Chicago Cubs vs Milwaukee Braves
August 23, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 1953 at County Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Milwaukee Braves 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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Chicago Cubs 7, Milwaukee Braves 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Metkovich rf 3 0 2 0
Miksis ss 3 1 1 0
Fondy 1b 4 2 2 0
Kiner lf 3 1 1 0
Jackson 3b 3 2 3 2
Garagiola c 4 1 1 1
Serena 2b 4 0 2 2
Jeffcoat cf 3 0 1 0
Klippstein p 4 0 0 1
Totals 31 7 13 6
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 4 1 1 0
Logan ss 4 0 2 0
Mathews 3b 3 1 0 0
Pafko rf 2 0 0 0
Adcock 1b 3 0 1 1
Crandall c 3 0 2 1
Gordon lf 2 0 0 0
Dittmer 2b 3 0 0 0
Wilson p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 2 0 0 0
  Bickford p 0 0 0 0
  Crowe ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 2 6 2
Chicago 021 030 17130
Milwaukee 200 000 0261
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Klippstein  W(8-10) 7.0 6 2 2 4 4
Totals
7.0
6
2
2
4
4
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson   1.0 4 2 2 0 1
  Johnson  L(4-3) 3.0 5 4 4 1 2
  Bickford   3.0 4 1 1 0 1
Totals
7.0
13
7
7
1
4

  E–Mathews (18).  DP–Chicago 1. Miksis-Serena-Fondy, Milwaukee 1. Dittmer-Logan-Adcock.  2B–Chicago Jackson (19,off Wilson); Metkovich (7,off Bickford), Milwaukee Crandall (13,off Klippstein).  3B–Chicago Serena (3,off Bickford).  SH–Jeffcoat (3,off Johnson); Jackson (7,off Johnson); Miksis (12,off Bickford).  HBP–Metkovich (1,by Johnson).  IBB–Kiner (8,by Johnson); Mathews (10,by Klippstein).  Team LOB–8.  Team–7.  SB–Bruton (24,2nd base off Klippstein/Garagiola); Bruton (24,2nd base off Klippstein/Garagiola).  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Frank Dascoli, 2B–Hal Dixon, 3B–Larry Goetz.  T–2:08.  A–36,119.
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