St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Giants
August 26, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 1953 at Polo Grounds V. The New York Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 4, New York Giants 13

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Repulski cf 3 0 0 0
Hemus 2b 4 0 0 0
Musial lf 3 1 1 0
Slaughter rf 3 0 0 0
Bilko 1b 4 0 0 0
Jablonski 3b 4 1 1 0
Rice c 2 0 1 0
  Lowrey ph 1 1 1 3
  Brazle p 0 0 0 0
  Castiglione ph 1 0 1 0
  Miller pr 0 0 0 0
Schofield ss 4 1 1 1
Haddix p 1 0 0 0
  Erautt p 0 0 0 0
  Elliott ph 1 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Schmidt p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 4
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Williams 2b 5 2 1 0
Dark ss 5 2 5 5
Hofman 3b 5 0 1 1
Thomson cf 5 2 3 2
Mueller lf 5 1 2 0
Rhodes rf 5 3 3 5
Westrum c 2 1 1 0
Gilbert 1b 4 0 0 0
Hearn p 1 2 0 0
  Wilhelm p 1 0 0 0
  Corwin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 13 16 13
St. Louis 000 000 400463
New York 200 116 12x13160
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Haddix  L(16-6) 4.1 7 4 4 1 1
  Erautt   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  White   0.0 3 3 3 0 0
  Schmidt   1.0 1 3 2 2 0
  Brazle   2.0 5 3 3 1 2
Totals
8.0
16
13
12
4
3
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Hearn  W(8-8) 6.2 4 4 4 3 1
  Wilhelm   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Corwin  SV(2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
3
3

  E–Jablonski (21), Schofield 2 (6).  DP–St. Louis 3. Bilko, Bilko, Schofield-Bilko, New York 1. Hearn-Dark-Gilbert.  2B–St. Louis Musial (43,off Wilhelm).  HR–St. Louis Lowrey (5,7th inning off Hearn 2 on 2 out); Schofield (2,7th inning off Hearn 0 on 2 out), New York Dark (15,1st inning off Haddix 1 on 0 out); Rhodes 3 (6,4th inning off Haddix 0 on 1 out,6th inning off White 2 on 0 out,7th inning off Brazle 0 on 1 out); Thomson (22,8th inning off Brazle 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–4.  Team–5.  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Lee Ballanfant, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Artie Gore.  T–2:49.  A–4,235.
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