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Reds
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
April 21, 1953
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds, played on April 21, 1953 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | April 21, 1953 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cincinnati Reds
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| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 21, 1953 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Harry Perkowski |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Harvey Haddix |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 6,535 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 20 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Augie Donatelli 1B: Tom Gorman 2B: Jocko Conlan 3B: Lon Warneke |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Temple | Second Baseman |
| Bobby Adams | Third Baseman |
| Willard Marshall | Right Fielder |
| Ted Kluszewski | First Baseman |
| Jim Greengrass | Left Fielder |
| Wally Post | Center Fielder |
| Roy McMillan | Shortstop |
| Hank Foiles | Catcher |
| Harry Perkowski | Pitcher |
| Rogers Hornsby | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Solly Hemus | Shortstop |
| Red Schoendienst | Second Baseman |
| Stan Musial | Left Fielder |
| Steve Bilko | First Baseman |
| Enos Slaughter | Right Fielder |
| Ray Jablonski | Third Baseman |
| Rip Repulski | Center Fielder |
| Del Rice | Catcher |
| Harvey Haddix | Pitcher |
| Eddie Stanky | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Reds
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
April 21, 1953
Top 1
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Haddix
Temple hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Repulski. Temple reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Adams vs. Haddix
Adams bunts towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Temple moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Marshall vs. Haddix
Marshall strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kluszewski vs. Haddix
Kluszewski hits a fly ball into center field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Temple scores. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greengrass vs. Haddix
Greengrass hits a fly ball into center field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Perkowski
Hemus hits a popup towards third. Adams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Perkowski
Schoendienst hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Perkowski
Musial hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Post vs. Haddix
Post hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Haddix
McMillan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foiles vs. Haddix
Foiles strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perkowski vs. Haddix
Perkowski is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bilko vs. Perkowski
Bilko hits a line drive towards third. Adams reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Perkowski
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adams fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jablonski vs. Perkowski
Jablonski strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Repulski vs. Perkowski
Repulski strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Haddix
Temple hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Haddix
Adams hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marshall vs. Haddix
Marshall strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kluszewski vs. Haddix
Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Adams moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Greengrass vs. Haddix
Greengrass hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Repulski. Greengrass reaches second base with a double. Adams scores. Kluszewski moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Post vs. Haddix
Post hits a fly ball into center field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Perkowski
Rice hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haddix vs. Perkowski
Haddix hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Perkowski
Hemus hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Perkowski
Schoendienst hits a popup towards third. Adams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Haddix
McMillan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foiles vs. Haddix
Foiles hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perkowski vs. Haddix
Perkowski strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Temple vs. Haddix
Temple hits a fly ball into center field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Perkowski
Musial hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bilko vs. Perkowski
Bilko hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Perkowski
Slaughter is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jablonski vs. Perkowski
There goes Slaughter. The throw from Foiles and he is safe. Slaughter steals second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jablonski vs. Perkowski
Jablonski hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Haddix
Adams hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Haddix
Marshall hits a fly ball into center field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Haddix
Kluszewski hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greengrass vs. Haddix
Greengrass takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Post vs. Haddix
Post hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Haddix
McMillan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foiles vs. Haddix
Haddix fires to first and has McMillan trapped. There's the throw to Schoendienst who tags McMillan for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Perkowski
Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Perkowski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Perkowski
Rice hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Post. Rice reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dunlap vs. Perkowski
Grant Dunlap pinch hits for Harvey Haddix.
Dunlap hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hemus vs. Perkowski
Hemus hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foiles vs. Bokelmann
Dick Bokelmann now pitching.
Foiles hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bokelmann fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perkowski vs. Bokelmann
Perkowski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Bokelmann
Temple hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Perkowski
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Perkowski
Musial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bilko vs. Perkowski
Bilko hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Slaughter vs. Perkowski
Slaughter hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Post. Slaughter reaches second base with a double. Musial moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Jablonski vs. Perkowski
Jablonski hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Perkowski
Repulski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Bokelmann
Adams hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Bokelmann
Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Bokelmann
Kluszewski hits a fly ball into center field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Perkowski
Rice hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowrey vs. Perkowski
Peanuts Lowrey pinch hits for Dick Bokelmann.
