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August 30, 1953

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Bottom 9 R H E
Reds 3 10 1
Phillies 3 8 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Reds 3 10 1
Phillies 4 9 0

Smoky Burgess Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .313
OBP .333 .394
At Bats 3 246
Hits 1 77
• Singles 1 57
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 31
RBI’s 1 32

Ken Raffensberger Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 11 0
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Connie Mack Stadium - August 30, 1953
Ken Raffensberger
Andy Seminick
Ted Kluszewski
Grady Hatton
Bobby Adams
Roy McMillan
Jim Greengrass
Gus Bell
Willard Marshall
Smoky Burgess

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cincinnati Reds 3 10 1 9
Philadelphia Phillies 4 9 0 5
Winning Pitcher Jim Konstanty
Losing Pitcher Ken Raffensberger
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Smoky Burgess
Attendance 9,422
Time of Game 2 hours
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Burgess hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 McMillan hits a popup, foul, towards first. Torgeson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Adams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Hamner hits a line drive towards center. Bell catches it and throws to second to double up Torgeson.
Bottom 8 Ennis bunts towards the mound. Raffensberger fields it and throws to first for the out. Torgeson moves to second.
Bottom 8 Grady Hatton now playing second base. Torgeson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Raffensberger strikes out.
Top 8 Jim Konstanty now pitching. Grady Hatton pinch hits for Rocky Bridges. Hatton hits a line drive into right field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Seminick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Greengrass moves to second.
Top 8 Greengrass bunts towards first. Torgeson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Marshall takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Kazanski strikes out.
Bottom 7 Hansen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Raffensberger fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Kluszewski hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 McMillan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ennis. McMillan reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Adams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Jones hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Seminick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Wyrostek hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Raffensberger fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Raffensberger strikes out.
Top 6 Bridges hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Seminick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Ennis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bridges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Torgeson strikes out.
Bottom 5 Ashburn hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bridges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kazanski hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greengrass. Kazanski reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Andy Hansen now pitching. Greengrass hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kazanski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Marshall hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ashburn. Marshall reaches second base with a double. Adams scores. Kluszewski moves to third.
Top 5 Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Raffensberger scores. Adams moves to third.
Top 5 Bell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hamner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 McMillan hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Adams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Raffensberger moves to second.
Top 5 Raffensberger hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Miller strikes out.
Bottom 4 Jones hits a popup, foul, towards third. Adams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Wyrostek hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bridges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Burgess hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hamner scores.
Bottom 4 Hamner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bell who is chasing the ball. Hamner reaches third base with a triple.
Top 4 Bridges hits a line drive into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Seminick hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Marshall scores.
Top 4 Greengrass hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hamner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Marshall hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ashburn. Marshall reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Kluszewski hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Torgeson strikes out.
Bottom 3 Ashburn hits a line drive to center field. Bell throws towards the plate. Seminick fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Seminick. Kazanski scores. Ashburn moves to third.
Bottom 3 Kazanski hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greengrass. Kazanski reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Miller hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kazanski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 McMillan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Adams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kazanski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Raffensberger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adams fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Wyrostek strikes out.
Bottom 2 Burgess strikes out.
Top 2 Bridges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kazanski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Seminick hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Greengrass takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Marshall hits a popup towards short. Kazanski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hamner hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Ennis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Torgeson hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ashburn scores.
Bottom 1 Ashburn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greengrass who is chasing the ball. Ashburn reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 1 Kazanski hits a fly ball into left field. Greengrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 1 Bell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McMillan moves to second.
Top 1 McMillan takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Adams hits a line drive into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.