Milwaukee Braves vs Brooklyn Dodgers
May 4, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1953 at Ebbets Field. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Braves 9, Brooklyn Dodgers 4

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 5 1 1 0
Logan ss 5 1 3 2
Mathews 3b 4 2 2 0
Gordon lf 3 0 2 3
  Pendleton pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Pafko rf 4 1 1 0
Adcock 1b 3 1 2 1
Dittmer 2b 5 1 2 0
Crandall c 5 2 2 3
Antonelli p 0 0 0 0
  Burdette p 4 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 15 9
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 3 0 3 0
Reese ss 4 1 0 0
Snider cf 5 1 2 0
Robinson 3b 4 1 0 0
Campanella c 5 1 3 4
Hodges 1b 3 0 1 0
Williams lf 3 0 1 0
  Furillo rf 0 0 0 0
Antonello rf 0 0 0 0
  Thompson ph,rf,lf 4 0 1 0
Roe p 0 0 0 0
  Morgan ph 1 0 0 0
  Labine p 1 0 0 0
  Milliken p 0 0 0 0
  Walker ph 1 0 0 0
  Podres p 0 0 0 0
  Cox ph 1 0 0 0
  Hughes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 11 4
Milwaukee 210 005 0109150
Brooklyn 300 000 1004110
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Antonelli   0.2 2 3 3 3 0
  Burdette  W(1-0) 8.1 9 1 1 2 3
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
5
3
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Roe   2.0 4 3 3 2 1
  Labine  L(0-1) 3.1 6 5 5 2 1
  Milliken   0.2 1 0 0 2 0
  Podres   2.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Hughes   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
9
9
6
4

  E–None.  DP–Milwaukee 1. Logan-Dittmer-Adcock, Brooklyn 1. Gilliam-Reese-Hodges.  2B–Milwaukee Logan 3 (4,off Roe 2,off Milliken); Gordon (3,off Roe); Crandall (2,off Roe)..  3B–Milwaukee Pafko (1,off Labine); Mathews (1,off Podres)..  HR–Milwaukee Crandall (3,6th inning off Labine 2 on 0 out), Brooklyn Campanella (6,1st inning off Antonelli 2 on 2 out).  SH–Burdette (1,off Roe); Robinson (1,off Burdette).  Team LOB–9.  Team–10.  SB–Bruton (5,2nd base off Milliken/Campanella).  CS–Pendleton (1,2nd base by Podres/Campanella).  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Artie Gore, 2B–Lee Ballanfant, 3B–Al Barlick.
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