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August 31, 1953

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Bill Serena Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .226
OBP .000 .324
At Bats 1 208
Hits 0 47
• Singles 0 30
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 29
RBI’s 0 35

Marv Grissom Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 7 0
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Polo Grounds - August 31, 1953
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Single
Marv Grissom
Wes Westrum
Whitey Lockman
Daryl Spencer
Bobby Hofman
Al Dark
Dusty Rhodes
Bobby Thomson
Don Mueller
Bill Serena
Joe Garagiola
Hank Sauer
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Serena hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Sauer scores. Garagiola moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 4 Garagiola hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Sauer moves to second.
Top 4 Sauer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Bobby Hofman now playing third base. Kiner is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Grissom strikes out.
Bottom 3 Westrum hits a ball on the ground towards third. Serena fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Spencer hits a fly ball into center field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grissom fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Miksis hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Baumholtz hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Lown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Rhodes is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Thomson takes first base on ball four. Thompson moves to third. Mueller moves to second.
Bottom 2 Turk Lown now pitching. Mueller hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Dark scores. Thompson moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Thompson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Dark hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Baumholtz. Dark reaches second base with a double. Westrum scores. Grissom scores. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 2 Lockman is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 The ball gets by Garagiola for a passed ball. Spencer scores. Westrum moves to third. Grissom moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Grissom takes first base on ball four. Spencer moves to third. Westrum moves to second.
Bottom 2 Westrum hits a ball on the ground towards third. Serena juggles the ball. That's an error on Serena. Spencer moves to second.
Bottom 2 Spencer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Rhodes is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Serena hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Garagiola hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Thomson hits a fly ball into right field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Mueller hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Dark moves to second.
Bottom 1 Thompson hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Dark hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grissom fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Kiner hits a fly ball into left field. Rhodes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards second. Spencer throws to second for one, and Dark throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Baumholtz scores. Fondy moves to second.
Top 1 Miksis bunts towards the mound. Grissom fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Baumholtz moves to third.
Top 1 Baumholtz hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson. Baumholtz reaches second base with a double.