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New York Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates
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 Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the New York Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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"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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| Game played on Thursday, April 23, 1953 at Forbes Field |
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| New York |
0 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 2 | 2 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 12 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh |
0 | 1 | 4 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | x | – | 6 | 7 | 1 |
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| New York Giants |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Koslo L(0-1) |
4.0 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
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Connelly |
1.0 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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Wilhelm |
2.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
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Hiller |
1.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals |
8.0 |
7 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Pollet W(1-0) |
5.0 |
9 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
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Hetki SV(1) |
4.0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
12 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
5 |
E–Koslo (1), O'Connell (1). DP–Pittsburgh 1. Cole-P. Smith. 2B–New York Dark 2 (5,off Pollet 2); D. Spencer (2,off Pollet); Rhodes (1,off Hetki); Lockman (1,off Hetki)., Pittsburgh Kiner (1,off Koslo); Fitz Gerald (1,off Koslo).. 3B–New York Dark (1,off Pollet), Pittsburgh O'Connell (2,off Connelly). HR–Pittsburgh Thomas (1,3rd inning off Koslo 3 on 2 out). SH–Koslo (1,off Pollet); Yvars (1,off Hetki).. Team LOB–8. IBB–Cole (1,by Koslo); Kiner (1,by Koslo).. Team–4. CS–Hofman (1,2nd base by Pollet/Fitz Gerald); P. Smith (1,2nd base by Koslo/Yvars); Bernier (1,2nd base by Connelly/Yvars). U-HP–Bill Engeln, 1B–Bill Stewart, 2B–Babe Pinelli, 3B–Dusty Boggess. T–2:22. A–4,372. |
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| Game played on Thursday, April 23, 1953 at Forbes Field |
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Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."
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