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Dodgers
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 11, 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 August 11, 1953 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | August 11, 1953 |
|---|---|
| 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 | August 11, 1953 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Carl Erskine |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Sal Maglie |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 45,604 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 44 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Al Barlick 1B: Artie Gore 2B: Bill Jackowski 3B: Lee Ballanfant |
Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jim Gilliam | Second Baseman |
| Pee Wee Reese | Shortstop |
| Duke Snider | Center Fielder |
| Jackie Robinson | Third Baseman |
| Roy Campanella | Catcher |
| Gil Hodges | First Baseman |
| Carl Furillo | Right Fielder |
| George Shuba | Left Fielder |
| Carl Erskine | Pitcher |
| Chuck Dressen | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Whitey Lockman | Left Fielder |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Don Mueller | Right Fielder |
| Hank Thompson | Third Baseman |
| Bobby Thomson | Center Fielder |
| Tookie Gilbert | First Baseman |
| Davey Williams | Second Baseman |
| Wes Westrum | Catcher |
| Sal Maglie | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Dodgers
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 11, 1953
Top 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Maglie
Gilliam hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Maglie
There goes Gilliam. The throw from Westrum and he is out, Dark applying the tag. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Maglie
Reese 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, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Maglie
Snider hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Maglie
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Erskine
Lockman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Erskine
Dark strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Erskine
Mueller hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
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
Top 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Maglie
Campanella 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: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Maglie
Hodges hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Maglie
Furillo hits a popup towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Shuba vs. Maglie
Shuba hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Erskine vs. Maglie
Erskine hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Shuba moves to third. Erskine moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -23
Gilliam vs. Maglie
Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gilbert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gilliam for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Erskine
Thomson 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 -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gilbert vs. Erskine
Gilbert hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gilbert for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Erskine
Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Maglie
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Maglie
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gilbert scoops it up and throws to first, with Maglie covering, for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Maglie
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Campanella vs. Maglie
Campanella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Robinson moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Hodges vs. Maglie
Hodges hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Robinson scores. Campanella moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Furillo vs. Maglie
Furillo hits a popup, foul, towards first. Gilbert settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Erskine
Westrum hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Maglie vs. Erskine
Maglie hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Erskine
Lockman strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shuba vs. Maglie
Shuba hits a line drive into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Erskine vs. Maglie
Erskine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gilliam vs. Maglie
Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Maglie
Reese is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Erskine
Dark hits a fly ball into left field. Shuba settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Erskine
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 -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Erskine
Thompson hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Erskine
Thomson hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Grissom
Marv Grissom now pitching.
Snider strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Grissom
Robinson hits a popup towards first. Gilbert settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Grissom
Campanella takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Grissom
Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gilbert vs. Erskine
Gilbert hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gilbert for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Erskine
Williams hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Erskine
Westrum hits a fly ball into left field. Shuba settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Grissom
Furillo hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Shuba vs. Grissom
Shuba hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Erskine vs. Grissom
Don Thompson pinch runs for George Shuba.
Erskine hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grissom fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Grissom vs. Erskine
Don Thompson now playing left field.
Grissom takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Erskine
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Erskine
Dark hits a popup towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Erskine
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 7
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Grissom
Gilliam hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Grissom
Reese bunts in front of the plate. Westrum fields it and throws to first for the out. Gilliam moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Snider vs. Grissom
Snider strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Robinson vs. Grissom
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gilbert picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Gilbert. Gilliam scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Campanella vs. Grissom
Campanella hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Erskine
Thompson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
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 -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Gilbert vs. Erskine
Gilbert is called out on strikes. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Erskine
Williams takes first base on ball four. Thompson moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Westrum vs. Erskine
Westrum strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Grissom
Hodges hits a line drive towards short. Dark reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Grissom
Furillo hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Grissom
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gilbert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Thompson for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Erskine vs. Grissom
Erskine 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, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hofman vs. Erskine
Bobby Hofman pinch hits for Marv Grissom.
Hofman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Erskine
Lockman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Erskine
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Wilhelm
Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching.
Gilliam hits a line drive into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Wilhelm
Reese hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Snider vs. Wilhelm
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gilbert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Snider for the out. Reese moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Robinson vs. Wilhelm
The ball gets by Westrum for a passed ball. Reese moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Robinson vs. Wilhelm
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Erskine
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese misplays the ball. That's an error on Reese. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Erskine
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Erskine
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Gilbert vs. Erskine
Gilbert strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/11/1953 -- Brooklyn at New York (N)
Brooklyn AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Gilliam J, 2b 5 1 2 0 Lockman W, lf 2 0 0 0
Reese P, ss 4 0 1 0 Dark A, ss 4 0 0 0
Snider D, cf 5 0 1 0 Mueller D, rf 4 0 0 0
Robinson J, 3b 5 1 2 0 Thompson H, 3b 4 0 2 0
Campanella R, c 3 0 1 0 Thomson B, cf 4 0 0 0
Hodges G, 1b 4 1 2 2 Gilbert T, 1b 4 0 0 0
Furillo C, rf 4 1 1 1 Williams D, 2b 2 0 0 0
Shuba G, lf 3 0 2 0 Westrum W, c 3 0 0 0
Thompson D, pr-lf 1 0 0 0 Maglie S, p 1 0 0 0
Erskine C, p 4 0 2 0 Grissom M, p 0 0 0 0
Hofman B, ph 1 0 0 0
Wilhelm H, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
38 4 14 3 29 0 2 0
Brooklyn 011 000 110 -- 4
New York 000 000 000 -- 0
Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO
Erskine C (W) 9.0 2 0 0 4 5
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Maglie S (L) 4.0 9 2 2 0 1
Grissom M 4.0 4 2 1 1 2
Wilhelm H 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
E -- Gilbert T, Reese P
DP -- Brooklyn 1, New York 1
LOB -- Brooklyn 9, New York 6
HR -- Hodges G, Furillo C
CS -- Gilliam J
SH -- Reese P
PB -- Westrum W
T -- 2:44
A -- 45604
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