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Cincinnati Reds @ St. Louis Cardinals

1953-08-21 · Night game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 8646 · 2:54

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Cincinnati Reds 4–0. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 5th. Harvey Haddix earned the win. Steve Bilko went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Harvey Haddix L: Harry Perkowski SV: (none)

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

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	H	SO
Bobby Adams	4	0	1
Roy McMillan	4	1	0
Gus Bell	4	0	2
Ted Kluszewski	3	1	0
Bob Borkowski	4	0	0
Jim Greengrass	3	1	1
Andy Seminick	3	1	1
Rocky Bridges	3	0	0
Harry Perkowski	2	0	1
Johnny Temple	1	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

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

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Perkowski	7.0	9	3	3
Bob Kelly	1.0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harvey Haddix	9.0	4	0	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bobby Adams: 4
Roy McMillan: S
Gus Bell: 46(1)/FO#
Ted Kluszewski: HP.1-2
Bob Borkowski: 14(1)/FO#

Bot 1

Rip Repulski: E5
Red Schoendienst: 5/P
Stan Musial: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Jim Greengrass: S
Andy Seminick: 63.1-2
Rocky Bridges: 43.2-3
Harry Perkowski: K/S

Bot 2

Ray Jablonski: 2/BOOT
Steve Bilko: HR/7
Harry Elliott: W
Del Rice: 63.1-2
Dick Schofield: K/C

Top 3

Bobby Adams: K/C
Roy McMillan: 63
Gus Bell: K/C

Bot 3

Harvey Haddix: 13
Rip Repulski: 6
Red Schoendienst: 7

Top 4

Ted Kluszewski: 8
Bob Borkowski: 63
Jim Greengrass: 53

Bot 4

Stan Musial: D
Ray Jablonski: 5/L
Steve Bilko: 9/L
Harry Elliott: 8/L

Top 5

Andy Seminick: S
Rocky Bridges: 9
Harry Perkowski: 16(1)/FO
Bobby Adams: 64(1)/FO

Bot 5

Del Rice: 7
Dick Schofield: K/S
Harvey Haddix: S
Rip Repulski: S.1-2
Red Schoendienst: D.2-H;1-H
Stan Musial: 8

Top 6

Roy McMillan: 43
Gus Bell: K/S
Ted Kluszewski: 8/L

Bot 6

Ray Jablonski: W
Steve Bilko: 54(1)3/GDP
Harry Elliott: W
Del Rice: K/S

Top 7

Bob Borkowski: 7
Jim Greengrass: K/S
Andy Seminick: K/S

Bot 7

Dick Schofield: S
Harvey Haddix: 14/SH.1-2#
Rip Repulski: S.2-H;BX2(15)#
Red Schoendienst: S
Stan Musial: D.1XH(92)#

Top 8

Rocky Bridges: 7
Johnny Temple: 53
Bobby Adams: 53

Bot 8

Ray Jablonski: 43
Steve Bilko: 63
Harry Elliott: 63

Top 9

Roy McMillan: 3/G
Gus Bell: 43
Ted Kluszewski: S
Bob Borkowski: 53

Notes & reviews

Steve Bilko batted one slot early and grounded out; Cardinals manager Eddie Stanky informed HP umpire Bill Stewart as Ray Jablonski came to HP; Stewart ruled Jablonksi out since he was the proper batter whom Bilko had replaced; Bilko then became the proper batter

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