New York Giants vs Philadelphia Phillies
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 Shibe Park. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the New York Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Giants 4, Philadelphia Phillies 10

New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Williams 2b 3 1 2 1
Lockman 1b 4 0 0 0
Thompson 3b 3 1 1 1
Irvin lf 3 0 0 1
Thomson cf 5 0 2 1
Spencer ss 5 0 0 0
Mueller rf 4 1 3 0
Westrum c 4 0 2 0
Hearn p 2 1 1 0
  Jansen p 0 0 0 0
  Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes ph 1 0 0 0
  Koslo p 0 0 0 0
  Dark ph 1 0 0 0
  Kennedy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 11 4
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Kazanski ss 4 0 1 0
Ashburn cf 3 1 1 0
Hamner 2b 4 2 1 2
Ennis lf 5 0 2 0
Wyrostek rf 4 1 2 1
  Clark pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Waitkus 1b 3 2 2 0
Lopata c 3 2 3 3
Jones 3b 4 1 3 3
Drews p 0 0 0 0
  Kipper p 2 0 1 1
Totals 32 10 16 10
New York 030 000 1004110
Philadelphia 210 401 20x10160
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Hearn  L(6-5) 3.0 7 6 6 1 0
  Jansen   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Wilhelm   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Koslo   2.0 6 3 3 1 0
  Kennedy   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
16
10
10
4
1
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Drews   1.2 3 3 3 4 1
  Kipper  W(2-2) 7.1 8 1 1 2 1
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
6
2

  E–None.  DP–New York 2. D. Spencer-Lockman, Westrum-D. Spencer, Philadelphia 2. Jones-Hamner-Waitkus, Jones-Hamner-Waitkus.  2B–New York Thompson (6,off Kipper); Thomson (9,off Kipper), Philadelphia Waitkus (2,off Koslo).  3B–Philadelphia Ashburn (4,off Hearn); Jones (1,off Jansen).  HR–Philadelphia Hamner (10,1st inning off Hearn 1 on 1 out); Lopata (3,2nd inning off Hearn 0 on 1 out).  HBP–Thompson (2,by Drews); Hamner (1,by Koslo).  Team LOB–11.  SH–Kipper 2 (2,off Hearn,off Koslo); Kazanski (1,off Wilhelm).  Team–6.  SB–Thompson (2,2nd base off Drews/Lopata).  CS–Williams (6,2nd base by Drews/Lopata); Ashburn (2,2nd base by Wilhelm/Westrum); Ennis (3,2nd base by Wilhelm/Westrum).  U-HP–Babe Pinelli, 1B–Dusty Boggess, 2B–Bill Engeln, 3B–Bill Stewart.  T–2:43.  A–23,664.
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