Milwaukee Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 23, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1953 at Busch Stadium I. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Braves 2, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Pendleton cf,lf 5 0 0 0
Logan ss 5 1 2 0
Mathews 3b 4 0 0 0
Pafko rf 3 1 0 0
Gordon lf 3 0 1 1
  Bruton pr,cf 1 0 0 0
Adcock 1b 3 0 2 0
Crandall c 3 0 1 1
Dittmer 2b 4 0 0 0
Spahn p 3 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 6 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Repulski cf 4 0 1 0
Hemus ss 3 0 1 0
  Phillips pr 0 0 0 0
  Castiglione ss 0 0 0 0
Musial rf 3 1 2 0
Jablonski 3b 4 0 2 1
Schoendienst 2b 4 0 3 0
Bilko 1b 4 0 0 0
  Schofield pr 0 0 0 0
Elliott lf 4 0 0 0
Rand c 2 0 0 0
  Lowrey ph 1 0 0 0
  Rice c 0 0 0 0
  Slaughter ph 1 0 1 0
Mizell p 3 0 0 0
  Yvars ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 10 1
Milwaukee 000 002 000260
St. Louis 100 000 0001101
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn  W(22-7) 9.0 10 1 1 2 7
Totals
9.0
10
1
1
2
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mizell  L(13-10) 9.0 6 2 2 2 9
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
9

  E–Repulski (5).  DP–Milwaukee 1. Dittmer-Logan.  2B–Milwaukee Adcock 2 (30,off Mizell 2), St. Louis Musial (52,off Spahn); Schoendienst (34,off Spahn).  SH–Spahn (5,off Mizell).  HBP–Adcock (2,by Mizell).  IBB–Crandall (4,by Mizell).  Team LOB–9.  Team–8.  U-HP–Babe Pinelli, 1B–Bill Engeln, 2B–Bill Stewart, 3B–Dusty Boggess.  T–2:28.  A–6,439.
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