St. Louis Browns vs Cleveland Indians
April 21, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1953 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the St. Louis Browns and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Browns 3, Cleveland Indians 4

St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Groth cf 4 0 0 0
  Lenhardt ph 0 0 0 0
Young 2b 5 0 1 0
Kokos lf 4 1 2 0
Wertz rf 3 0 0 0
Elliott 3b 4 0 1 1
Courtney c 4 0 1 0
  Berry pr 0 1 0 0
Sievers 1b 3 0 1 0
Hunter ss 2 0 1 0
  Dyck ss 1 0 0 0
Brecheen p 1 0 0 0
  Littlefield p 0 0 0 0
  Kryhoski ph 1 0 0 0
  Blyzka p 0 0 0 0
  Upright ph 1 1 1 1
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Edwards ph 1 0 1 1
  Miranda pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Boone ss 4 0 1 1
Avila 2b 3 2 1 0
Mitchell lf 4 1 2 1
  Kennedy lf 0 0 0 0
Doby cf 4 0 0 0
Rosen 3b 2 0 2 1
Glynn 1b 3 0 0 0
Simpson rf 4 0 0 0
Hegan c 3 1 1 0
Lemon p 2 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 7 3
St. Louis 100 000 011392
Cleveland 201 100 00x470
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Brecheen  L(0-2) 3.0 5 4 4 3 3
  Littlefield   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Blyzka   3.0 0 0 0 1 0
  White   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
4
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Lemon  W(2-0) 9.0 9 3 3 4 5
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
4
5

  E–Kokos (1), Hunter (2).  DP–St. Louis 1. Elliott-Sievers, Cleveland 2. Boone-Avila-Glynn, Glynn-Boone-B. Lemon.  2B–St. Louis Sievers (4,off B. Lemon), Cleveland Avila (2,off Brecheen); Mitchell (2,off Brecheen); Rosen (3,off White)..  HR–St. Louis Upright (1,8th inning off B. Lemon 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–8.  SH–B. Lemon (1,off Littlefield).  Team–6.  SB–Miranda (1,2nd base off B. Lemon/Hegan).  CS–Hegan (1,2nd base by Blyzka/Courtney).  U-HP–Larry Napp, 1B–Jim Duffy, 2B–Bill Grieve, 3B–Art Passarella.
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