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August 31, 1953

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George Metkovich Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .201
OBP .000 .303
At Bats 0 144
Hits 0 29
• Singles 0 19
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 20
RBI’s 0 14

Marv Grissom Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 7 0
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Polo Grounds - August 31, 1953
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Out
Marv Grissom
Wes Westrum
Tookie Gilbert
Daryl Spencer
Bobby Hofman
Al Dark
Dusty Rhodes
Bobby Thomson
Don Mueller
George Metkovich
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Tookie Gilbert now playing first base. Metkovich hits a popup towards third. Hofman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 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 7 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jim Willis now pitching. Hal Jeffcoat now playing center field. Mueller hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hal Jeffcoat pinch runs for Frank Baumholtz. Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Tommy Brown pinch hits for Dutch Leonard. Brown strikes out.
Bottom 6 Hofman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Serena fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Leonard fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Lockman hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Smalley strikes out.
Top 6 Serena strikes out.
Top 6 Garagiola bunts towards the mound. Grissom fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Sauer hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Grissom strikes out.
Bottom 5 Westrum takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Spencer hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is bouncing around. Baumholtz is chasing the ball. Spencer rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park two run home run..
Bottom 5 Rhodes strikes out.
Bottom 5 Thomson hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Mueller. The throw from Garagiola and he is safe. Mueller steals second.
Bottom 5 George Metkovich now playing first base. Mueller hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hofman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Fondy hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Miksis hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Baumholtz hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hofman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Serena fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Dark hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Westrum scores. Grissom moves to third.
Bottom 4 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.
Bottom 4 Grissom hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Baumholtz. Grissom reaches second base with a double. Spencer scores. Westrum moves to third.
Bottom 4 Dutch Leonard now pitching. Westrum hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Spencer moves to second.
Bottom 4 Spencer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Rhodes hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 4 Thomson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lockman scores. Dark scores. Mueller moves to second.
Bottom 4 Mueller takes first base on ball four. Lockman moves to third. Dark moves to second.
Bottom 4 Hofman is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Dark hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lockman moves to second.
Bottom 4 Lockman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Lown hits a fly ball towards left. Rhodes catches it and throws to home to double up Smalley.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Garagiola scores. Serena scores. Smalley moves to third.
Top 4 Smalley takes first base on ball four. Garagiola moves to third. Serena moves to second.
Top 4 Serena hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Sauer scores. Garagiola moves to second.
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.