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August 21, 1953

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Frank Thomas Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .221
OBP .667 .297
At Bats 2 271
Hits 1 60
• Singles 0 37
• Doubles 1 10
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 13
Walks 1 28
RBI’s 1 47

Ben Wade Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 4 2
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Forbes Field - August 21, 1953
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Home Run
Ben Wade
Roy Campanella
Gil Hodges
Jim Gilliam
Billy Cox
Bobby Morgan
Jackie Robinson
Duke Snider
Carl Furillo
Frank Thomas
Hal Rice
Carlos Bernier
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Thomas hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 6 Rice takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out. Bernier moves to second.
Bottom 6 Bernier bunts towards first. Hodges fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Dickson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Hodges hits a line drive into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Campanella takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dickson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Snider hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 O'Brien hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 O'Brien takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 There goes Janowicz. The throw from Campanella and he is out, Gilliam applying the tag.
Bottom 5 Ward hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Janowicz hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Brien fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Gilliam hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Wade hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Rice hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. O'Connell scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 O'Connell hits a line drive into right field. Furillo picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Furillo. Bernier goes all the way around to score. O'Connell moves to third.
Bottom 4 Bernier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Dickson hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cox hits a popup towards first. Ward settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Furillo takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Janowicz fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Janowicz. Campanella moves to third.
Top 4 Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Campanella hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rice. Campanella reaches second base with a double. Snider scores.
Top 4 Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Snider moves to third.
Top 4 Snider hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bernier. Snider reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 O'Brien hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wade fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Ward hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ward for the out. Rice scores. Thomas moves to third. Janowicz moves to second.
Bottom 3 Ben Wade now pitching. Janowicz bunts towards the mound. Wade fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rice moves to third. Thomas moves to second.
Bottom 3 Thomas takes first base on ball four. Rice moves to second.
Bottom 3 Rice takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Morgan strikes out.
Top 3 Gilliam hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Podres moves to second.
Top 3 Podres hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Cox hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Furillo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 O'Connell is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Bernier takes first base on ball four. Dickson moves to second.
Bottom 2 Dickson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morgan fields it and throws to second for the out. Ward moves to third.
Bottom 2 O'Brien takes first base on ball four. Ward moves to second.
Bottom 2 O'Brien hits a popup, foul, towards short. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Ward hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Hodges strikes out.
Top 2 Campanella hits a fly ball into right field. Bernier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Robinson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Janowicz is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Thomas hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Robinson. Thomas reaches second base with a double. Rice goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Rice hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 O'Connell strikes out.
Bottom 1 Bernier hits a line drive into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Dickson fires to first and picks off Gilliam.
Top 1 Snider hits a popup, foul, towards third. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Morgan hits a fly ball into right field. Bernier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gilliam takes first base on ball four.