Lowrey hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Perkowski
Hemus hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Perkowski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Perkowski
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greengrass vs. Clark
Mike Clark now pitching. Stan Musial now playing center field. Peanuts Lowrey now playing left field.
Greengrass takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Clark
Gus Bell pinch hits for Wally Post.
Bell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Greengrass moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McMillan vs. Collum
Jackie Collum now pitching.
McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Collum fields it and throws to third for the out. Bell moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Foiles vs. Collum
There's a wild pitch. Bell moves to third. McMillan moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Foiles vs. Collum
Foiles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to home to get Bell. McMillan moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Seminick vs. Collum
Andy Seminick pinch hits for Harry Perkowski.
Seminick strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Smith
Gus Bell now playing center field. Frank Smith now pitching.
Musial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bilko vs. Smith
Bilko strikes out. Foiles drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Bilko out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Slaughter vs. Smith
Slaughter hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Temple catches it and throws to first to double up Musial. View Play
Top 9
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Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Collum
Temple hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adams vs. Collum
Adams bunts towards first. Bilko scoops it up and throws to first, with Schoendienst covering, for the out. Temple moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Marshall vs. Collum
Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bilko scoops it up and throws to first, with Collum covering, for the out. Temple moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kluszewski vs. Collum
Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Collum fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. Smith
Jablonski hits a popup towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sisler vs. Smith
Dick Sisler pinch hits for Jackie Collum.
Sisler hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Smith
Rice hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lowrey vs. Smith
Vern Benson pinch runs for Del Rice.
Lowrey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. There goes Benson trying to get to third. Marshall throws the ball in to Adams, who tags Benson for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/21/1953 -- Cincinnati at St.Louis (N)
Cincinnati AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Temple J, 2b 5 1 2 0 Hemus S, ss 4 0 1 0
Adams B, 3b 3 2 2 1 Schoendienst R, 2b 4 0 0 0
Marshall W, rf 5 0 0 0 Musial S, lf-cf 2 1 1 0
Kluszewski T, 1b 5 0 1 1 Bilko S, 1b 4 0 0 0
Greengrass J, lf 2 1 1 1 Slaughter E, rf 3 1 2 0
Post W, cf 3 1 1 2 Jablonski R, 3b 4 1 1 3
Bell G, ph-cf 1 0 1 0 Repulski R, cf 3 0 0 0
McMillan R, ss 3 0 1 0 Clark M, p 0 0 0 0
Foiles H, c 4 0 1 0 Collum J, p 0 0 0 0
Perkowski H, p 3 0 0 0 Sisler D, ph 1 0 0 0
Seminick A, ph 1 0 0 0 Rice D, c 4 0 2 0
Smith F, p 0 0 0 0 Benson V, pr 0 0 0 0
Haddix H, p 1 0 0 0
Dunlap G, ph 1 0 0 0
Bokelmann D, p 0 0 0 0
Lowrey P, ph-lf 2 1 2 1
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 5 10 5 33 4 9 4
Cincinnati 101 030 000 -- 5
St.Louis 000 003 100 -- 4
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Perkowski H (W) 7.0 7 4 4 1 2
Smith F (S) 2.0 2 0 0 1 1
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Haddix H (L) 5.0 8 5 5 2 5
Bokelmann D 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Clark M* 0.0 1 0 0 1 0
Collum J 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
* Pitched to 2 batters in 8th
DP -- Cincinnati 2
LOB -- Cincinnati 8, St.Louis 5
2B -- Temple J, Greengrass J, Rice D, Slaughter E
HR -- Adams B, Post W, Jablonski R, Lowrey P
SB -- Slaughter E
CS -- McMillan R
SH -- Adams B 2
HBP -- by Perkowski H (Slaughter E)
WP -- Collum J
T -- 2:20
A -- 6535
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