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Cubs 7 14 1
Giants 6 9 0
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Cubs 7 14 1
Giants 6 9 0

Hank Sauer Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .263
OBP .333 .358
At Bats 2 270
Hits 0 71
• Singles 0 44
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 1 38
RBI’s 0 39

Hoyt Wilhelm Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 8 15
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Polo Grounds - September 1, 1953
Out
Hoyt Wilhelm
Wes Westrum
Tookie Gilbert
Daryl Spencer
Bobby Hofman
Al Dark
Dusty Rhodes
Bobby Thomson
Don Mueller
Hank Sauer
Ralph Kiner
Dee Fondy
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Sauer hits a fly ball into left field. Rhodes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 6 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Top 6 Kiner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Fondy moves to second.
Top 6 Fondy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Miksis hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Wilhelm hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Westrum takes first base on ball four. Gilbert moves to second.
Bottom 5 Gilbert takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Rhodes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Thomson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kiner who is chasing the ball. Thomson reaches third base with a triple.
Top 5 Baumholtz strikes out.
Top 5 Pollet takes first base on ball four. Smalley moves to second.
Top 5 Smalley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 McCullough hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Serena hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mueller hits a fly ball into center field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Dark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Hofman strikes out.
Bottom 4 Wilhelm hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hofman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Pollet scores. Baumholtz moves to third.
Top 4 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hofman fields it and throws to first for the out. Pollet moves to third. Baumholtz moves to second.
Top 4 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wilhelm fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Pollet moves to second.
Top 4 Pollet hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Westrum strikes out.
Bottom 3 Gilbert takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Howie Pollet now pitching. Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Rhodes hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 Thomson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dark scores. Mueller scores.
Bottom 3 Mueller hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sauer. Mueller reaches second base with a double. Dark moves to third.
Bottom 3 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Smalley fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 3 Hofman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hofman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching. McCullough hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Serena hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rhodes throws the ball in to Spencer who tags Serena, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Sauer moves to third.
Top 3 Sauer takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Kiner hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Fondy hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson who is chasing the ball. Fondy reaches third base with a triple. Miksis scores.
Top 3 Miksis hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson. Miksis reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Maglie hits a ball on the ground towards third. Serena fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Westrum hits a fly ball into right field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gilbert hits a fly ball into right field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Church hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Smalley hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 2 McCullough hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Maglie fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Serena hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson. Serena reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Sauer hits a fly ball into left field. Rhodes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Spencer hits a fly ball into center field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Rhodes hits a line drive to right field. Sauer throws towards the plate. McCullough fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on McCullough. Thomson scores. Rhodes moves to second.
Bottom 1 Thomson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kiner. Thomson reaches second base with a double. Dark scores.
Bottom 1 Mueller hits a fly ball into center field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Dark hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sauer. Dark reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Hofman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Church fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Kiner strikes out.
Top 1 Fondy hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Miksis hits a line drive beyond third. Hofman can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Top 1 Baumholtz hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.