Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 20, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1953 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 6, St. Louis Cardinals 11

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Abrams rf 6 0 0 1
O'Brien 2b 6 1 1 0
Smith 1b 6 1 4 0
Kiner lf 4 1 3 2
Bernier cf 3 1 0 0
Garagiola c 4 0 1 2
Castiglione 3b 5 0 1 0
Cole ss 4 1 2 0
Friend p 1 0 0 0
  Bowman p 0 0 0 0
  Hetki p 1 1 1 1
  Metkovich ph 1 0 0 0
  MacDonald p 0 0 0 0
  Pellagrini ph 1 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
  Montemayor ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 43 6 14 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Hemus ss 2 5 2 0
Schoendienst 2b 4 3 4 6
Musial lf 4 1 3 2
Slaughter rf 5 0 2 1
Jablonski 3b 5 0 1 2
Bilko 1b 5 0 3 0
Repulski cf 5 0 0 0
Rice c 4 1 1 0
Presko p 3 1 1 0
  Clark p 1 0 0 0
  Brazle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 11 17 11
Pittsburgh 001 203 0006140
St. Louis 233 010 20x11172
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Friend  L(1-3) 1.2 8 5 5 0 1
  Bowman   0.2 3 3 3 3 0
  Hetki   1.2 2 0 0 0 0
  MacDonald   2.0 2 1 1 2 1
  Face   2.0 2 2 2 1 3
Totals
8.0
17
11
11
6
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Presko  W(2-3) 5.1 10 6 6 3 6
  Clark   2.2 4 0 0 2 1
  Brazle  SV(4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
6
6
5
8

  E–Hemus (2), Schoendienst (3).  DP–Pittsburgh 3. J. O'Brien-Cole-P. Smith, Cole-J. O'Brien-P. Smith, Castiglione-P. Smith.  2B–Pittsburgh P. Smith (4); Kiner 2 (4); Montemayor (4)., St. Louis Hemus (5); Schoendienst 2 (11)..  3B–Pittsburgh Hetki (1), St. Louis Hemus (1).  HR–St. Louis Schoendienst (4,off Friend).  Team LOB–15.  Team–9.  U-HP–Dusty Boggess, 1B–Bill Engeln, 2B–Bill Stewart, 3B–Babe Pinelli.  T–2:59.  A–5,715.
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