Cleveland Indians vs New York Yankees
May 12, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1953 at Yankee Stadium I. The New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Indians 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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Cleveland Indians 0, New York Yankees 7

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Boone ss 3 0 0 0
Avila 2b 3 0 0 0
Mitchell lf 4 0 0 0
Rosen 3b 3 0 0 0
Doby cf 1 0 0 0
Kennedy rf 2 0 0 0
Glynn 1b 2 0 0 0
  Lemon ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Hegan c 2 0 0 0
  Westlake ph 1 0 0 0
  Aylward c 0 0 0 0
Wynn p 2 0 1 0
  Brissie p 0 0 0 0
  Majeski ph 1 0 0 0
  Gromek p 0 0 0 0
Totals 25 0 1 0
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rizzuto ss 3 2 1 0
Martin 2b 4 0 0 0
Noren rf 4 2 1 2
Mantle cf 4 1 2 2
Bollweg 1b 4 0 2 1
Woodling lf 3 1 0 0
McDougald 3b 4 1 1 0
Silvera c 4 0 0 1
Ford p 4 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 7 6
Cleveland 000 000 000012
New York 300 200 20x771
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wynn  L(3-1) 6.1 6 7 6 2 1
  Brissie   0.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Gromek   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
7
6
2
4
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Ford  W(3-0) 9.0 1 0 0 5 5
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
5
5

  E–Avila (2), Glynn (2), Martin (5).  DP–New York 2. McDougald-Martin-Bollweg, Ford-Rizzuto-Bollweg.  PB–Silvera (1).  3B–New York Mantle (1,off Wynn).  HR–New York Noren (2,7th inning off Wynn 1 on 1 out).  Team LOB–3.  Team–5.  CS–Boone (2,2nd base by Ford/Silvera).  U-HP–Grover Froese, 1B–Bill Summers, 2B–Johnny Stevens, 3B–Scotty Robb.  T–2:17.  A–55,459.
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