Pittsburgh Pirates vs Brooklyn Dodgers
July 4, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1953 at Ebbets Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Brooklyn Dodgers 6

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Abrams rf 3 1 1 0
O'Brien J. 2b 4 0 0 1
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Cole 2b 0 0 0 0
O'Connell 3b 5 1 3 0
Rice lf 4 1 1 1
Thomas cf 2 1 0 0
Ward 1b 4 0 0 1
Atwell c 3 1 2 2
O'Brien E. ss 3 0 0 0
Hall p 1 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Face p 2 0 0 0
  Hermanski ph 0 0 0 0
  Hetki p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 7 5
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 3 1 0 0
Reese ss 4 1 3 1
Snider cf 4 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 4 1 1 1
Belardi 1b 4 1 1 0
  Thompson lf 0 0 0 0
Hodges lf,1b 3 1 1 1
Campanella c 4 1 2 2
Furillo rf 2 0 0 0
Meyer p 1 0 0 0
  Black p 0 0 0 0
  Cox ph 0 0 0 0
  Shuba ph 1 0 0 0
  Hughes p 1 0 0 0
  Wade p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 8 5
Pittsburgh 004 001 000571
Brooklyn 024 000 00x680
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Hall  L(3-5) 2.1 6 6 5 2 1
  Schultz   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Face   4.2 1 0 0 0 3
  Hetki   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
6
5
3
4
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Meyer   2.2 3 4 4 4 3
  Black   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Hughes  W(2-1) 5.0 3 1 1 6 2
  Wade  SV(1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
10
6

  E–Rice (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. O'Connell-J. O'Brien-Ward, Brooklyn 2. Gilliam-Reese-Belardi, Wade-Reese.  2B–Brooklyn Reese (14,off B. Hall).  HR–Brooklyn Campanella (20,2nd inning off B. Hall 1 on 1 out).  IBB–Atwell (3,by Meyer); Furillo (6,by Schultz).  Team LOB–10.  Team–4.  U-HP–Larry Goetz, 1B–Frank Dascoli, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Lenny Roberts.  T–2:37.  A–30,029.
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