St. Louis Cardinals vs Brooklyn Dodgers
August 31, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1953 at Ebbets Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers 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 3, Brooklyn Dodgers 6

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Repulski cf 4 1 0 0
Hemus ss 3 1 1 0
Musial lf,rf 3 0 1 2
Slaughter rf 1 0 0 0
  Elliott lf 3 0 1 0
Lowrey 2b 4 0 0 0
Jablonski 3b 2 0 0 0
Bilko 1b 4 0 0 0
Rice c 3 1 1 1
  Haddix pr 0 0 0 0
Staley p 2 0 0 0
  Schoendienst ph 0 0 0 0
  Schofield pr 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Yvars ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 4 3
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 4 0 2 0
Reese ss 4 0 1 0
Snider cf 4 4 3 2
Robinson lf 4 1 1 0
Campanella c 4 0 1 2
Hodges 1b 3 1 2 2
Furillo rf 3 0 0 0
Morgan 3b 3 0 0 0
Milliken p 3 0 0 0
  Labine p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 10 6
St. Louis 001 000 020340
Brooklyn 100 202 01x6100
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Staley  L(16-7) 7.0 9 5 5 1 1
  White   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
1
1
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Milliken  W(6-3) 8.1 4 3 3 6 6
  Labine  SV(6) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
3
3
6
6

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 2. Hemus-Lowrey-Bilko, Hemus-Lowrey-Bilko, Brooklyn 1. Gilliam-Reese-Hodges.  2B–St. Louis Hemus (26,off Milliken), Brooklyn Campanella (25,off Staley).  HR–St. Louis D. Rice (6,3rd inning off Milliken 0 on 0 out), Brooklyn Snider 2 (35,1st inning off Staley 0 on 2 out,8th inning off White 0 on 0 out); Hodges (29,4th inning off Staley 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–6.  IBB–Hodges (5,by Staley).  Team–3.  U-HP–Larry Goetz, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Frank Dascoli, 3B–Hal Dixon.  T–2:09.  A–17,471.
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