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Giants 1 @ Cardinals 2
Sportsman's Park
August 7, 1953

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Giants, played on August 7, 1953 at Sportsman's Park. The home team Cardinals beat the visiting Giants with a score of 2 to 1.

Game Summary

DateAugust 7, 1953 
Visiting Team
New York Giants
R: 1 H: 6 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 1
Hits: 6
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
St. Louis Cardinals
R: 2 H: 7 E: 0 LOB: 6
Runs: 2
Hits: 7
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 6
Winning PitcherVinegar Bend Mizell  
Losing PitcherRuben Gomez  
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Game Winning RBISteve Bilko 

Game Info

DateAugust 7, 1953 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Giants 
Home TeamSt. Louis Cardinals 
Visiting Starting PitcherRuben Gomez  
Home Starting PitcherVinegar Bend Mizell  
BallparkSportsman's Park 
CitySt. Louis 
StateMO 
Attendance9,885 
Time of Game2 hours 26 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Frank Secory
1B: Larry Goetz
2B: Frank Dascoli
3B: Hal Dixon

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Whitey Lockman  First Baseman 
Al Dark  Shortstop 
Hank Thompson  Third Baseman 
Monte Irvin  Left Fielder 
Bobby Thomson  Center Fielder 
Don Mueller  Right Fielder 
Davey Williams  Second Baseman 
Wes Westrum  Catcher 
Ruben Gomez  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

St. Louis Cardinals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Solly Hemus  Shortstop 
Red Schoendienst  Second Baseman 
Stan Musial  Left Fielder 
Enos Slaughter  Right Fielder 
Ray Jablonski  Third Baseman 
Steve Bilko  First Baseman 
Del Rice  Catcher 
Rip Repulski  Center Fielder 
Vinegar Bend Mizell  Pitcher 
Eddie Stanky  Manager 

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Giants 1 @ Cardinals 2
Sportsman's Park
August 7, 1953

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/7/1953 -- New York at St.Louis (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    St.Louis           AB  R  H RBI
Lockman W, 1b         4  0  0  0   Hemus S, ss           4  0  1  0   
Dark A, ss            4  0  1  0   Schoendienst R, 2b    4  0  0  0   
Thompson H, 3b        3  0  1  0   Musial S, lf          4  1  1  1   
Irvin M, lf           4  0  1  0   Slaughter E, rf       4  0  1  0   
Thomson B, cf         4  0  0  0   Jablonski R, 3b       2  1  1  0   
Mueller D, rf         3  1  1  0   Castiglione P, ph-3b  1  0  0  0   
Williams D, 2b        4  0  2  1   Bilko S, 1b           3  0  1  1   
Westrum W, c          2  0  0  0   Rice D, c             3  0  1  0   
Hofman B, ph          0  0  0  0   Repulski R, cf        3  0  1  0   
Corwin A, pr          0  0  0  0   Mizell V, p           3  0  0  0   
Gomez R, p            3  0  0  0                                      
Calderone S, ph       1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     32  1  6  1                        31  2  7  2

New York         000 100 000 --  1
St.Louis         100 100 00x --  2

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Gomez R (L)           8.0  7  2  2  1  5

  St.Louis             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Mizell V (W)          9.0  6  1  1  4  3

DP -- St.Louis 1
LOB -- New York 8, St.Louis 6
2B -- Williams D, Jablonski R
HR -- Musial S
T -- 2:26
A -- 9885

    

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