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July 27, 1953

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Giants 0 7 1
Braves 12 13 0
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Giants 0 7 1
Braves 13 14 0

Eddie Mathews Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .309
OBP .500 .406
At Bats 4 301
Hits 2 93
• Singles 1 46
• Doubles 0 15
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 1 29
Walks 0 48
RBI’s 4 75

Monty Kennedy Season Stats

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County Stadium - July 27, 1953
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Home Run
Monty Kennedy
Sam Calderone
Whitey Lockman
Davey Williams
Bobby Hofman
Daryl Spencer
Dusty Rhodes
Bobby Thomson
Al Dark
Eddie Mathews
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Dusty Rhodes now playing left field. Mathews hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Spencer hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Irvin hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Thomson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Bruton takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Spahn strikes out.
Top 7 Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lockman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Williams moves to third.
Top 7 Kennedy strikes out.
Top 7 Calderone hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ebba St. Claire now catching. Williams hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Pafko. Williams reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Monty Kennedy now pitching. Dittmer hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Williams reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Crandall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gordon scores. Pafko moves to second.
Bottom 6 Adcock hits a fly ball into right field. Dark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mathews scores. Gordon moves to third.
Bottom 6 Pafko takes first base on ball four. Mathews moves to third. Gordon moves to second.
Bottom 6 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bruton scores. Mathews moves to second.
Bottom 6 Mathews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bruton moves to third.
Bottom 6 Logan hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bobby Hofman now playing third base. Bruton takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Bobby Hofman pinch hits for Hank Thompson. Hofman hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Spencer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Spahn strikes out.
Bottom 5 Dittmer hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Sam Calderone now catching. Crandall hits a line drive towards short. Spencer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Lockman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Corwin strikes out.
Bottom 4 Adcock hits a fly ball into right field. Dark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Pafko hits a line drive into center field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double.
Bottom 4 Gordon hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Al Corwin now pitching. Mathews hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Bottom 4 Logan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Spahn moves to third. Bruton moves to second.
Bottom 4 Marv Grissom now pitching. Bruton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Crandall scores. Dittmer scores. Spahn moves to second.
Bottom 4 Spahn takes first base on ball four. Adcock scores. Crandall moves to third. Dittmer moves to second.
Bottom 4 Dittmer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hearn fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Adcock moves to third. Crandall moves to second.
Bottom 4 Crandall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gordon scores. Adcock moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Adcock takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Pafko hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gordon moves to third.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Gordon moves to second.
Bottom 4 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer misplays the ball. That's an error on Spencer.
Top 4 Westrum strikes out.
Top 4 Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Thompson hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Logan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dittmer scores.
Bottom 3 Bruton hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Spahn bunts towards the mound. Hearn fields it and throws to first for the out. Dittmer moves to second.
Bottom 3 Dittmer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Spencer hits a popup towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Irvin takes first base on ball four. Lockman moves to second.
Top 3 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Dark hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Lockman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Adcock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Pafko moves to second.
Bottom 2 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Hearn strikes out.
Top 2 Westrum strikes out.
Top 2 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Mathews hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Bruton hits a fly ball into right field. Dark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Spencer strikes out.
Top 1 Irvin takes first base on ball four. Dark moves to second.
Top 1 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lockman for the out.