[1]BOXSCORE: 1954 Carolina Grays At 1954 Peoria Chiefs                  5/7/1954

 

  Grays              AB  R  H RBI AVG     Chiefs             AB  R  H RBI AVG

  P.Reese SS          4  0  0  0 .257     B.Avila 2B          3  0  3  0 .316 

  J.Robinson 2B       2  0  0  0 .196     R.Ashburn LF        4  0  1  0 .386 

  D.Mueller RF        3  0  0  0 .271     W.Mays CF           3  0  1  0 .322 

F-A.Pafko PR          0  0  0  0 .148     T.Kluszewski 1B     3  0  1  0 .254 

  T.Williams LF       1  0  0  0 .311     D.Hoak 3B           4  1  1  0 .367 

  R.Kiner 1B          4  0  0  0 .275     A.Dark SS           3  0  1  0 .288 

  H.Thompson 3B       4  0  0  0 .127     C.Abrams RF         2  0  0  1 .281 

  C.Diering CF        3  0  0  0 .222   B-C.Furillo RF        0  0  0  0 .296 

  J.Garagiola C       1  0  0  0 .139     R.Katt C            3  0  0  0 .267 

D-R.Jackson PR        0  0  0  0 .500   A-J.Hegan C           0  0  0  0 .357 

E-C.Courtney C        0  0  0  0 .167     B.Porterfield P     3  0  0  0 .000 

  J.Antonelli P       2  0  0  0 .111                                         

C-W.Belardi PH        1  0  0  0 .125                                         

  B.Chakales P        0  0  0  0 ----                                         

                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---     

         Totals      25  0  0  0                 Totals      28  1  8  1

 

A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Katt In 8th Inning

B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Abrams In 8th Inning

C-Pinch Hit For Antonelli In 8th Inning

D-Pinch Ran For Garagiola In 8th Inning

E-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Jackson In 8th Inning

F-Pinch Ran For Mueller In 9th Inning

 

INJURY: Don Mueller INJURED (for 2 more games) in 9th inning

 

Grays........... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  0  1

Chiefs.......... 0 1 0  0 0 0  0 0    -  1  8  1

 

[1]Grays                    IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET

J.Antonelli LOSS(1-3)        7       5   1   0   2   7   0 103   2.30  A1 C8

B.Chakales                   1       3   0   0   1   1   0  17   6.75  C9

[1]Totals                    8       8   1   0   3   8   0

 

[1]Chiefs                   IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET

B.Porterfiel WIN(3-1)        9       0   0   0   6   4   0 136   2.70  A1

[1]Totals                    9       0   0   0   6   4   0

 

ATTENDANCE- 47,089 DATE- Friday, May 7th 1954 TIME- Night

UMPIRES- Bill Stewart, Lee Ballanfant, Frank Secory, Jocko Conlan

T- 2:17

LEFT ON BASE- Grays: 6  Chiefs: 7

DOUBLE PLAYS- Grays: 0  Chiefs: 3

ERRORS- D.Mueller, A.Dark

STOLEN BASES- B.Avila(2nd)

CAUGHT STEALING- B.Avila-2

SACRIFICE FLIES- C.Abrams

WALKS- J.Robinson, T.Williams-3, J.Garagiola-2, B.Avila, W.Mays, T.Kluszewski

HIT BY PITCH- J.Robinson, D.Mueller

STRIKE OUTS- R.Kiner, H.Thompson, J.Garagiola, J.Antonelli, R.Ashburn, W.Mays,

             T.Kluszewski, A.Dark, C.Abrams, R.Katt, B.Porterfield-2

GIDP- R.Kiner, J.Antonelli, W.Belardi

WILD PITCHES- B.Porterfield

 

History was made in Peoria as Bob Porterfield(3-1) tossed a no-hitter and the

Peoria Chiefs defeated the Carolina Grays by the score of 1 to

0.

 

Porterfield gave the home town fans an evening that they'll never forget.  He

walked 6 Carolina batters.  The tension started to build around the 6th

inning.  By the 9th inning the crowd was electrified.  Peoria had 8 hits for

the night. 

 

John Antonelli(1-3) was the losing pitcher.  It was a tough loss for him as he

did not allow an earned run in his 7 innings of work. 

 

It took a while to pry Porterfield way from his teammates as they all wanted

to show their appreciation and joy.  Finally, however, Michael Tricarico got

to offer his own congratulations with a big bear hug and the comment, 'That

was one of the best pitched games I have seen in all my years in baseball -

Porterfield was masterful out there tonight!'