St. Louis Cardinals vs Milwaukee Braves
April 14, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 14, 1953 at County Stadium. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 2, Milwaukee Braves 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Hemus ss 3 0 0 0
Schoendienst 2b 4 0 0 0
Musial lf,cf 5 0 0 0
Bilko 1b 4 0 0 0
Slaughter rf 3 1 0 0
Jablonski 3b 4 0 2 1
  Haddix pr 0 1 0 0
  Johnson 3b 0 0 0 0
Repulski cf 3 0 1 0
  Lowrey ph,lf 1 0 1 1
Rice c 3 0 1 0
  Benson pr 0 0 0 0
  Fusselman c 1 0 0 0
Staley p 4 0 1 0
Totals 35 2 6 2
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 5 2 3 1
Logan ss 2 0 0 0
Mathews 3b 3 0 0 0
Gordon lf 4 0 1 1
Pafko rf 4 0 0 0
Adcock 1b 3 1 1 0
Crandall c 3 0 1 0
Dittmer 2b 4 0 0 0
Spahn p 4 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 2
St. Louis 000 010 001 0261
Milwaukee 010 000 010 1362
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Staley  L(0-1) 9.1 6 3 2 2 6
Totals
9.1
6
3
2
2
6
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn  W(1-0) 10.0 6 2 2 3 2
Totals
10.0
6
2
2
3
2

  E–Jablonski (1), Dittmer (2), Spahn (1).  DP–Milwaukee 2. Gordon-Mathews, Logan-Mathews-Dittmer.  2B–St. Louis D. Rice (1,off Spahn); Lowrey (1,off Spahn).  3B–Milwaukee Bruton (1,off Staley).  HR–Milwaukee Bruton (1,10th inning off Staley 0 on 1 out).  SH–Schoendienst (1,off Spahn); Crandall (1,off Staley); Logan (1,off Staley).  Team LOB–7.  HBP–Logan (1,by Staley).  Team–6.  U-HP–Jocko Conlan, 1B–Lon Warneke, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:29.  A–34,357.
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