Brooklyn Dodgers vs Philadelphia Phillies
May 24, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1953 at Shibe Park. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Brooklyn Dodgers 16, Philadelphia Phillies 2

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 5 2 2 1
Reese ss 4 1 1 3
Robinson lf 5 1 1 2
  Thompson lf 1 1 1 0
Campanella c 5 1 0 1
Hodges 1b 5 3 2 1
Cox 3b 5 3 4 0
Snider cf 4 2 2 3
Furillo rf 3 1 1 4
Meyer p 2 0 0 0
  Hughes p 0 0 0 0
  Podres p 0 0 0 0
  Morgan ph 1 0 0 0
  Erskine p 2 1 1 1
Totals 42 16 15 16
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Glaviano 2b 2 0 0 0
Ashburn cf 3 1 2 0
Wyrostek rf 1 0 0 0
  Ennis ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Clark lf,rf 3 0 0 0
Torgeson 1b 2 1 1 1
  Lohrke ph 1 0 0 0
  Waitkus 1b 1 0 0 0
Hamner ss 4 0 2 1
Jones 3b 3 0 1 0
Burgess c 3 0 0 0
  Lopata c 1 0 0 0
Simmons p 2 0 1 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Hansen p 0 0 0 0
  Stuffel p 0 0 0 0
  Peterson p 0 0 0 0
  Mayo ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 7 2
Brooklyn 100 101 012116150
Philadelphia 010 100 000272
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Meyer   3.0 4 2 2 3 0
  Hughes   1.0 0 0 0 3 0
  Podres  W(1-2) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Erskine  SV(1) 4.0 3 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
7
4
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Simmons  L(6-3) 7.0 9 8 7 6 3
  Miller   0.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Hansen   0.0 2 3 3 1 0
  Stuffel   0.0 0 2 2 2 0
  Peterson   2.0 3 1 1 0 3
Totals
9.0
15
16
15
10
6

  E–Wyrostek (5), Simmons (2).  DP–Brooklyn 1. Reese-Hodges, Philadelphia 2. Hamner-Glaviano-Torgeson, Hamner-Glaviano-Torgeson.  2B–Brooklyn Gilliam 2 (4,off Simmons 2); Snider 2 (11,off Simmons 2); Thompson (3,off Peterson)..  3B–Brooklyn Reese (2,off Miller); Furillo (1,off Peterson)..  IBB–Furillo 2 (3,by Simmons 2); Ennis (4,by Podres).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Ashburn (7,off Podres); Glaviano (1,off Erskine)..  Team–8.  SB–Torgeson (3,2nd base off Meyer/Campanella); Torgeson (3,2nd base off Meyer/Campanella).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Jocko Conlan, 2B–Artie Gore, 3B–Lon Warneke.  T–3:29.  A–24,715.
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