Washington Senators vs St. Louis Browns
August 31, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1953 at Busch Stadium I. The Washington Senators defeated the St. Louis Browns and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Washington Senators 4, St. Louis Browns 3

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 5 0 0 0
Runnels ss 5 1 1 0
Vernon 1b 4 1 2 1
Jensen rf 4 0 1 0
Coan lf 3 1 1 1
Busby cf 4 0 2 1
Terwilliger 2b 1 0 0 0
  Hoderlein 2b 2 1 0 0
Fitz Gerald c 4 0 1 1
Schmitz p 1 0 0 0
  Thomas ph 1 0 0 0
  Dixon p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Hunter ss 4 0 0 0
Sievers 1b 4 1 1 1
Lenhardt lf 3 1 1 1
Wertz rf 3 0 1 0
Stephens 3b 4 0 3 0
Moss c 3 0 1 0
  Edwards ph 1 0 0 0
  Courtney c 0 0 0 0
Groth cf 4 0 1 0
Young 2b 4 0 0 0
Paige p 2 0 0 0
  Turley p 1 1 1 1
  Kryhoski ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Washington 000 012 010480
St. Louis 101 000 100390
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Schmitz   4.0 6 2 2 1 2
  Dixon  W (5-8) 5.0 3 1 1 1 4
Totals 9.0 9 3 3 2 6
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Paige   5.2 6 3 3 1 3
  Turley  L (1-2) 3.1 2 1 1 2 5
Totals 9.0 8 4 4 3 8

  E–None.  DP–Washington 1. Runnels.  2B–Washington Fitz Gerald (12,off Paige); Runnels (13,off Turley), St. Louis Stephens (10,off Schmitz).  3B–Washington Vernon (9,off Paige).  HR–Washington Vernon (13,6th inning off Paige 0 on 1 out); Coan (2,6th inning off Paige 0 on 2 out), St. Louis Lenhardt (10,1st inning off Schmitz 0 on 2 out); Sievers (8,3rd inning off Schmitz 0 on 2 out); Turley (1,7th inning off Dixon 0 on 2 out).  IBB–Coan (1,by Turley).  Team LOB–7.  Team–6.  U-HP–Bill Summers, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Grover Froese, 3B–Johnny Stevens.  T–2:13.  A–13,898.

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