St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 3, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 1953 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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St. Louis Cardinals 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 8
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Hemus ss 3 0 0 0
Schoendienst 2b 3 0 1 0
Musial lf,cf 4 1 1 0
Slaughter rf 3 1 0 0
Jablonski 3b 4 0 1 1
Bilko 1b 2 0 0 0
  Stanky ph 0 0 0 0
  Fusselman c 0 0 0 0
  Benson ph 1 0 0 0
Repulski cf 2 0 1 0
  Sisler ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Rice c 2 0 0 0
  Lowrey ph,lf 1 0 0 1
Haddix p 3 0 0 0
  Bokelmann p 0 0 0 0
  Clark p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 4 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bernier cf 4 0 1 0
Smith 1b 4 0 0 0
O'Connell 2b 3 1 1 0
Kiner lf 3 2 1 0
Thomas rf 3 3 3 2
Castiglione 3b 4 1 1 3
Sandlock c 4 1 2 2
Cole ss 3 0 0 0
Lindell p 3 0 1 1
Totals 31 8 10 8
St. Louis 000 000 200–240
Pittsburgh 000 010 43x–8101
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Haddix  L(2-2) 6.1 6 4 4 1 4
  Bokelmann   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Clark   1.1 2 3 3 2 0
Totals
8.0
10
8
8
3
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Lindell  W(1-2) 9.0 4 2 2 4 5
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
4
5
  E–O'Connell (3).  DP–St. Louis 1. Jablonski-Schoendienst-Bilko.  2B–Pittsburgh Thomas (1); Castiglione (2); Lindell (3)..  3B–St. Louis Musial (1).  HR–Pittsburgh Thomas (3,5th inning off Haddix 0 on).  SH–Stanky (1); Cole (2).  Team LOB–5.  Team–3.  CS–Schoendienst (2); Bernier (2).  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Hal Dixon, 2B–Larry Goetz, 3B–Frank Dascoli.  T–2:36.  A–26,001.
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