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St. Louis Cardinals @ Chicago Cubs

1953-05-26 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 12100 · 2:07

Chicago Cubs defeated St. Louis Cardinals 3–2. Chicago Cubs put up 2 in the 6th. Turk Lown earned the win. Vinegar Bend Mizell went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
CHN	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0		3	6

W: Turk Lown L: Vinegar Bend Mizell SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Frank Secory · 1B: Hal Dixon · 2B: Larry Goetz · 3B: Frank Dascoli · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Solly Hemus	3	0	1	0	1	0
Red Schoendienst	3	0	1	0	1	0
Stan Musial	4	0	0	0	0	0
Enos Slaughter	4	1	1	1	0	0
Ray Jablonski	4	0	1	0	0	0
Steve Bilko	4	0	0	0	0	1
Del Rice	3	0	1	0	0	0
Rip Repulski	3	0	0	0	1	1
Vinegar Bend Mizell	2	1	1	1	0	1
Dick Sisler	1	0	0	0	0	1
Peanuts Lowrey	0	0	0	0	1	0
Hal Rice	1	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tommy Brown	4	0	0	0	0	2
Eddie Miksis	4	0	2	0	0	1
Roy Smalley	4	1	1	0	0	3
Hank Sauer	4	1	2	0	0	0
Randy Jackson	3	0	0	0	1	1
Preston Ward	1	0	0	0	1	1
Hal Jeffcoat	1	1	0	0	1	1
Toby Atwell	3	0	0	0	0	1
Turk Lown	3	0	1	1	0	0
Bill Serena	0	0	0	1	1	0
Gene Hermanski	1	0	0	1	0	0
Dee Fondy	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vinegar Bend Mizell	5.1	5	4	9
Stu Miller	0.2	0	0	0
Al Brazle	2.0	1	0	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Turk Lown	9.0	6	4	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Solly Hemus: 8
Red Schoendienst: W
Stan Musial: 13.1-2
Enos Slaughter: E4.2-3
Ray Jablonski: 2

Bot 1

Tommy Brown: K
Eddie Miksis: S
Roy Smalley: K
Hank Sauer: SB2
Hank Sauer: 9

Top 2

Steve Bilko: K
Del Rice: 53
Rip Repulski: K

Bot 2

Randy Jackson: K
Preston Ward: W
Hal Jeffcoat: K
Toby Atwell: K

Top 3

Vinegar Bend Mizell: HR/F9D
Solly Hemus: S
Red Schoendienst: 64(1)3/GDP
Stan Musial: 4

Bot 3

Turk Lown: 8
Tommy Brown: 5
Eddie Miksis: K

Top 4

Enos Slaughter: HR
Ray Jablonski: S
Steve Bilko: 46(1)/FO
Del Rice: D.1-3
Rip Repulski: W
Vinegar Bend Mizell: K
Solly Hemus: 3/G

Bot 4

Roy Smalley: K
Hank Sauer: S
Randy Jackson: 14(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Red Schoendienst: S
Stan Musial: 14(1)/FO
Enos Slaughter: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Preston Ward: K
Hal Jeffcoat: W
Toby Atwell: 5
Turk Lown: D.1-H
Tommy Brown: K

Top 6

Ray Jablonski: 13
Steve Bilko: 43
Del Rice: 8/F

Bot 6

Eddie Miksis: 63
Roy Smalley: S
Hank Sauer: D9/L9DW.1-3
Randy Jackson: IW
Bill Serena: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Gene Hermanski: 46(1)/FO/G4S.3-H;2-3
Toby Atwell: 63

Top 7

Rip Repulski: 8
Dick Sisler: K
Solly Hemus: W
Red Schoendienst: 2

Bot 7

Turk Lown: 13
Tommy Brown: 7/L
Eddie Miksis: D
Roy Smalley: K

Top 8

Stan Musial: 6
Enos Slaughter: 3
Ray Jablonski: 53

Bot 8

Hank Sauer: 53
Randy Jackson: 63
Dee Fondy: 13

Top 9

Steve Bilko: 8
Peanuts Lowrey: W
Rip Repulski: 8/F8XDW
Hal Rice: K

Notes & reviews

Total attendance: 13,075
Wind-aided whack into RF bleachers
Cubs manager Cavarretta ejected by HP umpire Secory for arguing balls and strikes sometime in 5th
Addis caught it in the ivy

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