Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 20, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1953 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 6, St. Louis Cardinals 11

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Baumholtz cf 5 1 2 1
Miksis 2b 5 1 2 0
Fondy 1b 5 0 1 0
Kiner lf 4 3 1 0
Sauer rf 5 0 1 1
Serena 3b 5 0 2 1
Banks ss 4 1 3 3
Garagiola c 4 0 1 0
Hacker p 1 0 0 0
  Lown p 0 0 0 0
  Cavarretta ph 1 0 1 0
  Elston p 0 0 0 0
  Baker ph 1 0 0 0
  Leonard p 0 0 0 0
  Sawatski ph 1 0 0 0
  Moisan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 6 14 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Repulski cf 5 1 1 0
Hemus ss 4 3 2 2
Musial lf 4 4 3 3
Slaughter rf 5 0 0 2
Schoendienst 2b 3 2 3 2
Jablonski 3b 4 0 2 1
  Castiglione 3b 0 0 0 0
Bilko 1b 4 0 0 1
Rand c 4 0 2 0
Staley p 3 1 2 0
  Brazle p 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 11 15 11
Chicago 011 101 0116140
St. Louis 203 402 00x11151
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hacker  L(11-19) 2.1 7 5 5 2 1
  Lown   1.2 4 4 4 1 0
  Elston   2.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Leonard   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Moisan   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
15
11
11
3
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Staley  W(18-8) 8.0 11 5 5 1 2
  Brazle   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  White  SV(7) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
6
6
1
3

  E–Schoendienst (14).  DP–Chicago 1. Serena-Miksis-Fondy, St. Louis 1. Hemus-Schoendienst-Bilko.  3B–Chicago Serena (5); Banks (1), St. Louis Hemus 2 (11); Musial (9).  HR–Chicago Baumholtz (3,off Staley); Banks (1,off Staley), St. Louis Musial (28,4th inning off Lown); Schoendienst (15,6th inning off Elston 1 on).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Staley (7).  Team–5.  CS–Jablonski (2); Jablonski (2).  U–Frank Secory, Frank Dascoli, Hal Dixon.  T–2:13.  A–8,569.
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