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June 7, 1953

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Cubs 8 12 2
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Al Dark Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .269
OBP .500 .310
At Bats 4 186
Hits 2 50
• Singles 1 31
• Doubles 1 14
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 10
RBI’s 0 19

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Polo Grounds - June 7, 1953
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Single
Dutch Leonard
Joe Garagiola
Dee Fondy
Eddie Miksis
Randy Jackson
Roy Smalley
Ralph Kiner
Hal Jeffcoat
Hank Sauer
Al Dark
Davey Williams
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Williams moves to second.

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Bottom 8 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Jim Hearn pinch runs for Sal Yvars. Bill Rigney pinch hits for Frank Hiller. Rigney strikes out.
Bottom 8 Yvars takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Leonard strikes out.
Top 8 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 The umpire calls a balk on Hiller Jackson moves to second.
Top 8 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Garagiola takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Kiner hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Thomson hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mueller strikes out.
Bottom 7 Dutch Leonard now pitching. Lockman hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Irvin hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Thompson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Hal Jeffcoat now playing center field. Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Smalley. Dark moves to second.
Top 7 Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Fondy hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Miksis hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Frank Hiller now pitching. Sal Yvars now catching. Baumholtz hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Williams hits a popup into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ruben Gomez pinch runs for Ray Noble. Dusty Rhodes pinch hits for Al Corwin. Rhodes hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rhodes for the out. Gomez moves to second.
Bottom 6 Noble takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Hacker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Smalley strikes out.
Top 6 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Mueller hits a line drive into right field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lockman hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Baumholtz. Lockman reaches second base with a double. Irvin moves to third.
Bottom 5 Irvin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Thompson hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Garagiola hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Kiner hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Sauer hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Al Corwin now pitching. Fondy hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is bouncing around. Thomson is chasing the ball. Fondy rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park three run home run.
Top 5 Miksis hits a line drive beyond third. Thompson can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Hacker scores. Baumholtz moves to third.
Top 5 Baumholtz hits a line drive off the glove of Lockman, and into shallow right field. Baumholtz reaches second base with a double. Hacker moves to third.
Top 5 Hacker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Williams hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Jansen takes first base on ball four. Noble moves to second.
Bottom 4 Noble hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mueller moves to third.
Bottom 4 Thomson strikes out.
Bottom 4 Mueller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Lockman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Miksis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Jackson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Garagiola 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 4 Kiner hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Thompson for the out.
Bottom 3 Dark hits a line drive off the glove of Jackson, and into shallow left field. Dark reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Sauer hits a line drive towards third. Thompson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Fondy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Baumholtz scores.
Top 3 Miksis hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Baumholtz hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson who is chasing the ball. Baumholtz reaches third base with a triple.
Top 3 Hacker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Jansen strikes out.
Bottom 2 Noble hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Smalley hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Jackson strikes out.
Top 2 Garagiola hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sauer moves to third.
Top 2 Kiner strikes out.
Top 2 Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mueller for the out.
Bottom 1 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it and throws to second for the out. Thompson scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Irvin hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Thompson moves to third.
Bottom 1 Thompson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Williams scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Williams moves to third.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Miksis misplays the ball. That's an error on Miksis. Williams moves to second.
Top 1 Fondy strikes out.
Top 1 Miksis strikes out.
Top 1 Baumholtz hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.