St. Louis Browns vs Detroit Tigers
April 18, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1953 at Briggs Stadium. The St. Louis Browns defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Browns 8, Detroit Tigers 7

St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Groth cf 3 1 1 0
  Edwards ph 1 1 1 0
  Miranda ss 1 0 0 0
Hunter ss 4 0 0 0
  Upright ph 1 0 0 0
  Stuart p 1 1 1 0
  Trucks p 0 0 0 0
Dyck lf,cf 5 1 0 0
Wertz rf 6 2 2 3
Elliott 3b 5 1 2 2
Sievers 1b 6 0 2 0
Moss c 5 0 1 1
Young 2b 5 0 0 0
Larsen p 2 0 2 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Kellert ph 1 0 0 0
  Holloman p 0 0 0 0
  Cain p 0 0 0 0
  Paige p 0 0 0 0
  Kokos ph,lf 1 1 0 0
Totals 47 8 12 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 6 0 3 2
Friend 2b 6 0 0 0
Sullivan lf 5 0 3 0
Dropo 1b 5 1 0 1
Nieman rf 6 2 2 1
Delsing cf 6 2 4 1
Baumgartner 3b 6 1 2 1
Batts c 5 0 2 1
Hoeft p 1 0 0 0
  Mullin ph 0 0 0 0
  Carswell ph 0 0 0 0
  Lund pr 0 1 0 0
  Houtteman p 1 0 0 0
Totals 47 7 16 7
St. Louis 200 000 013 028122
Detroit 000 003 030 017163
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Larsen   5.1 9 3 3 1 3
  White   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Holloman   1.1 3 2 2 0 1
  Cain   0.0 0 1 1 1 0
  Paige   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Stuart  W(1-0) 2.1 3 1 1 0 0
  Trucks  SV(1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
16
7
7
4
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Hoeft   8.0 7 3 1 2 4
  Houtteman  L(0-1) 3.0 5 5 5 1 4
Totals
11.0
12
8
6
3
8

  E–Groth (1), Sievers (1), Baumgartner 2 (2), Houtteman (1).  DP–St. Louis 1. Hunter-Young-Sievers.  2B–St. Louis Groth (2,off Hoeft), Detroit Delsing 2 (2,off Larsen 2); Sullivan (3,off Larsen).  HR–St. Louis Wertz (2,9th inning off Houtteman 2 on 2 out), Detroit Nieman (1,11th inning off Stuart 0 on 0 out).  SH–Groth (1,off Hoeft); Hoeft (1,off Larsen); Batts (1,off Holloman).  Team LOB–10.  IBB–Carswell (2,by Cain); Sullivan (1,by Paige).  Team–13.  U-HP–Jim Duffy, 1B–Bill Grieve, 2B–Art Passarella, 3B–Larry Napp.
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