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Cubs
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
June 5, 1953
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Chicago Cubs, played on June 5, 1953 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | June 5, 1953 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago Cubs
|
| Home Team |
New York Giants
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 5, 1953 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Turk Lown |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ruben Gomez |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 14,515 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 57 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Lee Ballanfant 1B: Artie Gore 2B: Al Barlick 3B: Bill Jackowski |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Frank Baumholtz | Center Fielder |
| Eddie Miksis | Second Baseman |
| Dee Fondy | First Baseman |
| Hank Sauer | Right Fielder |
| Ralph Kiner | Left Fielder |
| Joe Garagiola | Catcher |
| Bill Serena | Third Baseman |
| Roy Smalley | Shortstop |
| Turk Lown | Pitcher |
| Phil Cavarretta | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Davey Williams | Second Baseman |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Hank Thompson | Third Baseman |
| Monte Irvin | Left Fielder |
| Whitey Lockman | First Baseman |
| Don Mueller | Right Fielder |
| Bobby Thomson | Center Fielder |
| Ray Noble | Catcher |
| Ruben Gomez | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cubs
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
June 5, 1953
Top 1
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baumholtz vs. Gomez
Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miksis vs. Gomez
Miksis strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fondy vs. Gomez
Fondy strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sauer vs. Gomez
Sauer hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Lown
Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Lown
Dark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Williams moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Thompson vs. Lown
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis fields it and throws to second for the out. Williams scores. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Irvin vs. Lown
Irvin strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Lown
Lockman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thompson moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mueller vs. Lown
Mueller hits a line drive into center field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kiner vs. Gomez
Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gomez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garagiola vs. Gomez
Garagiola hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Serena vs. Gomez
Serena takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smalley vs. Gomez
Smalley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Serena moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lown vs. Gomez
Lown strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Lown
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Noble vs. Lown
Noble hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Lown
Gomez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Lown
Williams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gomez moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Dark vs. Lown
Dark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gomez scores. Williams moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Thompson vs. Kelly
Bob Kelly now pitching.
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baumholtz vs. Gomez
Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gomez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miksis vs. Gomez
Miksis strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fondy vs. Gomez
Fondy is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sauer vs. Gomez
The ball gets by Noble for a passed ball. Fondy moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sauer vs. Gomez
Sauer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kiner vs. Gomez
Kiner takes first base on ball four. Fondy moves to third. Sauer moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Garagiola vs. Gomez
Garagiola hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Kelly
Irvin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Kelly
Lockman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Irvin moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mueller vs. Kelly
Mueller hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sauer. Mueller reaches second base with a double. Irvin scores. Lockman moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Thomson vs. Kelly
Thomson hits a line drive towards short. Smalley reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Noble vs. Kelly
Noble is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Gomez vs. Kelly
Gomez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lockman scores. Mueller moves to third. Noble moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Williams vs. Kelly
Williams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mueller scores. Noble scores. Gomez moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dark vs. Kelly
Dark hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thompson vs. Kelly
Thompson hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Serena vs. Gomez
Serena takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smalley vs. Gomez
Smalley strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metkovich vs. Gomez
George Metkovich pinch hits for Bob Kelly.
Metkovich strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baumholtz vs. Gomez
Baumholtz hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mueller who is chasing the ball. Baumholtz reaches third base with a triple. Serena goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Miksis vs. Gomez
Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gomez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Simpson
Duke Simpson now pitching.
