St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Giants
July 22, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 22, 1953 at Polo Grounds V. The New York Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 5, New York Giants 6

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Stanky 2b 4 0 1 0
Hemus ss 4 1 1 1
Musial lf 3 1 0 0
Slaughter rf 4 1 1 0
Repulski cf 3 1 1 1
Jablonski 3b 4 0 0 0
  Castiglione 3b 0 0 0 0
Bilko 1b 3 1 1 3
Rice c 3 0 0 0
Presko p 2 0 0 0
  Chambers p 1 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Brazle p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 5 5
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Lockman 1b 4 0 2 1
Dark 2b 5 0 1 1
Thompson 3b 4 1 1 1
Irvin lf 4 0 2 0
Thomson cf 4 1 1 0
Mueller rf 3 0 1 0
  Williams ph 1 1 1 0
Spencer ss 3 1 0 0
Westrum c 3 1 1 2
  Gomez pr 0 1 0 0
Hearn p 1 0 0 0
  Jansen p 1 0 0 0
  Hofman ph 1 0 0 0
  Koslo p 0 0 0 0
  Noble ph 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 6 11 5
St. Louis 100 400 000551
New York 010 120 0026111
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Presko   4.0 5 4 4 1 0
  Chambers  L(1-4) 4.1 3 2 2 2 3
  White   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Brazle   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Miller   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.1
11
6
6
3
3
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Hearn   3.1 5 5 5 2 0
  Jansen   3.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Koslo  W(2-8) 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
5
5
2
0

  E–D. Rice (2), D. Spencer (19).  DP–St. Louis 1. Hemus-Stanky-Bilko, New York 1. D. Spencer-Dark-Lockman.  2B–New York Lockman (13,off Presko).  HR–St. Louis Hemus (10,1st inning off Hearn 0 on 1 out); Bilko (13,4th inning off Hearn 2 on 1 out), New York Thompson (18,4th inning off Presko 0 on 0 out); Westrum (7,5th inning off Presko 1 on 0 out).  Team LOB–1.  Team–7.  CS–Repulski (4,2nd base by Hearn/Westrum).  U-HP–Dusty Boggess, 1B–Babe Pinelli, 2B–Bill Engeln, 3B–Bill Stewart.  T–3:02.  A–7,826.
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