Philadelphia Phillies vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 5, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1953 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 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 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ryan 2b 3 0 1 0
Ashburn cf 4 0 1 1
Clark rf 3 0 2 0
  Wyrostek rf 1 0 0 1
Ennis lf 5 0 1 1
Waitkus 1b 5 0 1 0
Lopata c 3 1 0 0
Jones 3b 3 1 0 0
Kazanski ss 4 1 2 0
Ridzik p 0 0 0 0
  Hansen p 1 0 0 0
  Torgeson ph 1 0 0 0
  Peterson p 0 0 0 0
  Nicholson ph 1 0 0 1
  Kipper p 0 0 0 0
  Hamner ph 1 1 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Abrams rf 1 1 1 1
O'Brien J. 2b 4 1 1 0
O'Connell 3b 4 1 1 1
Rice lf 4 1 2 2
Thomas cf 4 1 1 1
Ward 1b 2 0 0 0
Sandlock c 4 1 0 0
O'Brien E. ss 4 0 1 1
Waugh p 3 1 1 0
  LaPalme p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 7 8 6
Philadelphia 000 000 103–481
Pittsburgh 500 200 00x–780
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Ridzik  L(3-4) 0.2 5 5 2 0 0
  Hansen   3.1 3 2 2 3 0
  Peterson   2.0 0 0 0 2 1
  Kipper   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
7
4
5
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Waugh  W(1-0) 8.1 8 4 4 6 4
  LaPalme  SV(1) 0.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
7
5
  E–Ryan (13).  DP–Philadelphia 1. Jones-Ryan-Waitkus, Pittsburgh 1. J. O'Brien-E. O'Brien.  2B–Philadelphia Ryan (14), Pittsburgh Abrams (6).  3B–Pittsburgh Rice (1).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Abrams (2).  Team–5.  U-HP–Bill Engeln, 1B–Bill Stewart, 2B–Babe Pinelli, 3B–Dusty Boggess.  T–2:25.  A–11,404.
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