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September 6, 1953

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Reds 2 7 3
Cubs 5 7 0
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Reds 2 7 3
Cubs 5 7 0

Joe Garagiola Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .276
OBP .667 .351
At Bats 2 232
Hits 1 64
• Singles 1 46
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 26
RBI’s 0 26

Frank Smith Season Stats

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Wrigley Field - September 6, 1953
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Walk
Frank Smith
Andy Seminick
Ted Kluszewski
Grady Hatton
Bobby Adams
Roy McMillan
Jim Greengrass
Gus Bell
Willard Marshall
Joe Garagiola
Dee Fondy
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Garagiola takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Smalley bunts towards the mound. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. Fondy moves to second.
Bottom 8 Frank Smith now pitching. Fondy hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Adams hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bob Borkowski pinch hits for Bud Podbielan. Borkowski is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Hal Jeffcoat now playing center field. McMillan hits a popup towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Sauer hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kiner is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hatton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Seminick hits a fly ball into center field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Greengrass hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bell scores. Kluszewski moves to second.
Top 7 Marshall hits a popup towards third. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hatton scores. Bell moves to second.
Top 7 Bell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hatton moves to second.
Top 7 Hatton hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Adams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Ramazzotti hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hatton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Willis moves to second.
Bottom 6 Willis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Podbielan fields it and throws to second for the out. Smalley scores.
Bottom 6 Garagiola hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Smalley moves to third.
Bottom 6 Bud Podbielan now pitching. Smalley hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 George Lerchen pinch hits for Clyde King. Lerchen hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 McMillan hits a fly ball into center field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Seminick strikes out.
Bottom 5 Fondy hits a line drive towards short. McMillan catches it and tags out Kiner for the double play.
Bottom 5 Clyde King now pitching. Sauer strikes out.
Bottom 5 Kiner takes first base on ball four. Baumholtz scores. Ramazzotti moves to third. Jackson moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Jackson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Ramazzotti hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bell. Ramazzotti reaches second base with a double. Garagiola scores. Willis scores. Baumholtz moves to third.
Bottom 5 Baumholtz bunts towards the mound. Nuxhall juggles the ball. That's an error on Nuxhall. Garagiola moves to third. Willis moves to second.
Bottom 5 Willis bunts in front of the plate. Seminick juggles the ball. That's an error on Seminick. Garagiola moves to second.
Bottom 5 Garagiola is hit by the pitch.
Top 5 Greengrass hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Marshall takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Kluszewski strikes out.
Top 5 Bell hits a popup towards third. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Smalley strikes out.
Bottom 4 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hatton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Sauer hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nuxhall fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Hatton hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Adams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McMillan moves to third. Nuxhall moves to second.
Top 4 Nuxhall takes first base on ball four. McMillan moves to second.
Top 4 McMillan takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Seminick hits a fly ball into center field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Jackson hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Ramazzotti hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Baumholtz is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Greengrass hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Marshall hits a popup towards third. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ramazzotti fields it and throws to second for the out. Hatton moves to third.
Top 3 Bell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hatton moves to second.
Top 3 Hatton takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Willis strikes out.
Bottom 2 Garagiola strikes out on a pitch way out of the strike zone. And the ball gets by Seminick, who chases it to the backstop. Garagiola reaches first on the wild pitch.
Bottom 2 Smalley hits a line drive into left field. Greengrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nuxhall fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Adams hits a fly ball into right field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Nuxhall hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Baumholtz. Nuxhall reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 McMillan hits a popup towards third. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Seminick hits a fly ball into right field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Sauer is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Kiner takes first base on ball four. Jackson moves to second.
Bottom 1 Jackson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Ramazzotti hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nuxhall fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Baumholtz hits a fly ball into left field. Greengrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Greengrass hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Willis fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Marshall takes first base on ball four. Kluszewski moves to second.
Top 1 Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy fields it and throws to second for the out. Hatton moves to third.
Top 1 Bell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hatton moves to second.
Top 1 Hatton takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Adams strikes out. Garagiola drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Adams out.