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Cardinals 10 @ Pirates 9
Forbes Field
August 28, 1953

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on August 28, 1953 at Forbes Field. The home team Pirates were bested by the visiting Cardinals with a score of 10 to 9.

Game Summary

DateAugust 28, 1953 
Visiting Team
St. Louis Cardinals
R: 10 H: 12 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 10
Hits: 12
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 9 H: 15 E: 3 LOB: 9
Runs: 9
Hits: 15
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherHal White  
Losing PitcherBob Hall  
SaveGerry Staley  
Game Winning RBIRed Schoendienst 

Game Info

DateAugust 28, 1953 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamSt. Louis Cardinals 
Home TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Visiting Starting PitcherJoe Presko  
Home Starting PitcherBob Friend  
BallparkForbes Field 
CityPittsburgh 
StatePA 
Attendance7,021 
Time of Game2 hours 50 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Frank Secory
1B: Frank Dascoli
2B: Hal Dixon
3B: Larry Goetz

St. Louis Cardinals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Rip Repulski  Center Fielder 
Solly Hemus  Shortstop 
Stan Musial  Left Fielder 
Enos Slaughter  Right Fielder 
Peanuts Lowrey  Second Baseman 
Ray Jablonski  Third Baseman 
Steve Bilko  First Baseman 
Sal Yvars  Catcher 
Joe Presko  Pitcher 
Eddie Stanky  Manager 

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Cal Abrams  Right Fielder 
Danny O'Connell  Third Baseman 
Hal Rice  Left Fielder 
Frank Thomas  Center Fielder 
Preston Ward  First Baseman 
Vic Janowicz  Catcher 
Johnny O'Brien  Second Baseman 
Eddie O'Brien  Shortstop 
Bob Friend  Pitcher 
Fred Haney  Manager 

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Cardinals 10 @ Pirates 9
Forbes Field
August 28, 1953

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         Game of 8/28/1953 -- St.Louis at Pittsburgh (N)

  St.Louis           AB  R  H RBI    Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI
Repulski R, cf        4  0  0  0   Abrams C, rf          4  0  2  2   
Hemus S, ss           4  2  1  1   O'Connell D, 3b       5  1  1  1   
Musial S, lf          5  2  2  0   Rice H, lf            4  1  1  2   
Slaughter E, rf       5  1  3  2   Thomas F, cf          5  1  2  2   
Lowrey P, 2b          4  2  2  0   Ward P, 1b            4  2  2  0   
Jablonski R, 3b       3  2  2  3   Janowicz V, c         5  1  2  2   
Bilko S, 1b           3  1  0  0   O'Brien J, 2b         4  0  1  0   
Yvars S, c            3  0  1  0   O'Brien E, ss         5  1  1  0   
Schoendienst R, ph    1  0  1  2   Friend B, p           1  1  1  0   
Haddix H, pr          0  0  0  0   Waugh J, p            0  0  0  0   
Brazle A, p           0  0  0  0   Hermanski G, ph       1  1  1  0   
Staley G, p           0  0  0  0   Hall B, p             1  0  1  0   
Presko J, p           1  0  0  0   Dickson M, p          0  0  0  0   
Erautt E, p           0  0  0  0   Lindell J, ph         0  0  0  0   
Castiglione P, ph     1  0  0  0   Face R, pr            0  0  0  0   
White H, p            0  0  0  0   Hetki J, p            0  0  0  0   
Rice D, ph-c          2  0  0  1   Smith P, ph           1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     36 10 12  9                        40  9 15  9

St.Louis         101 040 400 -- 10
Pittsburgh       001 070 100 --  9

  St.Louis             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Presko J              4.2  8  6  6  0  1
Erautt E              0.1  2  2  2  0  0
White H (W)           1.0  1  0  0  2  1
Brazle A*             2.0  4  1  1  2  3
Staley G (S)          1.0  0  0  0  0  0

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Friend B              4.1  8  5  4  3  0
Waugh J               0.2  1  1  1  0  0
Hall B (L)            1.1  2  4  4  2  1
Dickson M             0.2  1  0  0  0  0
Hetki J               2.0  0  0  0  1  0
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 9th

E -- Janowicz V, Lowrey P, Ward P 2
DP -- St.Louis 1, Pittsburgh 2
LOB -- St.Louis 8, Pittsburgh 9
2B -- Ward P, Musial S, Rice H, Hall B, Thomas F
3B -- Abrams C, Musial S
HR -- Hemus S, Jablonski R, Thomas F, Janowicz V
SH -- Presko J, O'Brien J, Brazle A
HBP -- by Friend B (Repulski R)
PB -- Janowicz V
T -- 2:50
A -- 7021

    

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