Brooklyn Dodgers vs Philadelphia Phillies
April 23, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1953 at Shibe Park. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Brooklyn Dodgers 1, Philadelphia Phillies 6

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 4 0 2 0
Reese ss 4 1 1 1
Snider cf 4 0 1 0
Robinson 3b 4 0 1 0
Campanella c 4 0 0 0
Furillo rf 4 0 1 0
Hodges 1b 3 0 1 0
Thompson lf 3 0 1 0
Podres p 1 0 1 0
  Mauro ph 1 0 0 0
  Wade p 0 0 0 0
  Shuba ph 1 0 0 0
  Hughes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 9 1
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ryan 2b 5 0 0 0
Ashburn cf 2 0 1 2
Clark rf 4 0 1 0
Ennis lf 3 0 0 0
Torgeson 1b 4 1 1 0
Hamner ss 4 2 2 1
Jones 3b 3 0 1 0
Lopata c 3 2 2 3
Roberts p 2 1 1 0
Totals 30 6 9 6
Brooklyn 100 000 000190
Philadelphia 010 301 01x690
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Podres  L(0-2) 4.0 5 4 4 5 2
  Wade   2.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Hughes   2.0 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
5
3
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts  W(2-1) 9.0 9 1 1 0 6
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
0
6

  E–None.  DP–Brooklyn 1. Reese-Gilliam-Hodges, Philadelphia 3. Lopata-Hamner, Hamner-Ryan-Torgeson, Ryan-Hamner-Torgeson.  2B–Philadelphia Ashburn (2,off Podres); Hamner (4,off Hughes); Roberts (1,off Hughes)..  HR–Brooklyn Reese (1,1st inning off Roberts 0 on 1 out), Philadelphia Hamner (2,4th inning off Podres 0 on 0 out); Lopata (1,6th inning off Wade 0 on 1 out)..  Team LOB–5.  SH–Roberts (1,off Podres); Jones (2,off Hughes)..  Team–7.  SB–Podres (1,2nd base off Roberts/Lopata).  CS–Thompson (2,2nd base by Roberts/Lopata).  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Hal Dixon, 2B–Larry Goetz, 3B–Frank Dascoli.
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