St. Louis Cardinals vs Milwaukee Braves
September 5, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1953 at County Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Milwaukee Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 7, Milwaukee Braves 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Hemus ss 5 0 1 0
Schoendienst 2b 4 2 2 1
  Schofield pr 0 1 0 0
  Brazle p 1 0 0 0
Musial lf 5 3 4 1
Jablonski 3b 5 0 2 1
  Haddix pr 0 0 0 0
  Castiglione 3b 0 0 0 0
Slaughter rf 4 0 2 1
Bilko 1b 4 0 1 2
Repulski cf 4 1 1 0
Rice c 4 0 1 1
Staley p 1 0 0 0
  Elliott ph 1 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Chambers p 0 0 0 0
  Lowrey ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 14 7
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 5 1 1 0
Logan ss 5 0 0 1
Mathews 3b 3 0 2 0
Crandall c 5 0 1 0
Pendleton rf 5 1 2 0
Adcock 1b 4 1 1 0
Gordon lf 3 1 1 3
Dittmer 2b 3 1 2 0
  Pafko ph 1 0 0 0
  Sisti 2b 0 0 0 0
Spahn p 3 0 1 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Cooper ph 1 0 0 0
  Bickford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 11 4
St. Louis 100 012 2017143
Milwaukee 100 400 0005111
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Staley   4.0 7 5 4 3 0
  White   0.1 2 0 0 1 1
  Chambers  W(3-5) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Brazle  SV(15) 3.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
4
5
2
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn  L(19-6) 6.2 11 6 4 1 4
  Johnson   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Bickford   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
7
5
1
4

  E–Jablonski (23), Repulski (4), Staley (4), Logan (16).  DP–St. Louis 1. Hemus-Schoendienst-Bilko.  2B–St. Louis D. Rice (19,off Spahn), Milwaukee Mathews (28,off Staley).  HR–St. Louis Schoendienst (13,1st inning off Spahn 0 on 1 out); Musial (24,9th inning off Bickford 0 on 2 out), Milwaukee Gordon (19,4th inning off Staley 2 on 0 out).  Team LOB–7.  IBB–Mathews 2 (12,by Staley 2).  Team–11.  SB–Pendleton (4,2nd base off Staley/D. Rice); Pendleton (4,2nd base off Staley/D. Rice).  U-HP–Lon Warneke, 1B–Jocko Conlan, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–2:40.  A–27,722.
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