St. Louis Browns vs Washington Senators
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 Griffith Stadium. The St. Louis Browns defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Browns 4, Washington Senators 0

St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Groth cf 5 0 3 1
Kokos lf 5 0 0 0
  Dyck lf 0 0 0 0
Wertz rf 4 1 2 0
Kryhoski 1b 3 1 1 2
Elliott 3b 4 0 0 0
Courtney c 3 1 2 0
Hunter ss 4 0 0 0
Young 2b 4 1 2 0
Trucks p 3 0 1 0
Totals 35 4 11 3
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 4 0 1 0
Terwilliger 2b 3 0 0 0
Vernon 1b 3 0 2 0
Jensen rf 4 0 1 0
Vollmer lf 4 0 0 0
Runnels ss 4 0 2 0
Busby cf 4 0 0 0
Grasso c 4 0 1 0
Masterson p 2 0 1 0
  Campos ph 1 0 0 0
  Moreno p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 8 0
St. Louis 200 010 0014110
Washington 000 000 000080
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Trucks  W(4-2) 9.0 8 0 0 2 4
Totals
9.0
8
0
0
2
4
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Masterson  L(2-4) 8.0 9 3 3 3 5
  Moreno   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
3
5

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 2. Hunter-Young-Kryhoski, Kryhoski-Hunter-Kryhoski, Washington 2. Terwilliger-Runnels-Vernon, Vernon-Runnels-Vernon.  2B–St. Louis Wertz (5,off Masterson); Groth (8,off Masterson)..  3B–St. Louis Wertz (3,off Masterson).  HR–St. Louis Kryhoski (5,1st inning off Masterson 1 on 2 out).  SH–Trucks (1,off Moreno).  IBB–Courtney (1,by Masterson).  Team LOB–8.  Team–8.  U-HP–Art Passarella, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Jim Duffy, 3B–Bill Grieve.  T–2:25.  A–3,381.
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