St. Louis Browns vs Chicago White Sox
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 Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the St. Louis Browns and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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St. Louis Browns 2, Chicago White Sox 3
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Kokos lf 4 1 1 0
Hunter ss 4 0 2 0
Kryhoski 1b 4 1 1 1
Wertz rf 4 0 1 0
Stephens 3b 3 0 1 1
Courtney c 4 0 1 0
Young 2b 3 0 0 0
  Berry 2b 1 0 0 0
Groth cf 2 0 0 0
  Edwards ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Kretlow p 2 0 0 0
  Lenhardt ph 1 0 0 0
  Larsen p 0 0 0 0
  Stuart p 0 0 0 0
  Sievers ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Carrasquel ss 5 0 1 0
Fox 2b 3 0 1 0
Minoso lf 4 0 1 1
Mele rf 4 0 0 0
Rivera cf 3 0 0 0
Lollar c 2 1 0 0
Boyd 1b 4 1 4 2
Krsnich 3b 2 0 0 0
  Wright ph 1 0 0 0
  Marsh 3b 0 0 0 0
Trucks p 3 1 1 0
Totals 31 3 8 3
St. Louis 000 000 020–271
Chicago 000 200 10x–380
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Kretlow  L(1-3) 6.0 4 2 2 4 2
  Larsen   0.2 3 1 1 0 1
  Stuart   1.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
5
3
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Trucks  W(16-6) 9.0 7 2 2 3 12
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
12
  E–Courtney (9).  2B–St. Louis Kokos (12,off Trucks).  HR–Chicago Boyd (2,4th inning off Kretlow 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Trucks (12,off Stuart).  Team–10.  SB–Minoso (19,2nd base off Larsen/Courtney).  U-HP–Charlie Berry, 1B–Eddie Hurley, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–Eddie Rommel.  T–2:32.  A–32,638.
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