Milwaukee Braves vs Chicago Cubs
August 16, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 1953 at Wrigley Field. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the Chicago Cubs 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 6, Chicago Cubs 2

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 5 1 2 0
Logan ss 3 3 2 2
Mathews 3b 5 0 2 0
Pafko rf 5 0 1 2
Adcock 1b 3 1 2 0
Cooper c 5 0 0 0
Gordon lf 1 0 1 1
  Pendleton pr,lf 1 0 1 0
Dittmer 2b 5 1 1 0
Buhl p 2 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 12 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Baumholtz rf 4 0 0 0
Miksis ss 4 0 0 0
Fondy 1b 3 1 1 0
Kiner lf 2 1 0 0
Serena 3b 0 0 0 0
Garagiola c 4 0 1 1
Metkovich cf 4 0 0 0
Ramazzotti 2b 2 0 1 1
Rush p 1 0 0 0
  Lown p 1 0 0 0
  Sawatski ph 1 0 0 0
  Klippstein p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 2 3 2
Milwaukee 111 201 006120
Chicago 000 002 00231
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Buhl  W(9-6) 8.0 3 2 2 9 6
Totals
8.0
3
2
2
9
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Rush  L(7-11) 3.0 7 5 5 4 3
  Lown   3.0 3 1 0 3 1
  Klippstein   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
12
6
5
8
5

  E–Miksis (28).  DP–Milwaukee 1. Dittmer-Logan-Adcock, Chicago 1. Lown-Miksis-Fondy.  2B–Milwaukee Adcock (23,off Rush), Chicago Fondy (21,off Buhl).  3B–Milwaukee Pafko (4,off Lown).  SH–Buhl (4,off Lown).  Team LOB–14.  Team–9.  SB–Bruton 2 (23,2nd base off Rush/Garagiola,2nd base off Klippstein/Garagiola).  U-HP–Babe Pinelli, 1B–Dusty Boggess, 2B–Bill Engeln, 3B–Bill Stewart.  T–2:29.  A–39,903.
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