Philadelphia Phillies vs St. Louis Cardinals
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 Busch Stadium I. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 6, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ryan 2b 5 0 0 1
Ashburn cf 5 0 1 1
Wyrostek rf 5 0 0 0
Ennis lf 3 1 1 0
Torgeson 1b 3 1 2 0
Hamner ss 4 0 0 0
Jones 3b 2 2 1 1
Burgess c 3 0 1 0
  Clark ph 0 1 0 1
  Lopata c 0 0 0 0
Konstanty p 4 1 0 0
  Drews p 0 0 0 0
  Hansen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 6 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Hemus ss 5 1 4 2
Schoendienst 2b 5 1 1 0
Musial lf 5 1 3 1
Slaughter rf 5 0 0 0
Jablonski 3b 4 0 0 1
Bilko 1b 4 1 2 1
Repulski cf 4 0 0 0
Rice D. c 2 0 0 0
  Lowrey ph 0 1 0 0
Presko p 3 0 0 0
  Brazle p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Rice H. ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 10 5
Philadelphia 000 010 005661
St. Louis 000 001 0045101
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Konstanty  W(3-1) 8.2 8 4 4 2 2
  Drews   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Hansen  SV(2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
2
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Presko  L(1-2) 8.1 5 3 2 3 1
  Brazle   0.0 0 2 0 2 0
  Miller   0.2 1 1 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
6
2
5
1

  E–Hamner (5), Miller (1).  2B–Philadelphia Ashburn (4); Burgess (2)., St. Louis Schoendienst (8); Musial (5).  HR–Philadelphia Jones (5,5th inning off Presko 0 on), St. Louis Hemus (2,9th inning off Konstanty 1 on 2 out); Bilko (3,9th inning off Konstanty 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–6.  Team–8.  SB–Torgeson (1).  U-HP–Lee Ballanfant, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–Bill Jackowski, 3B–Artie Gore.  T–2:27.  A–9,247.
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