Detroit Tigers vs St. Louis Browns
September 6, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 6, 1953 at Busch Stadium I. The Detroit Tigers defeated the St. Louis Browns and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Detroit Tigers 5, St. Louis Browns 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 5 0 3 3
Hatfield 2b 5 1 2 0
Boone 3b 5 0 0 0
Delsing cf 5 1 3 1
Nieman lf 5 0 1 0
Dropo 1b 5 1 2 1
Batts c 4 1 2 0
Lund rf 3 1 0 0
Gray p 2 0 0 0
  Herbert p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 13 5
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Hunter ss 4 0 1 0
Sievers 1b 2 0 0 0
  Kryhoski 1b 2 0 1 1
Lenhardt lf 4 1 2 0
  Paige p 0 0 0 0
Wertz rf 4 0 1 1
Stephens 3b 4 0 1 0
Moss c 3 0 1 0
  Littlefield pr 0 0 0 0
Groth cf 3 0 0 0
Young 2b 4 0 1 0
Kretlow p 0 0 0 0
  Pillette p 2 0 0 0
  Stuart p 0 0 0 0
  Kokos ph,lf 2 1 1 0
Totals 34 2 9 2
Detroit 111 000 0205130
St. Louis 000 001 010291
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Gray  W (8-14) 7.0 7 2 2 1 4
  Herbert  SV (5) 2.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 9 2 2 2 4
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Kretlow  L (1-5) 2.1 8 3 3 1 1
  Pillette   5.1 4 2 2 2 3
  Stuart   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Paige   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 13 5 5 3 4

  E–Kretlow (4).  DP–Detroit 1. Hatfield-Kuenn-Dropo, St. Louis 1. Hunter-Young-Sievers.  2B–Detroit Hatfield (10,off Kretlow); Dropo (24,off Kretlow); Batts (23,off Pillette), St. Louis Lenhardt (13,off Gray).  Team LOB–10.  Team–7.  U-HP–Jim Duffy, 1B–Art Passarella, 2B–Bill Grieve, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–2:11.  A–3,251.

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