Cardinals @ Cubs
May 26, 1953

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Cardinals 6 11 1
Cubs 3 9 2
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Cardinals 6 11 1
Cubs 3 9 2

Hank Sauer Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .221
OBP .500 .368
At Bats 3 77
Hits 1 17
• Singles 0 11
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 2
Walks 1 18
RBI’s 1 11

Harvey Haddix Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 1 0
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Wrigley Field - May 26, 1953
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Out
Harvey Haddix
Del Rice
Steve Bilko
Red Schoendienst
Ray Jablonski
Solly Hemus
Peanuts Lowrey
Rip Repulski
Stan Musial
Hank Sauer
Roy Smalley

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 6 11 1 10
Chicago Cubs 3 9 2 10
Winning Pitcher Harvey Haddix
Losing Pitcher Bob Schultz
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Red Schoendienst
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 43 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Sauer hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Smalley is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 9 Miksis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Jablonski is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Bob Kelly now pitching. Lowrey strikes out.
Bottom 8 Bill Serena pinch hits for Dutch Leonard. Serena is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 McCullough hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Jeffcoat hits a popup towards short. Hemus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ward is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Bilko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Dutch Leonard now pitching. Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ward scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Musial for the out. Repulski scores. Haddix moves to third. Schoendienst moves to second.
Top 8 Schoendienst takes first base on ball four. Haddix moves to second.
Top 8 Hemus hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Haddix bunts towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Repulski moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 8 Repulski hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sauer. Repulski reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Jackson strikes out.
Bottom 7 Sauer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Miksis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Rice hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jablonski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Sheldon Jones now pitching. Lowrey hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. McCullough settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on McCullough.
Bottom 6 Brown hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Dee Fondy pinch hits for Fred Baczewski. Fondy is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 McCullough hits a fly ball into center field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jeffcoat hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski juggles the ball. That's an error on Jablonski. Jackson scores. Ward moves to second.
Bottom 6 Ward hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jackson moves to third.
Bottom 6 Jackson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lowrey. Jackson reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Bilko is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Musial hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Schoendienst hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hemus moves to second.
Top 6 Hemus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Haddix hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Haddix fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Smalley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Repulski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sauer throws the ball in to Miksis who tags Repulski trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Jablonski scores. Rice moves to third.
Top 5 Rice takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Jablonski hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sauer. Jablonski reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Bilko strikes out.
Bottom 4 Brown hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bilko settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Baczewski bunts towards the mound. Haddix fields it and throws to first for the out. McCullough moves to second.
Bottom 4 McCullough hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Jeffcoat hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Musial hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Brown. Musial reaches second base with a double. There goes Schoendienst trying to get to home. Brown throws the ball in to Miksis who relays the ball to McCullough, who tags Schoendienst, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Top 4 Schoendienst takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Hemus hits a popup towards the mound. Baczewski catches it and throws to first to double up Haddix.
Top 4 Haddix hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Ward strikes out.
Bottom 3 Jackson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Brown scores. Miksis moves to third. Sauer moves to second.
Bottom 3 Sauer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 The ball gets by Rice for a passed ball. Brown moves to third. Miksis moves to second.
Bottom 3 Miksis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brown moves to second.
Bottom 3 Brown takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Baczewski is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Rice hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Miksis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Jablonski hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 McCullough hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Jeffcoat hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Ward strikes out.
Bottom 2 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Lowrey hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCullough settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bilko takes first base on ball four. Schoendienst moves to third. Musial moves to second.
Top 2 Fred Baczewski now pitching. Musial takes first base on ball four. Schoendienst moves to second.
Top 2 Schoendienst hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Repulski scores.
Top 2 Hemus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ward scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hemus for the out. Rice scores. Repulski moves to third.
Top 2 Haddix hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rice moves to third. Repulski moves to second.
Top 2 Repulski takes first base on ball four. Rice moves to second.
Top 2 Rice hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jablonski scores.
Top 2 Jablonski hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Brown. Jablonski reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Smalley strikes out.
Bottom 1 Miksis hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lowrey. Miksis reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Bilko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley misplays the ball. That's an error on Smalley.
Top 1 Musial hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Schoendienst hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Hemus is called out on strikes.