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August 6, 1953

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Bottom 9 R H E
Dodgers 3 5 0
Braves 3 13 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Dodgers 3 5 0
Braves 3 13 1

Eddie Mathews Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .298
OBP .250 .397
At Bats 4 339
Hits 1 101
• Singles 0 50
• Doubles 0 16
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 1 32
Walks 0 55
RBI’s 1 80

Carl Erskine Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
11 5 3
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County Stadium - August 6, 1953
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Walk
Carl Erskine
Roy Campanella
Gil Hodges
Jim Gilliam
Billy Cox
Pee Wee Reese
Jackie Robinson
Don Thompson
Carl Furillo
Eddie Mathews
Bill Bruton
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

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

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Bottom 9 Pendleton hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Bruton bunts towards first. Hodges fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 9 Carl Erskine now pitching. Spahn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Erskine fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Gilliam hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Dick Williams pinch hits for Ben Wade. Williams strikes out.
Top 9 Cox hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dittmer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wade fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Gordon takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Crandall hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Don Thompson now playing center field. Adcock hits a fly ball into center field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bobby Morgan pinch hits for Duke Snider. Morgan strikes out.
Top 8 Furillo hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Hodges hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Reese scores. Campanella moves to second.
Top 8 Campanella is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Robinson bunts towards the mound. Spahn fields it and throws to first for the out. Reese moves to second.
Top 8 Reese hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Pafko hits a line drive into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam fields it and throws to second for the out. Bruton moves to third.
Bottom 7 Pendleton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bruton moves to second.
Bottom 7 Bruton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Spahn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Spahn for the out.
Top 7 Gilliam hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Wade hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Cox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pendleton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Dittmer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 6 Gordon hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Snider is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Furillo hits a line drive towards short. Pendleton catches it and throws to first to double up Hodges.
Top 6 Hodges hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Adcock strikes out.
Bottom 5 There goes Pafko. The throw from Campanella and he is out, Gilliam applying the tag.
Bottom 5 Pafko takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Mathews hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Campanella hits a popup towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Reese hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Pendleton is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Bruton strikes out.
Bottom 4 Spahn bunts towards first. Hodges fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Dittmer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Gilliam hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Wade strikes out.
Top 4 Cox hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Crandall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gordon hits a line drive into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Crandall hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Adcock moves to second.
Bottom 3 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Pafko hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Ben Wade now pitching. Mathews hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Snider strikes out.
Top 3 Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews juggles the ball. That's an error on Mathews. Reese scores. Robinson moves to third. Hodges moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Hodges is walked intentionally.
Top 3 Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pendleton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Reese moves to third. Robinson moves to second.
Top 3 Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gilliam scores. Reese moves to second.
Top 3 Reese takes first base on ball four. Gilliam moves to second.
Top 3 Gilliam hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Bill Antonello pinch hits for Billy Loes. Antonello hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pendleton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Pendleton hits a line drive into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bruton hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Furillo. Bruton reaches second base with a double. Gordon scores.
Bottom 2 There's a wild pitch. Gordon moves to second.
Bottom 2 Spahn hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Dittmer hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gordon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Cox hits a popup towards short. Pendleton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Snider strikes out.
Top 2 Furillo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Crandall strikes out.
Bottom 1 Adcock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Pafko moves to second.
Bottom 1 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Loes fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Mathews hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Pendleton strikes out.
Bottom 1 Bruton strikes out.
Top 1 Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pendleton fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Campanella hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Robinson takes first base on ball four. Reese moves to second.
Top 1 Reese takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Gilliam hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.