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August 5, 1953

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Ralph Kiner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .267
OBP .667 .390
At Bats 2 311
Hits 1 83
• Singles 1 50
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 23
Walks 1 60
RBI’s 1 72

Monty Kennedy Season Stats

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Wrigley Field - August 5, 1953
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Double
Monty Kennedy
Sam Calderone
Whitey Lockman
Davey Williams
Hank Thompson
Al Dark
Monte Irvin
Bobby Thomson
Don Mueller
Ralph Kiner
Tommy Brown
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Kiner hits a line drive off the glove of Lockman, and into shallow right field. Kiner reaches second base with a double. Brown moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Fondy hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Monty Kennedy now pitching. Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Tookie Gilbert pinch hits for Jim Hearn. Gilbert hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Calderone hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Thomson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 There goes Jeffcoat. The slide. Calderone applies the tag. Jeffcoat is out.
Bottom 6 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Jeffcoat moves to third.
Bottom 6 Klippstein bunts towards first. Lockman scoops it up and throws to first, with Williams covering, for the out. Jeffcoat moves to second.
Bottom 6 Jeffcoat takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Irvin takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Thompson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Jeffcoat. Thompson reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Dark strikes out.
Bottom 5 McCullough strikes out.
Bottom 5 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Hearn strikes out.
Top 5 Calderone hits a popup towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Fondy scores.
Bottom 4 Fondy hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Irvin who is chasing the ball. Fondy reaches third base with a triple. Baumholtz goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Brown hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Klippstein strikes out.
Top 4 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Thomson strikes out.
Top 4 Mueller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Jeffcoat strikes out.
Bottom 3 Jim Hearn now pitching. McCullough hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kiner scores. Miksis moves to third.
Bottom 3 Miksis hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson. Miksis reaches second base with a double. Brown scores. Fondy scores. Kiner moves to third.
Bottom 3 Jackson strikes out.
Bottom 3 Kiner takes first base on ball four. Brown moves to third. Fondy moves to second.
Bottom 3 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman fields the ball and throws to Jansen covering. Safe. Baumholtz scores. Brown moves to second.
Bottom 3 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Klippstein scores. Baumholtz moves to third.
Bottom 3 Baumholtz hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mueller. Baumholtz reaches second base with a double. Klippstein moves to third.
Bottom 3 Klippstein hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Irvin strikes out.
Top 3 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis fields it and throws to second for the out. Lockman moves to third.
Top 3 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Calderone scores. Lockman moves to second.
Top 3 Lockman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Calderone moves to third.
Top 3 Jansen strikes out.
Top 3 Calderone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Jeffcoat hits a popup towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 McCullough hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Miksis hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mueller for the out.
Bottom 1 Jackson hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kiner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Baumholtz scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Fondy hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman juggles the ball. That's an error on Lockman. Baumholtz moves to second.
Top 1 Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Thompson hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Dark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out.