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Reds
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
July 25, 1953
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Cincinnati Reds, played on July 25, 1953 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | July 25, 1953 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cincinnati Reds
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 25, 1953 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Fred Baczewski |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Al Worthington |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 8,454 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 37 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Frank Secory 1B: Larry Goetz 2B: Lenny Roberts 3B: Frank Dascoli |
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 |
| Hobie Landrith | Catcher |
| Roy McMillan | Shortstop |
| Fred Baczewski | Pitcher |
| Rogers Hornsby | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Whitey Lockman | First Baseman |
| Al Dark | Second Baseman |
| Hank Thompson | Third Baseman |
| Monte Irvin | Left Fielder |
| Bobby Thomson | Center Fielder |
| Daryl Spencer | Shortstop |
| Don Mueller | Right Fielder |
| Wes Westrum | Catcher |
| Al Worthington | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Reds
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
July 25, 1953
Top 1
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bridges vs. Worthington
Bridges hits a popup towards short. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Worthington
Adams hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Worthington
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Worthington juggles the ball. That's an error on Worthington. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kluszewski vs. Worthington
Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Baczewski
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Baczewski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Baczewski
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Baczewski
Thompson 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
Top 2
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greengrass vs. Worthington
Greengrass strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Worthington
Marshall hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Landrith vs. Worthington
Landrith hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Worthington scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Landrith for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Baczewski
Irvin hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Baczewski
Thomson hits a fly ball into left field. Greengrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Baczewski
Spencer hits a popup towards third. Adams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Baczewski
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops it up and throws to first, with Baczewski covering, for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Worthington
McMillan hits a popup towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baczewski vs. Worthington
Baczewski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman fields the ball and throws to Worthington covering. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bridges vs. Worthington
Bridges hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adams vs. Worthington
Adams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Baczewski
Westrum strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Worthington vs. Baczewski
Worthington hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Baczewski
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops it up and throws to first, with Baczewski covering, for the out. Worthington moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dark vs. Baczewski
Dark hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Baczewski
Thompson strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Worthington
Bell bunts in front of the plate. Westrum fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Worthington
Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dark misplays the ball. That's an error on Dark. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greengrass vs. Worthington
Greengrass hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer misplays the ball. That's an error on Spencer. Kluszewski moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Marshall vs. Worthington
Marshall hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. Three runs are unearned. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Landrith vs. Worthington
Landrith takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McMillan vs. Worthington
McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Reds, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Baczewski
Irvin hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Marshall. Irvin reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomson vs. Baczewski
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adams fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Spencer vs. Baczewski
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adams fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mueller vs. Baczewski
Mueller hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Reds, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baczewski vs. Worthington
Baczewski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bridges vs. Worthington
Bridges strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adams vs. Worthington
Adams takes first base on ball four. Baczewski moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. Worthington
Bell strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kluszewski vs. Worthington
Kluszewski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Baczewski scores. Adams moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Greengrass vs. Worthington
Greengrass strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Baczewski
Westrum takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Worthington vs. Baczewski
Worthington hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Baczewski
Lockman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bridges settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, 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
Top 6
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Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Worthington
Marshall hits a popup towards the mound. Worthington settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Landrith vs. Worthington
Landrith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Worthington
McMillan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baczewski vs. Worthington
Baczewski hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Spencer fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Baczewski
Thompson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Irvin vs. Baczewski
Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Baczewski
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adams fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bridges vs. Worthington
Bridges hits a popup towards short. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Worthington
Adams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Adams for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Worthington
Bell strikes out. The ball gets by Westrum. He chases the ball to the backstop. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kluszewski vs. Worthington
There's a wild pitch. Bell moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kluszewski vs. Worthington
Kluszewski is walked intentionally. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Greengrass vs. Worthington
Greengrass hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. Three runs are unearned. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Worthington
Marshall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Seminick vs. Koslo
Dave Koslo now pitching. Andy Seminick pinch hits for Hobie Landrith.
Seminick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Marshall moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McMillan vs. Koslo
McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Reds, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Baczewski
Andy Seminick now catching.
Spencer strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hofman vs. Baczewski
Bobby Hofman pinch hits for Don Mueller.
Hofman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Baczewski
Westrum hits a fly ball into left field. Greengrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Baczewski
Davey Williams pinch hits for Dave Koslo.
Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Reds, 7 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baczewski vs. Corwin
Al Corwin now pitching. Dusty Rhodes now playing right field.
Baczewski strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bridges vs. Corwin
Bridges hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adams vs. Corwin
Adams hits a fly ball into right field. Rhodes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Corwin
Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Bridges trying to get to third. Irvin throws the ball in to Thompson, who tags Bridges for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Reds, 7 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Baczewski
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops it up and throws to first, with Baczewski covering, for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Baczewski
Dark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Baczewski
Thompson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dark moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Irvin vs. Baczewski
Irvin hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Dark scores. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Baczewski
Thomson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Reds, 7 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Corwin
Kluszewski takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greengrass vs. Corwin
Greengrass hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marshall vs. Corwin
Marshall hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Seminick vs. Corwin
Seminick hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Reds, 7 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Baczewski
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adams fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Baczewski
Bill Rigney pinch hits for Dusty Rhodes.
Rigney hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Westrum vs. Baczewski
Westrum strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Noble vs. Baczewski
Ray Noble pinch hits for Al Corwin.
Noble hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall 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 7/25/1953 -- Cincinnati at New York (D)
Cincinnati AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Bridges R, 2b 5 0 1 0 Lockman W, 1b 4 0 0 0
Adams B, 3b 4 0 0 0 Dark A, 2b 4 2 2 2
Bell G, cf 5 1 1 0 Thompson H, 3b 3 0 1 0
Kluszewski T, 1b 3 2 1 1 Irvin M, lf 4 1 2 2
Greengrass J, lf 5 2 1 3 Thomson B, cf 4 0 0 0
Marshall W, rf 5 1 2 3 Spencer D, ss 4 0 0 0
Landrith H, c 2 0 0 0 Mueller D, rf 2 0 0 0
Seminick A, ph-c 2 0 1 0 Hofman B, ph 1 1 1 1
McMillan R, ss 3 0 0 0 Rhodes D, rf 0 0 0 0
Baczewski F, p 4 1 2 0 Rigney B, ph 1 0 1 0
Westrum W, c 3 0 0 0
Worthington A, p 2 1 1 0
Koslo D, p 0 0 0 0
Williams D, ph 1 0 0 0
Corwin A, p 0 0 0 0
Noble R, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
38 7 9 7 34 5 8 5
Cincinnati 000 310 300 -- 7
New York 012 000 110 -- 5
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Baczewski F (W) 9.0 8 5 5 2 4
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Worthington A (L) 6.2 6 7 1 4 5
Koslo D 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Corwin A 2.0 2 0 0 1 1
E -- Worthington A, Dark A, Spencer D, Westrum W
DP -- Cincinnati 1, New York 1
LOB -- Cincinnati 9, New York 4
2B -- Irvin M
HR -- Irvin M, Dark A, Marshall W, Greengrass J, Hofman B
WP -- Worthington A
T -- 2:37
A -- 8454
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