Sal Maglie, New York Giants, 5/10/1953
New York Giants 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 0
It seemed pretty unusual to me to have a unique box score line so similar to yesterday’s line of 9-2-0-0-6-9, and for it to have occurred the very next day seemed extra unusual. And I like unusual.
Game of 5/10/1953, game 1 -- Pittsburgh at New York (D) Pittsburgh AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI Bernier C, cf 2 0 1 0 Williams D, 2b 4 1 4 3 Smith P, 1b 3 0 0 0 Dark A, ss 4 0 0 0 Abrams C, rf 3 0 1 0 Thomson B, cf 4 0 0 0 Kiner R, lf 4 0 0 0 Irvin M, lf 3 0 1 0 Garagiola J, c 4 0 1 0 Lockman W, 1b 4 0 1 0 O'Brien E, pr 0 0 0 0 Mueller D, rf 4 1 2 1 Castiglione P, 3b 3 0 0 0 Spencer D, 3b 4 1 1 0 Pellagrini E, 2b 3 0 0 0 Westrum W, c 4 1 1 0 Cole D, ss 3 0 0 0 Maglie S, p 2 0 1 0 Dickson M, p 2 0 0 0 Metkovich G, ph 1 0 0 0 LaPalme P, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 28 0 3 0 33 4 11 4 Pittsburgh 000 000 000 -- 0 New York 040 000 00x -- 4 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO Dickson M (L) 7.0 11 4 3 1 1 LaPalme P 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 New York IP H R ER BB SO Maglie S (W) 9.0 3 0 0 6 9 E -- Cole D DP -- Pittsburgh 2, New York 1 LOB -- Pittsburgh 7, New York 7 2B -- Maglie S HR -- Mueller D, Williams D CS -- Bernier C SH -- Maglie S T -- 2:17 A -- 0