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August 30, 1953

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Cubs 1 9 0
Giants 10 10 1
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Cubs 1 9 0
Giants 10 11 1

Wes Westrum Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .231
OBP .667 .352
At Bats 2 247
Hits 1 57
• Singles 0 41
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 11
Walks 1 45
RBI’s 2 27

Duke Simpson Season Stats

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0 1 0
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Polo Grounds - August 30, 1953
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Single
Duke Simpson
Clyde McCullough
Dee Fondy
Bill Serena
Randy Jackson
Roy Smalley
Ralph Kiner
Frank Baumholtz
Hank Sauer
Wes Westrum
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Westrum hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Simpson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Spencer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hearn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 McCullough hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kiner moves to second.
Top 8 Serena strikes out.
Top 8 Sauer hits a popup towards short. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bobby Hofman now playing second base. Tookie Gilbert now playing first base. Daryl Spencer now playing shortstop. Kiner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Rhodes strikes out.
Bottom 7 Duke Simpson now pitching. Thomson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 7 Mueller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dark scores. Thompson moves to third.
Bottom 7 Thompson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dark moves to third.
Bottom 7 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Lockman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Hearn strikes out.
Bottom 7 Westrum hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Turk Lown now pitching. Spencer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Fondy takes first base on ball four. Baumholtz moves to second.
Top 7 Baumholtz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Smalley moves to third.
Top 7 Joe Garagiola pinch hits for Bob Rush. Garagiola hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Smalley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 McCullough hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hearn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Rhodes hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCullough settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Mueller hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Serena hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson juggles the ball. That's an error on Thompson. Kiner moves to second.
Top 6 Kiner takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hearn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Dark hits a fly ball into center field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lockman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Serena settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hearn takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Baumholtz hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Rush hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Smalley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 McCullough hits a fly ball into left field. Rhodes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Westrum strikes out.
Bottom 4 Spencer strikes out.
Bottom 4 Rhodes strikes out.
Top 4 Serena hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hearn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Kiner hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Thomson hits a popup towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mueller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thompson scores.
Bottom 3 Thompson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Baumholtz who is chasing the ball. Thompson reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 3 Dark hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Serena scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Westrum moves to second.
Bottom 3 Hearn strikes out.
Bottom 3 Westrum takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Fondy hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rhodes. Fondy reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Baumholtz for the out.
Top 3 Rush hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Rhodes hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Thomson hits a popup towards third. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Mueller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Smalley hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 McCullough hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Serena strikes out.
Top 2 Sauer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mueller. Sauer reaches second base with a double. Kiner scores.
Top 2 Kiner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson. Kiner reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Serena scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Serena scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Serena scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Fondy strikes out.
Top 1 Baumholtz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.