Irvin is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Simpson
Lockman takes first base on ball four. Irvin moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mueller vs. Simpson
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Serena fields it and throws to second for the out. Irvin moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Thomson vs. Simpson
Thomson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Irvin scores. Mueller moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Noble vs. Simpson
Noble hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley misplays the ball. That's an error on Smalley. Mueller moves to third. Thomson moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Gomez vs. Simpson
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Simpson fields it and throws to first for the out. Mueller scores. Thomson moves to third. Noble moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Williams vs. Simpson
Williams hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Garagiola settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fondy vs. Gomez
Fondy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sauer vs. Gomez
Sauer strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kiner vs. Gomez
Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Fondy moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Garagiola vs. Gomez
Garagiola strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Serena vs. Gomez
Serena hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Simpson
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Simpson
Thompson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Irvin vs. Simpson
Irvin hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kiner. Irvin reaches second base with a double. Thompson moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lockman vs. Simpson
Lockman strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Mueller vs. Simpson
Mueller hits a fly ball into center field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smalley vs. Gomez
Smalley hits a line drive into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simpson vs. Gomez
Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gomez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baumholtz vs. Gomez
Baumholtz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miksis vs. Gomez
Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Simpson
Thomson strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Noble vs. Simpson
Noble hits a popup, foul, towards third. Serena settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Simpson
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gomez for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fondy vs. Gomez
Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fondy for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Gomez
Sauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kiner vs. Gomez
Kiner strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garagiola vs. Gomez
Gomez fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Gomez. Sauer moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Garagiola vs. Gomez
Garagiola takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Serena vs. Gomez
Serena hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Noble settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Simpson
Williams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Simpson
Dark hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Simpson
Thompson strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Irvin vs. Simpson
Irvin takes first base on ball four. Williams moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lockman vs. Simpson
Lockman hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Baumholtz. Lockman reaches second base with a double. Williams scores. Irvin goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mueller vs. Simpson
Mueller hits a fly ball into right field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smalley vs. Gomez
Smalley strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Gomez
Randy Jackson pinch hits for Duke Simpson.
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops it up and throws to first, with Gomez covering, for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baumholtz vs. Gomez
Baumholtz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miksis vs. Gomez
Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Baczewski
Fred Baczewski now pitching.
Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Noble vs. Baczewski
Noble takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gomez vs. Baczewski
Gomez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Noble moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Williams vs. Baczewski
Williams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Noble scores. Gomez moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Dark vs. Baczewski
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fondy vs. Gomez
Dusty Rhodes now playing left field.
Fondy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sauer vs. Gomez
Sauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Fondy moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kiner vs. Gomez
Kiner hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Garagiola vs. Gomez
Garagiola hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Serena vs. Gomez
Serena strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/5/1953 -- Chicago at New York (N)
Chicago AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Baumholtz F, cf 3 0 2 1 Williams D, 2b 5 2 4 3
Miksis E, 2b 5 0 0 0 Dark A, ss 6 0 2 1
Fondy D, 1b 4 0 2 0 Thompson H, 3b 4 0 0 1
Sauer H, rf 4 0 2 0 Irvin M, lf 2 3 1 0
Kiner R, lf 4 0 1 0 Rhodes D, lf 0 0 0 0
Garagiola J, c 4 0 0 0 Lockman W, 1b 4 1 3 2
Serena B, 3b 3 1 0 0 Mueller D, rf 5 2 1 1
Smalley R, ss 4 0 1 0 Thomson B, cf 5 0 1 1
Lown T, p 1 0 0 0 Noble R, c 3 2 0 0
Kelly B, p 0 0 0 0 Gomez R, p 4 1 2 2
Metkovich G, ph 1 0 0 0
Simpson D, p 1 0 0 0
Jackson R, ph 1 0 0 0
Baczewski F, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 1 8 1 38 11 14 11
Chicago 000 100 000 -- 1
New York 114 200 21x -- 11
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Lown T (L) 1.2 5 2 2 1 1
Kelly B 1.1 4 4 4 2 0
Simpson D 4.0 3 4 3 4 3
Baczewski F 1.0 2 1 1 1 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Gomez R (W) 9.0 8 1 1 7 11
E -- Smalley R, Gomez R
DP -- Chicago 1
LOB -- Chicago 15, New York 12
2B -- Mueller D, Irvin M, Lockman W
3B -- Baumholtz F
HBP -- by Gomez R (Fondy D), by Simpson D (Irvin M)
PB -- Noble R
T -- 2:57
A -- 14515
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