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May 31, 1953

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Braves 8 16 1
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Braves 8 16 1
Reds 6 14 1

Gus Bell Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .315
OBP .750 .373
At Bats 4 130
Hits 3 41
• Singles 2 24
• Doubles 1 8
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 0 11
RBI’s 0 20

Warren Spahn Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 0 0
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Crosley Field - May 31, 1953
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Single
Warren Spahn
Del Crandall
Joe Adcock
Jack Dittmer
Eddie Mathews
Johnny Logan
Jim Pendleton
Bill Bruton
Andy Pafko
Gus Bell
Hobie Landrith
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Bell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Landrith moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Adams hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Bridges hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Jim Pendleton now playing left field. Hobie Landrith pinch hits for Howie Judson. Landrith strikes out. The ball gets by Crandall. He chases the ball to the backstop.
Top 9 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Jim Pendleton pinch runs for Sid Gordon. Pafko hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Pendleton moves to second.
Top 9 Gordon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Mathews hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Logan hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Johnny Temple now playing second base. Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bruton for the out.
Bottom 8 Bob Borkowski pinch hits for Grady Hatton. Borkowski hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Seminick hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bruton. Seminick reaches second base with a double. Greengrass scores.
Bottom 8 Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops it up and throws to first, with Spahn covering, for the out. Bell scores. Greengrass moves to second.
Bottom 8 Warren Spahn now pitching. Kluszewski hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Greengrass hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bell moves to third.
Bottom 8 Bell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Burdette strikes out.
Top 8 Crandall strikes out.
Top 8 Grady Hatton now playing second base. Rocky Bridges now playing shortstop. Howie Judson now pitching. Dittmer hits a popup towards short. Bridges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Adams hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bridges hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burdette fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. McMillan moves to third.
Bottom 7 Bob Marquis pinch hits for Herm Wehmeier. Marquis hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. McMillan moves to second.
Bottom 7 McMillan takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Adcock 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 7 Pafko hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mathews hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bell. Mathews reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Lew Burdette now pitching. Seminick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Marshall hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bell scores. Greengrass moves to second.
Bottom 6 Greengrass hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Adams scores. Bell moves to second.
Bottom 6 Bell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Adams moves to second.
Bottom 6 Adams hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Logan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bridges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bruton hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Herm Wehmeier now pitching. Antonelli hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Dittmer scores.
Top 6 Crandall hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Adcock scores. Dittmer moves to third.
Top 6 Dittmer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Pafko scores. Adcock moves to second.
Top 6 Adcock hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Pafko moves to third.
Top 6 Frank Smith now pitching. Pafko hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Bridges hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Frank Baldwin pinch hits for Harry Perkowski. Baldwin strikes out.
Bottom 5 McMillan hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adams fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Mathews hits a fly ball into left field. Greengrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Logan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bruton scores.
Top 5 There goes Bruton. The throw from Seminick and he is safe. Bruton steals second.
Top 5 Bruton hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Antonelli strikes out.
Top 5 Crandall hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Seminick hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Marshall hits a popup towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kluszewski hits a popup towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch 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 Dittmer hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Gordon moves to third.
Top 4 Pafko takes first base on ball four. Gordon moves to second.
Top 4 Gordon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Mathews hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Adams hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Bridges strikes out.
Top 3 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Bruton hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Crandall scores. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Antonelli hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards second. Bridges picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Bridges. Crandall moves to second.
Bottom 2 Perkowski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Antonelli fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 McMillan hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Seminick takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops it up and throws to first, with Antonelli covering, for the out.
Top 2 Dittmer hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Adcock strikes out.
Top 2 Pafko hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kluszewski strikes out.
Bottom 1 Greengrass hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bruton. Greengrass reaches second base with a double. Bell scores.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bruton. Bell reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Adams hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Bridges. The throw from Crandall and he is out, Logan applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Bridges hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
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 ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mathews for the out. Bruton moves to third.
Top 1 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Perkowski fields it and throws to first for the out. Bruton moves to second.
Top 1 Bruton hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.