Philadelphia Phillies vs Chicago Cubs
June 24, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 24, 1953 at Wrigley Field. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Chicago Cubs 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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Philadelphia Phillies 8, Chicago Cubs 2

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ryan 2b 4 3 3 3
Ashburn cf 5 1 1 2
Hamner ss 5 1 1 1
Ennis lf 5 0 2 1
Clark rf 5 0 1 0
Torgeson 1b 4 0 1 0
Jones 3b 4 0 0 0
Lopata c 3 2 2 0
Drews p 4 1 1 0
Totals 39 8 12 7
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Baumholtz cf 4 0 2 0
Metkovich rf 4 1 1 0
Fondy 1b 3 0 1 0
Kiner lf 4 1 0 0
Jackson 3b 2 0 0 1
Brown ss 3 0 0 0
Miksis 2b 4 0 0 0
McCullough c 3 0 0 0
  Serena ph 1 0 0 0
Minner p 2 0 1 0
  Lown p 0 0 0 0
  Cavarretta ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 1
Philadelphia 100 120 4008121
Chicago 000 000 002253
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Drews  W(5-5) 9.0 5 2 1 4 5
Totals
9.0
5
2
1
4
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Minner  L(3-8) 6.1 10 8 7 0 4
  Lown   1.2 2 0 0 2 1
  Jones   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
8
7
2
5

  E–Hamner (19), Baumholtz (3), Jackson (8), Brown (6).  DP–Philadelphia 2. Ryan-Hamner-Torgeson, Drews-Hamner-Torgeson, Chicago 1. McCullough-Brown.  2B–Philadelphia Ryan 2 (13,off Minner 2); Clark (7,off Minner); Lopata (6,off Minner); Ashburn (9,off Minner).  3B–Philadelphia Ryan (5,off Minner); Torgeson (6,off Lown).  Team LOB–6.  Team–6.  CS–Ennis (2,2nd base by Minner/McCullough).  U-HP–Bill Stewart, 1B–Babe Pinelli, 2B–Dusty Boggess, 3B–Bill Engeln.  T–2:29.  A–7,220.
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