St. Louis Browns vs Cleveland Indians
May 23, 1947 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1947 at Cleveland Stadium. The St. Louis Browns defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Browns 5, Cleveland Indians 3

St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Dillinger 3b 6 2 4 0
Berardino 2b 4 0 1 0
Lehner cf 6 1 1 1
Heath lf 4 0 2 2
Stephens ss 5 0 1 0
Zarilla rf 2 1 0 0
Judnich 1b 4 1 1 2
Early c 3 0 0 0
  Schultz ph 1 0 0 0
  Moss c 1 0 0 0
Kinder p 3 0 0 0
  Muncrief p 2 0 0 0
Totals 41 5 10 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Peck rf 5 1 1 0
Metkovich cf 5 1 3 0
Seerey lf 5 0 0 0
Boudreau ss 5 0 1 1
Robinson 1b 5 1 2 2
Gordon 2b 5 0 1 0
Keltner 3b 5 0 1 0
Hegan c 3 0 0 0
  Lopez c 1 0 0 0
  Fleming ph 1 0 0 0
Feller p 1 0 0 0
  Sepkowski ph 1 0 0 0
  Stephens p 1 0 0 0
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
  Gromek p 0 0 0 0
  Conway ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 44 3 9 3
St. Louis 120 000 000 0025100
Cleveland 000 000 120 000393
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Kinder   7.1 6 3 3 1 4
  Muncrief  W(4-3) 4.2 3 0 0 0 3
Totals
12.0
9
3
3
1
7
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Feller   8.0 6 3 2 5 7
  Stephens  L(2-1) 3.1 3 2 2 1 2
  Willis   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Gromek   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
12.0
10
5
4
6
9

  E–Seerey (2), Keltner (2), Hegan (3).  DP–St. Louis 1. Stephens-Berardino-Judnich, Cleveland 2. Boudreau-Gordon-Robinson, Boudreau-Gordon.  2B–St. Louis Berardino (4).  3B–St. Louis Dillinger (1); Lehner (5).  HR–St. Louis Judnich (4,2nd inning off Feller 1 on), Cleveland Robinson (2,7th inning off Kinder 0 on).  SH–Berardino (2); Heath (2); Zarilla (5).  Team LOB–9.  Team–6.  SB–Dillinger (7).  CS–Stephens (1).  U–Hal Weafer, Charlie Berry, Cal Hubbard.  T–3:07.  A–61,227.
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