Cardinals @ Braves
April 14, 1953

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Bottom 10 R H E
Cardinals 2 6 1
Braves 2 5 2
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Cardinals 2 6 1
Braves 3 6 2

Bill Bruton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .500
OBP .500 .500
At Bats 4 8
Hits 2 4
• Singles 1 2
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 1 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 0 0

Gerry Staley Season Stats

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0 0 0
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County Stadium - April 14, 1953
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Home Run
Gerry Staley
Les Fusselman
Steve Bilko
Red Schoendienst
Billy Johnson
Solly Hemus
Peanuts Lowrey
Stan Musial
Enos Slaughter
Bill Bruton

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 2 6 1 7
Milwaukee Braves 3 6 2 6
Winning Pitcher Warren Spahn
Losing Pitcher Gerry Staley
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Bill Bruton
Attendance 34,357
Time of Game 2 hours 29 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Bruton hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Spahn bunts towards the mound. Staley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Schoendienst hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Hemus bunts in front of the plate. Crandall fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 10 Staley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Dittmer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Stan Musial now playing center field. Billy Johnson now playing third base. Peanuts Lowrey now playing left field. Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Fusselman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Harvey Haddix pinch runs for Ray Jablonski. Peanuts Lowrey pinch hits for Rip Repulski. Lowrey hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Bruton. Lowrey reaches second base with a double. Haddix goes all the way around to score.
Top 9 Jablonski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Slaughter hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bilko hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Staley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bruton scores. Logan moves to third. Mathews moves to second.
Bottom 8 Mathews takes first base on ball four. Logan moves to second.
Bottom 8 Logan is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 8 Bruton hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Slaughter who is chasing the ball. Bruton reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 8 Spahn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Les Fusselman now catching. Dittmer hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Musial hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Hemus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock has Benson trapped. There's the throw to Crandall and over to Mathews, who tags Benson for the out. Staley moves to third. Hemus moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 8 Vern Benson pinch runs for Del Rice. Staley hits a ball on the ground towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Benson moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 8 Rice hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gordon. Rice reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bilko scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Crandall for the out.
Bottom 7 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Pafko hits a fly ball into center field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Repulski hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jablonski strikes out.
Top 7 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Dittmer. Slaughter moves to second.
Top 7 Bilko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Mathews strikes out.
Bottom 6 Logan bunts towards the mound. Staley fields it and throws to first for the out. Bruton moves to second.
Bottom 6 Bruton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Musial hits a ball on the ground for a double play.
Top 6 Schoendienst bunts towards the mound. Spahn fields it and throws to first for the out. Hemus moves to second.
Top 6 Hemus takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Spahn strikes out.
Bottom 5 Dittmer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Crandall bunts towards the mound. Staley fields it and throws to first for the out. Adcock moves to second.
Bottom 5 Adcock takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Staley hits a line drive into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Rice hits a fly ball towards left. Gordon catches it and throws to third to double up Jablonski. Repulski moves to second.
Top 5 Repulski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jablonski moves to second.
Top 5 Jablonski hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Slaughter scores.
Top 5 Spahn fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Spahn. Slaughter moves to second.
Top 5 Slaughter takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Staley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Staley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Mathews strikes out.
Top 4 Bilko hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Spahn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Logan strikes out.
Bottom 3 Bruton hits a popup towards short. Hemus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Spahn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Hemus hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Staley hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rice hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Dittmer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bilko scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Dittmer for the out.
Bottom 2 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Jablonski. Adcock goes all the way around to score. Crandall moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Adcock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Pafko hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rice settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Jablonski hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Slaughter hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Mathews strikes out.
Bottom 1 Logan strikes out.
Bottom 1 Bruton hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bilko strikes out.
Top 1 Musial hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Schoendienst hits a popup, foul, towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hemus takes first base on ball four.