St. Louis Cardinals vs Milwaukee Braves
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 County Stadium. The Milwaukee Braves 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 3, Milwaukee Braves 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Hemus ss 4 1 1 0
Schoendienst 2b 4 0 0 0
Musial lf 4 1 2 1
Slaughter rf 3 0 1 1
Repulski cf 4 0 1 0
Bilko 1b 4 0 0 0
Jablonski 3b 3 1 2 1
  Schofield pr 0 0 0 0
  Brazle p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson ph 1 0 0 0
Rice c 4 0 1 0
Staley p 2 0 0 0
  Lowrey ph 1 0 1 0
  Castiglione 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 4 0 0 0
Logan ss 4 1 2 0
Mathews 3b 4 0 1 1
Pafko rf 3 0 1 0
Adcock 1b 4 1 1 1
Cooper c 3 1 1 0
  Sisti pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Gordon lf 3 0 1 1
  Pendleton lf 1 0 1 1
Hanebrink 2b 3 0 0 0
  Crandall ph,c 0 0 0 0
Burdette p 3 1 2 0
  Thorpe ph 1 0 0 1
  Spahn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 10 5
St. Louis 110 000 010390
Milwaukee 000 120 02x5101
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Staley   6.0 8 3 3 1 2
  Brazle  L(4-5) 2.0 2 2 2 2 1
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
3
3
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Burdette  W(10-2) 8.0 9 3 3 1 2
  Spahn  SV(2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
1
3

  E–Adcock (9), Adcock (9).  DP–St. Louis 2. Burdette-Logan-Hanebrink, Hanebrink-Cooper, Milwaukee 2. Burdette-Logan-Hanebrink, Hanebrink-Cooper.  2B–St. Louis Hemus (24); Musial 2 (37), Milwaukee Mathews (24); Pafko (20); Gordon (20); Pendleton (4).  HR–St. Louis Jablonski (17,off Burdette).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Bruton (3).  Team–9.  U-HP–Babe Pinelli, 1B–Dusty Boggess, 2B–Bill Engeln, 3B–Bill Stewart.  T–2:12.  A–36,241.
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