Cincinnati Redlegs vs Brooklyn Dodgers
August 28, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 1953 at Ebbets Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Cincinnati Redlegs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Redlegs 8, Brooklyn Dodgers 9

Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Adams 3b 5 2 2 1
McMillan ss 5 0 0 0
Bell cf 4 2 3 2
Kluszewski 1b 3 1 1 1
Borkowski rf 3 0 0 0
  Marshall ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Greengrass lf 4 1 2 1
Seminick c 4 1 2 2
Bridges 2b 4 0 0 0
Wehmeier p 1 0 0 0
  King p 2 0 0 0
  Hatton ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 37 8 11 7
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 4 2 1 1
Reese ss 4 2 2 4
Snider cf 5 1 1 0
Campanella c 5 1 1 2
Hodges 1b 2 1 2 0
Furillo rf 4 1 3 2
Morgan 3b 4 0 0 0
Thompson lf 4 1 2 0
Roe p 0 0 0 0
  Hughes p 1 0 1 0
  Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
  Labine p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 13 9
Cincinnati 105 000 1018110
Brooklyn 230 000 22x9131
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Wehmeier   1.2 5 5 5 1 1
  King  L(3-6) 6.1 8 4 4 3 3
Totals
8.0
13
9
9
4
4
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Roe   3.0 6 6 6 2 2
  Hughes  W(4-2) 5.0 3 1 1 1 4
  Labine  SV(5) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
8
8
3
6

  E–Thompson (1).  DP–Cincinnati 1. Kluszewski-McMillan-King, Brooklyn 1. Gilliam-Hodges.  2B–Cincinnati Hatton (3,off Labine); Bell (31,off Labine).  HR–Cincinnati Adams (8,1st inning off Roe 0 on 0 out); Seminick (17,3rd inning off Roe 1 on 2 out); Bell (27,7th inning off Hughes 0 on 2 out), Brooklyn Campanella (33,1st inning off Wehmeier 1 on 2 out); Reese 2 (11,2nd inning off Wehmeier 1 on 2 out,8th inning off King 1 on 1 out); Furillo (20,7th inning off King 1 on 1 out).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Roe (4,off Wehmeier); Hughes (1,off King).  Team–7.  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Lon Warneke, 2B–Jocko Conlan, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:32.  A–15,702.
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