Cincinnati Redlegs vs Chicago Cubs
August 12, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1953 at Wrigley Field. The Cincinnati Redlegs defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Redlegs 10, Chicago Cubs 6

Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Adams 3b 5 1 1 0
Bridges 2b 4 0 0 0
  Borkowski ph 1 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
Bell cf 4 1 1 1
Kluszewski 1b 5 1 1 2
Marshall rf 5 2 3 0
Greengrass lf 5 2 3 0
Seminick c 4 1 1 4
McMillan ss 5 1 2 2
Perkowski p 1 1 1 1
  Hatton ph 0 0 0 0
  Kelly p 0 0 0 0
  Lerchen ph 1 0 0 0
  Temple 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 10 13 10
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Baumholtz rf 5 1 1 0
Brown ss 4 1 1 0
Fondy 1b 4 2 2 1
Kiner lf 3 1 2 3
Jackson 3b 4 0 0 0
Miksis 2b 4 0 2 1
McCullough c 4 1 1 1
Jeffcoat cf 3 0 0 0
  Metkovich ph 1 0 0 0
Lown p 2 0 0 0
  Church p 1 0 0 0
  Klippstein p 0 0 0 0
  Sawatski ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 9 6
Cincinnati 003 000 02510132
Chicago 212 000 010690
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Perkowski   5.0 7 5 5 1 2
  Kelly   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  King  W(3-5) 2.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
1
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lown   5.2 5 3 3 3 1
  Church   1.2 3 2 2 0 0
  Klippstein  L(7-10) 1.2 5 5 5 1 2
Totals
9.0
13
10
10
4
3

  E–Bridges (7), McMillan (13).  2B–Cincinnati Marshall (8,off Lown); McMillan 2 (10,off Lown,off Church); Adams (10,off Lown); Bell (29,off Klippstein), Chicago Fondy (19,off Perkowski); Kiner (14,off Perkowski); Miksis (16,off Perkowski).  3B–Chicago Brown (1,off Perkowski); Fondy (9,off King).  HR–Cincinnati Seminick (14,9th inning off Klippstein 3 on 0 out), Chicago McCullough (4,2nd inning off Perkowski 0 on 0 out).  HBP–Perkowski (1,by Lown).  Team LOB–9.  Team–4.  U-HP–Frank Dascoli, 1B–Larry Goetz, 2B–Hal Dixon, 3B–Frank Secory.
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