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Milwaukee Braves @ Chicago Cubs

1953-08-16 · Day game · Wrigley Field · 8 innings · Att: 39903 · 2:29

Milwaukee Braves defeated Chicago Cubs 6–2. Milwaukee Braves put up 2 in the 4th. Bob Buhl earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
ML1	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	6	12
CHN	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	3

W: Bob Buhl L: Bob Rush SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Babe Pinelli · 1B: Dusty Boggess · 2B: Bill Engeln · 3B: Bill Stewart · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Milwaukee Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bill Bruton	5	1	2	0	0	1
Johnny Logan	3	3	2	2	2	0
Eddie Mathews	5	0	2	0	0	0
Andy Pafko	5	0	1	2	0	1
Joe Adcock	3	1	2	0	2	0
Walker Cooper	5	0	0	0	0	2
Sid Gordon	1	0	1	1	3	0
Jack Dittmer	5	1	1	0	0	0
Bob Buhl	2	0	0	0	1	1
Jim Pendleton	1	0	1	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frank Baumholtz	4	0	0	0	0	2
Eddie Miksis	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dee Fondy	3	1	1	0	1	0
Ralph Kiner	2	1	0	0	2	0
Bill Serena	0	0	0	0	4	0
Joe Garagiola	4	0	1	1	0	1
George Metkovich	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Ramazzotti	2	0	1	1	2	1
Bob Rush	1	0	0	0	0	1
Turk Lown	1	0	0	0	0	0
Carl Sawatski	1	0	0	0	0	1

Milwaukee Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Buhl	8.0	3	9	6

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Rush	3.0	7	4	3
Turk Lown	3.0	3	3	1
Johnny Klippstein	2.0	2	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bill Bruton: 43
Johnny Logan: W
Eddie Mathews: S.1-3
Andy Pafko: 8.3-H
Joe Adcock: W.1-2
Walker Cooper: 46(1)/FO

Bot 1

Frank Baumholtz: 7
Eddie Miksis: 7
Dee Fondy: 3/G

Top 2

Sid Gordon: W
Jack Dittmer: 64(1)/FO
Bob Buhl: W.1-2
Bill Bruton: 8
Johnny Logan: S.2-H;1-3
Eddie Mathews: 7

Bot 2

Ralph Kiner: W
Bill Serena: W.1-2
Joe Garagiola: 46(1)3/GDP.2-3
George Metkovich: 8

Top 3

Andy Pafko: K
Joe Adcock: D
Walker Cooper: K
Sid Gordon: S.2-H
Jack Dittmer: S.1-2
Bob Buhl: K

Bot 3

Bob Ramazzotti: W
Bob Rush: K
Frank Baumholtz: 7
Eddie Miksis: 3/P

Top 4

Bill Bruton: S
Johnny Logan: SB2
Johnny Logan: S.2-H
Eddie Mathews: S.1-3
Andy Pafko: 16(1)3/GDP.3-H
Joe Adcock: S
Walker Cooper: 63

Bot 4

Dee Fondy: W
Ralph Kiner: 4/P
Bill Serena: W.1-2
Joe Garagiola: K
George Metkovich: 6/P

Top 5

Sid Gordon: W
Jack Dittmer: 16(1)/FO
Bob Buhl: 24/SH.1-2
Bill Bruton: K

Bot 5

Bob Ramazzotti: W
Turk Lown: 64(1)/FO
Frank Baumholtz: K
Eddie Miksis: 8

Top 6

Johnny Logan: E6
Eddie Mathews: 7
Andy Pafko: T.1-H(UR)
Joe Adcock: W
Walker Cooper: FC6.3XH(62);1-2
Sid Gordon: W.2-3;1-2
Jack Dittmer: 12(3)/FO

Bot 6

Dee Fondy: D
Ralph Kiner: W
Bill Serena: W.2-3;1-2
Joe Garagiola: 8.3-H
George Metkovich: 6
Bob Ramazzotti: S.2-H;1-2
Carl Sawatski: K

Top 7

Bob Buhl: 3/P
Bill Bruton: S
Johnny Logan: SB2
Johnny Logan: W
Eddie Mathews: 8
Andy Pafko: 13

Bot 7

Frank Baumholtz: K
Eddie Miksis: 8#
Dee Fondy: 13#

Top 8

Joe Adcock: 8#
Walker Cooper: K
Jim Pendleton: S
Jack Dittmer: 43#

Bot 8

Ralph Kiner: 7#
Bill Serena: W
Joe Garagiola: S.1-2#
George Metkovich: 7#
Bob Ramazzotti: K

Notes & reviews

scorecard ends here, rest from deductions fielding credit in 7th and 8th correct but may be assigned to wrong batters
fielding credit on Adcock and Dittmer in 8th may be reversed
game called for darkness

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