Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 28, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 28, 1953 at Forbes Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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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Chicago Cubs 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Miksis ss 4 0 1 0
Baumholtz rf 5 0 0 0
Fondy 1b 5 0 1 0
Sauer lf 3 1 1 0
Serena 2b 4 2 2 1
  Ramazzotti 2b 0 0 0 0
Jackson 3b 4 1 3 2
Ward cf 4 1 1 2
  Jeffcoat cf 0 0 0 0
McCullough c 4 0 1 0
Rush p 4 0 0 0
  Leonard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 10 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Abrams rf 4 0 2 0
Smith 1b 4 0 1 1
Montemayor cf 3 0 0 0
Kiner lf 4 1 1 0
O'Connell 2b 4 1 1 1
Castiglione 3b 3 0 0 0
Garagiola c 3 0 0 1
Cole ss 3 1 0 0
LaPalme p 1 0 0 0
  Metkovich ph 1 0 0 0
  Main p 0 0 0 0
  Pellagrini ph 1 0 0 0
  Pettit p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 3
Chicago 000 201 020–5100
Pittsburgh 000 000 012–351
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Rush  W(2-1) 8.0 5 3 3 1 3
  Leonard  SV(2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
1
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
LaPalme  L(0-2) 5.0 6 2 2 1 2
  Main   3.0 3 3 3 1 3
  Pettit   1.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
2
8
  E–LaPalme (1), LaPalme (1).  DP–Chicago 1. O'Connell-Cole-P. Smith, Pittsburgh 1. O'Connell-Cole-P. Smith.  2B–Pittsburgh Kiner (2); O'Connell (2)..  3B–Chicago Fondy (1); Serena (1)..  HR–Chicago Jackson (1,8th inning off Main 1 on); Ward (3,4th inning off LaPalme 1 on)..  Team LOB–7.  SH–Castiglione (4).  HBP–Montemayor (1); Garagiola (1)..  Team–5.  SB–Miksis (1).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Jocko Conlan, 3B–Lon Warneke.  T–2:26.  A–5,870.
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