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May 31, 1953

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Eddie Mathews Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .325
OBP .750 .441
At Bats 3 120
Hits 2 39
• Singles 1 18
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 1 13
Walks 1 24
RBI’s 2 34

Bubba Church Season Stats

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2 3 0
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Crosley Field - May 31, 1953
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Walk
Bubba Church
Andy Seminick
Ted Kluszewski
Johnny Temple
Bobby Adams
Rocky Bridges
Jim Greengrass
Gus Bell
Willard Marshall
Eddie Mathews
Johnny Logan
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Mathews takes first base on ball four. Logan moves to second.

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Top 9 Logan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Greengrass hits a fly ball into left field. Pendleton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Pendleton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ebba St. Claire now catching. Dave Jolly now pitching. Adams hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bruton hits a fly ball into left field. Greengrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Sibby Sisti pinch runs for Walker Cooper. Ebba St. Claire pinch hits for Dave Cole. St. Claire strikes out.
Top 8 Cooper takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Johnny Temple now playing second base. Rocky Bridges now playing shortstop. Dittmer hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bridges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Church hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bruton. Church reaches second base with a double. Marshall scores. Hatton goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Grady Hatton pinch hits for Roy McMillan. Hatton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cole fields it and throws to second for the out. Kluszewski scores. Marshall moves to third.
Bottom 7 Seminick takes first base on ball four. Bell scores. Kluszewski moves to third. Marshall moves to second.
Bottom 7 Marshall is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Kluszewski hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bruton. Kluszewski reaches second base with a double. Bell moves to third.
Bottom 7 Greengrass is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Jim Pendleton now playing left field. Bell takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adams fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Jim Pendleton pinch runs for Sid Gordon. Pafko hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Pendleton goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Gordon hits a fly ball towards left. Greengrass settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Greengrass.
Top 7 Mathews hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Adams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cole fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Bridges hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Church hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Dave Cole now pitching. McMillan takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Logan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Seminick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Church fields it and throws to home to get Adcock. Dittmer moves to third. Crowe moves to second.
Top 6 George Crowe pinch hits for Ernie Johnson. Crowe takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Adcock moves to third. Dittmer moves to second.
Top 6 Dittmer hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 6 Adcock hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bell. Adcock reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Ernie Johnson now pitching. Seminick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Marshall hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kluszewski goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Don Liddle now pitching. Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bell scores.
Bottom 5 Greengrass hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Pafko throws the ball in to Logan who tags Greengrass trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Bell moves to third.
Bottom 5 Bell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Adams hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Pafko hits a fly ball into left field. Greengrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Gordon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Surkont scores. Mathews moves to second.
Top 5 Mathews takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Surkont moves to third.
Top 5 Bruton hits a popup, foul, towards third. Adams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Surkont hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bell. Surkont reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Bridges hits a popup towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Church strikes out.
Bottom 4 McMillan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Marshall scores. Seminick moves to second.
Bottom 4 Seminick takes first base on ball four. Marshall moves to second.
Bottom 4 Marshall hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Marshall hits a popup, foul, towards first. Adcock settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Adcock.
Bottom 4 Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Greengrass hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Cooper hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Dittmer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Church fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Bell hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Adams hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Bridges hits a popup towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Church hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Surkont fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Mathews hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Logan moves to second.
Top 3 Logan takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Bruton hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Surkont hits a popup in front of the plate. Seminick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 McMillan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cooper settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Seminick takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Marshall hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bruton who is chasing the ball. Marshall reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 2 Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Greengrass hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adams fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Dittmer hits a popup towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Church fires to first and has Adcock trapped. There's the throw to Bridges who tags Adcock for the out.
Top 2 Adcock hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Adams hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bridges hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mathews hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Logan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Bruton hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.