Cincinnati Redlegs vs Philadelphia Phillies
July 17, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 1953 at Shibe Park. The Cincinnati Redlegs defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Redlegs 3, Philadelphia Phillies 2

Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Bridges 2b 3 1 1 0
Adams 3b 4 1 2 2
Bell cf 4 0 1 0
Kluszewski 1b 4 0 0 0
Greengrass lf 4 0 0 0
Borkowski rf 3 0 2 1
Seminick c 4 0 0 0
McMillan ss 3 0 0 0
Perkowski p 3 1 1 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Waitkus 1b 4 0 1 0
Ashburn cf 4 0 0 0
Clark rf 4 1 1 0
Ennis lf 4 0 2 1
Hamner 2b,ss 4 1 2 0
Lopata c 3 0 0 0
  Burgess ph,c 1 0 0 0
Jones 3b 4 0 1 0
Kazanski ss 2 0 0 0
  Ryan ph,2b 2 0 1 1
Simmons p 2 0 0 0
  Wyrostek ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
Cincinnati 000 200 010370
Philadelphia 100 000 100280
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Perkowski  W(7-7) 7.0 6 2 2 1 1
  King  SV(2) 2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
3
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Simmons  L(8-6) 9.0 7 3 3 1 4
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
1
4

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 1. Ryan-Hamner-Waitkus, Philadelphia 1. Ryan-Hamner-Waitkus.  2B–Cincinnati Bridges (9,off Simmons); Perkowski (3,off Simmons), Philadelphia Clark (10,off Perkowski); Ennis (9,off Perkowski).  3B–Philadelphia Hamner (1,off Perkowski).  SH–Bridges (4,off Simmons).  Team LOB–4.  Team–7.  SB–Ryan (5,2nd base off Perkowski/Seminick); Ryan (5,2nd base off Perkowski/Seminick).  U-HP–Bill Engeln, 1B–Bill Stewart, 2B–Dusty Boggess, 3B–Babe Pinelli.  T–2:01.  A–6,013.
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