Philadelphia Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
June 2, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 2, 1953 at Briggs Stadium. The Philadelphia Athletics tied the Detroit Tigers 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 Athletics 7, Detroit Tigers 7

Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Joost ss 6 0 2 2
Babe 3b 8 0 0 0
Robinson 1b 6 1 3 1
Zernial lf 7 1 2 1
Philley rf 6 0 1 0
Suder 2b 7 3 4 1
McGhee cf 6 1 2 0
Astroth c 5 1 1 1
Byrd p 5 0 2 1
  Newsom p 0 0 0 0
  Bishop p 1 0 0 0
Totals 57 7 17 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hatfield 3b 4 0 1 0
Kuenn ss 7 2 2 0
Lund lf,rf 3 1 0 0
Nieman rf 4 0 2 1
  Hitchcock pr 0 1 0 0
  Marlowe p 2 0 0 0
Delsing cf 7 0 0 0
Dropo 1b 7 0 0 1
Ginsberg c 4 2 3 0
Friend 2b 4 1 2 2
  Mullin ph,lf 3 0 2 2
Garver p 4 0 0 0
  Pesky ph,2b 2 0 1 1
Totals 51 7 13 7
Philadelphia 010 001 100 301 007171
Detroit 100 002 000 301 007130
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Byrd   9.0 10 6 6 7 2
  Newsom   2.2 3 1 1 3 1
  Bishop   2.1 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
14.0
13
7
7
11
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Garver   10.0 13 6 6 4 1
  Marlowe   4.0 4 1 1 3 2
Totals
14.0
17
7
7
7
3

  E–Philley (4).  DP–Philadelphia 3. Joost-Robinson, Suder-Joost-Robinson, Suder-Robinson.  2B–Philadelphia McGhee (3,off Garver); Astroth (2,off Garver)., Detroit Kuenn (4,off Byrd); Mullin (1,off Newsom)..  HR–Philadelphia Zernial (9,2nd inning off Garver 0 on 0 out); Robinson (4,7th inning off Garver 0 on 1 out); Suder (1,12th inning off Marlowe 0 on 0 out)., Detroit Friend (1,6th inning off Byrd 1 on 2 out).  SH–Newsom (1,off Marlowe).  IBB–Astroth (1,by Garver); Robinson (4,by Garver).; Hatfield (2,by Bishop).  Team LOB–16.  Team–13.  U-HP–Jim Duffy, 1B–Johnny Stevens, 2B–Scotty Robb, 3B–Bill Summers.
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