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Brooklyn Dodgers @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1953-07-06 · Night game · Forbes Field · Att: 13497 · 2:31

Brooklyn Dodgers defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 14–2. Brooklyn Dodgers put up 4 in the 8th. Russ Meyer earned the win and Jim Hughes picked up the save. Billy Cox went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BRO	2	0	0	2	2	1	0	4	3	14	15
PIT	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	8

W: Russ Meyer L: Paul LaPalme SV: Jim Hughes

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

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Cox	3	3	2	3	3	0
Pee Wee Reese	5	1	1	1	1	0
Duke Snider	4	1	1	0	2	0
Jackie Robinson	3	1	1	2	1	0
Roy Campanella	5	1	1	0	0	1
Gil Hodges	5	2	2	2	0	1
Carl Furillo	5	3	4	2	0	0
Wayne Belardi	5	1	2	1	0	1
Russ Meyer	3	0	0	0	0	2
Jim Hughes	2	1	1	1	0	0
Jim Gilliam	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cal Abrams	3	1	1	1	1	1
Johnny O'Brien	3	0	0	0	0	1
Danny O'Connell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Hal Rice	4	1	2	0	0	0
Frank Thomas	4	0	2	0	0	0
Preston Ward	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Sandlock	4	0	2	1	0	0
Eddie O'Brien	4	0	0	0	0	1
Paul LaPalme	1	0	0	0	0	1
Paul Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gene Hermanski	1	0	0	0	0	1
Toby Atwell	1	0	0	0	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Russ Meyer	5.1	8	1	2
Jim Hughes	3.2	0	0	3

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Paul LaPalme	5.0	6	3	5
Roy Face	1.0	1	0	0
Bob Schultz	3.0	8	4	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Billy Cox: W
Pee Wee Reese: D7/G.1-3
Duke Snider: WP.3-H;2-3
Duke Snider: W
Jackie Robinson: 64(1)/FO.3-H
Roy Campanella: WP.1-2
Roy Campanella: 1(B)4(2)/LDP#

Bot 1

Cal Abrams: HR/F7
Johnny O'Brien: 63
Danny O'Connell: 43
Hal Rice: S9/G
Frank Thomas: S7/L.1-2
Preston Ward: 2/FL

Top 2

Gil Hodges: K
Carl Furillo: 2/FL
Wayne Belardi: K

Bot 2

Mike Sandlock: D7/L
Eddie O'Brien: 4(B)46(2)/LDP
Paul LaPalme: K

Top 3

Russ Meyer: K
Billy Cox: 5
Pee Wee Reese: 2/FL

Bot 3

Cal Abrams: W
Johnny O'Brien: FC2/SH.1X3(265)
Danny O'Connell: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Duke Snider: 9/L
Jackie Robinson: W
Roy Campanella: WP.1-3
Roy Campanella: K
Gil Hodges: HR/F7.3-H
Carl Furillo: S7/L
Wayne Belardi: 7

Bot 4

Hal Rice: 8
Frank Thomas: E6
Preston Ward: S8/L.1-2
Mike Sandlock: 7
Eddie O'Brien: 8

Top 5

Russ Meyer: K
Billy Cox: S1
Pee Wee Reese: 6/P
Duke Snider: S4.1-2
Jackie Robinson: D7/G.2-H;1-3
Roy Campanella: SBH;SB3
Roy Campanella: 8

Bot 5

Paul Smith: 9
Cal Abrams: 43
Johnny O'Brien: K.B-1(E1)
Danny O'Connell: 9

Top 6

Gil Hodges: 8
Carl Furillo: HR/F7
Wayne Belardi: 41
Russ Meyer: 3/G

Bot 6

Hal Rice: S8/L
Frank Thomas: S7/L.1-2
Preston Ward: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Mike Sandlock: S9/G.3-H;1-2
Eddie O'Brien: K
Gene Hermanski: K

Top 7

Billy Cox: W
Pee Wee Reese: 4
Duke Snider: W.1-2
Jackie Robinson: 6
Roy Campanella: 6/FL

Bot 7

Cal Abrams: K
Johnny O'Brien: 9
Danny O'Connell: 7

Top 8

Gil Hodges: 63
Carl Furillo: S7/L
Wayne Belardi: S7/L.1-2
Jim Hughes: S9/L.2-H;1-3
Billy Cox: HR/F7.3-H;1-H
Pee Wee Reese: 8
Duke Snider: 7

Bot 8

Hal Rice: 9/L
Frank Thomas: 6
Preston Ward: 7

Top 9

Jim Gilliam: 4
Roy Campanella: S7/L
Gil Hodges: S7/G.1-2
Carl Furillo: S7/G.2-H;1-2
Wayne Belardi: S7/L.2-H;1-3(E2);B-2
Jim Hughes: 9
Billy Cox: W
Pee Wee Reese: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Duke Snider: 31

Bot 9

Mike Sandlock: 63
Eddie O'Brien: 9/L
Toby Atwell: 31

Notes & reviews

HP umpire Bill Stewart warned Bob Schultz about throwing at Jim Gilliam and Duke Snider; Roger Bowman and Pirates Manager Fred Haney ejected by Stewart; fans threw cushions and trash onto the field

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