Chicago Cubs vs Philadelphia Phillies
June 9, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 1953 at Shibe Park. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 9, Philadelphia Phillies 10

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Baumholtz cf,rf 4 1 1 0
Miksis 2b 5 3 3 0
Fondy 1b 6 3 4 5
Sauer rf,lf 5 0 2 0
Kiner lf 2 1 1 2
  Jeffcoat pr,cf 1 0 0 0
  Metkovich ph,cf 1 0 1 1
Garagiola c 5 0 2 0
Jackson 3b 4 1 1 1
Smalley ss 5 0 0 0
Pollet p 1 0 1 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  McCullough ph 1 0 0 0
  Baczewski p 0 0 0 0
  Simpson p 2 0 0 0
  Leonard p 1 0 0 0
Totals 43 9 16 9
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ryan 2b 4 2 2 1
  Burgess ph,c 1 0 0 1
Ashburn cf 5 1 2 1
Clark rf 2 1 1 0
  Wyrostek ph,rf 3 0 0 0
Ennis lf 5 2 2 3
Hamner ss 4 1 1 1
Torgeson 1b 2 0 0 0
Jones 3b 4 0 0 1
Lopata c 3 1 1 0
  Waitkus ph 1 0 1 0
  Lohrke pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Drews p 0 0 0 0
  Peterson p 3 1 0 0
  Hansen p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Nicholson ph 1 0 0 0
  Kipper p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 10 10 8
Chicago 202 003 1109165
Philadelphia 006 200 01110100
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Pollet   2.1 5 5 5 0 1
  Jones   0.2 1 1 1 1 0
  Baczewski   0.0 2 2 0 0 0
  Simpson   4.0 1 1 1 1 2
  Leonard  L(1-2) 1.1 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.1
10
10
8
2
4
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Drews   2.2 7 4 4 0 0
  Peterson   2.2 1 2 2 5 1
  Hansen   1.2 3 2 2 0 0
  Miller   1.0 3 1 1 0 2
  Kipper  W(1-1) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
16
9
9
5
3

  E–Miksis (12), Sauer (3), Jackson (5), Smalley (9), Baczewski (1).  2B–Chicago Fondy (7,off Drews); Garagiola (6,off Peterson); Sauer (5,off Hansen)..  3B–Philadelphia Lopata (1,off Pollet); Ryan (1,off Pollet); Waitkus (1,off Simpson)..  HR–Chicago Fondy 2 (6,1st inning off Drews 1 on 1 out,6th inning off Hansen 2 on 1 out); Kiner (10,3rd inning off Drews 1 on 2 out); Jackson (5,7th inning off Hansen 0 on 0 out)., Philadelphia Ennis (9,9th inning off Leonard 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–12.  Team–5.  U-HP–Dusty Boggess, 1B–Bill Engeln, 2B–Bill Stewart, 3B–Babe Pinelli.  T–3:22.  A–6,903.
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