd, 2 out 1 2 0-1 3 0-0 Dark grounded to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-Sacramento 1 0 0-1 - 0-0 Hemus singled to left 1 0 1-1 1 0-0 Fox grounded to second, Hemus to 2nd, 1 out 1 1 3-0 2 0-0 Musial walked 1 1 0-0 12 0-0 Collins flied to right center, 2 out 1 2 3-1 12 0-0 Mueller walked, Hemus to 3rd, Musial to 2nd 1 2 0-1 123 0-0 Minoso flied to deep center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-Leckrone 2 0 2-2 - 0-0 Vernon singled to left 2 0 0-1 1 0-0 Nieman grounded to the pitcher, second to first double play, 2 out 2 2 3-2 - 0-0 Astroth walked 2 2 2-2 1 0-0 McDougald grounded a single between first and second, Astroth to 3rd 2 2 2-2 13 0-0 Garcia grounded to second, forcing McDougald at second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-Sacramento 2 0 3-1 - 0-0 Clark walked 2 0 1-1 1 0-0 Lollar singled between third and short, Clark to 2nd 2 0 0-1 12 0-0 Ridzik bunted to the catcher, safe on an error, Clark to 3rd, Lollar to 2nd, sacrifice 2 0 1-2 123 0-0 Hemus flied to deep right center, sacrifice, Clark scored, 1 out, Sacramento 1 Leckrone 0 2 1 0-2 12 0-1 Fox grounded to second, second to first double play, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-Leckrone 3 0 0-0 - 0-1 Jensen hit by pitch 3 0 0-1 1 0-1 Avila lined to right center, 1 out 3 1 0-0 1 0-1 Jensen caught stealing 2nd, 2 out 3 2 0-1 - 0-1 Renna doubled to right center 3 2 2-1 2 0-1 Dark grounded to third, safe on throwing error, Renna scored, Leckrone 1 Sacramento 1 3 2 3-2 1 1-1 Vernon grounded to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-Sacramento 3 0 0-1 - 1-1 Musial lined to center, 1 out 3 1 0-0 - 1-1 Collins flied deep down the right field line, 2 out 3 2 1-2 - 1-1 Mueller grounded to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-Leckrone 4 0 0-0 - 1-1 Nieman grounded to short, 1 out 4 1 1-2 - 1-1 Astroth struck out, 2 out 4 2 2-1 - 1-1 McDougald singled to center 4 2 0-1 1 1-1 Garcia grounded to third, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-Sacramento 4 0 0-2 - 1-1 Minoso grounded to short, 1 out 4 1 0-0 - 1-1 Clark lined a single to right 4 1 0-1 1 1-1 Lollar grounded a single between first and second, Clark to 2nd 4 1 0-1 12 1-1 Ridzik bunted out to the pitcher, Clark to 3rd, Lollar to 2nd, sacrifice, 2 out 4 2 0-1 23 1-1 Hemus grounded to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-Leckrone 5 0 3-0 - 1-1 Jensen walked 5 0 0-1 1 1-1 Avila bunted to the catcher, forcing Jensen at second, 1 out 5 1 2-2 1 1-1 Renna singled to right, Avila to 3rd 5 1 0-2 13 1-1 Dark struck out, 2 out 5 2 0-1 13 1-1 Vernon flied to deep right, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-Sacramento 5 0 0-1 - 1-1 Fox grounded to second, 1 out 5 1 0-2 - 1-1 Musial struck out, 2 out 5 2 0-1 - 1-1 Collins singled to right 5 2 0-1 1 1-1 Mueller grounded to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-Leckrone 6 0 1-0 - 1-1 Nieman grounded to short, 1 out 6 1 2-0 - 1-1 Astroth grounded to short, 2 out 6 2 3-1 - 1-1 McDougald grounded to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-Sacramento 6 0 1-0 - 1-1 Minoso doubled off the wall in left center 6 0 0-2 2 1-1 Clark struck out, 1 out 6 1 1-0 2 1-1 Lollar lined a single to left, Minoso scored, outfield error, Lollar to 2nd, Sacramento 2 Leckrone 1 6 1 1-0 2 1-2 Pesky singled to center, Lollar scored, Sacramento 3 Leckrone 1 6 1 0-2 1 1-3 Hemus lined a single up the middle, Pesky to 2nd 6 1 0-1 12 1-3 Fox lined a single to center, Pesky to 3rd, Hemus to 2nd 6 1 1-1 123 1-3 Musial flied to deep left center, Pesky scored, 