St. Louis Browns vs Detroit Tigers
May 30, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 1953 at Briggs Stadium. The St. Louis Browns defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Browns 5, Detroit Tigers 4

St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Groth cf 4 2 2 2
Young 2b 5 0 1 0
Wertz rf 4 0 1 1
  Sievers pr,1b 0 1 0 0
Elliott 3b 3 0 1 0
Kryhoski 1b 4 0 3 0
  Lenhardt ph,rf 1 0 1 2
Dyck lf 4 0 0 0
Courtney c 4 0 0 0
Hunter ss 4 1 2 0
Trucks p 1 0 1 0
  Edwards ph 1 0 1 0
  Berry pr 0 1 0 0
  Paige p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 13 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Priddy 2b 3 0 0 0
Kuenn ss 4 2 2 0
Delsing cf 4 1 1 0
Nieman rf 4 0 2 2
Dropo 1b 4 0 0 0
Lund lf 4 1 1 0
Ginsberg c 3 0 2 1
Hatfield 3b 3 0 0 0
Gray p 0 0 0 0
  Marlowe p 3 0 0 0
  Herbert p 0 0 0 0
  Wight p 0 0 0 0
  Mullin ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 3
St. Louis 120 000 0025132
Detroit 101 001 010480
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Trucks  W(5-2) 8.0 8 4 4 2 6
  Paige  SV(3) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
3
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Gray   1.2 5 3 3 2 1
  Marlowe  L(0-3) 7.0 7 2 2 1 2
  Herbert   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Wight   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
5
5
4
4

  E–Hunter (4), Trucks (6).  DP–St. Louis 1. Trucks-Hunter-Young, Detroit 1. Priddy-Kuenn-Dropo.  2B–St. Louis Groth (10,off Gray); Kryhoski (7,off Marlowe)., Detroit Ginsberg (2,off Trucks); Lund (8,off Trucks).  3B–Detroit Delsing (2,off Trucks).  HR–St. Louis Groth (2,1st inning off Gray 0 on 0 out).  SH–Trucks 2 (4,off Gray,off Marlowe); Groth (6,off Marlowe)..  Team LOB–10.  Team–5.  SB–Dyck (2,2nd base off Marlowe/Ginsberg); Kuenn (1,2nd base off Trucks/Courtney).  CS–Priddy (1,2nd base by Trucks/Courtney).  U-HP–Jim Duffy, 1B–Eddie Rommel, 2B–Charlie Berry, 3B–Eddie Hurley.
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