New York Giants vs Brooklyn Dodgers
August 18, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1953 at Ebbets Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the New York Giants 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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New York Giants 3, Brooklyn Dodgers 4

New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Dark ss 6 1 0 0
Lockman 1b 6 0 2 1
Thompson 3b 5 1 1 1
Mueller lf 5 0 1 0
Rhodes rf 6 0 1 1
Thomson cf 4 0 1 0
Spencer 2b 5 0 0 0
Westrum c 5 0 0 0
Worthington p 0 0 0 0
  Gilbert ph 1 0 1 0
  Williams pr 0 1 0 0
  Jansen p 3 0 0 0
  Hearn p 1 0 0 0
Totals 47 3 7 3
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 4 0 0 0
Morgan ss 5 0 3 0
  Reese pr 0 1 0 0
Snider cf 4 0 0 0
Robinson lf 6 1 2 0
Campanella c 6 1 2 0
Hodges 1b 6 1 1 3
Furillo rf 5 0 0 0
Cox 3b 5 0 1 1
Loes p 1 0 0 0
  Hughes p 1 0 0 0
  Belardi ph 1 0 0 0
  Labine p 2 0 0 0
Totals 46 4 9 4
New York 003 000 000 000 0371
Brooklyn 030 000 000 000 1492
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Worthington   2.0 4 3 3 1 1
  Jansen   8.0 2 0 0 3 11
  Hearn  L(7-8) 2.2 3 1 1 1 2
Totals
12.2
9
4
4
5
14
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Loes   2.1 5 3 2 1 0
  Hughes   5.2 2 0 0 1 3
  Labine  W(7-3) 5.0 0 0 0 0 4
Totals
13.0
7
3
2
2
7

  E–D. Spencer (25), Gilliam (13), Morgan (7).  DP–New York 1. Dark-Lockman.  2B–Brooklyn Campanella (22,off Worthington); Morgan 2 (6,off Jansen,off Hearn).  SH–Mueller (2,off Hughes).  IBB–Thomson (6,by Hughes); Snider 2 (10,by Jansen,by Hearn).  Team LOB–8.  Team–9.  CS–Gilliam (13,2nd base by Jansen/Westrum); Gilliam (13,2nd base by Jansen/Westrum).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Lon Warneke, 3B–Jocko Conlan.  T–3:31.  A–31,158.
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