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Scores
Standings
SLB
@BOS		2
4
DET
@NYY		2
6
CHW
@PHA		6
4
CLE
@WSH		3
7
BRO
@CHC		5
3
PHI
@CIN		3
1
NYG
@MLN		3
5
PIT
@STL		1
2
Saturday, June 20, 1953,
, Busch Stadium I
Attendance: 9,019, Time of Game: 1:42
Pirates
1
20-44
⇐ Lost 5 ⇒
 at Cardinals
2
35-23
⇐ Won 5 ⇒
W: Joe Presko (5-6)
L: Bob Friend (2-8)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Pirates         1  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  0    1  4  1
Cardinals       0  0  0   0  2  0   0  0  X    2  4  0
RetroSheet has deduced an incomplete play-by-play account of this game.

Pittsburgh Pirates

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Cal Abrams RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 .291 .811 2 0 3B
Johnny O'Brien 2B 4 0 1 1 0 0 .231 .578 1 3
Preston Ward 1B 3 0 0 0 1 0 .189 .597 11 2
Danny O'Connell 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .275 .810 2 4 GDP
Gene Hermanski LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .154 .441 0 0
Toby Atwell C 2 0 0 0 1 0 .212 .603 2 0 GDP
Carlos Bernier CF 2 0 0 0 1 0 .236 .760 4 0
Eddie O'Brien SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 .184 .435 0 2
Bob Friend P 2 0 1 0 0 0 .174 .391 2 2 2B
   Frank Thomas PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .221 .736
   Roger Bowman P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .650 0 0
Team Totals 29 1 4 1 3 1 .138 .460 24 13
2B: B Friend (1).
3B: C Abrams (3).
TB: C Abrams 3; B Friend 2; G Hermanski; J O'Brien.
GIDP: T Atwell (1); D O'Connell (5).
RBI: J O'Brien (6).
Team LOB: 4.
Fielding
E: E O'Brien (6).

St.Louis Cardinals

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Solly Hemus SS 4 1 1 2 0 1 .296 .895 2 8 HR
Red Schoendienst 2B 3 0 0 0 1 0 .345 .919 3 5
Stan Musial LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .256 .784 1 0
Enos Slaughter RF 3 0 0 0 1 0 .309 .893 1 0
Ray Jablonski 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .288 .770 1 1
Steve Bilko 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .298 .833 11 2
Rip Repulski CF 2 0 1 0 0 0 .286 .721 3 0 SH
Del Rice C 2 0 0 0 0 0 .232 .665 3 0 SH
Joe Presko P 3 1 1 0 0 0 .258 .561 2 1
Team Totals 27 2 4 2 2 2 .148 .466 27 17
HR: S Hemus (8).
SH: D Rice (5); R Repulski (2).
TB: S Hemus 4; J Presko; S Musial; R Repulski.
RBI: S Hemus 2 (33).
Team LOB: 5.
Fielding
DP: 2. S Hemus-R Schoendienst-S Bilko; R Schoendienst-S Hemus-S Bilko.

Pittsburgh Pirates

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Bob Friend, L (2-8) 7 4 2 2 2 2 1 4.86 28 61
Roger Bowman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.22 3
Team Totals 8 4 2 2 2 2 1 2.25 31 61

St.Louis Cardinals

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Joe Presko, W (5-6) 9 4 1 1 3 1 0 4.04 32 73
Team Totals 9 4 1 1 3 1 0 1.00 32 73
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Bill Stewart, 1B - Babe Pinelli, 2B - Dusty Boggess, 3B - Bill Engeln.
Time of Game: 1:42.
Attendance: 9,019.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Pittsburgh Pirates         St.Louis Cardinals
1 Cal Abrams RF 1 Solly Hemus SS
2 Johnny O'Brien 2B 2 Red Schoendienst 2B
3 Preston Ward 1B 3 Stan Musial LF
4 Danny O'Connell 3B 4 Enos Slaughter RF
5 Gene Hermanski LF 5 Ray Jablonski 3B
6 Toby Atwell C 6 Steve Bilko 1B
7 Carlos Bernier CF 7 Rip Repulski CF
8 Eddie O'Brien SS 8 Del Rice C
9 Bob Friend P 9 Joe Presko P

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