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Giants
@ Reds
Crosley Field
August 2, 1953
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the New York Giants, played on August 2, 1953 at Crosley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | August 2, 1953 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Giants
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| Home Team |
Cincinnati Reds
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 2, 1953 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Giants |
| Home Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ruben Gomez |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Fred Baczewski |
| Ballpark | Crosley Field |
| City | Cincinnati |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 17,501 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 6 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Lon Warneke 1B: Tom Gorman 2B: Augie Donatelli 3B: Jocko Conlan |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Whitey Lockman | First Baseman |
| Al Dark | Left Fielder |
| Hank Thompson | Third Baseman |
| Monte Irvin | Right Fielder |
| Bobby Thomson | Center Fielder |
| Daryl Spencer | Shortstop |
| Davey Williams | Second Baseman |
| Ray Noble | Catcher |
| Ruben Gomez | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rocky Bridges | Second Baseman |
| Bobby Adams | Third Baseman |
| Gus Bell | Center Fielder |
| Ted Kluszewski | First Baseman |
| Jim Greengrass | Left Fielder |
| Willard Marshall | Right Fielder |
| Andy Seminick | Catcher |
| Roy McMillan | Shortstop |
| Fred Baczewski | Pitcher |
| Rogers Hornsby | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Reds
Crosley Field
August 2, 1953
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Baczewski
Lockman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Baczewski
Dark hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Baczewski
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bridges vs. Gomez
Bridges hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson who is chasing the ball. Bridges reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Adams vs. Gomez
Adams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bell vs. Gomez
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gomez fields it and throws to first for the out. Adams moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kluszewski vs. Gomez
Kluszewski is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Greengrass vs. Gomez
Greengrass hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bridges scores. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Marshall vs. Gomez
Marshall hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Noble settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Baczewski
Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Baczewski
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Baczewski
Spencer hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Seminick vs. Gomez
Seminick hits a fly ball into left field. Dark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Gomez
McMillan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baczewski vs. Gomez
Baczewski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bridges vs. Gomez
Bridges hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Baczewski moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Adams vs. Gomez
Adams hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Baczewski
Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Greengrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Noble vs. Baczewski
Noble strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Baczewski
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Gomez
Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Dark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Gomez
Kluszewski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greengrass vs. Gomez
Greengrass hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Baczewski
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Baczewski
Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Baczewski
Thompson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Seminick settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Gomez
Marshall takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Seminick vs. Gomez
Seminick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Marshall moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McMillan vs. Gomez
McMillan bunts towards third. Thompson fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Thompson. Marshall scores. Seminick goes all the way around to score. McMillan moves to second. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Baczewski vs. Gomez
Baczewski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McMillan moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bridges vs. Gomez
Bridges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Adams vs. Gomez
Adams hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Baczewski
Irvin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Baczewski
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adams fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Baczewski
Spencer hits a line drive beyond third. Adams can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Thomson moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Williams vs. Baczewski
Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thomson moves to third. Spencer moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Noble vs. Baczewski
Noble hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Gomez vs. Baczewski
Gomez strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Gomez
Bell strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Gomez
Kluszewski hits a fly ball into left field. Dark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greengrass vs. Gomez
Greengrass takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marshall vs. Gomez
Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Greengrass trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Baczewski
Lockman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Baczewski
Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Baczewski
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Thompson for the out. Lockman moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Irvin vs. Baczewski
Irvin hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greengrass. Irvin reaches second base with a double. Lockman scores. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomson vs. Baczewski
Thomson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Seminick vs. Gomez
Seminick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Gomez
McMillan hits a fly ball into left field. Dark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baczewski vs. Gomez
Baczewski strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Baczewski
Spencer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Baczewski
Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Spencer moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Noble vs. Baczewski
Noble hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Spencer moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hofman vs. Baczewski
Bobby Hofman pinch hits for Ruben Gomez.
Hofman hits a popup, foul, towards third. Adams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bridges vs. Wilhelm
Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching.
Bridges hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Wilhelm
Adams strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Wilhelm
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Baczewski
Lockman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Baczewski
Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Baczewski
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Wilhelm
Kluszewski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greengrass vs. Wilhelm
The ball gets by Noble for a passed ball. Kluszewski moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Greengrass vs. Wilhelm
Greengrass hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Marshall vs. Wilhelm
Marshall strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Seminick vs. Wilhelm
Seminick hits a fly ball into left field. Dark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Baczewski
Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Baczewski
Thomson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bell. Thomson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Spencer vs. Baczewski
Spencer strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Williams vs. Baczewski
Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/2/1953, game 2 -- New York at Cincinnati (D)
New York AB R H RBI Cincinnati AB R H RBI
Lockman W, 1b 3 1 2 0 Bridges R, 2b 4 1 2 0
Dark A, lf 4 0 0 0 Adams B, 3b 3 0 0 0
Thompson H, 3b 4 0 0 0 Bell G, cf 4 0 0 0
Irvin M, rf 4 0 2 1 Kluszewski T, 1b 3 0 2 0
Thomson B, cf 4 0 1 0 Greengrass J, lf 3 0 0 1
Spencer D, ss 4 0 2 0 Marshall W, rf 3 1 1 0
Williams D, 2b 4 0 2 0 Seminick A, c 4 1 1 0
Noble R, c 3 0 0 0 McMillan R, ss 2 0 1 0
Gomez R, p 2 0 0 0 Baczewski F, p 3 0 0 0
Hofman B, ph 1 0 0 0
Wilhelm H, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 1 9 1 29 3 7 1
New York 000 001 000 -- 1
Cincinnati 100 200 00x -- 3
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Gomez R (L) 6.0 6 3 1 4 2
Wilhelm H 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Baczewski F (W) 9.0 9 1 1 1 3
E -- Thompson H
DP -- New York 1, Cincinnati 3
LOB -- New York 6, Cincinnati 7
2B -- Irvin M, Thomson B
3B -- Bridges R
SH -- McMillan R
PB -- Noble R
T -- 2:06
A -- 17501
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