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May 24, 1953

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Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 5 4 0
Cubs 4 11 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 5 4 0
Cubs 4 11 2

Dee Fondy Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .247
OBP .500 .280
At Bats 4 89
Hits 2 22
• Singles 1 15
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 1 2
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 4
RBI’s 1 11

Vern Bickford Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 3 0
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Wrigley Field - May 24, 1953
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Strikeout
Vern Bickford
Del Crandall
Joe Adcock
Jack Dittmer
Eddie Mathews
Johnny Logan
Jim Pendleton
Bill Bruton
Andy Pafko
Dee Fondy
Randy Jackson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Milwaukee Braves 5 4 0 4
Chicago Cubs 4 11 2 11
Winning Pitcher Vern Bickford
Losing Pitcher Warren Hacker
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Del Crandall
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 19 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Fondy strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Jackson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Sauer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Smalley strikes out.
Top 9 Bickford hits a popup towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Crandall hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Dittmer takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Duke Simpson now pitching. Adcock 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 8 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Baumholtz hits a fly ball into left field. Pendleton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Jim Pendleton now playing left field. Phil Cavarretta pinch hits for Warren Hacker. Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Crandall fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hacker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Gordon hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mathews hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sawatski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Sawatski hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Ward takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Fondy hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Pafko who is chasing the ball. Fondy reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 7 Jackson strikes out.
Bottom 7 Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bruton hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sauer. Bruton reaches second base with a double. Dittmer moves to third.
Top 7 Bickford strikes out.
Top 7 Crandall hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Dittmer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bickford fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Baumholtz hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hacker hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Carl Sawatski now catching. Gordon hits a fly ball into right field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Carl Sawatski pinch hits for Clyde McCullough. Sawatski hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Crandall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Ward takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Vern Bickford now pitching. Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Mathews strikes out.
Top 5 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Bruton hits a fly ball into right field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Sauer strikes out.
Bottom 4 Smalley hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 Miksis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Baumholtz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gordon throws the ball in to Dittmer who tags Baumholtz, trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 4 Hacker strikes out.
Top 4 Johnson strikes out.
Top 4 There goes Crandall. The throw from McCullough to Smalley and they have Crandall trapped. The throw over to Fondy, who applies the tag for the out.
Top 4 Crandall takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Dittmer hits a popup towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 McCullough hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Ward hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Fondy strikes out.
Bottom 3 There goes Jackson. The throw from Crandall and he is out, Logan applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Jackson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Adcock hits a popup towards third. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Gordon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sauer. Gordon reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Mathews hits a fly ball into right field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Ernie Johnson now pitching. Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Smalley takes first base on ball four. Baumholtz moves to third. Miksis moves to second.
Bottom 2 Miksis bunts towards third. Mathews fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Baumholtz moves to second.
Bottom 2 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Hacker hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 McCullough hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Bruton hits a fly ball into center field. Ward settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Crandall scores. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Antonelli hits a line drive towards the mound. Hacker reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Crandall hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Ward. Crandall reaches second base with a double. Pafko scores. Adcock scores. Dittmer goes all the way around to score. Crandall moves to third.
Top 2 Dittmer takes first base on ball four. Pafko moves to third. Adcock moves to second.
Top 2 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson juggles the ball. That's an error on Jackson. Gordon scores. Pafko moves to second.
Top 2 Pafko hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Gordon moves to third.
Top 2 Preston Ward now playing center field. Gordon takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Jeffcoat hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Fondy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sauer scores. Jackson moves to second.
Bottom 1 Jackson takes first base on ball four. Sauer moves to second.
Bottom 1 Sauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Miksis scores.
Bottom 1 There goes Miksis. The throw from Crandall and he is safe. Miksis steals second.
Bottom 1 Smalley strikes out.
Bottom 1 Miksis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Mathews strikes out.
Top 1 Logan hits a popup towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bruton hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.