Milwaukee Braves vs Cincinnati Redlegs
July 1, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 1, 1953 at Crosley Field. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the Cincinnati Redlegs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Milwaukee Braves 10, Cincinnati Redlegs 2

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 5 1 1 0
Logan ss 4 2 3 2
  Hanebrink 2b 1 0 1 0
Mathews 3b 5 2 3 3
Gordon lf 4 1 1 2
  Thorpe pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Pafko rf 4 1 1 0
  Pendleton rf 0 0 0 0
Adcock 1b 4 2 2 1
  Crowe 1b 0 0 0 0
Crandall c 3 0 1 0
Sisti 2b,ss 4 0 1 2
Spahn p 4 1 1 0
Totals 39 10 15 10
Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Bridges 2b 3 1 1 0
Adams 3b 4 0 1 0
Bell cf 4 0 0 0
Kluszewski 1b 4 0 2 0
Greengrass lf 4 1 2 1
Borkowski rf 3 0 1 0
Seminick c 3 0 0 0
  Baldwin c 0 0 0 0
McMillan ss 3 0 0 0
Nuxhall p 0 0 0 0
  Kelly p 2 0 0 0
  Wehmeier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 7 1
Milwaukee 203 012 11010151
Cincinnati 001 100 000270
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn  W(9-3) 9.0 7 2 1 2 3
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
2
3
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Nuxhall  L(4-5) 2.1 5 5 5 0 0
  Kelly   2.2 6 3 3 0 0
  Wehmeier   4.0 4 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
15
10
10
1
2

  E–Adcock (7).  DP–Milwaukee 3. Mathews-Adcock, Logan-Sisti-Adcock, Spahn-Sisti-Crowe, Cincinnati 2. McMillan-Bridges-Kluszewski, Bridges-McMillan-Kluszewski.  2B–Milwaukee Mathews (10,off Nuxhall); Spahn (3,off Kelly); Logan 2 (13,off Kelly,off Wehmeier).  3B–Milwaukee Bruton (8,off Nuxhall).  HR–Milwaukee Gordon (14,1st inning off Nuxhall 1 on 2 out); Mathews (23,3rd inning off Nuxhall 1 on 1 out); Adcock (7,8th inning off Wehmeier 0 on 0 out), Cincinnati Greengrass (12,4th inning off Spahn 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–3.  Team–3.  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Jocko Conlan, 2B–Lon Warneke, 3B–Tom Gorman.
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