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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Milwaukee Braves

1953-08-09 · Day game · County Stadium · Att: 33376 · 2:30

Milwaukee Braves defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 10–3. Milwaukee Braves put up 4 in the 5th. Jim Wilson earned the win. Andy Pafko went 3-for-4 with 2 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	8
ML1	2	1	0	0	4	1	0	2		10	14

W: Jim Wilson L: Roy Face SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lenny Roberts · 1B: Lee Ballanfant · 2B: Artie Gore · 3B: Bill Jackowski · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cal Abrams	4	0	0	0	1	3
Paul Smith	5	0	1	0	0	0
Danny O'Connell	3	2	1	0	1	0
Hal Rice	3	1	1	0	1	0
Frank Thomas	4	0	2	1	0	1
Vic Janowicz	4	0	1	0	0	1
Johnny O'Brien	2	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie O'Brien	2	0	0	0	0	1
Roy Face	2	0	0	0	0	1
Preston Ward	0	0	0	1	1	0
Toby Atwell	1	0	0	1	0	0
Johnny Lindell	1	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Pellagrini	1	0	1	0	0	0
Dick Cole	1	0	1	0	0	0
Carlos Bernier	1	0	0	0	0	0

Milwaukee Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bill Bruton	5	1	3	1	0	0
Johnny Logan	3	1	0	0	2	0
Eddie Mathews	5	2	2	1	0	0
Andy Pafko	4	3	3	3	1	0
Joe Adcock	5	1	2	4	0	0
Walker Cooper	4	0	1	1	0	1
Sid Gordon	2	1	0	0	1	1
Harry Hanebrink	4	0	2	0	0	1
Jim Wilson	4	1	0	0	0	0
Jim Pendleton	1	0	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Roy Face	4.0	9	3	2
Roger Bowman	1.0	1	1	1
Bob Hall	3.0	4	0	0

Milwaukee Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Wilson	9.0	8	4	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cal Abrams: K
Paul Smith: 9
Danny O'Connell: 8

Bot 1

Bill Bruton: D
Johnny Logan: W
Eddie Mathews: 7/F7D.2-3;1-2
Andy Pafko: IW
Joe Adcock: S.3-H;2-H;1-2
Walker Cooper: K
Sid Gordon: K

Top 2

Hal Rice: 5/L
Frank Thomas: K
Vic Janowicz: S
Johnny O'Brien: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Harry Hanebrink: S
Jim Wilson: 64(1)/FO
Bill Bruton: 7
Johnny Logan: W.1-2
Eddie Mathews: D.2-H;1-3
Andy Pafko: 53

Top 3

Eddie O'Brien: 63
Roy Face: K
Cal Abrams: K

Bot 3

Joe Adcock: 13
Walker Cooper: 53
Sid Gordon: 8

Top 4

Paul Smith: 43
Danny O'Connell: S
Hal Rice: S.1-2
Frank Thomas: S.2-H;1-3(E5)
Vic Janowicz: 8
Johnny O'Brien: 13

Bot 4

Harry Hanebrink: S
Jim Wilson: 16(1)/FO
Bill Bruton: 9
Johnny Logan: 3/FL

Top 5

Eddie O'Brien: K
Roy Face: 5/P
Cal Abrams: W
Paul Smith: S4/BR.1X2(4)

Bot 5

Eddie Mathews: D
Andy Pafko: S.2-3
Joe Adcock: D.3-H;1-H
Walker Cooper: S9.2-H
Sid Gordon: SB2
Sid Gordon: W
Harry Hanebrink: K
Jim Wilson: 35(2)/FO/BG.1-2
Bill Bruton: S.2-H;1-2
Johnny Logan: 53

Top 6

Danny O'Connell: W
Hal Rice: W.1-2
Frank Thomas: S.2-3;1-2
Vic Janowicz: 5/FL
Preston Ward: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Toby Atwell: 31.3-H;2-3;1-2
Johnny Lindell: 4/P

Bot 6

Eddie Mathews: 9
Andy Pafko: HR/7
Joe Adcock: 4/P
Walker Cooper: 63

Top 7

Cal Abrams: K
Paul Smith: 31
Danny O'Connell: 53

Bot 7

Jim Pendleton: S
Harry Hanebrink: CS2(24)
Harry Hanebrink: 7
Jim Wilson: 2/P

Top 8

Hal Rice: 13
Frank Thomas: 7
Vic Janowicz: K

Bot 8

Bill Bruton: S
Johnny Logan: 2/P
Eddie Mathews: 6(1)/FO
Andy Pafko: PB.1-3(E2/TH)
Andy Pafko: HR/7.3-H
Joe Adcock: 53

Top 9

Eddie Pellagrini: S
Dick Cole: S.1-2
Carlos Bernier: 5
Cal Abrams: 9
Paul Smith: 6

Notes & reviews

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Eddie Mathews hit a foul ball and HP umpire Len Roberts crashed into screen following play; he left with badly bruised ribs; 1B umpire Lee Ballanfant moved to HP and 2B umpire Artie Gore moved to 1B

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