St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 8, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 8, 1953 at Forbes Field. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Hemus ss 5 0 2 1
Schoendienst 2b 6 2 1 1
Musial lf 4 1 1 1
Bilko 1b 5 1 1 1
Lowrey cf 5 0 1 0
  Repulski pr,cf 1 0 1 1
Slaughter rf 5 0 1 0
Jablonski 3b 5 0 0 0
Rice c 5 1 2 0
Mizell p 2 0 0 0
  White p 2 0 0 0
  Stanky ph 1 0 0 0
  Brazle p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 5 10 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bernier rf 4 1 1 0
Smith lf 5 0 0 0
Ward 1b 4 1 1 0
Thomas cf 5 1 2 1
O'Connell 3b 5 0 1 2
O'Brien J. 2b 4 0 1 0
  Montemayor ph 1 0 0 0
O'Brien E. ss 2 0 0 0
  Hermanski ph 1 0 0 0
  Cole ss 1 0 0 0
Sandlock c 2 0 0 0
  Lindell ph 0 0 0 0
  Atwell pr,c 0 0 0 0
LaPalme p 4 0 0 0
  Pellagrini ph 1 0 0 0
  Hetki p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 3 6 3
St. Louis 001 001 010 0025100
Pittsburgh 000 000 210 000362
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mizell   5.1 4 2 2 4 5
  White   4.2 1 1 1 3 2
  Brazle  W(3-3) 1.1 1 0 0 3 2
  Miller  SV(4) 0.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
12.0
6
3
3
10
11
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
LaPalme   11.0 8 3 2 4 11
  Hetki  L(1-2) 1.0 2 2 2 1 0
Totals
12.0
10
5
4
5
11

  E–J. O'Brien (2), LaPalme (2).  DP–St. Louis 1. Jablonski-Schoendienst-Bilko, Pittsburgh 1. E. O'Brien-J. O'Brien-Ward.  2B–St. Louis Hemus (11); Bilko (10)., Pittsburgh Thomas (5).  3B–St. Louis Slaughter (4), Pittsburgh O'Connell (3).  HR–St. Louis Schoendienst (9,8th inning off LaPalme 0 on); Musial (5,6th inning off LaPalme 0 on)..  Team LOB–10.  SH–P. Smith (4); Cole (4).  Team–12.  SB–Bernier 2 (4); Bernier 2 (4).  U-HP–Lee Ballanfant, 1B–Artie Gore, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–3:31.  A–7,643.
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