Brooklyn Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 16, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 16, 1953 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Brooklyn Dodgers 5, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 4 0 0 0
Reese ss 4 1 3 0
Snider cf 3 1 1 2
Robinson lf 3 1 0 0
Hodges 1b 4 1 1 0
Campanella c 3 1 1 1
Furillo rf 3 0 1 0
  Thompson pr,rf 1 0 0 0
Morgan 3b 3 0 1 1
Roe p 1 0 0 0
  Belardi ph 1 0 0 1
  Hughes p 0 0 0 0
  Shuba ph 1 0 0 0
  Milliken p 0 0 0 0
  Walker ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 8 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Hemus ss 5 1 1 1
Schoendienst 2b 4 0 1 0
Musial lf 4 1 1 0
Bilko 1b 4 2 3 0
Slaughter rf 4 2 3 1
Jablonski 3b 4 0 1 2
Repulski cf 4 0 2 2
Rice c 3 0 0 0
Miller p 1 0 0 0
  White p 3 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 12 6
Brooklyn 010 400 000581
St. Louis 301 100 10x6120
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Roe   3.0 7 4 4 1 2
  Hughes   2.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Milliken  L(3-1) 3.0 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
12
6
6
3
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Miller   3.0 5 5 5 0 2
  White  W(1-1) 6.0 3 0 0 3 4
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
3
6

  E–Morgan (5).  DP–St. Louis 2. D. Rice-Jablonski, Schoendienst-Hemus-Bilko.  2B–Brooklyn Reese 2 (11,off Miller,off White), St. Louis Slaughter (12,off Roe); Jablonski (11,off Roe).  HR–Brooklyn Campanella (18,2nd inning off Miller 0 on 2 out); Snider (12,4th inning off Miller 1 on 0 out), St. Louis Hemus (6,4th inning off Hughes 0 on 1 out).  HBP–Robinson (4,by Miller).  IBB–Campanella (7,by White); D. Rice (8,by Milliken).  Team LOB–4.  Team–9.  CS–Reese 2 (4,2nd base by Miller/D. Rice,3rd base by White/D. Rice); Repulski (3,2nd base by Roe/Campanella).  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Larry Goetz, 2B–Frank Dascoli, 3B–Dusty Boggess.  T–2:34.  A–28,974.
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