Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 19, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 19, 1953 at Busch Stadium I. The Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Chicago Cubs 5, St. Louis Cardinals 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Talbot cf 6 2 2 0
Miksis 2b 5 1 2 0
Fondy 1b 6 0 2 0
Kiner lf 4 2 2 2
  Jeffcoat lf 0 0 0 0
Sauer rf 4 0 0 0
Serena 3b 4 0 0 0
  Baumholtz ph 0 0 0 0
  Jackson ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Banks ss 5 0 2 2
McCullough c 6 0 0 0
Rush p 2 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Klippstein p 3 0 0 0
Totals 48 5 10 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Hemus ss 5 1 1 0
Schoendienst 2b 4 0 0 0
Musial lf 6 0 1 0
Slaughter rf 6 0 3 0
Jablonski 3b 5 1 2 1
Bilko 1b 2 0 0 0
  Schofield pr 0 0 0 0
  Marolewski 1b 0 0 0 0
Repulski cf 4 0 0 0
Rand c 3 0 1 0
  Phillips pr 0 0 0 0
  Rice c 1 0 0 0
Mizell p 3 0 0 0
  Lowrey ph 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Brazle p 1 0 1 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 2 9 1
Chicago 000 000 110 003–5100
St. Louis 001 001 000 000–293
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Rush   7.0 5 2 2 4 5
  Klippstein  W(10-11) 5.0 4 0 0 5 5
Totals
12.0
9
2
2
9
10
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mizell   9.0 4 2 1 4 7
  Miller   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Brazle  L(6-7) 1.1 4 3 3 0 0
  White   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
12.0
10
5
4
6
9
  E–Mizell 2 (6), Miller (3).  DP–Chicago 3. Miksis-Banks-Fondy, Banks-Fondy, Talbot-Banks.  2B–Chicago Kiner (20), St. Louis Slaughter (33); Jablonski (22).  HR–St. Louis Jablonski (21,6th inning off Rush 0 on).  Team LOB–13.  Team–12.  SB–Hemus (2); Slaughter (4); Hemus (2); Slaughter (4).  U–Hal Dixon, Frank Secory, Frank Dascoli.  T–3:33.  A–6,832.
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