Milwaukee Braves vs Brooklyn Dodgers
July 26, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 26, 1953 at Ebbets Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Milwaukee Braves 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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Milwaukee Braves 1, Brooklyn Dodgers 2

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 4 0 1 0
Logan ss 4 0 0 0
Mathews 3b 4 0 0 0
Cooper c 4 0 0 0
Pafko rf 3 0 1 0
Adcock 1b 3 0 1 0
Gordon lf 3 1 1 1
Dittmer 2b 3 0 1 0
Burdette p 2 0 0 0
  Crowe ph 1 0 0 0
  Buhl p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 3 1 0 1
Reese ss 3 0 2 0
Snider cf 4 0 0 0
Robinson lf 4 0 1 1
Campanella c 3 0 0 0
Hodges 1b 3 0 0 0
Furillo rf 3 0 1 0
Cox 3b 3 1 2 0
Erskine p 3 0 1 0
Totals 29 2 7 2
Milwaukee 000 010 000151
Brooklyn 110 000 00x270
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Burdette  L(7-1) 7.0 7 2 1 2 4
  Buhl   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
2
1
2
4
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Erskine  W(10-4) 9.0 5 1 1 0 10
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
0
10

  E–Cooper (2).  DP–Milwaukee 1. Adcock-Logan-Dittmer-Burdette-Adcock, Brooklyn 1. Reese-Gilliam-Hodges.  HR–Milwaukee Gordon (16,5th inning off Erskine 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–3.  Team–5.  SB–Reese (15,2nd base off Burdette/Cooper); Reese (15,2nd base off Burdette/Cooper).  CS–Gilliam (11,2nd base by Burdette/Cooper); Gilliam (11,2nd base by Burdette/Cooper).  U-HP–Dusty Boggess, 1B–Babe Pinelli, 2B–Bill Engeln, 3B–Bill Stewart.  T–2:03.  A–33,421.
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