Cleveland Indians vs St. Louis Browns
August 16, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 1953 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Browns defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cleveland Indians 5, St. Louis Browns 7

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Mitchell lf 4 1 0 0
Simpson rf 2 1 0 0
  Smith ph,rf 2 0 1 0
Easter 1b 3 0 0 1
Rosen 3b 4 0 2 2
Doby cf 4 0 0 0
Ginsberg c 2 1 1 0
  Tipton ph,c 2 0 0 0
Strickland ss 4 1 1 0
Avila 2b 4 0 2 0
Lemon p 2 1 2 2
  Brissie p 0 0 0 0
  Majeski ph 1 0 0 0
  Houtteman p 0 0 0 0
  Kennedy ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Kokos lf 5 0 2 1
  Dyck pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Hunter ss 5 0 2 0
Kryhoski 1b 5 1 1 1
Wertz rf 4 2 2 1
Stephens 3b 3 1 1 0
Courtney c 4 2 3 1
Young 2b 3 0 0 0
Groth cf 3 1 2 2
Larsen p 1 0 0 0
  Cain p 0 0 0 0
  Edwards ph 1 0 1 1
  Littlefield p 2 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 14 7
Cleveland 003 200 000591
St. Louis 010 320 10x7140
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Lemon  L (16-12) 4.2 10 6 5 2 2
  Brissie   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Houtteman   3.0 4 1 1 0 3
Totals 8.0 14 7 6 2 6
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Larsen   2.2 2 3 3 3 1
  Cain   1.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Littlefield  W (6-9) 5.0 4 0 0 0 2
Totals 9.0 9 5 5 3 3

  E–Doby (5).  DP–Cleveland 1. Avila-Strickland-Easter, St. Louis 1. Young-Hunter-Kryhoski.  2B–Cleveland B. Lemon 2 (6,off Larsen,off Cain), St. Louis Stephens (8,off Houtteman).  HR–St. Louis Wertz (13,4th inning off B. Lemon 0 on 0 out); Kryhoski (12,5th inning off B. Lemon 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Stephens (3,off B. Lemon).  Team–8.  U-HP–Eddie Rommel, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–Charlie Berry, 3B–Eddie Hurley.  T–2:18.  A–4,862.

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