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June 9, 1953

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Cubs 9 14 5
Phillies 9 9 0
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Cubs 9 14 5
Phillies 9 9 0

Richie Ashburn Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .335
OBP .500 .392
At Bats 4 173
Hits 2 58
• Singles 2 48
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 14
RBI’s 1 14

Dutch Leonard Season Stats

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Connie Mack Stadium - June 9, 1953
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Dutch Leonard
Joe Garagiola
Dee Fondy
Eddie Miksis
Randy Jackson
Roy Smalley
Hank Sauer
George Metkovich
Frank Baumholtz
Richie Ashburn
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Ashburn hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Smoky Burgess pinch hits for Connie Ryan. Burgess hits a fly ball into right field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lohrke scores.
Bottom 8 Dutch Leonard now pitching. Jack Lohrke pinch runs for Eddie Waitkus. Bill Nicholson pinch hits for Bob Miller. Nicholson strikes out.
Bottom 8 George Metkovich now playing center field. Eddie Waitkus pinch hits for Stan Lopata. Waitkus hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Baumholtz who is chasing the ball. Waitkus reaches third base with a triple.
Top 8 Jackson strikes out.
Top 8 Garagiola hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 George Metkovich pinch hits for Hal Jeffcoat. Metkovich hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Miksis scores. Fondy moves to second.
Top 8 Sauer strikes out.
Top 8 Fondy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Miksis moves to third.
Top 8 Bob Miller now pitching. Miksis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Jones hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Miksis reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Torgeson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Hamner hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Ennis hits a line drive into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Baumholtz hits a popup towards short. Hamner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Simpson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Ryan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Jackson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Wyrostek hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Ryan strikes out.
Top 6 Garagiola hits a popup towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Jeffcoat hits a fly ball into right field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Sauer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ennis. Sauer reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Andy Hansen now pitching. Fondy hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 6 Miksis takes first base on ball four. Baumholtz moves to second.
Top 6 Baumholtz takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Simpson hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Peterson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Lopata hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops it up and throws to first, with Simpson covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Hal Jeffcoat now playing center field. Frank Baumholtz now playing right field. Hank Sauer now playing left field. Jones hits a line drive towards short. Smalley reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Smalley strikes out.
Top 5 Hal Jeffcoat pinch runs for Ralph Kiner. Jackson takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Garagiola hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Wyrostek. Garagiola reaches second base with a double. Kiner moves to third.
Top 5 Kiner takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Sauer hits a popup towards short. Hamner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Johnny Wyrostek now playing right field. Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fondy for the out.
Bottom 4 Torgeson hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 The umpire calls a balk on Simpson Ennis moves to third. Hamner moves to second.
Bottom 4 Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson juggles the ball. That's an error on Jackson. Ennis moves to second.
Bottom 4 Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields the ball and throws to second. Miksis drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Miksis. Peterson scores. Ryan scores. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 4 Johnny Wyrostek pinch hits for Mel Clark. Duke Simpson now pitching. Wyrostek is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Peterson moves to third. Ryan moves to second.
Bottom 4 Ryan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Peterson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Fred Baczewski now pitching. Peterson hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play.
Top 4 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Peterson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Baumholtz takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Clyde McCullough pinch hits for Sheldon Jones. McCullough hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Smalley hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lopata settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lopata hits a fly ball into center field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Jones hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Hamner scores. Torgeson moves to second.
Bottom 3 Torgeson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 The umpire calls a balk on Jones Ennis scores. Hamner moves to third.
Bottom 3 Sheldon Jones now pitching. Hamner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Clark scores. Ennis moves to third. Hamner moves to second.
Bottom 3 Ennis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ashburn scores. Clark moves to third.
Bottom 3 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Ashburn moves to second.
Bottom 3 Ashburn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ryan scores.
Bottom 3 Ryan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sauer who is chasing the ball. Ryan reaches third base with a triple. Lopata scores.
Bottom 3 Peterson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Lopata hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kiner who is chasing the ball. Lopata reaches third base with a triple.
Top 3 Kent Peterson now pitching. Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Garagiola hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Kiner hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Sauer hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Fondy hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ennis. Fondy reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Miksis hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Jones hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Miksis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Torgeson hits a fly ball into right field. Sauer catches it for the out, and throws it away. That's an error on Sauer. Ennis moves to third.
Bottom 2 Hamner hits a popup in front of the plate. Garagiola settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley misplays the ball. That's an error on Smalley.
Top 2 Baumholtz hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Pollet hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Jackson hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Clark hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Ashburn 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 1 Ryan hits a line drive into center field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Garagiola hits a popup towards first. Torgeson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kiner hits a line drive into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Sauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Fondy hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Miksis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ryan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.