Pittsburgh Pirates vs Philadelphia Phillies
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 Shibe Park. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 0, Philadelphia Phillies 1

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Pellagrini 2b 4 0 0 0
O'Connell 3b 4 0 1 0
Rice lf 4 0 2 0
  Bernier pr 0 0 0 0
Thomas cf 4 0 0 0
Hermanski rf 2 0 0 0
Ward 1b 4 0 1 0
Atwell c 3 0 0 0
Cole ss 1 0 0 0
  Abrams ph 1 0 0 0
  O'Brien ss 0 0 0 0
LaPalme p 1 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Dickson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 4 0
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Kazanski ss 3 0 1 0
Ashburn cf 3 0 1 0
Waitkus 1b 4 1 2 0
Ennis lf 4 0 0 0
Hamner 2b 3 0 1 0
Lopata c 4 0 1 1
Wyrostek rf 3 0 0 0
Jones 3b 2 0 0 0
Ridzik p 2 0 1 0
  Roberts p 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 7 1
Pittsburgh 000 000 000041
Philadelphia 000 100 00x171
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
LaPalme  L(6-14) 7.0 6 1 1 4 4
  Dickson   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
1
1
4
5
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Ridzik  W(8-5) 6.2 3 0 0 2 3
  Roberts  SV(1) 2.1 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
3
4

  E–Atwell (13), Kazanski (12).  DP–Philadelphia 1. Jones-Kazanski-Waitkus.  2B–Philadelphia Hamner (23,off LaPalme); Lopata (11,off LaPalme).  SH–LaPalme (3,off Ridzik).  Team LOB–6.  Team–8.  SB–Ashburn (11,2nd base off LaPalme/Atwell); Ashburn (11,2nd base off LaPalme/Atwell).  U-HP–Artie Gore, 1B–Bill Jackowski, 2B–Lee Ballanfant, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–2:21.  A–3,945.
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