Cincinnati Redlegs vs Brooklyn Dodgers
August 8, 1954 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1954 at Ebbets Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Cincinnati Redlegs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cincinnati Redlegs 7, Brooklyn Dodgers 20

Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Adams 2b 4 1 1 1
Escalera cf,lf 4 2 2 0
Merriman lf 3 0 1 0
  Bell ph,cf 2 1 1 0
Kluszewski 1b 4 2 3 2
Post rf 3 0 2 1
Harmon 3b 4 0 1 3
McMillan ss 3 0 0 0
  Borkowski ph 1 0 0 0
  Bridges ss 0 0 0 0
Landrith c 3 1 1 0
Baczewski p 2 0 0 0
  Drews p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey ph 1 0 0 0
  Perkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Greengrass ph 1 0 0 0
  Judson p 0 0 0 0
  Collum p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Fowler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 12 7
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Hoak 3b 4 3 2 4
Reese ss 5 1 2 1
Snider cf 4 1 1 0
Robinson lf 4 1 1 3
  Amoros pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Hodges 1b 6 4 4 0
Furillo rf 4 2 3 4
Gilliam 2b 4 2 1 3
Campanella c 3 3 2 2
Erskine p 3 0 0 0
  Labine p 0 2 0 0
Totals 37 20 16 17
Cincinnati 102 000 1127121
Brooklyn 100 204 013x20161
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Baczewski   4.0 5 3 3 3 1
  Drews  L(3-3) 2.0 4 4 4 1 2
  Perkowski   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Judson   0.2 1 5 1 3 0
  Collum   0.0 4 7 0 2 0
  Smith   0.0 2 1 0 2 0
  Fowler   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
16
20
8
11
3
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Erskine  W(14-10) 7.1 9 5 5 4 5
  Labine  SV(2) 1.2 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
4
5

  E–Harmon (6).  DP–Cincinnati 2. Harmon-Kluszewski, Adams-McMillan-Kluszewski.  2B–Cincinnati Kluszewski (23,off Erskine).  3B–Cincinnati Escalera (1,off Erskine).  SF–Adams (2,off Erskine); Harmon (5,off Erskine); Post (2,off Labine).  Team LOB–8.  CS–Hoak (2,2nd base by Drews/Landrith).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Jocko Conlan, 3B–Artie Gore.  T–2:58.  A–10,884.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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