Brooklyn Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 15, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 1953 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Brooklyn Dodgers 3, St. Louis Cardinals 9

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 5 0 1 0
Reese ss 3 0 1 0
Snider cf 4 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 3 1 1 0
Campanella c 4 1 1 1
Furillo rf 3 0 0 1
Hodges 1b 3 0 0 0
Antonello lf 3 0 0 0
Roe p 1 0 0 0
  Wade p 0 0 0 0
  Cox ph 1 1 1 1
  Podres p 0 0 0 0
  Morgan ph 1 0 0 0
  Meyer p 0 0 0 0
  Milliken p 0 0 0 0
  Shuba ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 5 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Hemus ss 3 1 3 3
Schoendienst 2b 5 0 1 2
Musial lf 4 1 1 1
Bilko 1b 4 1 1 2
Slaughter rf 5 0 0 0
Jablonski 3b 4 1 2 0
Repulski cf 3 1 1 0
Rice c 3 2 2 0
Haddix p 2 1 1 1
  Miller p 1 1 1 0
Totals 34 9 13 9
Brooklyn 000 111 000350
St. Louis 060 000 30x9131
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Roe  L(1-1) 2.0 8 6 6 1 0
  Wade   2.0 2 0 0 2 0
  Podres   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Meyer   2.0 3 3 3 1 0
  Milliken   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
9
9
6
1
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Haddix  W(4-2) 5.2 4 3 3 5 2
  Miller  SV(2) 3.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
5
3

  E–Hemus (1).  DP–Brooklyn 2. Gilliam-Reese-Hodges, Snider-Robinson, St. Louis 1. Hemus-Schoendienst-Bilko.  2B–Brooklyn Robinson (5,off Haddix), St. Louis Schoendienst (9,off Roe); Hemus (3,off Roe)..  HR–Brooklyn Cox (1,5th inning off Haddix 0 on 0 out); Campanella (11,6th inning off Haddix 0 on 1 out)., St. Louis Bilko (4,2nd inning off Roe 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Repulski (1,off Meyer).  IBB–Bilko (1,by Roe); D. Rice (4,by Meyer)..  Team–8.  U-HP–Lon Warneke, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Jocko Conlan.  T–2:28.  A–11,536.
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