Cubs @ Giants
August 30, 1953

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Top 9 R H E
Cubs 1 9 0
Giants 10 11 1
Top 9 R H E
Cubs 1 9 0
Giants 10 11 1

Dee Fondy Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .319
OBP .500 .360
At Bats 3 436
Hits 1 139
• Singles 0 96
• Doubles 1 20
• Triples 0 8
• Home Runs 0 15
Walks 1 27
RBI’s 0 63

Jim Hearn Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 8 0
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Polo Grounds - August 30, 1953
Out
Jim Hearn
Wes Westrum
Tookie Gilbert
Bobby Hofman
Hank Thompson
Daryl Spencer
Dusty Rhodes
Bobby Thomson
Don Mueller
Dee Fondy

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 1 9 0 10
New York Giants 10 11 1 4
Winning Pitcher Jim Hearn
Losing Pitcher Bob Rush
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Al Dark
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 32 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Baumholtz hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Carl Sawatski pinch hits for Duke Simpson. Sawatski hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hofman hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Gilbert hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCullough settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hearn bunts towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out. Westrum moves to second.
Bottom 8 Westrum hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Simpson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Spencer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hearn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 McCullough hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kiner moves to second.
Top 8 Serena strikes out.
Top 8 Sauer hits a popup towards short. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bobby Hofman now playing second base. Tookie Gilbert now playing first base. Daryl Spencer now playing shortstop. Kiner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Rhodes strikes out.
Bottom 7 Duke Simpson now pitching. Thomson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 7 Mueller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dark scores. Thompson moves to third.
Bottom 7 Thompson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dark moves to third.
Bottom 7 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Lockman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Hearn strikes out.
Bottom 7 Westrum hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Turk Lown now pitching. Spencer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Fondy takes first base on ball four. Baumholtz moves to second.
Top 7 Baumholtz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Smalley moves to third.
Top 7 Joe Garagiola pinch hits for Bob Rush. Garagiola hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Smalley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 McCullough hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hearn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Rhodes hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCullough settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Mueller hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Serena hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson juggles the ball. That's an error on Thompson. Kiner moves to second.
Top 6 Kiner takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hearn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Dark hits a fly ball into center field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lockman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Serena settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hearn takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Baumholtz hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Rush hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Smalley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 McCullough hits a fly ball into left field. Rhodes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Westrum strikes out.
Bottom 4 Spencer strikes out.
Bottom 4 Rhodes strikes out.
Top 4 Serena hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hearn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Kiner hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Thomson hits a popup towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mueller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thompson scores.
Bottom 3 Thompson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Baumholtz who is chasing the ball. Thompson reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 3 Dark hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Serena scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Westrum moves to second.
Bottom 3 Hearn strikes out.
Bottom 3 Westrum takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Fondy hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rhodes. Fondy reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Baumholtz for the out.
Top 3 Rush hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Rhodes hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Thomson hits a popup towards third. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Mueller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Smalley hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 McCullough hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Serena strikes out.
Top 2 Sauer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mueller. Sauer reaches second base with a double. Kiner scores.
Top 2 Kiner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson. Kiner reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Serena scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Serena scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Serena scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Fondy strikes out.
Top 1 Baumholtz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.