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Cardinals
@ Dodgers
Ebbets Field
May 6, 1953
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on May 6, 1953 at Ebbets Field.
Game Summary
Date | May 6, 1953 |
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Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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Home Team |
Brooklyn Dodgers
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 6, 1953 |
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Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
Home Team | Brooklyn Dodgers |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Joe Presko |
Home Starting Pitcher | Carl Erskine |
Ballpark | Ebbets Field |
City | Brooklyn |
State | NY |
Attendance | 18,178 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 40 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Jocko Conlan 1B: Lon Warneke 2B: Augie Donatelli 3B: Tom Gorman |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Solly Hemus | Shortstop |
Red Schoendienst | Second Baseman |
Stan Musial | Left Fielder |
Enos Slaughter | Right Fielder |
Ray Jablonski | Third Baseman |
Steve Bilko | First Baseman |
Rip Repulski | Center Fielder |
Del Rice | Catcher |
Joe Presko | Pitcher |
Eddie Stanky | Manager |
Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jim Gilliam | Second Baseman |
Pee Wee Reese | Shortstop |
Duke Snider | Center Fielder |
Jackie Robinson | Third Baseman |
Roy Campanella | Catcher |
George Shuba | Left Fielder |
Gil Hodges | First Baseman |
Don Thompson | Right Fielder |
Carl Erskine | Pitcher |
Chuck Dressen | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Cardinals
@ Dodgers
Ebbets Field
May 6, 1953
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Erskine
Hemus strikes out. Campanella drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Hemus out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Erskine
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Erskine
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Presko
Gilliam strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Presko
Reese takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Snider vs. Presko
Snider hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Rice fields it and throws to first for the out. Reese moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Robinson vs. Presko
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Erskine
Slaughter strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. Erskine
Jablonski hits a fly ball into right field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Bilko vs. Erskine
Bilko strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Presko
Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Shuba vs. Presko
Shuba hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bilko fields the ball and throws to Presko covering. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Presko
Hodges hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Presko
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bilko scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Thompson for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Erskine
Repulski strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Erskine
Rice hits a line drive into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Presko vs. Erskine
Presko strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Erskine vs. Presko
Erskine hits a line drive into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Presko
Gilliam hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Presko
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Erskine
Hemus takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Erskine
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Erskine
Musial strikes out. There goes Schoendienst. The throw from Campanella to Reese, and Schoendienst is out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Presko
Snider hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Presko
Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Campanella vs. Presko
Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Presko fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Shuba vs. Presko
Shuba hits a fly ball into center field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Erskine
Slaughter hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Campanella settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. Erskine
Jablonski hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Bilko vs. Erskine
Bilko strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Erskine
Repulski strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Presko
Hodges is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Presko
Thompson hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Erskine vs. Presko
Erskine bunts in front of the plate. Rice fields it and throws to first for the out. Thompson moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Gilliam vs. Presko
Gilliam hits a fly ball into center field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Erskine
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Presko vs. Erskine
Presko hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Erskine
Hemus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hemus for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Presko
Reese hits a fly ball into center field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Presko
Snider takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Presko
Robinson hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Snider moves to third. Robinson moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -23
Campanella vs. Presko
Campanella hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Snider scores. Robinson scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Shuba vs. Presko
Les Fusselman now catching.
Shuba hits a line drive into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Presko
Hodges hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Presko
Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Erskine
Schoendienst hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Shuba. Schoendienst reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Musial vs. Erskine
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops it up and throws to first, with Erskine covering, for the out. Schoendienst moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Slaughter vs. Erskine
Slaughter hits a fly ball into right field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Schoendienst scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. Erskine
Jablonski takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Bilko vs. Erskine
Bilko strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Erskine vs. Clark
Mike Clark now pitching.
Erskine strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Clark
Gilliam hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Clark
Reese hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gilliam moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Snider vs. Clark
Snider hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Robinson vs. Clark
There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: -23
Robinson vs. Clark
Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Lowrey vs. Erskine
Peanuts Lowrey pinch hits for Rip Repulski.
Lowrey hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Sisler vs. Erskine
Dick Sisler pinch hits for Les Fusselman.
Sisler hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rice vs. Erskine
Hal Rice pinch hits for Mike Clark.
Rice hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sisler moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Hemus vs. Erskine
Erskine spins and fires to second, with Reese covering, and Sisler is picked off. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Hemus vs. Erskine
Hemus takes first base on ball four. Rice moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Schoendienst vs. Erskine
Schoendienst hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Collum
Peanuts Lowrey now playing left field. Stan Musial now playing center field. Ferrell Anderson now catching. Jackie Collum now pitching.
Campanella takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Antonello vs. Collum
Bill Antonello pinch hits for George Shuba.
Antonello hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Campanella moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hodges vs. Miller
Stu Miller now pitching.
Hodges hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Campanella scores. Antonello moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Thompson vs. Miller
Thompson strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Erskine vs. Miller
Erskine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus fields it and throws to second for the out. Antonello scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Gilliam vs. Miller
Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 2 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Erskine
Bill Antonello now playing left field.
Musial hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Erskine
Slaughter hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Campanella settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. Erskine
Jablonski hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Bilko vs. Erskine
Bilko hits a popup towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/6/1953 -- St.Louis at Brooklyn (N) St.Louis AB R H RBI Brooklyn AB R H RBI Hemus S, ss 2 0 0 0 Gilliam J, 2b 5 0 1 0 Schoendienst R, 2b 4 1 1 0 Reese P, ss 3 0 1 0 Musial S, lf-cf 4 0 0 0 Snider D, cf 3 2 1 1 Slaughter E, rf 4 0 0 1 Robinson J, 3b 4 1 2 0 Jablonski R, 3b 3 2 2 2 Campanella R, c 3 2 1 2 Bilko S, 1b 4 0 0 0 Shuba G, lf 3 0 1 0 Repulski R, cf 2 0 0 0 Antonello B, ph-lf 1 1 1 0 Lowrey P, ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Hodges G, 1b 4 1 2 3 Rice D, c 2 0 0 0 Thompson D, rf 4 0 1 0 Fusselman L, c 0 0 0 0 Erskine C, p 3 0 0 1 Sisler D, ph 1 0 1 0 Anderson F, c 0 0 0 0 Presko J, p 2 0 0 0 Clark M, p 0 0 0 0 Rice H, ph 1 0 1 0 Collum J, p 0 0 0 0 Miller S, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 30 3 5 3 33 7 11 7 St.Louis 000 010 101 -- 3 Brooklyn 000 104 02x -- 7 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Presko J (L) 6.0 7 5 5 2 2 Clark M 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 Collum J* 0.0 1 2 2 1 0 Miller S 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO Erskine C (W) 9.0 5 3 3 3 9 * Pitched to 2 batters in 8th DP -- St.Louis 1, Brooklyn 1 LOB -- St.Louis 3, Brooklyn 6 2B -- Schoendienst R HR -- Snider D, Jablonski R 2, Hodges G SB -- Reese P, Gilliam J CS -- Schoendienst R SH -- Erskine C T -- 2:40 A -- 18178
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