Milwaukee Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 12, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 12, 1953 at Forbes Field. The Milwaukee Braves 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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Milwaukee Braves 11, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 3 2 1 1
  Pendleton cf 1 0 0 0
Logan ss 4 2 2 2
Mathews 3b 5 1 2 1
Gordon lf 3 1 1 0
  Thorpe lf 1 0 0 0
Pafko rf 5 1 1 2
Adcock 1b 5 1 4 1
Dittmer 2b 5 1 3 2
Cooper c 5 1 1 0
Surkont p 4 1 1 1
Totals 41 11 16 10
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Abrams rf 3 1 1 1
Smith lf 4 1 2 1
Ward 1b 3 0 0 0
Thomas cf 4 0 0 0
O'Connell 2b 4 0 0 0
Atwell c 4 0 1 0
Castiglione 3b 4 0 2 0
O'Brien ss 3 0 0 0
  Addis ph 1 0 0 0
Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Hetki p 0 0 0 0
  Face p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Milwaukee 1000 000 01011160
Pittsburgh 000 002 000263
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Surkont  W(8-1) 9.0 6 2 2 2 7
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Schultz  L(0-4) 0.1 3 5 5 1 0
  Hetki   0.0 4 4 4 0 0
  Face   8.2 9 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
16
11
11
2
2

  E–Abrams (2), P. Smith (4), Atwell (8), Abrams (2), P. Smith (4), Atwell (8).  DP–Milwaukee 2. O'Connell-E. O'Brien-Ward, E. O'Brien-O'Connell-Ward, Pittsburgh 2. O'Connell-E. O'Brien-Ward, E. O'Brien-O'Connell-Ward.  HR–Pittsburgh Abrams (5,6th inning off Surkont 0 on 0 out); P. Smith (1,6th inning off Surkont 0 on 0 out).  HBP–Gordon (1,by Schultz).  Team LOB–6.  Team–6.  U-HP–Dusty Boggess, 1B–Bill Engeln, 2B–Bill Stewart, 3B–Babe Pinelli.  T–2:03.  A–17,344.
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