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Dodgers
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
April 17, 1953
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers, played on April 17, 1953 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
Date | April 17, 1953 |
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Visiting Team |
Brooklyn Dodgers
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Home Team |
New York Giants
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | April 17, 1953 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Brooklyn Dodgers |
Home Team | New York Giants |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Billy Loes |
Home Starting Pitcher | Jim Hearn |
Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
City | New York |
State | NY |
Attendance | 29,406 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 40 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Bill Engeln 1B: Bill Stewart 2B: Babe Pinelli 3B: Dusty Boggess |
Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jim Gilliam | Second Baseman |
Pee Wee Reese | Shortstop |
Duke Snider | Center Fielder |
Jackie Robinson | Third Baseman |
Roy Campanella | Catcher |
Don Thompson | Left Fielder |
Gil Hodges | First Baseman |
Carl Furillo | Right Fielder |
Billy Loes | Pitcher |
Chuck Dressen | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Davey Williams | Second Baseman |
Al Dark | Shortstop |
Bobby Thomson | Center Fielder |
Monte Irvin | Left Fielder |
Whitey Lockman | First Baseman |
Don Mueller | Right Fielder |
Daryl Spencer | Third Baseman |
Wes Westrum | Catcher |
Jim Hearn | Pitcher |
Leo Durocher | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Dodgers
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
April 17, 1953
Top 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Hearn
Gilliam hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Hearn
Reese strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Hearn
Snider strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Loes
Williams hits a line drive into left center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Loes
Dark hits a fly ball towards right. Furillo catches it and throws to first to double up Williams. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Loes
Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Hearn
Robinson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Campanella vs. Hearn
Campanella hits a popup, foul, towards third. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Hearn
Thompson strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Hearn
There's a wild pitch. Robinson is attempting to get to third. There's the throw and Robinson is out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Loes
Irvin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Loes
Lockman hits a popup towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Loes
Mueller hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Loes
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Hearn
Hodges hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Hearn
Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Loes vs. Hearn
Loes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gilliam vs. Hearn
Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hearn fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Loes
Westrum strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hearn vs. Loes
Hearn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Loes
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Hearn
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hearn fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Hearn
Snider strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Hearn
Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Campanella vs. Hearn
Campanella strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Loes
Dark hits a line drive towards third. Robinson reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Loes
Thomson hits a fly ball into left field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Loes
Irvin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Loes
Lockman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Irvin moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Mueller vs. Loes
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. View Play
Top 5
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Hearn
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman juggles the ball. That's an error on Lockman. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Hearn
Hodges hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thompson moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Furillo vs. Hearn
Furillo hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Loes vs. Hearn
Loes bunts towards the mound. Hearn fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Hearn
Gilliam hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mueller. Gilliam reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Reese vs. Hearn
There's a wild pitch. Gilliam scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Hearn
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hearn fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Hearn
Snider hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Hearn
There goes Snider. The throw from Westrum and he is safe. Snider steals second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Robinson vs. Hearn
There goes Snider. The throw from Westrum and he is safe. Snider steals third. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Robinson vs. Hearn
Robinson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Campanella vs. Hearn
There's a wild pitch. Robinson moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -23
Campanella vs. Hearn
Campanella takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Thompson vs. Hiller
Frank Hiller now pitching.
Thompson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Snider scores. Robinson scores. Campanella moves to third. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Hodges vs. Hiller
Hodges hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Loes
Spencer strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Loes
Hank Thompson pinch hits for Wes Westrum.
Thompson hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Loes
George Wilson pinch hits for Frank Hiller.
Wilson strikes out. Campanella drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Wilson out. View Play
Top 6
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Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Gomez
Sam Calderone now catching. Ruben Gomez now pitching.
Furillo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Loes vs. Gomez
Loes bunts towards first. Lockman scoops it up and throws to first, with Williams covering, for the out. Furillo moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Gilliam vs. Gomez
Gilliam hits a line drive into left center field for a base hit. Furillo scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Gomez
Reese bunts towards the mound. Gomez fields it and throws to first for the out. Gilliam moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Snider vs. Gomez
Snider hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gilliam scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Gomez
Robinson hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Snider moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Campanella vs. Gomez
There goes Robinson. The throw from Calderone and he is safe. Robinson steals second. View Play -
Dodgers, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Campanella vs. Gomez
Campanella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Snider scores. Robinson scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 10 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Spencer
George Spencer now pitching.
