Brooklyn Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 17, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 17, 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 3, St. Louis Cardinals 9

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 5 1 1 0
Reese ss 3 0 1 0
Snider cf 5 0 1 1
Robinson lf 3 0 1 0
Hodges 1b 5 0 0 0
Morgan 3b 4 0 0 0
Thompson rf 3 2 2 0
  Antonello ph 1 0 0 0
Walker c 3 0 1 0
  Erskine pr 0 0 0 0
  Black p 0 0 0 0
  Shuba ph 0 0 0 0
  Branca p 0 0 0 0
  Furillo ph 1 0 0 0
Podres p 0 0 0 0
  Wade p 2 0 0 0
  Campanella ph,c 2 0 2 2
Totals 37 3 9 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Hemus ss 4 0 1 0
Schoendienst 2b 5 2 2 0
Musial lf 4 3 2 1
Bilko 1b 3 1 1 2
Slaughter rf 2 1 1 0
Jablonski 3b 3 0 1 2
  Castiglione pr,3b 0 1 0 0
Repulski cf 4 1 1 2
Rice c 4 0 1 1
Staley p 4 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Brazle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 10 8
Brooklyn 000 011 010391
St. Louis 100 030 50x9101
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Podres   0.2 0 1 1 4 0
  Wade  L(3-4) 4.1 5 3 3 0 6
  Black   2.0 5 5 5 1 1
  Branca   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
9
9
6
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Staley  W(9-2) 7.0 8 3 3 4 5
  Miller   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Brazle  SV(10) 2.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
6
5

  E–Reese (15), Schoendienst (6).  2B–Brooklyn Campanella (8,off Staley), St. Louis Musial 2 (12,off Wade,off Black); Slaughter (13,off Wade).  3B–St. Louis Repulski (3,off Black).  HR–St. Louis Bilko (8,5th inning off Wade 1 on 2 out).  HBP–Reese (3,by Staley).  Team LOB–14.  IBB–Slaughter (5,by Black).  Team–6.  SB–Snider (8,2nd base off Staley/D. Rice); Reese (12,2nd base off Staley/D. Rice).  CS–Hemus (1,2nd base by Branca/Campanella).  U-HP–Larry Goetz, 1B–Frank Dascoli, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Hal Dixon.  T–2:59.  A–24,027.
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