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May 4, 1953

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Reds 4 8 2
Giants 7 16 0
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Reds 4 8 2
Giants 7 16 0

Monte Irvin Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .222
OBP .500 .269
At Bats 4 63
Hits 2 14
• Singles 0 7
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 1 1
• Home Runs 1 3
Walks 0 4
RBI’s 2 9

Clyde King Season Stats

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0 0 0
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Polo Grounds - May 4, 1953
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Walk
Clyde King
Hobie Landrith
Ted Kluszewski
Rocky Bridges
Grady Hatton
Roy McMillan
Jim Greengrass
Gus Bell
Wally Post
Monte Irvin
Bobby Thomson
Al Dark
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Irvin takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Thomson hits a line drive into left field. Greengrass picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Greengrass. Williams scores. Dark moves to third. Thomson moves to second.
Bottom 8 Clyde King now pitching. Dark takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Williams hits a line drive into center field. Bell picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Bell. Wilhelm scores. Williams moves to third.
Bottom 8 Wilhelm hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Post. Wilhelm reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Wally Post now playing right field. Yvars hits a popup towards third. Hatton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bell for the out. Post moves to third. Kluszewski moves to second.
Top 8 Greengrass hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Wally Post pinch runs for Willard Marshall. Kluszewski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Post moves to second.
Top 8 Marshall takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mueller for the out.
Bottom 7 Spencer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Marshall who is chasing the ball. Spencer reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 7 Lockman hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Frank Smith now pitching. Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Hatton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bridges hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Marquis moves to second.
Top 7 Bob Marquis pinch hits for Ernie Nevel. Marquis bunts towards the mound. Wilhelm fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Landrith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching. McMillan strikes out.
Top 7 Bell hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 7 Greengrass takes first base on ball four. Kluszewski moves to second.
Top 7 Kluszewski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Thomson hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Jansen moves to third.
Bottom 6 Williams bunts towards the mound. Nevel fields it and throws to first for the out. Jansen moves to second.
Bottom 6 Jansen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Marshall hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hatton hits a popup towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bridges hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Yvars hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mueller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lockman moves to second.
Bottom 5 Spencer hits a popup towards third. Hatton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lockman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Ernie Nevel now pitching. Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Hank Foiles pinch hits for Ken Raffensberger. Foiles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Landrith strikes out.
Top 5 McMillan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Jansen scores.
Bottom 4 Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jansen moves to third.
Bottom 4 Jansen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Yvars hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Landrith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bell hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Greengrass hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kluszewski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bridges scores. Marshall moves to second.
Top 4 Marshall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bridges moves to third.
Top 4 Hatton hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bridges hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Mueller hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Spencer hits a fly ball into left field. Greengrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Irvin scores.
Bottom 3 Lockman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Irvin hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bell who is chasing the ball. Irvin reaches third base with a triple. Dark goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Thomson strikes out.
Bottom 3 Dark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Raffensberger hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Landrith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 McMillan hits a popup in front of the plate. Yvars settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Williams hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Landrith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Jansen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Spencer scores. Yvars moves to second.
Bottom 2 Yvars hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Spencer moves to third.
Bottom 2 Mueller hits a fly ball into left field. Greengrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Spencer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Lockman hits a fly ball into left field. Greengrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Irvin hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Bell strikes out.
Top 2 Greengrass hits a popup towards third. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Thomson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bridges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Raffensberger fires to first and has Dark trapped. There's the throw to Bridges who tags Dark for the out.
Bottom 1 Dark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Marshall strikes out.
Top 1 Hatton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Bridges hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jansen fields it and throws to first for the out.