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August 16, 1953

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Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 4 7 0
Cubs 2 11 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 4 7 0
Cubs 2 11 0

Frank Baumholtz Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .309
OBP .250 .358
At Bats 4 353
Hits 1 109
• Singles 1 79
• Doubles 0 24
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 26
RBI’s 0 16

Lew Burdette Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
9 2 9
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Wrigley Field - August 16, 1953
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Out
Lew Burdette
Del Crandall
Joe Adcock
Sibby Sisti
Eddie Mathews
Johnny Logan
Jim Pendleton
Bill Bruton
Andy Pafko
Frank Baumholtz

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Milwaukee Braves 4 7 0 4
Chicago Cubs 2 11 0 8
Winning Pitcher Lew Burdette
Losing Pitcher Paul Minner
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Eddie Mathews
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 14 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Baumholtz hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Carl Sawatski pinch hits for Dutch Leonard. Sawatski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sisti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 McCullough strikes out.
Top 9 Burdette hits a popup towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Pendleton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burdette fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Metkovich hits a fly ball into left field. Pendleton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Jackson hits a popup towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Adcock strikes out.
Top 8 Dutch Leonard now pitching. Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Mathews hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Metkovich who is chasing the ball. Mathews reaches third base with a triple. Sisti scores. Logan goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Logan hits a line drive towards the mound. Minner can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Sisti moves to third.
Top 8 Bruton bunts towards first. Fondy scoops it up and throws to first, with Ramazzotti covering, for the out. Sisti moves to second.
Top 8 Sisti takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Kiner hits a fly ball into left field. Pendleton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Fondy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Ramazzotti hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burdette fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Baumholtz hits a popup towards the mound. Burdette settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Burdette hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Pendleton hits a fly ball into right field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Crandall hits a fly ball into center field. Metkovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Adcock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Pafko scores.
Top 7 Pafko hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Metkovich. Pafko reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Minner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burdette fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 McCullough hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Miksis hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Metkovich hits a popup towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Mathews hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Logan hits a fly ball into center field. Metkovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bruton bunts towards the mound. Minner fields it and throws to first for the out. Sisti moves to second.
Top 6 Sisti hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Kiner hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Fondy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Jim Pendleton now playing left field. Lew Burdette now pitching. Sibby Sisti now playing second base. Ramazzotti hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cooper strikes out.
Top 5 Jim Pendleton pinch runs for Sid Gordon. Walker Cooper pinch hits for Harry Hanebrink. There goes Pendleton. The throw from McCullough and he is out, Ramazzotti applying the tag.
Top 5 Gordon takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Crandall hits a popup towards third. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Liddle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Minner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. McCullough moves to second.
Bottom 4 McCullough hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 There goes Miksis. The throw from Crandall and he is out, Hanebrink applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hanebrink fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Metkovich hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Adcock hits a fly ball into center field. Metkovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Pafko hits a fly ball into center field. Metkovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mathews hits a fly ball into center field. Metkovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Jackson strikes out.
Bottom 3 Kiner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Liddle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Ramazzotti strikes out.
Top 3 Logan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Ramazzotti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bruton hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Liddle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Baumholtz hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Minner hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Miksis scores.
Bottom 2 McCullough hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Pafko throws the ball in to Hanebrink who tags McCullough trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Miksis moves to third.
Bottom 2 Miksis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Hanebrink strikes out.
Top 2 Gordon hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Metkovich who is chasing the ball. Gordon reaches third base with a triple.
Top 2 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Adcock hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Don Liddle now pitching. Metkovich hits a popup towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Jackson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Kiner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gordon. Kiner reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Fondy hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Ramazzotti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Baumholtz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ramazzotti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Logan hits a fly ball into center field. Metkovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bruton strikes out.