St. Louis Browns vs Cleveland Indians
August 21, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1953 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians 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 3, Cleveland Indians 7
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Kokos lf 4 0 0 0
Hunter ss 4 0 0 0
Kryhoski 1b 4 1 1 1
Wertz rf 4 2 2 1
Stephens 3b 4 0 3 1
Courtney c 4 0 1 0
Young 2b 4 0 1 0
Dyck cf 3 0 0 0
Littlefield p 2 0 0 0
  Stuart p 0 0 0 0
  Sievers ph 1 0 0 0
  Blyzka p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Avila 2b 4 2 2 0
Glynn 1b 4 0 1 0
Westlake cf 4 2 1 1
Rosen 3b 4 3 3 5
Kennedy lf 3 0 0 0
Simpson rf 3 0 1 0
Strickland ss 3 0 0 0
Hegan c 4 0 2 1
Feller p 4 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 10 7
St. Louis 010 100 001–380
Cleveland 201 001 30x–7100
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Littlefield  L(6-10) 6.1 8 7 7 6 4
  Stuart   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Blyzka   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
7
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Feller  W(7-6) 9.0 8 3 3 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
0
3
  E–None.  2B–St. Louis Wertz (14,off Feller).  HR–St. Louis Kryhoski (13,4th inning off Feller 0 on 0 out); Wertz (15,9th inning off Feller 0 on 1 out), Cleveland Rosen 2 (31,1st inning off Littlefield 1 on 2 out,7th inning off Littlefield 2 on 1 out).  Team LOB–4.  Team–9.  U-HP–Eddie Rommel, 1B–Charlie Berry, 2B–Eddie Hurley, 3B–Red Flaherty.
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