Brooklyn Dodgers vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 6, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 6, 1953 at Forbes 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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Brooklyn Dodgers 14, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Cox 3b 3 3 2 3
Reese ss 5 1 1 1
Snider cf 4 1 1 0
Robinson 2b 3 1 1 2
  Gilliam 2b 1 0 0 0
Campanella c 5 1 1 0
Hodges lf 5 2 2 2
Furillo rf 5 3 4 2
Belardi 1b 5 1 2 1
Meyer p 3 0 0 0
  Hughes p 2 1 1 1
Totals 41 14 15 12
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Abrams rf 3 1 1 1
O'Brien J. 2b 3 0 0 0
O'Connell 3b 4 0 0 0
Rice lf 4 1 2 0
Thomas cf 4 0 2 0
Ward 1b 4 0 1 0
Sandlock c 4 0 2 1
O'Brien E. ss 4 0 0 0
LaPalme p 1 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
  Hermanski ph 1 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Atwell ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Brooklyn 200 221 04314152
Pittsburgh 100 001 000281
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Meyer  W(7-3) 5.1 8 2 2 1 2
  Hughes  SV(6) 3.2 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
LaPalme  L(3-9) 5.0 6 6 6 3 5
  Face   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Schultz   3.0 8 7 7 4 0
Totals
9.0
15
14
14
7
5

  E–Reese (18), Meyer (2), Sandlock (3).  DP–Brooklyn 2. Robinson-Reese, Cox-Robinson-Belardi, Pittsburgh 1. LaPalme-J. O'Brien.  2B–Brooklyn Reese (15,off LaPalme); Robinson (20,off LaPalme), Pittsburgh Sandlock (3,off Meyer).  HR–Brooklyn Hodges (15,4th inning off LaPalme 1 on 2 out); Furillo (10,6th inning off Face 0 on 1 out); Cox (3,8th inning off Schultz 2 on 1 out), Pittsburgh Abrams (7,1st inning off Meyer 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–7.  SH–J. O'Brien (3,off Meyer).  Team–7.  SB–Snider (10,Home off LaPalme/Sandlock); Robinson (7,3rd base off LaPalme/Sandlock).  U-HP–Bill Stewart, 1B–Babe Pinelli, 2B–Dusty Boggess, 3B–Bill Engeln.  T–2:31.  A–13,497.
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