Philadelphia Phillies vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 28, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 28, 1953 at Forbes Field. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Philadelphia Phillies 9, Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ryan 2b 5 0 1 0
Ashburn cf 5 1 2 0
Clark rf 5 1 1 0
Ennis lf 5 1 2 1
Torgeson 1b 4 2 2 0
Hamner ss 5 2 2 2
Glaviano 3b 3 1 1 2
Lopata c 4 1 0 1
Konstanty p 4 0 2 2
Totals 40 9 13 8
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Abrams rf 6 0 1 1
O'Connell 2b 5 1 2 0
Smith 1b 4 1 1 0
Kiner lf 5 1 2 0
Thomas cf 5 0 2 1
Garagiola c 2 0 0 1
  Metkovich ph 1 0 0 0
  Sandlock c 2 1 1 0
Pellagrini 3b 5 2 2 0
Cole ss 5 2 2 1
LaPalme p 1 0 0 0
  Hetki p 1 0 0 0
  Montemayor ph 1 0 0 1
  Face p 0 0 0 0
  Lindell ph 1 0 1 1
  O'Brien pr 0 0 0 0
  Friend p 0 0 0 0
  Bernier ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 45 8 15 6
Philadelphia 024 100 200–9134
Pittsburgh 300 002 201–8152
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Konstanty  W(4-2) 9.0 15 8 5 1 5
Totals
9.0
15
8
5
1
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
LaPalme  L(2-4) 2.1 6 5 4 1 0
  Hetki   3.2 4 2 1 0 2
  Face   1.0 2 2 2 0 2
  Friend   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
13
9
7
1
6
  E–Ennis 2 (2), Hamner (10), Glaviano (1), O'Connell 2 (6).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Cole-P. Smith.  2B–Philadelphia Ashburn (7), Pittsburgh Thomas 2 (3); Cole 2 (5)..  3B–Philadelphia Ennis (1); Torgeson (2)..  HR–Philadelphia Glaviano (1,7th inning off Face 1 on).  SH–Torgeson (1).  Team LOB–6.  Team–11.  U–Jocko Conlan, Lon Warneke, Augie Donatelli.  T–2:17.  A–2,437.
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