Cubs @ Giants
June 7, 1953

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Bottom 7 R H E
Cubs 5 6 1
Giants 2 8 0
Bottom 7 R H E
Cubs 5 6 1
Giants 2 8 0

Bobby Thomson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .287
OBP .333 .335
At Bats 3 178
Hits 1 51
• Singles 0 40
• Doubles 1 3
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 11
RBI’s 0 30

Turk Lown Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 1 0
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Polo Grounds - June 7, 1953
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Strikeout
Turk Lown
Clyde McCullough
Dee Fondy
Eddie Miksis
Randy Jackson
Roy Smalley
Ralph Kiner
Hal Jeffcoat
Hank Sauer
Bobby Thomson
Don Mueller
Whitey Lockman

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 5 6 1 8
New York Giants 2 8 0 11
Winning Pitcher Turk Lown
Losing Pitcher Dave Koslo
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Randy Jackson
Attendance 12,184
Time of Game 2 hours 18 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Thomson strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Mueller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dark scores. Lockman moves to second.
Bottom 7 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it and throws to second for the out. Dark moves to third.
Bottom 7 Irvin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dark moves to second.
Bottom 7 Thompson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Miksis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hal Jeffcoat now playing center field. Dark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Smalley strikes out.
Top 7 Jackson takes first base on ball four. Kiner moves to second.
Top 7 Kiner takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Sauer hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Sam Calderone now catching. Frank Hiller now pitching. Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops it up and throws to first, with Hiller covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Williams hits a popup towards third. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bill Rigney pinch runs for Sal Yvars. Daryl Spencer pinch hits for Larry Jansen. Spencer strikes out.
Bottom 6 Yvars hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis misplays the ball. That's an error on Miksis. Lockman moves to third. Mueller moves to second.
Bottom 6 Thomson hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Mueller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lockman moves to second.
Bottom 6 Lockman takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Miksis hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Baumholtz takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Lown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 McCullough hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Sal Yvars now catching. Larry Jansen now pitching. Jackson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Irvin hits a line drive towards first. Fondy reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Thompson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Dark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gomez scores. Rhodes moves to second.
Bottom 5 Turk Lown now pitching. Williams strikes out.
Bottom 5 Ruben Gomez pinch runs for Ray Noble. Dusty Rhodes pinch hits for Hoyt Wilhelm. Rhodes hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gomez moves to third.
Bottom 5 Noble takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first 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 There goes Fondy. The throw from Noble and he is out, Williams applying the tag.
Top 5 Fondy takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mueller hits a fly ball into center field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Miksis strikes out.
Top 4 Baumholtz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Jones 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 McCullough hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Irvin hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Thompson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Dark hits a fly ball for a double play.
Bottom 3 Williams takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Smalley strikes out.
Top 3 Jackson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kiner hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Sauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Wilhelm hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Noble hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Thomson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Baumholtz. Thomson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops it up and throws to first, with Jones covering, for the out.
Top 2 Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching. Fondy hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Miksis takes first base on ball four. McCullough moves to third. Jones moves to second.
Top 2 Baumholtz hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman fields it and throws to third for the out. McCullough moves to second.
Top 2 Al Corwin now pitching. McCullough takes first base on ball four. Smalley moves to second.
Top 2 Smalley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jackson scores.
Top 2 Jackson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson who is chasing the ball. Jackson reaches third base with a triple. Sauer scores. Kiner goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Kiner takes first base on ball four. Sauer moves to second.
Top 2 Sauer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it, steps on third, and throws to McCullough, who tags Williams for the double play. Thompson moves to second.
Bottom 1 Irvin hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jones fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Williams moves to third. Dark moves to second.
Bottom 1 Dark is hit by the pitch. Williams moves to second.
Bottom 1 Williams is hit by the pitch.
Top 1 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Koslo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Miksis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.