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August 25, 1953

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Bobby Thomson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .287
OBP .500 .333
At Bats 2 484
Hits 1 139
• Singles 0 96
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 1 4
• Home Runs 0 21
Walks 0 30
RBI’s 1 82

Gerry Staley Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
13 6 3
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Polo Grounds - August 25, 1953
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Single
Gerry Staley
Del Rice
Steve Bilko
Red Schoendienst
Ray Jablonski
Solly Hemus
Stan Musial
Rip Repulski
Enos Slaughter
Bobby Thomson
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Thomson hits a line drive into center field. Repulski picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Repulski. Thomson moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 7 Staley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gilbert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Staley for the out.
Top 7 The ball gets by Noble for a passed ball. Rice moves to second.
Top 7 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gilbert fields the ball and throws to Grissom covering. Safe. Jablonski moves to third.
Top 7 Jablonski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Slaughter scores.
Top 7 Bilko hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Slaughter moves to third.
Top 7 Slaughter hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mueller. Slaughter reaches second base with a double. Musial goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Daryl Spencer now playing shortstop. Schoendienst hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bilko scoops it up and throws to first, with Staley covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 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. Williams moves to third.
Bottom 6 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Staley, and towards Hemus, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Williams moves to second.
Bottom 6 Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Hemus hits a fly ball into left field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Repulski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Staley moves to second.
Top 6 Staley takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 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.
Bottom 5 Grissom hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Noble hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Gilbert hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bilko settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bilko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Slaughter hits a fly ball into right field. Rhodes catches it for the out, and throws it away. That's an error on Rhodes. Schoendienst scores. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Musial hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams misplays the ball. That's an error on Williams. Schoendienst moves to second.
Bottom 4 Rhodes hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bilko scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rhodes for the out.
Bottom 4 Thomson hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mueller hits a popup towards short. Hemus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hemus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gilbert scoops it up and throws to first, with Grissom covering, for the out.
Top 4 Repulski hits a popup towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Staley strikes out. Noble drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Staley out.
Bottom 3 Thompson hits a line drive into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Williams hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Jablonski hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bilko strikes out.
Bottom 2 Grissom hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Noble hits a fly ball into center field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gilbert hits a popup towards first. Bilko settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Slaughter 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 Marv Grissom now pitching. Musial is walked intentionally.
Top 2 Schoendienst hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rhodes. Schoendienst reaches second base with a double. Repulski scores. Hemus moves to third.
Top 2 Hemus takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Repulski hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mueller who is chasing the ball. Repulski reaches third base with a triple.
Top 2 Staley hits a fly ball into right field. Rhodes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Rice strikes out.
Bottom 1 Rhodes hits a popup towards third. Jablonski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Thomson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Musial who is chasing the ball. Thomson reaches third base with a triple. Mueller goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Mueller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dark scores.
Bottom 1 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bilko scoops it up and throws to first, with Staley covering, for the out. Dark moves to third.
Bottom 1 Dark hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Slaughter. Dark reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Jablonski hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bilko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Thompson. Slaughter scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Slaughter hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mueller. Slaughter reaches second base with a double. Musial goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Musial hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Schoendienst scores.
Top 1 The ball gets by Noble for a passed ball. Schoendienst moves to second.
Top 1 Schoendienst hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Hemus hits a popup towards first. Gilbert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.