2 out, Sacramento 4 Leckrone 1 6 2 2-2 12 1-4 Collins lined to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-Leckrone >Nuxhall pitching 7 0 2-1 - 1-4 Garcia doubled to left center 7 0 3-2 2 1-4 Jensen walked 7 0 2-0 12 1-4 Avila doubled off the wall down the third base line, Garcia scored, Jensen to 3rd, Sacramento 4 Leckrone 2 7 0 2-0 23 2-4 Hofman popped to second, 1 out 7 1 2-0 23 2-4 Dark singled between third and short, Jensen scored, Avila scored, Dark to 2nd, Leckrone 4 Sacramento 4 7 1 0-2 2 4-4 Vernon doubled off the wall in right center, Dark scored, Leckrone 5 Sacramento 4 7 1 1-2 2 5-4 Nieman grounded to third, 2 out 7 2 0-2 2 5-4 Astroth grounded to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-Sacramento >Woodling playing LF 7 0 1-1 - 5-4 Mueller grounded to short, 1 out 7 1 2-0 - 5-4 Minoso grounded a single between third and short 7 1 1-2 1 5-4 Clark struck out, 2 out 7 2 0-2 1 5-4 Lollar struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-Leckrone 8 0 1-2 - 5-4 McDougald struck out, 1 out 8 1 1-2 - 5-4 Carey flied to center, 2 out 8 2 1-1 - 5-4 Jensen grounded a single up the middle >Pillette pitching >Bauer playing RF 8 2 3-2 1 5-4 Avila walked, Jensen to 2nd 8 2 2-2 12 5-4 Woodling popped to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-Sacramento >Labine pitching 8 0 0-0 - 5-4 Bauer grounded a single up the middle 8 0 1-0 1 5-4 Hemus flied to deep right, 1 out 8 1 1-0 1 5-4 Fox grounded a single between third and short, Bauer to 2nd 8 1 1-1 12 5-4 Musial lined a triple to right center, Bauer scored, Fox scored, Sacramento 6 Leckrone 5 8 1 2-0 3 5-6 Collins grounded to third, 2 out 8 2 1-0 3 5-6 Mueller lined a single up the middle, Musial scored, Sacramento 7 Leckrone 5 8 2 1-2 1 5-7 Minoso struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-Leckrone >Dorish pitching >Musial playing LF >Minoso playing CF >Babe playing 3B 9 0 2-0 - 5-7 Dark grounded to short, 1 out 9 1 0-0 - 5-7 Vernon grounded a single between first and second 9 1 1-1 1 5-7 Wild pitch, Vernon to 2nd 9 1 2-1 2 5-7 Nieman flied to deep center, Vernon to 3rd, 2 out 9 2 0-2 3 5-7 Spahn grounded to second Recap SAC 1st: Failed to score on a hit and 2 walks. LEC 2nd: Failed to score on 2 hits and one walk. SAC 2nd: Scored 1 run on a hit, one walk and an error. SAC Solly Hemus hit a fly ball scoring 1 to take the lead. LEC 0 SAC 1. LEC 3rd: Scored 1 run on a hit, and an error. LEC Alvin Dark hit a grounder scoring 1, E5 to tie the score. LEC 1 SAC 1. SAC 6th: Sent 8 batters to the plate scoring 3 runs on 5 hits, and an error. SAC Sherm Lollar singled scoring Minoso to take the lead. LEC 1 SAC 2. SAC Johnny Pesky singled scoring Lollar. LEC 1 SAC 3. SAC Stan Musial hit a fly ball scoring 1. LEC 1 SAC 4. LEC 7th: Sent 8 batters to the plate scoring 4 runs on 4 hits and one walk. LEC Bobby Avila doubled scoring Garcia. LEC 2 SAC 4. LEC Alvin Dark singled scoring 2 to tie the score. LEC 4 SAC 4. LEC Mickey Vernon doubled scoring Dark to take the lead. LEC 5 SAC 4. SAC 8th: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 3 runs on 4 hits. SAC Stan Musial tripled scoring 2 to take the lead. LEC 5 SAC 6. SAC Don Mueller singled scoring Musial. LEC 5 SAC 7. LEC Bob Nieman: 2 for 2, double, HR, 5 RBI. SAC Stan Musial: 2 for 4, double, HR, 2 RBI. SAC Joe Collins: 2 for 3, HR, 3 RBI. SAC Duane Pillette picked up the win: 0 IP. He's 1-0 in the playoffs. SAC Fritz Dorish pitched the 9th to earn his 3rd save of the playoffs. LEC Clem Labine pitched 3 solid innings and took the loss: 3 IP, 3 hits, 0 BB, 0 K. He's now 0-1 in the playoffs.