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August 25, 1953

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Top 9 R H E
Cubs 5 11 2
Dodgers 6 11 0
Top 9 R H E
Cubs 5 11 2
Dodgers 6 11 0

Eddie Miksis Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .232
OBP .500 .275
At Bats 4 426
Hits 2 99
• Singles 2 74
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 24
RBI’s 1 31

Jim Hughes Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 2 8
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Ebbets Field - August 25, 1953
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Jim Hughes
Roy Campanella
Gil Hodges
Jim Gilliam
Jackie Robinson
Bobby Morgan
Don Thompson
Duke Snider
Carl Furillo
Eddie Miksis
George Metkovich

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 5 11 2 6
Brooklyn Dodgers 6 11 0 8
Winning Pitcher Carl Erskine
Losing Pitcher Warren Hacker
Save Jim Hughes
Game Winning RBI Jackie Robinson
Attendance 24,900
Time of Game 2 hours 34 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Metkovich hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Frank Baumholtz pinch hits for Turk Lown. Baumholtz hits a line drive into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Carl Sawatski pinch hits for Hal Jeffcoat. Sawatski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sawatski for the out.
Bottom 8 Morgan strikes out.
Bottom 8 Gilliam hits a fly ball into right field. Metkovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hughes hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Turk Lown now pitching. Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Garagiola hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Serena hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morgan fields it and throws to home to get Fondy. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 8 Jim Hughes now pitching. Jackson bunts towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. Fondy moves to third. Kiner moves to second.
Top 8 Kiner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Miksis scores. Fondy moves to second.
Top 8 Fondy hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Miksis moves to second.
Top 8 Clem Labine now pitching. Don Thompson now playing left field. Miksis hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Leonard fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Hodges takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Dutch Leonard now pitching. Robinson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 7 Snider hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Gilliam scores. Morgan moves to third.
Bottom 7 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson juggles the ball. That's an error on Jackson.
Bottom 7 Bill Antonello pinch runs for Wayne Belardi. Gilliam hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Metkovich who is chasing the ball. Gilliam reaches third base with a triple. Antonello scores.
Bottom 7 Wayne Belardi pinch hits for Carl Erskine. Belardi hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Metkovich. Belardi reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Shuba hits a fly ball into right field. Metkovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Metkovich hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morgan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Hacker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Erskine fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Jeffcoat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morgan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Garagiola hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hacker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Hodges hits a popup towards third. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 There goes Jackson. The throw from Campanella and he is out, Morgan applying the tag.
Top 6 Serena hits a fly ball into left field. Shuba settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Snider strikes out.
Bottom 5 Morgan hits a fly ball into right field. Metkovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Fondy is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Miksis hits a line drive into left field. Shuba settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Metkovich hits a line drive into left field. Shuba settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gilliam hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Serena settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gilliam hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Garagiola settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Garagiola.
Bottom 4 Erskine hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Shuba hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Furillo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Serena settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hacker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Jeffcoat hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jeffcoat for the out.
Top 4 Garagiola hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Erskine fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Hodges hits a popup towards short. Miksis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Campanella takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Robinson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Snider 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 3 Morgan strikes out.
Top 3 Serena hits a line drive into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Jackson takes first base on ball four. Metkovich scores. Miksis moves to third. Fondy moves to second.
Top 3 Kiner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards second. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Jeffcoat scores. Metkovich moves to third. Miksis moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 3 Miksis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Garagiola scores. Jeffcoat moves to third. Metkovich moves to second.
Top 3 Metkovich takes first base on ball four. Jeffcoat moves to second.
Top 3 Hacker strikes out.
Top 3 Jeffcoat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Garagiola moves to third.
Top 3 Garagiola hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Gilliam hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Erskine strikes out.
Bottom 2 Shuba hits a fly ball into right field. Metkovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Furillo hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Metkovich. Furillo reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Erskine spins and fires to second, with Morgan covering, and Jackson is picked off.
Top 2 There goes Jackson. The throw from Campanella and he is safe. Jackson steals second.
Top 2 Serena is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Jackson hits a line drive beyond short. Morgan can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Top 2 Kiner hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hodges hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Campanella bunts in front of the plate. Garagiola fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Snider moves to third. Robinson moves to second.
Bottom 1 Robinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Snider moves to second.
Bottom 1 Snider hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Morgan strikes out.
Bottom 1 Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gilliam for the out.
Top 1 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fondy for the out.
Top 1 Miksis is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Metkovich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out.