St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
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 Wrigley Field. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 7, Chicago Cubs 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Hemus ss 5 1 2 1
Schoendienst 2b 4 1 1 0
Musial rf 5 0 3 3
Bilko 1b 5 1 1 0
Lowrey lf 4 1 1 2
Jablonski 3b 4 0 1 0
  Castiglione 3b 0 0 0 0
Repulski cf 4 2 2 1
Rice c 4 1 1 0
Mizell p 2 0 0 0
  Dunlap ph 1 0 0 0
  White p 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 12 7
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Baumholtz cf 3 0 1 0
  Jeffcoat cf 0 0 0 0
  Metkovich ph 1 0 0 0
Miksis ss 5 0 1 0
Kiner lf 3 0 0 0
Sauer rf 4 1 2 0
Jackson 3b 4 0 1 0
Fondy 1b 4 2 3 1
Serena 2b 4 0 1 2
McCullough c 4 0 1 0
Minner p 2 0 0 0
  Klippstein p 0 0 0 0
  Sawatski ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 10 3
St. Louis 001 000 0067121
Chicago 010 100 0103101
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mizell   7.0 9 2 2 2 4
  White  W(2-2) 2.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
2
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Minner  L(4-9) 8.1 10 5 5 0 4
  Klippstein   0.2 2 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
1
6

  E–Jablonski (15), Kiner (2).  DP–St. Louis 2. Hemus-Schoendienst-Bilko, Schoendienst-Hemus-Bilko.  2B–St. Louis Repulski (12,off Minner); Bilko (15,off Minner); Musial (22,off Klippstein), Chicago Fondy (11,off Mizell).  HR–St. Louis Lowrey (4,9th inning off Minner 1 on 0 out); Repulski (3,9th inning off Minner 0 on 1 out), Chicago Fondy (9,8th inning off White 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Baumholtz (3,off Mizell).  Team–8.  U-HP–Lon Warneke, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Jocko Conlan.
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