Detroit Tigers vs St. Louis Browns
August 13, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 13, 1953 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Browns defeated the Detroit Tigers 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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Detroit Tigers 0, St. Louis Browns 1

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 5 0 2 0
Pesky 2b 5 0 2 0
Boone 3b 4 0 0 0
Souchock rf,lf 5 0 1 0
Dropo 1b 4 0 2 0
Lund cf 4 0 2 0
Nieman lf 2 0 0 0
  Mullin ph 1 0 0 0
  Kaline rf 1 0 0 0
Bucha c 5 0 0 0
Garver p 4 0 0 0
Totals 40 0 9 0
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Hunter ss 5 0 0 0
Kokos lf 4 0 0 0
  Stuart p 0 0 0 0
Kryhoski 1b 5 0 1 0
Wertz rf 2 1 2 0
Stephens 3b 4 0 1 1
Courtney c 4 0 2 0
  Dyck pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Young 2b 3 0 0 0
Groth cf 3 0 0 0
  Edwards ph 1 0 1 0
  Moss c 0 0 0 0
Kretlow p 2 0 0 0
  Lenhardt ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Detroit 000 000 000 00090
St. Louis 000 000 000 01171
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Garver  L(8-9) 10.1 7 1 1 6 3
Totals
10.1
7
1
1
6
3
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Kretlow   10.0 8 0 0 4 6
  Stuart  W(7-2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
9
0
0
4
6

  E–Stephens (4).  DP–Detroit 2. Kuenn-Pesky-Dropo, Boone-Pesky-Dropo, St. Louis 1. Hunter-Young-Kryhoski.  PB–Courtney (4).  2B–Detroit Dropo (18,off Kretlow), St. Louis Edwards (3,off Garver); Wertz (13,off Garver).  Team LOB–11.  SH–Kretlow (2,off Garver); Stephens (2,off Garver).  IBB–Lenhardt (1,by Garver).  Team–9.  CS–Pesky (6,2nd base by Kretlow/Courtney).  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–Charlie Berry, 2B–Eddie Hurley, 3B–Eddie Rommel.  T–2:48.  A–980.
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