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Chicago Cubs @ St. Louis Cardinals

1953-08-18 · Night game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 9946 · 2:18

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Chicago Cubs 5–1. St. Louis Cardinals put up 3 in the 5th. Gerry Staley earned the win. Eddie Miksis went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Gerry Staley L: Howie Pollet SV: (none)

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

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frank Baumholtz	4	0	1	0	0	0
Eddie Miksis	4	1	2	1	0	1
Dee Fondy	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ralph Kiner	3	0	2	0	1	0
Randy Jackson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Garagiola	4	0	0	0	0	0
George Metkovich	1	0	0	0	3	0
Bob Ramazzotti	3	0	0	0	0	0
Howie Pollet	2	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Cavarretta	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Serena	1	0	0	0	0	0
Carl Sawatski	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rip Repulski	4	2	3	0	1	0
Red Schoendienst	3	0	1	0	2	0
Stan Musial	4	1	0	1	1	0
Ray Jablonski	5	0	1	1	0	0
Steve Bilko	3	1	1	0	2	0
Harry Elliott	4	0	1	2	0	0
Del Rice	3	0	0	0	1	0
Dick Schofield	4	0	1	0	0	2
Gerry Staley	3	1	0	0	1	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Howie Pollet	6.0	7	6	2
Turk Lown	2.0	1	2	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gerry Staley	9.0	6	4	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frank Baumholtz: E6
Eddie Miksis: K/C
Dee Fondy: S8.1-3
Ralph Kiner: IW.1-2
Randy Jackson: 6/P
Joe Garagiola: 7

Bot 1

Rip Repulski: 53
Red Schoendienst: S7
Stan Musial: W.1-2
Ray Jablonski: 8
Steve Bilko: 7

Top 2

George Metkovich: 3/G
Bob Ramazzotti: 53
Howie Pollet: 43

Bot 2

Harry Elliott: 53
Del Rice: 63
Dick Schofield: K

Top 3

Frank Baumholtz: S/89
Eddie Miksis: 64(1)3/GDP
Dee Fondy: 5/FL

Bot 3

Gerry Staley: 5/L
Rip Repulski: S/78
Red Schoendienst: 9
Stan Musial: E3.1-2
Ray Jablonski: 13

Top 4

Ralph Kiner: S7
Randy Jackson: 64(1)/FO
Joe Garagiola: 3/G.1-2
George Metkovich: W
Bob Ramazzotti: 5(2)/FO

Bot 4

Steve Bilko: T/78
Harry Elliott: 3/G
Del Rice: IW
Dick Schofield: K
Gerry Staley: 9

Top 5

Howie Pollet: 2/FL
Frank Baumholtz: 7#
Eddie Miksis: HR/7
Dee Fondy: 8/L

Bot 5

Rip Repulski: S7
Red Schoendienst: W.1-2
Stan Musial: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Ray Jablonski: 9.3-H;1-2(TH)
Steve Bilko: IW
Harry Elliott: D/89.1-H;2-H
Del Rice: 63

Top 6

Ralph Kiner: 43
Randy Jackson: 63
Joe Garagiola: 7

Bot 6

Dick Schofield: S7
Gerry Staley: PO1(96)
Gerry Staley: W
Rip Repulski: D8.1-3
Red Schoendienst: W
Stan Musial: 36(1)/FO.2-3;3-H
Ray Jablonski: 4/P

Top 7

George Metkovich: W
Bob Ramazzotti: 46(1)/FO
Phil Cavarretta: 7
Frank Baumholtz: 31

Bot 7

Steve Bilko: W
Harry Elliott: 4/P
Del Rice: FC6.1X2(6E4);B-1
Dick Schofield: 7
Gerry Staley: 8

Top 8

Eddie Miksis: S3
Dee Fondy: K
Ralph Kiner: S/89.1-3
Randy Jackson: K
Joe Garagiola: 43

Bot 8

Rip Repulski: W
Red Schoendienst: 3/G.1-2
Stan Musial: 8/8D.2-3
Ray Jablonski: WP.3-H
Ray Jablonski: S4.B-2(E4/TH)
Steve Bilko: 8/8D

Top 9

George Metkovich: W
Bill Serena: 64(1)3/GDP
Carl Sawatski: 31

Notes & reviews

to match daily/TSN, arbitrary 8 to 7
Joe Garagiola overthrew 1B on the pickoff attempt

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