Pirates @ Cubs
June 17, 1953

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Top 13	R	H	E
Pirates	4	12	1
Cubs	4	11	3

Top 13	R	H	E
Pirates	4	12	1
Cubs	4	11	3

Cal Abrams Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.333	.293
OBP	.333	.397
At Bats	6	133
Hits	2	39
• Singles	1	32
• Doubles	1	2
• Triples	0	2
• Home Runs	0	3
Walks	0	23
RBI’s	0	10

Turk Lown Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
1	1	0

FIRST PREVIOUS PLAY/PAUSE REPLAY NEXT LAST/BOX

Wrigley Field - June 17, 1953

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Out

Turk Lown

Joe Garagiola

Dee Fondy

Eddie Miksis

Randy Jackson

Tommy Brown

George Metkovich

Hal Jeffcoat

Hank Sauer

Cal Abrams

Count: - , 0 Outs

Count: - , 1 Out

Abrams hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 12 Garagiola hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.

Bottom 12 Jackson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Sauer moves to second.

Bottom 12 Fondy strikes out.

Bottom 12 Sauer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Brown moves to third.

Bottom 12 Metkovich hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.

Bottom 12 Brown hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomas. Brown reaches second base with a double.

Top 12 Hetki hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.

Top 12 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.

Top 12 Atwell takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 11 Jeffcoat hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.

Bottom 11 Lown hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.

Bottom 11 Miksis hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.

Top 11 Rice hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.

Top 11 Thomas hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.

Top 11 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.

Top 11 Smith hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 10 Garagiola hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.

Bottom 10 Jackson hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.

Bottom 10 Fondy takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 10 Sauer hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.

Top 10 Abrams hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.

Top 10 Hetki hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.

Top 10 O'Brien strikes out.

Bottom 9 Metkovich hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.

Bottom 9 Brown hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.

Bottom 9 Johnny Hetki now pitching. Jeffcoat hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.

Top 9 O'Brien hits a fly ball into right field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Atwell is walked intentionally.

Top 9 Rice hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Metkovich. Rice reaches second base with a double. Smith scores. O'Connell goes all the way around to score. Rice moves to third.

Top 9 Thomas strikes out.

Top 9 Turk Lown now pitching. O'Connell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Smith moves to second.

Top 9 Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Abrams scores.

Top 9 Abrams hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Metkovich. Abrams reaches second base with a double.

Top 9 Hal Jeffcoat now playing center field. Carlos Bernier pinch hits for Roger Bowman. Bernier hits a fly ball into right field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Church strikes out.

Bottom 8 Miksis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Fondy trying to get to home. Rice throws the ball in to Atwell who tags Fondy, who's trying to score from second, for the out. Garagiola moves to second.

Bottom 8 Garagiola takes first base on ball four. Fondy moves to second.

Bottom 8 Jackson hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description.

Bottom 8 Fondy hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Top 8 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.

Top 8 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 8 Atwell takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 7 Sauer strikes out.

Bottom 7 Metkovich takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 7 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 7 Baumholtz bunts in front of the plate. Atwell fields it and throws to first for the out. Church moves to second.

Bottom 7 Church hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Top 7 Rice hits a fly ball into center field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson juggles the ball. That's an error on Jackson. Abrams moves to third.

Top 7 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Smith for the out. Abrams moves to second.

Top 7 Abrams bunts towards the mound. Church fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 6 Miksis strikes out.

Bottom 6 Garagiola hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 6 Jackson hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.

Bottom 6 Roger Bowman now pitching. Fondy strikes out.

Top 6 Gene Hermanski pinch hits for Roy Face. Hermanski hits a popup towards third. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Rice moves to second.

Top 6 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.

Top 6 Atwell hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.

Top 6 George Metkovich now playing left field. Rice hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 5 George Metkovich pinch runs for Ralph Kiner. Sauer hits a popup, foul, towards third. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Kiner hits a fly ball towards right. Abrams settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Abrams. Brown scores. Kiner moves to second. That run is unearned.

Bottom 5 Brown hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomas. Brown reaches second base with a double. Baumholtz scores.

Bottom 5 Baumholtz hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rice. Baumholtz reaches second base with a double. Garagiola scores.

Bottom 5 Church hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Miksis strikes out.

Bottom 5 Garagiola hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomas. Garagiola reaches second base with a double.

Top 5 Thomas strikes out.

Top 5 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.

Top 5 Smith hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Top 5 Abrams hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.

Bottom 4 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Brien fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 4 Fondy hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brown scores.

Bottom 4 Sauer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Brown moves to third.

Bottom 4 Kiner hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Brown takes first base on ball four.

Top 4 Face strikes out.

Top 4 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown misplays the ball. That's an error on Brown. O'Brien moves to second.

Top 4 O'Brien hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thomas scores.

Top 4 Atwell hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Garagiola fields it and throws to first for the out. Thomas moves to second.

Top 4 Rice hits a fly ball into center field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Thomas takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 3 Baumholtz strikes out.

Bottom 3 Church strikes out.

Bottom 3 Miksis hits a line drive towards the mound. Face reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 O'Connell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Smith takes first base on ball four. Face moves to second.

Top 3 Abrams hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Face hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 3 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Garagiola hits a ball on the ground towards first. Smith scoops it up and throws to first, with Face covering, for the out.

Bottom 2 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Fondy hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Atwell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 There go the runners. The throw from Garagiola to Miksis covering second. The throw back to home, and Rice is out at the plate.

Top 2 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown misplays the ball. That's an error on Brown. Rice moves to third.

Top 2 Atwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rice moves to second.

Top 2 Rice hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 2 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Sauer hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Kiner moves to second.

Bottom 1 Kiner takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. O'Connell fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Abrams hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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Pirates @ Cubs
June 17, 1953