There goes Campanella. The throw from Calderone and he is safe. Campanella steals second. View Play -
Dodgers, 10 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Thompson vs. Spencer
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Dodgers, 10 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Loes
Williams hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 10 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Loes
Dark hits a fly ball into left field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 10 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Loes
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Dodgers, 10 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Spencer
Hodges hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 10 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Spencer
Furillo hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 10 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Loes vs. Spencer
Loes strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Dodgers, 10 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Loes
Irvin strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 10 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Loes
Lockman hits a line drive into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 10 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Loes
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mueller for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Dodgers, 10 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Spencer
Dusty Rhodes now playing left field.
Gilliam hits a fly ball into left field. Rhodes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 10 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Spencer
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 10 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Spencer
Snider takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 10 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Spencer
Robinson bunts towards the mound. Spencer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Snider moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 10 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Campanella vs. Spencer
Campanella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Snider scores. Robinson moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 11 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Thompson vs. Spencer
Thompson hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Robinson scores. Campanella moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 12 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Hodges vs. Spencer
Hodges takes first base on ball four. Campanella moves to third. Thompson moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 12 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 123
Furillo vs. Spencer
Furillo hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Dodgers, 12 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Loes
Spencer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 12 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Calderone vs. Loes
Calderone hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Thompson. Calderone reaches second base with a double. Spencer moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 12 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: -23
Gilbert vs. Loes
Tookie Gilbert pinch hits for George Spencer.
Gilbert hits a popup, foul, towards third. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 12 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -23
Williams vs. Loes
Williams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Spencer scores. Calderone moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 12 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Dark vs. Loes
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it and throws to second for the out. Calderone scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 12 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Loes
Thomson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Dodgers, 12 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Loes vs. Lanier
Max Lanier now pitching.
Loes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 12 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Lanier
Gilliam hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 12 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Lanier
Reese hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 12 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Snider vs. Lanier
Snider hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Dodgers, 12 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Rhodes vs. Loes
Rhodes strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 12 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Loes
Lockman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 12 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Loes
Mueller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lockman moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 12 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Spencer vs. Loes
Spencer strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 12 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Calderone vs. Loes
That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Mueller moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 12 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -23
Calderone vs. Loes
Calderone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lockman scores. Mueller scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 12 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rigney vs. Loes
Bill Rigney pinch hits for Max Lanier.
Rigney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 4/17/1953, game 2 -- Brooklyn at New York (N) Brooklyn AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI Gilliam J, 2b 6 2 3 1 Williams D, 2b 4 0 3 1 Reese P, ss 5 0 0 0 Dark A, ss 4 0 0 1 Snider D, cf 5 3 2 1 Thomson B, cf 4 0 0 0 Robinson J, 3b 3 3 3 0 Irvin M, lf 2 0 1 0 Campanella R, c 4 0 2 3 Rhodes D, lf 1 0 0 0 Thompson D, lf 5 1 2 3 Lockman W, 1b 4 1 2 0 Hodges G, 1b 4 1 1 0 Mueller D, rf 4 1 1 0 Furillo C, rf 5 2 2 3 Spencer D, 3b 3 1 0 0 Loes B, p 4 0 1 0 Westrum W, c 1 0 0 0 Thompson H, ph 1 0 0 0 Calderone S, c 2 1 2 2 Hearn J, p 1 0 0 0 Hiller F, p 0 0 0 0 Wilson G, ph 1 0 0 0 Gomez R, p 0 0 0 0 Spencer G, p 0 0 0 0 Gilbert T, ph 1 0 0 0 Lanier M, p 0 0 0 0 Rigney B, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 41 12 16 11 34 4 9 4 Brooklyn 000 064 020 -- 12 New York 000 000 022 -- 4 Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO Loes B (W) 9.0 9 4 4 2 6 New York IP H R ER BB SO Hearn J (L) 4.2 6 6 3 3 5 Hiller F 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 Gomez R 0.2 5 4 4 0 0 Spencer G 2.1 3 2 2 2 1 Lanier M 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 E -- Lockman W DP -- Brooklyn 2 LOB -- Brooklyn 9, New York 5 2B -- Gilliam J, Calderone S HR -- Furillo C SB -- Snider D 2, Robinson J, Campanella R SH -- Loes B, Reese P WP -- Hearn J 3 T -- 2:40 A -- 29406
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