Monday, May 29, 2006
Wednesday 9/22/54: Yanks edge Nats 5-4
Rookie Bob Cerv had a big day for the Yanks. He drove in the winning run with one out in the bottom of the ninth, breaking a 4-4 tie with a single to center field, scoring Mickey Mantle from second. Tommy Byrne went the distance for the win. In the first inning Cerv hit a three run homer off Washington starter Mickey McDermott. Cerv got only 100 at bats in real life for the '54 Yanks. Almost half of them were in September after the pennant race had been decided. Earlier in the season Cerv had been used by Casey Stengel primarily as a pinch hitter vs. lefties. In the real life game on this day, the Yanks won 3-0 as Byrne pitched a shutout. The Yanks turned a triple play in the sixth inning. With runners on first and second, Mickey Vernon lined a shot towards right field. Bill Skowron at first made a leaping grab of the liner, ran to first to double up the runner, then threw back to second to nail Wayne Terwilliger before he could get back to the bag. A film of this game was released by Rare SportsFilms some time in the 80s or early 90s. I bought it on video and watched it again today before playing the Strat game. It captures this ordinary game from that era fairly well, given the age of the film. Some of the camera work is bad, but there are some great closeups of the players at bat, in the on-deck circle, etc. Also the camera work of the triple play is excellent. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1954 Washington Senators At 1954 New York Yankees 9/22/1954
Cerv singles in winning run in 9th, after hitting 3 run HR in 1st to give Yanks
Senators AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG
B.Oldis 3B 1 0 0 0 .258 H.Bauer RF 2 1 0 0 .293
A-E.Yost 3B 0 0 0 0 .234 G.McDougald 2B 4 0 0 0 .220
B-W.Terwilliger 3B,SS 3 0 0 0 .197 M.Mantle CF 2 2 2 0 .290
P.Runnels 2B 4 0 0 0 .281 Y.Berra C 3 1 0 0 .298
M.Vernon 1B 3 0 0 0 .276 B.Skowron 1B 3 0 1 1 .352
J.Busby CF 5 0 0 0 .312 E-J.Collins 1B 1 0 0 0 .233
R.Sievers LF 3 2 0 0 .277 B.Cerv LF 4 1 3 4 .273
J.Lemon RF 4 2 2 0 .170 A.Carey 3B 4 0 0 0 .296
E.Fitz Gerald C 4 0 1 0 .266 J.Coleman SS 4 0 3 0 .209
J.Snyder SS 1 0 0 0 .269 G-P.Rizzuto PR,SS 0 0 0 0 .176
C-R.Dietzel 3B 3 0 2 1 .286 T.Byrne P 3 0 1 0 .154
M.McDermott P 2 0 2 3 .104
D-J.Tipton PH 1 0 0 0 .215
C.Pascual P 0 0 0 0 .105
F-T.Umphlett PH 0 0 0 0 .219
S.Shea P 0 0 0 0 .095
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Totals 34 4 7 4 Totals 30 5 10 5
A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Oldis In 1st Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Yost In 1st Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Snyder In 2nd Inning
D-Pinch Hit For McDermott In 6th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Skowron In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Pascual In 8th Inning
G-Pinch Ran For Coleman In 8th Inning
Senators........ 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 4 7 0
Yankees......... 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 10 2
Senators (70-80) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
M.McDermott 5 7 4 4 6 2 1 100 3.49
C.Pascual 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 26 5.01
S.Shea LOSS(4-7) 1 1/3 3 1 1 1 0 0 32 4.60
Totals 8 1/3 10 5 5 8 3 1
Yankees (84-67) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
T.Byrne WIN(3-1) 9 7 4 2 5 7 0 148 2.51
Totals 9 7 4 2 5 7 0
ATTENDANCE- 10,622 DATE- Wednesday, September 22nd 1954 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Hank Soar, Ed Runge, Bill Summers, Bill McKinley
T- 3:11
LEFT ON BASE- Senators:10 Yankees:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- Senators: 1 Yankees: 0
ERRORS- A.Carey, T.Byrne
HOME RUNS- B.Cerv(6th)
STOLEN BASES- M.Mantle(6th), B.Skowron(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Vernon, H.Bauer, G.McDougald, T.Byrne
SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Skowron
WALKS- P.Runnels, M.Vernon, R.Sievers-2, T.Umphlett, H.Bauer-2, M.Mantle-3,
Y.Berra-2, B.Cerv
HIT BY PITCH- W.Terwilliger
STRIKE OUTS- W.Terwilliger-2, P.Runnels, M.Vernon, J.Busby, R.Dietzel, J.Tipton,
G.McDougald, B.Cerv, A.Carey
GIDP- J.Coleman
WILD PITCHES- M.McDermott
WEB GEMS- Top 5th: Yogi Berra blocked the plate, saving a run!
Tommy Byrne completed the game without help from the bullpen at Yankee Stadium
as the New York Yankees won a thriller over the Washington Senators in, 5 to
4.
The deciding run was scored by New York in the bottom of the 9th. Mickey
Mantle stroked a single. Yogi Berra was next and he drew a walk. After an
out was recorded, Bob Cerv came to the plate and slapped a single making New
York victorious to the delight of the the home town crowd. New York totaled
10 on the afternoon.
Byrne(3-1), allowing 4 runs for the game, picked up the victory. The losing
pitcher was Spec Shea(4-7) in relief.
'I just wanted to give my team a chance to win.' said Byrne, 'I got burned on
a couple of pitches. But we won the game, and that's all that matters.'
