Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Redlegs
September 22, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 22, 1953 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Redlegs defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Chicago Cubs 0, Cincinnati Redlegs 1

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Talbot cf 3 0 2 0
Fondy 1b 4 0 1 0
Serena 3b 3 0 1 0
Kiner lf 3 0 0 0
Sauer rf 4 0 0 0
Banks ss 3 0 0 0
Baker 2b 3 0 0 0
McCullough c 3 0 0 0
Church p 1 0 1 0
  Brown ph 1 0 1 0
  Klippstein p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 6 0
Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Adams 3b 3 0 1 1
Hatton 2b 3 0 0 0
Bell cf 4 0 1 0
Kluszewski 1b 3 0 0 0
Greengrass lf 4 0 0 0
Marshall rf 3 0 1 0
Seminick c 3 0 1 0
McMillan ss 3 1 1 0
Baczewski p 2 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 5 1
Chicago 000 000 000060
Cincinnati 001 000 00x150
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Church  L(7-8) 7.0 5 1 1 2 2
  Klippstein   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
5
1
1
3
2
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Baczewski  W(11-3) 9.0 6 0 0 4 6
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
4
6

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 4. Hatton-McMillan-Kluszewski, McMillan-Hatton-Kluszewski, McMillan-Hatton-Kluszewski, McMillan-Hatton-Kluszewski, Cincinnati 4. Hatton-McMillan-Kluszewski, McMillan-Hatton-Kluszewski, McMillan-Hatton-Kluszewski, McMillan-Hatton-Kluszewski.  2B–Chicago Brown (7,off Baczewski), Cincinnati Bell (36,off Church); Seminick (12,off Church).  3B–Cincinnati Adams (6,off Church).  SH–Talbot (1,off Baczewski); Baczewski (3,off Church).  Team LOB–6.  Team–7.  U-HP–Hal Dixon, 1B–Larry Goetz, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Frank Dascoli.  T–1:50.
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