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Giants
@ Dodgers
Ebbets Field
August 20, 1953
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants, played on August 20, 1953 at Ebbets Field.
Game Summary
Date | August 20, 1953 |
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Visiting Team |
New York Giants
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Home Team |
Brooklyn Dodgers
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 20, 1953 |
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Day of Week | Thu |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | New York Giants |
Home Team | Brooklyn Dodgers |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ruben Gomez |
Home Starting Pitcher | Carl Erskine |
Ballpark | Ebbets Field |
City | Brooklyn |
State | NY |
Attendance | 17,785 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 31 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Lon Warneke 1B: Jocko Conlan 2B: Tom Gorman 3B: Augie Donatelli |
New York Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Al Dark | Shortstop |
Whitey Lockman | First Baseman |
Hank Thompson | Third Baseman |
Don Mueller | Left Fielder |
Bobby Thomson | Center Fielder |
Dusty Rhodes | Right Fielder |
Daryl Spencer | Second Baseman |
Wes Westrum | Catcher |
Ruben Gomez | Pitcher |
Leo Durocher | Manager |
Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jim Gilliam | Second Baseman |
Bobby Morgan | Shortstop |
Duke Snider | Center Fielder |
Jackie Robinson | Left Fielder |
Roy Campanella | Catcher |
Gil Hodges | First Baseman |
Carl Furillo | Right Fielder |
Billy Cox | Third Baseman |
Carl Erskine | Pitcher |
Chuck Dressen | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Giants
@ Dodgers
Ebbets Field
August 20, 1953
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Erskine
Dark hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Campanella settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Erskine
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Erskine
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Erskine fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Gomez
Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Gomez
Morgan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Snider vs. Gomez
Snider is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Gomez
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark misplays the ball. That's an error on Dark. Morgan moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Campanella vs. Gomez
Campanella hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mueller. Campanella reaches second base with a double. Morgan scores. Robinson goes all the way around to score. Campanella moves to third. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: --3
Hodges vs. Gomez
Hodges hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Erskine
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Erskine
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morgan misplays the ball. That's an error on Morgan. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Rhodes vs. Erskine
Rhodes hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Erskine
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Gomez
Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Gomez
Cox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Erskine vs. Gomez
Erskine hits a fly ball into left field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Erskine
Westrum hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Gomez vs. Erskine
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Westrum moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dark vs. Erskine
Dark hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Campanella settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Lockman vs. Erskine
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Westrum moves to third. Gomez moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -23
Thompson vs. Erskine
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Gomez
Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Gomez
Morgan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Snider vs. Gomez
Snider hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Morgan moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Robinson vs. Gomez
Robinson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Gomez
Campanella hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Gomez
Hodges hits a line drive into left field. Mueller picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Mueller. Hodges moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Furillo vs. Gomez
Furillo takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 12-
Cox vs. Gomez
Cox takes first base on ball four. Hodges moves to third. Furillo moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 123
Erskine vs. Gomez
Erskine hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Erskine
Mueller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Erskine
Thomson strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Rhodes vs. Erskine
Rhodes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Erskine
Spencer is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Gomez
Gilliam hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Kennedy
Monty Kennedy now pitching.
Morgan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Snider vs. Kennedy
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Kennedy
Robinson hits a line drive into left field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Campanella vs. Kennedy
Campanella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Snider moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1-3
Hodges vs. Kennedy
Hodges takes first base on ball four. Campanella moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 123
Furillo vs. Kennedy
Furillo takes first base on ball four. Snider scores. Campanella moves to third. Hodges moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Cox vs. Grissom
Marv Grissom now pitching.
Cox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Campanella scores. Hodges scores. Furillo moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Erskine vs. Grissom
Erskine hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Calderone vs. Erskine
Sam Calderone pinch hits for Wes Westrum.
Calderone strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Grissom vs. Erskine
Grissom strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Erskine
Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Grissom
Sam Calderone now catching.
Gilliam hits a line drive towards first. Lockman reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Grissom
Morgan hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Grissom
Snider hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Grissom
Robinson bunts towards the mound. Grissom juggles the ball. That's an error on Grissom. Snider moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Campanella vs. Grissom
Don Thompson pinch runs for Jackie Robinson.
Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. Snider moves to third. Thompson moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Hodges vs. Grissom
Hodges is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Erskine
Don Thompson now playing left field.
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops it up and throws to first, with Erskine covering, for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Erskine
Thompson hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Furillo. Thompson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Mueller vs. Erskine
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Thompson moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: --3
Thomson vs. Erskine
Thomson hits a popup towards short. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Grissom
Furillo hits a fly ball into right field. Rhodes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Grissom
Cox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Erskine vs. Grissom
Erskine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Rhodes vs. Erskine
Rhodes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Erskine
Spencer is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Calderone vs. Erskine
Calderone is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Grissom
Gilliam hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Grissom
Morgan hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Grissom
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Grissom
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Hofman vs. Erskine
Bobby Hofman pinch hits for Marv Grissom.
Hofman hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Erskine
Dark hits a popup towards third. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Erskine
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Erskine fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Worthington
Al Worthington now pitching.
Campanella hits a line drive towards third. Thompson reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Worthington
Hodges takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Furillo vs. Worthington
Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Erskine
Thompson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Campanella settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Erskine
Mueller hits a fly ball into left field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Erskine
Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/20/1953 -- New York at Brooklyn (D) New York AB R H RBI Brooklyn AB R H RBI Dark A, ss 4 0 0 0 Gilliam J, 2b 5 1 1 1 Lockman W, 1b 4 0 0 0 Morgan B, ss 3 3 2 1 Thompson H, 3b 4 0 1 0 Snider D, cf 5 2 3 0 Mueller D, lf 4 0 1 0 Robinson J, lf 3 2 1 3 Thomson B, cf 4 0 0 0 Thompson D, pr-lf 1 0 0 0 Rhodes D, rf 3 0 0 0 Campanella R, c 5 1 2 2 Spencer D, 2b 3 0 0 0 Hodges G, 1b 3 1 1 0 Westrum W, c 1 0 1 0 Furillo C, rf 3 0 0 1 Calderone S, ph-c 2 0 0 0 Cox B, 3b 3 0 1 2 Gomez R, p 1 0 1 0 Erskine C, p 4 0 0 0 Kennedy M, p 0 0 0 0 Grissom M, p 1 0 0 0 Hofman B, ph 1 0 0 0 Worthington A, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 0 4 0 35 10 11 10 New York 000 000 000 -- 0 Brooklyn 203 410 00x -- 10 New York IP H R ER BB SO Gomez R (L)* 3.0 5 6 4 4 1 Kennedy M 0.2 2 3 3 2 0 Grissom M 3.1 4 1 1 0 1 Worthington A 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO Erskine C (W) 9.0 4 0 0 0 6 * Pitched to 1 batter in 4th E -- Dark A, Morgan B, Mueller D, Grissom M DP -- New York 1 LOB -- New York 5, Brooklyn 9 2B -- Campanella R, Thompson H HR -- Robinson J, Gilliam J, Morgan B SH -- Robinson J T -- 2:31 A -- 17785
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