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August 9, 1953

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Top 9 R H E
Giants 2 4 2
Cardinals 6 8 0
Top 9 R H E
Giants 2 5 2
Cardinals 6 8 0

Al Dark Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .295
OBP .000 .334
At Bats 4 438
Hits 0 129
• Singles 0 87
• Doubles 0 26
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 12
Walks 0 23
RBI’s 0 54

Joe Presko Season Stats

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3 9 1
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Sportsman's Park - August 9, 1953
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Single
Joe Presko
Sal Yvars
Steve Bilko
Red Schoendienst
Pete Castiglione
Solly Hemus
Stan Musial
Rip Repulski
Enos Slaughter
Al Dark
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Dark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Presko fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Ray Noble pinch hits for Hoyt Wilhelm. Noble hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Hemus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Repulski scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 8 Presko bunts towards the mound. Wilhelm fields it and throws to first for the out. Repulski moves to second.
Bottom 8 Repulski strikes out. The ball gets by Westrum. He chases the ball to the backstop.
Bottom 8 Yvars hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Westrum hits a line drive into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Williams takes first base on ball four. Thomson moves to second.
Top 8 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castiglione fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Pete Castiglione now playing third base. Gilbert strikes out.
Bottom 7 Pete Castiglione pinch runs for Ray Jablonski. Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching. Bilko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Jablonski hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lockman. Jablonski reaches second base with a double. There goes Slaughter trying to get to home. Lockman throws the ball in to Dark who relays the ball to Westrum, who tags Slaughter, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Bottom 7 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Musial hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Schoendienst takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Hemus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gilbert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hemus for the out.
Top 7 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Dark hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lockman strikes out.
Bottom 6 Presko hits a popup towards first. Gilbert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Dave Koslo now pitching. Yvars hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Bobby Hofman pinch hits for Al Worthington. Hofman hits a line drive into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Westrum hits a fly ball into center field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Williams takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Thomson hits a popup towards first. Bilko settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bilko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Jablonski takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Slaughter hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mueller. Slaughter reaches second base with a double. Schoendienst scores.
Bottom 5 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gilbert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Musial for the out. Schoendienst moves to second.
Bottom 5 There goes Hemus, trying to steal home. The slide, and he is safe. Hemus steals home.
Bottom 5 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gilbert fields the ball and throws to Worthington covering. Safe. Presko scores. Hemus moves to third.
Bottom 5 Hemus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Thompson. Presko moves to third. Hemus moves to second.
Bottom 5 Presko takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Repulski hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Williams reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Mueller hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Gilbert takes first base on ball four. Thompson moves to second.
Top 5 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Dark strikes out.
Top 5 Lockman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Yvars hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gilbert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Yvars for the out.
Bottom 4 Bilko strikes out.
Bottom 4 Jablonski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Musial moves to third.
Bottom 4 Slaughter hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Tookie Gilbert now playing first base. Whitey Lockman now playing left field. Musial takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Worthington strikes out.
Top 4 Westrum is walked intentionally.
Top 4 Sal Yvars now catching. Williams hits a line drive towards short. Hemus reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Irvin scores.
Top 4 Mueller hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Slaughter. Mueller reaches second base with a double. Irvin moves to third.
Top 4 Irvin takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Schoendienst hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hemus is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 3 Presko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Repulski hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Lockman hits a fly ball into center field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Rice strikes out.
Bottom 2 Bilko hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Jablonski 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 2 Worthington hits a popup towards third. Jablonski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Westrum hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Presko fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Worthington fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Musial takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Schoendienst for the out.
Bottom 1 Hemus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Irvin moves to third. Mueller moves to second.
Top 1 Mueller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thompson scores. Irvin moves to second.
Top 1 Irvin takes first base on ball four. Thompson moves to second.
Top 1 Thompson is hit by the pitch.
Top 1 Dark hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lockman hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst reaches out and makes the catch for the out.