Brooklyn Dodgers vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 7, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 7, 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 9, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Cox 3b 5 2 2 2
Reese ss 4 2 2 0
Snider cf 3 1 1 0
Robinson 2b 3 2 2 1
  Gilliam 2b 1 0 0 0
Belardi 1b 5 1 0 1
Hodges lf 5 0 4 3
Furillo rf 4 0 0 0
Walker c 2 0 0 0
  Campanella ph,c 3 0 1 1
Roe p 5 1 2 1
  Milliken p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 14 9
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bernier rf 5 0 1 1
O'Brien J. 2b 4 0 1 1
O'Connell 3b 5 1 3 0
Rice lf 3 1 2 0
Thomas cf 4 1 1 3
Atwell c 4 0 0 0
Ward 1b 4 0 2 0
O'Brien E. ss 4 1 1 0
Hall p 2 0 0 0
  Bowman p 0 0 0 0
  Pellagrini ph 1 0 0 0
  Hetki p 0 0 0 0
  Cole ph 0 1 0 0
Totals 36 5 11 5
Brooklyn 001 003 4109140
Pittsburgh 000 000 0055110
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Roe  W(5-2) 8.2 10 5 5 2 8
  Milliken  SV(1) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
2
8
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Hall  L(3-6) 5.1 7 4 4 2 2
  Bowman   2.2 5 5 5 3 1
  Hetki   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
14
9
9
5
5

  E–None.  DP–Brooklyn 1. Gilliam-Reese-Belardi, Pittsburgh 1. E. O'Brien-Ward.  2B–Brooklyn Reese (16,off B. Hall); Hodges (11,off B. Hall); Snider (22,off Bowman).  HR–Brooklyn Roe (1,3rd inning off B. Hall 0 on 1 out); Cox 2 (5,7th inning off Bowman 0 on 0 out,8th inning off Bowman 0 on 1 out), Pittsburgh Thomas (10,9th inning off Roe 2 on 0 out).  IBB–Furillo (7,by Bowman); Robinson (4,by Bowman).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Rice (2,off Roe).  Team–7.  SB–Robinson (8,2nd base off B. Hall/Atwell); E. O'Brien (3,2nd base off Roe/Campanella).  U-HP–Dusty Boggess, 1B–Bill Engeln, 2B–Bill Stewart, 3B–Babe Pinelli.  T–2:41.  A–9,687.
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