Pirates @ Giants
May 9, 1953

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Pirates 2 8 0
Giants 0 5 0
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Pirates 2 8 0
Giants 0 5 0

Dick Cole Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .385
OBP .667 .547
At Bats 3 39
Hits 2 15
• Singles 2 11
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 14
RBI’s 0 7

Hoyt Wilhelm Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 1 4
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Polo Grounds - May 9, 1953
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Out
Hoyt Wilhelm
Sam Calderone
Whitey Lockman
Hank Thompson
Daryl Spencer
Al Dark
Monte Irvin
Bobby Thomson
Don Mueller
Dick Cole
Mike Sandlock
Danny O'Connell
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Cole hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Wilhelm, and towards Dark, who fields it and throws to first for the out. O'Connell moves to third. Sandlock moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Sandlock takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Castiglione bunts towards first. Lockman scoops it up and throws to first, with Thompson covering, for the out. O'Connell moves to second.
Top 9 O'Connell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castiglione fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Thomson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sandlock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castiglione fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Kiner strikes out.
Top 8 Abrams hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Hank Thompson now playing second base. Sam Calderone now catching. Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching. Metkovich hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops it up and throws to first, with Wilhelm covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Tookie Gilbert pinch hits for Davey Williams. Gilbert hits a popup, foul, towards first. Metkovich settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 George Wilson pinch hits for Larry Jansen. Wilson is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 7 Hank Thompson pinch hits for Wes Westrum. Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castiglione fields it and throws to first for the out. Mueller moves to second.
Bottom 7 Mueller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Spencer strikes out.
Top 7 Bernier hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lindell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cole moves to second.
Top 7 Cole hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Sandlock hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Castiglione hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Thomson moves to second.
Bottom 6 Irvin hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Thomson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Dark hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 O'Connell hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kiner hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Abrams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Metkovich hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bernier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castiglione fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Jansen hits a fly ball into right field. Abrams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Westrum hits a fly ball into right field. Abrams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lindell hits a line drive into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cole hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. O'Connell moves to third.
Top 5 Sandlock hits a line drive into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Castiglione hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 O'Connell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Mueller hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Spencer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sandlock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cole scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Irvin moves to second.
Bottom 4 Irvin hits a line drive beyond third. Castiglione can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Top 4 Kiner hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Abrams strikes out.
Top 4 Metkovich bunts towards the mound. Jansen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Thomson hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Dark takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Bernier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Jansen hits a fly ball into right field. Abrams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bernier 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 Lindell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops it up and throws to first, with Jansen covering, for the out.
Top 3 Cole hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Westrum hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castiglione fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Mueller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Spencer strikes out. Sandlock drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Spencer out.
Bottom 2 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Sandlock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jansen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Castiglione hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 O'Connell hits a line drive into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castiglione fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Thomson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castiglione fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 George Metkovich now playing first base. Williams strikes out.
Top 1 Kiner hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Abrams hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mueller who is chasing the ball. Abrams reaches third base with a triple.
Top 1 Jansen fires to first and picks off Smith.
Top 1 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Bernier hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.